COINTELPRO

A portmanteau, derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram, COINTELPRO was an FBI umbrella program that consolidated a variety of FBI initiatives aimed at disrupting, sabotaging, discrediting, or defaming activist groups, the leaders of those groups, or even just people sympathetic to relevant causes or groups. In essence, civilian spying and sabotage!

Join Andy and Art as they uncover the not-so-conspiratorial truth behind the COINTELPRO program!

Show Notes:

Research begins at 20:18

A portmanteau, derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram, COINTELPRO was an FBI umbrella program that consolidated a variety of FBI initiatives aimed at disrupting, sabotaging, discrediting, or defaming activist groups, the leaders of those groups, or even just people sympathetic to relevant causes or groups. In essence, spying and sabotage!

Join Andy and Art as they uncover the not-so-conspiratorial truth behind the COINTELPRO program!

Andy and Art are captured once again by the titular Mr. Bunker - how did he fool them this time?

In the second segment, Andy and Art give you, the listeners, an uninterrupted presentation of their research into COINTELPRO.

Finally, Andy and Art discuss COINTELPRO at length. They also discuss J. Edgar Hoover, global surveillance, using a VPN, and so much more!

Use the hashtag #COINTELPROPro and send us your thoughts on COINTELPRO to @MrBunkerPod

Music by Michael Martello Artwork by Hannah Ross Audio Editing by Arthur Stone

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Links Mentioned:

COINTELPRO - Wikipedia

A Short History of COINTELPRO - Carver Cantin

COINTELPRO - Democracy Now!

My Shadow and Me: A History of COINTELPRO - Democracy Now!

50 Years After COINTELPRO Leak: Are We Free? - Advancement Project

COINTELPRO: Disrupting Resistance Movements in the Digital Age - National Lawyers Guild

Domestic Spying, Blackmail, and Murder: Inside the FBI's COINTELPRO - All That's Interesting

The FBI's Secret War - Jacobin Magazine

More About FBI Spying - ACLU

J. Edgar Hoover - Wikipedia

A Byte Out of History Going SOLO: Communist Agent Tells All - FBI

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Release date

Lydbog: 31. juli 2019