COINTELPRO

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf counterintelligence program
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticizedFor illegal activities
violating civil liberties
gptkbp:endDate 1971
gptkbp:exposedBy 1971 break-in at FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label COINTELPRO
gptkbp:investigatedBy gptkb:Church_Committee
gptkbp:legacy increased oversight of intelligence agencies
public distrust of FBI
gptkbp:method covert operations
infiltration
forging documents
legal harassment
psychological warfare
spreading misinformation
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:1971_Media,_Pennsylvania_break-in
gptkb:Church_Committee_hearings
FBI harassment of Martin Luther King Jr.
death of Fred Hampton
gptkbp:notableFor COINTELPRO files
FBI memos
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
gptkbp:purpose disruption of political organizations
surveillance of political organizations
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:American_Indian_Movement
gptkb:Black_Panther_Party
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Communist_Party_USA
Puerto Rican independence activists
anti-Vietnam War organizers
socialist organizations
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Operation_CHAOS
gptkb:Project_MINARET
gptkbp:revealedTo 1971
gptkbp:startDate 1956
gptkbp:status terminated
gptkbp:target gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Fred_Hampton
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4