Fact check
Is it true: COINTELPRO: FBI Counter-Intelligence Program?
Confirmed99% confidence
Yes — this is confirmed.
Proven by leaked FBI files (1971), Church Committee findings (1976), and subsequent FOIA releases. Settled by a federal court ruling (Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General, 1986) that awarded $264,000 in damages.
The claim
FBI covert program (1956-1971) that surveilled, infiltrated, discredited, and disrupted American political organizations including the Civil Rights Movement, the Black Panthers, and anti-war groups. E
Key evidence
Media, PA break-in (1971)
Program was officially terminated in 1971
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