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Communist Party of the United States
ALSO APPEARS AS
- Communist Party of the United States
APPEARS IN THE MARGINS OF
- COINTELPRO-Related Deaths and DOJ Civil Rights Investigations (18 U.S.C. § 242)
COINTELPRO, a series of covert FBI operations from 1956 to 1971, aimed to disrupt domestic political groups through various means, including surveillance, infiltration, and discrediting tactics. While…
- COINTELPRO Authorization Chain and Bureaucratic Approval Mechanisms
COINTELPRO was a covert FBI counterintelligence program formally initiated in 1956 and exposed publicly in 1971, targeting domestic political organizations deemed subversive. The Church Committee's 19…
- COINTELPRO Authorization and Classification of Custodial Documents
COINTELPRO, an FBI counterintelligence program, operated from 1956 to 1971, targeting various domestic groups including the Communist Party, the Ku Klux Klan, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Blac…
- COINTELPRO Field Office Justifications: Criminal Predicate vs. Ideological Classification
This dossier investigates the stated justifications used by FBI field offices for authorizing COINTELPRO operations, specifically examining whether 'criminal predicate' or 'criminal activity' was expl…
- COINTELPRO Declassification Status and Gaps in Field Office Records
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI projects conducted between 1956 and 1971, designed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt various domestic political organi…
- COINTELPRO Prosecutions: Existence of Comprehensive Indices in FBI/DOJ Records
The COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative operating from 1956 to 1971, designed to disrupt various domestic groups including the Communist Party, Ku Klux Klan, and Socia…
- COINTELPRO Withheld Documents: FOIA Exemptions and Justifications (1956–1971)
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert projects conducted by the FBI between 1956 and 1971, aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American politica…
- COINTELPRO Operational Approval Protocols and Field Office Autonomy
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI operations conducted between 1956 and 1971, designed to disrupt and discredit various domestic political organizations. While the p…
- COINTELPRO Expansion and Authorization: Communist Party to Black Panther Party (1956-1971)
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative launched in 1956, initially aimed at disrupting the Communist Party of the United States. Throughout the 1960s, the program's scope…
- DOJ Review of COINTELPRO-Related Deaths as Civil Rights Violations
COINTELPRO was a series of covert and often extralegal projects conducted by the FBI from 1956 to 1971, aimed at disrupting organizations deemed subversive, including civil rights and anti-war movemen…
- COINTELPRO Files: Declassification Status and Withholding Grounds
COINTELPRO was a series of covert and illegal projects conducted by the FBI between 1956 and 1971, aimed at surveilling and disrupting domestic political organizations deemed subversive. While all COI…
- COINTELPRO Authorization Series: Separate Files and NARA Transfer Status
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI projects conducted between 1956 and 1971, aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organi…
- COINTELPRO Program Management: Approval Chains and Assistant Director Oversight by Target Group
COINTELPRO was a covert FBI counterintelligence program, operating from 1956 to 1971, designed to disrupt various domestic political organizations. Initially targeting the Communist Party USA, the pro…
- COINTELPRO Deaths: Informant Presence and Actions in Fatal Incidents (1956-1975)
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative conducted from 1956 to 1971, aimed at disrupting domestic political organizations deemed subversive, including the Communist Party…
- COINTELPRO Directives and Amendments: J. Edgar Hoover's Authorizations (1956-1971)
COINTELPRO, an FBI counterintelligence program, operated from 1956 to 1971, targeting various domestic political groups. Its authorization and operational guidelines were established through a series …
- FBI Vault COINTELPRO Collection: Gaps, Redactions, and Withholding of Authorization Documents
COINTELPRO was a series of covert and illegal projects conducted by the FBI between 1956 and 1971, aimed at surveilling and disrupting political organizations. The FBI Vault publicly features a collec…
- COINTELPRO Informant Disclosure and Conviction Reversals
The COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative operating from 1956 to 1971, which involved surveilling, infiltrating, and disrupting various domestic political organizations…
- COINTELPRO Prosecutions: Number of Targeted Members and Status of Convictions
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI operations conducted between 1956 and 1971, designed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt domestic political organization…
- COINTELPRO Targets: Prior Criminal Records Before FBI Targeting
COINTELPRO, the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program, operated between 1956 and 1971, aiming to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt various domestic political organizations and leaders, includin…
- COINTELPRO Statistical Summaries: Target Categorization and Criminal History
COINTELPRO was a series of covert FBI counterintelligence programs conducted from 1956 to 1971, aimed at disrupting various domestic political groups deemed subversive (https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-p…
- FBI Focus on Far-Right vs. New Left and Black Nationalist Groups in Hoover Era (1956–1971)
This dossier investigates the frequency with which far-right groups were identified as national security priorities in FBI documents between 1956 and 1971, compared to New Left and Black nationalist o…
- COINTELPRO Operation Counts by Target Group (1956–1971)
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative launched in 1956, initially targeting the Communist Party USA. The program expanded in the 1960s to include a broader range of dome…
- COINTELPRO Operations Against White Supremacist Groups: KKK Infiltration and Disruption
COINTELPRO, the FBI's Counterintelligence Program, officially operated from 1956 to 1971, targeting a variety of domestic groups deemed subversive. While widely known for its operations against the Bl…
- COINTELPRO Justifications: Ideological Threat vs. Capacity for Violence
COINTELPRO, a series of covert FBI projects conducted between 1956 and 1971, aimed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt various American political organizations. While the FBI publicly state…
- COINTELPRO Prosecutions: Count of Targeted Organizations with Member Prosecutions (1956-1971)
COINTELPRO, or Counter Intelligence Program, was a series of covert projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1956 to 1971. Its stated purpose was to surveil, …
- COINTELPRO Authorization Memoranda Inventory
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert projects conducted by the FBI from 1956 to 1971, aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political or…
- COINTELPRO Operational Effectiveness: Analysis of Disruptions, Failures, and Field Office Variance
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and at times illegal projects conducted by the FBI between 1956 and 1971, aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupt…
- COINTELPRO Authorization Series: FBI Documentation and Formal Acknowledgment
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI operations conducted between 1956 and 1971, designed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt various domestic political organ…
- COINTELPRO Administrative Structure and Record-Keeping Practices
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a series of covert operations conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1956 to 1971. The program's stated purpose was to disrupt the act…
- COINTELPRO Record-Keeping Practices and Document Retention Compared to Other Agencies
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a series of covert projects conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1956 to 1971, designed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disru…
- FBI Field Agent Training and Directives for Ethically Questionable COINTELPRO Operations
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI projects conducted between 1956 and 1971, aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organ…
- COINTELPRO Internal Classification Codes and Directives (1956–1971)
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI projects conducted from 1956 to 1971, aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic political organizat…
- COINTELPRO Administrative and Authorization Records: NARA Accession
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI operations conducted between 1956 and 1971, designed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt various domestic political organ…
- FBI Agent Experiences and Archives During COINTELPRO (1956-1971)
This dossier investigates the availability of specific archives or collections focusing on FBI agent experiences during the COINTELPRO era (1956-1971). COINTELPRO, an abbreviation for Counterintellige…
- COINTELPRO Approval Chains: Documented Bureaucratic Structure
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative operating from 1956 to 1971, designed to surveil, infiltrate, and disrupt domestic political organizations. Declassified FBI recor…
- COINTELPRO Authorization Records: Discrepancies Between FBI Vault and Church Committee Releases
COINTELPRO, the FBI's Counterintelligence Program, operated from 1956 to 1971, targeting various domestic groups deemed subversive. Its existence was publicly revealed following a 1971 break-in at an …
- COINTELPRO Bureaucratic Approval Structure and Delegation of Authority
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative active from 1956 to 1971, designed to disrupt domestic groups deemed subversive. Publicly exposed in 1971, the program targeted var…
- COINTELPRO Approval Authority: Identifying Assistant Directors Beyond William C. Sullivan
COINTELPRO, a series of covert FBI counterintelligence projects active from 1956 to 1971, aimed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt various domestic political organizations. While the progr…
- COINTELPRO: Internal Approval Processes for Target Groups
COINTELPRO, an abbreviation for Counter Intelligence Program, was a series of covert and often illegal projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) between 1956 and 19…
- FBI Informant Presence and Fatalities in COINTELPRO-Targeted Groups (1956-1975)
This dossier investigates the extent to which declassified FBI documents reveal informant presence and actions in incidents involving fatalities within groups targeted by COINTELPRO between 1956 and 1…
- COINTELPRO Oversight: FBI Internal Mechanisms and Former Personnel Testimony
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI projects conducted between 1956 and 1971, aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organ…
- COINTELPRO Authorization Memoranda Volume: Declassified and Classified Totals
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI projects conducted between 1956 and 1971, aimed at surveilling and disrupting American political organizations [3], [4]. While many…
- Systematic Redactions and Missing Documents in FBI COINTELPRO Vault Records
The FBI's Vault is an online FOIA Library containing thousands of scanned documents, including those related to the COINTELPRO operations which ran from 1956 to 1971. The FBI states that these documen…
- COINTELPRO Internal Audit and Quality Control Procedures (1956-1971)
COINTELPRO, a series of covert FBI operations conducted between 1956 and 1971, aimed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt various domestic political organizations perceived as subversive. T…
- COINTELPRO Document Redactions and Absences in Public Records
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a series of covert FBI operations conducted between 1956 and 1971, aimed at disrupting domestic political groups. Following its public exposure in 1971, re…
- FBI Declassification Policy for COINTELPRO Individual Accountability Records
The FBI's policy regarding the declassification of internal records, particularly those concerning individual accountability for historical programs like COINTELPRO, is a subject of ongoing public int…
- COINTELPRO Headquarters Authorization and Review
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative operating from 1956 to 1971, targeting domestic political organizations deemed 'subversive' by the FBI. While Director J. Edgar Hoo…
- COINTELPRO Initial Authorization Document: Public Availability and Completeness
COINTELPRO, an FBI counterintelligence program, operated from 1956 to 1971, targeting various domestic groups deemed subversive. The program's existence and activities were publicly revealed in 1971, …
- COINTELPRO: Documented Deaths in Targeted Organizations
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was an FBI initiative active from 1956 to 1971, designed to surveil, infiltrate, and disrupt various domestic political groups, including the Black Panther Par…
- COINTELPRO Expansion to Civil Rights and Anti-War Groups: FBI Justifications
COINTELPRO, initially launched in 1956 to target the Communist Party, was expanded by the FBI in the 1960s to include a broader range of domestic organizations, notably civil rights and anti-war group…
- COINTELPRO Approval Process Evolution (1956-1971)
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and often illegal FBI projects conducted from 1956 to 1971, aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic p…
- COINTELPRO Declassified Records: Documented Gaps and Withdrawn Material
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative conducted between 1956 and 1971, aimed at surveilling and disrupting domestic political groups. Following public exposure in 1971,…
- COINTELPRO Declassification Efforts and Gaps
COINTELPRO, the FBI's Counterintelligence Program, operated from 1956 to 1971, targeting and disrupting various domestic political groups, including civil rights, Black liberation, and anti-war moveme…
- J. Edgar Hoover's COINTELPRO Directives Archive
This dossier investigates the availability of comprehensive catalogs or archives of J. Edgar Hoover's directives pertaining to COINTELPRO. COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was an FBI initiativ…
- COINTELPRO Authorization Procedures and Internal Guidelines
COINTELPRO, the FBI's Counterintelligence Program, operated from 1956 to 1971, targeting various domestic groups including the Communist Party, Black Panther Party, and Ku Klux Klan to disrupt their a…
- COINTELPRO Declassified Files: Field Office Operations and Headquarters Authorizations
COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative, active from 1956 to 1971, designed to surveil, infiltrate, and disrupt domestic political organizations. Its existence was publicl…
- COINTELPRO Field Office Autonomy and Unauthorized Tactics
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was a covert FBI initiative conducted between 1956 and 1971, designed to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt various domestic political organizations.…
- COINTELPRO Operational Directives: Historian and Legal Scholar Calls for Further Declassification (1956-1971)
COINTELPRO, an acronym for the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program, operated from 1956 to 1971, engaging in covert and often illegal activities to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt domestic p…
- FBI Field Office Involvement in COINTELPRO (1956–1971)
COINTELPRO, or Counterintelligence Program, was a series of covert projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) between 1956 and 1971. Its stated purpose was to disrup…
- COINTELPRO Oversight and Authorization for Expanded Targets
COINTELPRO (Counter Intelligence Program) was an FBI initiative active from 1956 to 1971, initially targeting the Communist Party of the United States. In the 1960s, its scope expanded to include a wi…