COINTELPRO · Gladio Archive

FBI carried_out_attack COINTELPRO documented document

“the COINTELPRO operations of the FBI are of a piece with the things the CIA was doing abroad…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 7: Covert Action · p.66

Federal Bureau of Investigation founded COINTELPRO documented document

“In the mid-fifties the FBI developed the initial COINTELPRO operations which used aggressive covert actions to disrupt and discredit Communist Party activities…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.56

FBI funded COINTELPRO documented document

“As part of its COI TELPRO against the Communist Party the FBI arranged for IRS investigations of Party members and obtained their tax returns.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.69

FBI carried_out_attack COINTELPRO documented document

“The FBI's initiation of COINTELPRO operations against the Ku Klux Klan 'Black Nationalists and the 'New Left...…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.102

Petersen Committee spied_on COINTELPRO documented document

“Responsibility for this inquiry was assigned to a committee headed by Assistant Attorney General Henry Peterson. ... Departmental inquiry into the FBI's COINTELPRO practices…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.146

Federal Bureau of Investigation carried_out_attack COINTELPRO documented document

“The abusive techniques used by the FBI in COINTELPRO from 1956 to 1971 included violations of both federal and state statutes prohibiting mail fraud wire fraud incitement to violence sending obscene material through the mail and extortion…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.155

FBI dissolved COINTELPRO documented document

“The FBI's widesweeping COINTFLPRO operations were terminated on April 27 1971 in response to disclosures about the program in the press.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.301

Federal Bureau of Investigation founded COINTELPRO documented document

“COINTELPRO The FBI's Covert Action Programs Against American Citizens…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.3

FBI founded COINTELPRO documented document

“COINTELPRO is the FBI acronym for a series of covert action programs directed against domestic groups…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.9

FBI dissolved COINTELPRO documented document

“The Bureau decided because of 'security reasons to terminate them on April 27 1971…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.9

Federal Bureau of Investigation headed COINTELPRO documented document

“Every Bureau witness deposed agreed that his particular COINTELPRO was the result of tremendous pressure on the Bureau to do something about a perceived threat...…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.17

Racial Intelligence Section headed COINTELPRO documented document

“George Moore whose Racial Intelligence Section supervised the White Hate and Black Nationalist COINTELPROs…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.39

Federal Bureau of Investigation funded COINTELPRO documented document

“Approximately 28% of the Bureau's COINTELPRO efforts were designed to weaken groups by setting members against each other…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.46

Petersen Committee exposed COINTELPRO documented document

“The Petersen Committee said that some COINTELPRO actions were 'abhorrent in a free society.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.61

Federal Bureau of Investigation carried_out_attack COINTELPRO documented document

“Bureau documents often state that notifying law enforcement agencies of violations committed by COINTELPRO targets is not counter intelligence but part of normal Bureau responsibility…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.63

Inspection Division member_of COINTELPRO documented document

“Rather it was an active participant in COINTELPRO by attempting to make sure that it was being effi ciently and enthusiastically conducted.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.69

FBI funded COINTELPRO documented document

“In August of 1956 this Bureau initiated a program designed to promote disruption within the ranks of the Communist Party (CP) USA…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.71

U.S. Department of Justice exposed COINTELPRO documented document

“In the fall of 1973 the Department of Justice released certain COINTELPRO documents which had been requested by NBC reporter Carl Stern in a Freedom of Information Act request following the Media Pennsylvania break-in…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.79

J. Edgar Hoover funded COINTELPRO documented document

“second the fact that each of the COINTELPRO programs was personally approved and supported by the late Director of the FBI…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.80

Rabble Rouser Index linked_to COINTELPRO documented document

“The Rabble Rouser Index served as a convenient list of primary targets for OOINTELPRO activity.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.517

FBI carried_out_attack COINTELPRO documented document

“In May 1968 the FBI obtained the Federal income tax returns for Key Activists and in some instances used this and other intelligence information as part of COINTELPRO operations to disrupt an individual's activities.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book III: Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.522

COINTELPRO targeted_for_regime_change Black Nationalist Groups documented document

“Primary targets of the Counterintelligence Program Black Nationalist-[late Groups should be the most violent and radical groups and their leaders…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.400

F. J. Baumgardner proposed COINTELPRO documented document

“It is recommendedthe attached letter... be approved... This letter establishes a newphase of counterintelligence adtivity…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.616

FBI founded COINTELPRO documented document

“The FBI's COINTELPRO counterintelligence program was designed to "disrupt groups and "neutralize individuals deemed to be threats to domestic security…”

source: government document — Church Committee Final Report, Book II: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans · p.26

Federal Bureau of Investigation carried_out_attack COINTELPRO documented document

“I didn't know about the COINTEL Program…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.21

FBI carried_out_attack COINTELPRO documented document

“the COINTEL Program was essentially designed to sow discord and I do not know what the correct technical term for it is but it was an offensive program against designated targets by the FBI…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.32

U.S. Department of Justice exposed COINTELPRO documented document

“The Justice Department has now made disclosures on COINTELPRO…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.32

J. Edgar Hoover authorized COINTELPRO documented document

“the record will clearly indicate at one time or another for a substantial period of time he had authorized each of those things…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 2: The Huston Plan · p.41

Federal Bureau of Investigation funded COINTELPRO documented document

“We are going to come back with a number of hearings on that with the FBI and their COINTELPRO activities…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 3: Internal Revenue Service · p.28

COINTELPRO operated_in United States documented document

“another called COINTELPRO which was investigating even intimidating and harassing American citizens all over the country…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.144

COINTELPRO did_business_with Internal Revenue Service documented document

“sometimes using the IRS in one way or another to achieve those aims…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 4: Mail Opening · p.144

FBI carried_out_attack COINTELPRO documented document

“That gentleman was subjected in the months surrounding that document to three COINTELPRO actions designed to discredit and destroy him…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.16

FBI founded COINTELPRO documented document

“COINTELPRO is the name for the effort by the Bureau to destroy people and to destroy organizations…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.31

COINTELPRO targeted_for_regime_change Communist Party USA documented document

“The five labels were the Communist Party U.S.A... COINTELPRO is the name for the effort by the Bureau to destroy people and to destroy organizations…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.31

COINTELPRO targeted_for_regime_change Socialist Workers Party documented document

“The five labels were... the Socialist Workers Party... COINTELPRO is the name for the effort by the Bureau to destroy people and to destroy organizations…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.31

COINTELPRO targeted_for_regime_change Ku Klux Klan documented document

“The five labels were... White Hate groups including the Klan... COINTELPRO is the name for the effort by the Bureau to destroy people and to destroy organizations…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.31

Jake Sullivan headed COINTELPRO documented document

“Here is the man who had been behind much of this activity…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.33

COINTELPRO operated_in Washington, D.C. documented document

“the Washington field office had furnished information about a Nation of Islam as the Black Muslim movement grade school to appropriate authorities in the District of Columbia…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.35

COINTELPRO exposed FBI documented document

“whatever effort there was to turn off COINTELPRO occurred only after it had been exposed exposed by the theft of documents from the Media Pennsylvania office of the FBI…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.40

FBI dissolved COINTELPRO documented document

“In 1971 after they had been exposed through the media there was an instruction that they should stop.…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.59

Federal Bureau of Investigation founded COINTELPRO documented document

“How did the Bureau come to launch the COINTELPRO…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.79

FBI funded COINTELPRO documented document

“I believe these are some of the basic considerations that went into the launching of the COINTELPRO…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.80

COINTELPRO targeted_for_regime_change Belgian Communist Party documented document

“In fact out of all of the COINTELPRO operations that were approved 59 percent of them were directed at the Communist Party…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.80

Federal Bureau of Investigation carried_out_attack COINTELPRO documented document

“Included in these COINTELPRO activities were anonymous letters drafted by Bureau offices in the field sent to headquarters in Washington approved and then put in the mail…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.83

COINTELPRO operated_in Cincinnati documented document

“June 3 1968 a memorandum from the special agent in charge of Cincinnati to the Director of the FBI captioned Counterintelligence Program Disruption of the New Left…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.104

Nicholas Katzenbach approved COINTELPRO documented document

“I never heard the word COINTELPRO as such I certainly approved everything described to me in that memorandum…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.241

Internal Revenue Service member_of COINTELPRO documented document

“You had the IRS freely participating in CO INTELPRO…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.246

William Ruckelshaus proposed COINTELPRO documented document

“Attorney General Saxbe called and said this is one of the things that Bill Ruckelshaus suggested be done…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.280

U.S. Department of Justice investigated COINTELPRO documented document

“A question was raised about the investigation now being conducted by the Justice Department regarding the improper actions of COINTELPRO and the King case in particular…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.319

Elliot Richardson proposed COINTELPRO documented document

“The guidelines require that any such preventive action proposal be submitted to the Attorney General…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.328

Federal Bureau of Investigation linked_to COINTELPRO documented document

“if one goes back to the old COINTELPRO So I think we are in somewhat of a different statutory situation for the moment anyway…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.330

Edward Levi investigated COINTELPRO documented document

“We have an investigation going on of the COINTELPRO and COINTELPRO-like activities…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.340

Philip Hart linked_to COINTELPRO documented document

“Senator HART of Michigan Let me read you the full question to make sure we have covered this I really thought that you had under study methods which might respond to the abuses in terms of at least alerting American citizens whose privacy h…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.353

Elliot Richardson linked_to COINTELPRO documented document

“Senator HART of Michigan So that Martin Luther King who would have known about a lot of things that were going on and a lot of people whose names will never surface in connection with this committee who have had similar well not similar but…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.353

Martin Luther King Jr. linked_to COINTELPRO documented document

“Senator HART of Michigan So that Martin Luther King who would have known about a lot of things that were going on and a lot of people whose names will never surface in connection with this committee who have had similar well not similar but…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.353

Federal Bureau of Investigation funded COINTELPRO documented document

“At the present time we are actively working on the following... a counterintelligence program against the CP...…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.382

Federal Bureau of Investigation funded COINTELPRO documented document

“By letter dated August 25 1967, 23 field offices were advised of a new Counterintelligence Program designed to neutralize militant black nationalist groups…”

source: government document — Church Committee Hearings, Volume 6: Federal Bureau of Investigation · p.396

COINTELPRO targeted Martin Luther King Jr. documented

“The FBI included among the program's many target organizations, such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Vietnam War Movement, and individuals like Martin Luther King Jr., as well as local, state, and federal elected offici…”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO exposed in Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 9B @ 40:17

COINTELPRO targeted Vietnam War Movement documented

“The FBI included among the program's many target organizations, such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Vietnam War Movement, and individuals like Martin Luther King Jr., as well as local, state, and federal elected offici…”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO exposed in Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 9B @ 40:17

COINTELPRO targeted Southern Christian Leadership Conference documented

“The FBI included among the program's many target organizations, such as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Vietnam War Movement, and individuals like Martin Luther King Jr., as well as local, state, and federal elected offici…”

▶ OPERATION GLADIO exposed in Twilight of the Shadow Government Part 9B @ 40:17

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