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COINTELPRO and covert operations  

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  • COINTELPRO is the acronym used to refer to counterintelligence programs conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to discredit and neutralize organizations considered subversive to U.S. political stability. These programs were covert and often used extralegal means to criminalize various forms of political struggle and derail several social movements in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; COINTELPRO and Covert Operations]

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