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COINTELPRO was a division of the FBI that conducted illegal surveillance specifically designed to destabilize and harm individuals' public images.

“it was not simply the collection of information about people. It was the illegal collection of information about people with the intent of destabilizing them and hurting them in the eyes of the public.”

Heather Cox Richardson · Jul 2025 · 1 episode · 365K views on this topic

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Heather Cox Richardson·Jul 22, 2025

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