Meaning of COINTELPRO | Babel Free

Definitions

Initialism of Counter-intelligence program.

abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

“A fair, accurate and comprehensive understanding of the various COINTELPRO activities undertaken by the FBI is possible only in light of the context and climate in which the programs were established.”

“I think on the one hand they are doing a fishing expedition and trying to gather information, and on the other hand they are doing the much dirtier business of cointelpro — in terms of trying to discredit and destroy the opposition.”

“Analyzing COINTELPRO-White Hate provided me with an opportunity to confront my own biases concerning the COINTELPRO operations conducted against the New Left after 1968.”

“The COINTELPRO operations of the 1960s were modeled on the successful programs of earlier years undertaken to disrupt the American Communist Party.”

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