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<P><STRONG>" The remaining 15% of COINTELPRO resources were expended to
marginalize and subvert </STRONG><A title="White supremacy"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy"><STRONG>white</STRONG></A><STRONG>
</STRONG><A class=mw-redirect title="Hate groups in the United States"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_groups_in_the_United_States"><STRONG>hate
groups</STRONG></A><STRONG>, including the </STRONG><A title="Ku Klux Klan"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan"><STRONG>Ku Klux
Klan</STRONG></A><STRONG> and the </STRONG><A
title="National States' Rights Party"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_States'_Rights_Party"><STRONG>National
States' Rights Party</STRONG></A><STRONG>.</STRONG><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-12"><SUP><STRONG><SPAN>[</SPAN>12<SPAN>]</SPAN></STRONG></SUP></A><STRONG> "</STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>The other 85 % of FBI resources were used
against the " Left ". Including certain Congressmen and Senators
as well as journalists and civil rights activists, and even Albert
Einstein.</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I guess the question is, was the reason the FBI for
a few years worked against violent racist groups in the South because of the
Kennedy administration or was it that the murders were " too much " and that if
there were to be any murders conducted, than the FBI were the only ones who were
going to do it ( Pine Ridge Indian Reservation FBI death squads and murders of
Black Panther members ) ?</FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>See Below... </STRONG></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG></STRONG> </P>
<P><STRONG>COINTELPRO (an acronym for </STRONG><A title=Counterintelligence
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterintelligence"><STRONG>COunter
INTELligence</STRONG></A><STRONG> PROgram) was a series of </STRONG><A
title="Covert operation"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covert_operation"><STRONG>covert</STRONG></A><STRONG>,
and at times illegal,<SUP id=cite_ref-church-final-report_1-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-church-final-report-1"><SPAN>[</SPAN>1<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
projects conducted by the United States </STRONG><A
title="Federal Bureau of Investigation"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation"><STRONG>Federal
Bureau of Investigation</STRONG></A><STRONG> (FBI) aimed at surveying,
infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting domestic </STRONG><A
class=mw-redirect title="Political organizations"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_organizations"><STRONG>political
organizations</STRONG></A><STRONG>.<SUP
id=cite_ref-Citizens.27-Commission-to-Investigate-the-FBI_2-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-Citizens.27-Commission-to-Investigate-the-FBI-2"><SPAN>[</SPAN>2<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
</STRONG><A title="National Security Agency"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Agency"><STRONG>National
Security Agency</STRONG></A><STRONG> operation </STRONG><A
title="Project MINARET"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MINARET"><STRONG>Project
MINARET</STRONG></A><STRONG> targeted the personal communications of leading
Americans, including Senators </STRONG><A title="Frank Church"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Church"><STRONG>Frank
Church</STRONG></A><STRONG> and </STRONG><A title="Howard Baker"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Baker"><STRONG>Howard
Baker</STRONG></A><STRONG>, civil rights leaders, including </STRONG><A
class=mw-redirect title="Dr. Martin Luther King"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Martin_Luther_King"><STRONG>Dr. Martin
Luther King</STRONG></A><STRONG>, journalists and athletes who criticized the
</STRONG><A title="Vietnam War"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War"><STRONG>Vietnam
War</STRONG></A><STRONG>.<SUP id=cite_ref-Minaret_3-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-Minaret-3"><SPAN>[</SPAN>3<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP
id=cite_ref-The-Dangers-of-Domestic-Spying-by-Federal-Law-Enforcement_4-0
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-The-Dangers-of-Domestic-Spying-by-Federal-Law-Enforcement-4"><SPAN>[</SPAN>4<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>The FBI has used covert operations against domestic political groups
since its inception; however, covert operations under the official COINTELPRO
label took place between 1956 and 1971.<SUP
id=cite_ref-churchill-vanderwall-1990a_5-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-churchill-vanderwall-1990a-5"><SPAN>[</SPAN>5<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
COINTELPRO tactics are still used to this day, and have been alleged to include
discrediting targets through psychological warfare; smearing individuals and
groups using forged documents and by planting false reports in the media;
harassment; wrongful imprisonment; and illegal violence, including </STRONG><A
title=Assassination
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination"><STRONG>assassination</STRONG></A><STRONG>.<SUP
id=cite_ref-icdc.com_6-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-icdc.com-6"><SPAN>[</SPAN>6<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP
id=cite_ref-FBI_Secrets_1995_7-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-FBI_Secrets_1995-7"><SPAN>[</SPAN>7<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP><SUP
id=cite_ref-itsabouttimebpp.com_8-0 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-itsabouttimebpp.com-8"><SPAN>[</SPAN>8<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
The FBI's stated motivation was "protecting </STRONG><A
title="National security"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security"><STRONG>national
security</STRONG></A><STRONG>, preventing violence, and maintaining the existing
social and political order.<I>[sic.]</I>"<SUP id=cite_ref-9 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-9"><SPAN>[</SPAN>9<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></STRONG></P>
<P><STRONG>FBI records show that 85% of COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and
individuals that the FBI deemed "subversive",<SUP id=cite_ref-10
class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-10"><SPAN>[</SPAN>10<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
including </STRONG><A title=Communism
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism"><STRONG>communist</STRONG></A><STRONG>
and </STRONG><A title=Socialism
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism"><STRONG>socialist</STRONG></A><STRONG>
organizations; organizations and individuals associated with the </STRONG><A
title="African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–68)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955–68)"><STRONG>Civil
Rights Movement</STRONG></A><STRONG>, including Rev. Dr. </STRONG><A
title="Martin Luther King, Jr."
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr."><STRONG>Martin
Luther King, Jr.</STRONG></A><STRONG> and others associated with the </STRONG><A
title="Southern Christian Leadership Conference"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Christian_Leadership_Conference"><STRONG>Southern
Christian Leadership Conference</STRONG></A><STRONG>, the </STRONG><A
title="National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Colored_People"><STRONG>National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People</STRONG></A><STRONG>, and the
</STRONG><A title="Congress of Racial Equality"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Racial_Equality"><STRONG>Congress
of Racial Equality</STRONG></A><STRONG> and other civil rights organizations;
</STRONG><A title="Black nationalism"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_nationalism"><STRONG>black
nationalist</STRONG></A><STRONG> groups; the </STRONG><A
title="American Indian Movement"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_Movement"><STRONG>American
Indian Movement</STRONG></A><STRONG>; a broad range of organizations labeled
"</STRONG><A title="New Left"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Left"><STRONG>New
Left</STRONG></A><STRONG>", including </STRONG><A class=mw-redirect
title="Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_a_Democratic_Society_(1960_organization)"><STRONG>Students
for a Democratic Society</STRONG></A><STRONG> and the </STRONG><A
class=mw-redirect title="Weatherman (organization)"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_(organization)"><STRONG>Weathermen</STRONG></A><STRONG>;
almost all groups protesting the </STRONG><A title="Vietnam War"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War"><STRONG>Vietnam
War</STRONG></A><STRONG>, as well as individual student demonstrators with no
group affiliation; the </STRONG><A title="National Lawyers Guild"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Lawyers_Guild"><STRONG>National
Lawyers Guild</STRONG></A><STRONG>; organizations and individuals associated
with the </STRONG><A title="Women's rights"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_rights"><STRONG>women's
rights</STRONG></A><STRONG> movement; nationalist groups such as those seeking
independence for </STRONG><A title="Puerto Rico"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico"><STRONG>Puerto
Rico</STRONG></A><STRONG>, </STRONG><A title="United Ireland"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Ireland"><STRONG>United
Ireland</STRONG></A><STRONG>, —even </STRONG><A title="Albert Einstein"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein"><STRONG>Albert
Einstein</STRONG></A><STRONG>, who was a socialist and a member of several civil
rights groups, came under FBI surveillance during the years just before
COINTELPRO's official inauguration.<SUP id=cite_ref-11 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-11"><SPAN>[</SPAN>11<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP>
The remaining 15% of COINTELPRO resources were expended to marginalize and
subvert </STRONG><A title="White supremacy"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy"><STRONG>white</STRONG></A><STRONG>
</STRONG><A class=mw-redirect title="Hate groups in the United States"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_groups_in_the_United_States"><STRONG>hate
groups</STRONG></A><STRONG>, including the </STRONG><A title="Ku Klux Klan"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan"><STRONG>Ku Klux
Klan</STRONG></A><STRONG> and the </STRONG><A
title="National States' Rights Party"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_States'_Rights_Party"><STRONG>National
States' Rights Party</STRONG></A><STRONG>.<SUP id=cite_ref-12 class=reference><A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO#cite_note-12"><SPAN>[</SPAN>12<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></STRONG></P></DIV>
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<DIV
style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=kmedina67@gmail.com href="mailto:kmedina67@gmail.com">Karen
Medina</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=davidjohnson1451@comcast.net
href="mailto:davidjohnson1451@comcast.net">David Johnson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net
href="mailto:peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 10, 2014 6:08
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Peace-discuss] Spies of
Mississippi: The True Story of the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil
Rights Movement</DIV>
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<DIV>David Johnson wrote: > <STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Was this part of
the FBI's cointelpro program ?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial><BR></FONT></STRONG></DIV>The Mississippi
Sovereignty Commission started completely as a state of Mississippi entity.
But it lasted over, three possibly four governor's terms. The FBI had nothing
to do with it at first. The FBI entered the scene in 1964 when the 3 "Freedom
Summer" campaign volunteers disappeared. The FBI was investigating the
disappearance -- so they were working on the opposite side from the
commission.
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Later, toward the end of the commission's long life, there were people
who were paid by the commission who were also sharing information with the FBI
-- the commission was paying police officers who served "the public", the
Klan, and the commission. They shared reports.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>At least that is the way I understand it. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>-karen</DIV>
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<DIV>I just enjoyed a book:</DIV>"Spies of Mississippi: The True Story of
the Spy Network that Tried to Destroy the Civil Rights
Movement"<BR>by Rick Bowers </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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