Cointelpro
This collection contains material on the FBI program COINTELPRO (Counterintelligence Program). This program served to disrupt, destroy and infiltrate many progressive organizations during the 60's-70's in the U.S. This existence of the program was discovered and made public after a break-in at FBI offices in Media, Pennsylvania. The anti-war sympathizers had intended to destroy draft records but when they found evidence of a larger web of government repression, they kept the information and released it to the public. This sparked public outrage and resulted in Congress convening the Church Committee to investigate. While no government officials were ever held criminally accountable for the program and the subsequent frame-ups, assassinations and arrests, a number of civil suits were filed. The vast majority of our materials are drawn from two organizations, The Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct and The National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research. Both of these organizations organized around those imprisoned by COINTELPRO and distributed information about the program and its lasting effects on movements for national liberation.
The National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research lead the struggle to expose COINTELPRO attacks on the Black Liberation struggle. By educating and organizing, and by coordinating law suits filed by Assata Shakur, the Republic of New Afrika 11 and others, the Task Force is worked to expose the depths of government attacks and to free some of its major targets.
The Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct worked under the leadership of National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research as part of the growing movement against government counterintelligence. Members of the Committee are plaintiffs in Clark v. USA, a major civil law suit against the FBI, Justice Department, Richard Nixon, John Mitchell and others. The plaintiffs have been named as targets of illegal activities for which ex-FBI officials have been convicted on criminal charges.
The National Taskforce for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research lead the struggle to expose COINTELPRO attacks on the Black Liberation struggle. By educating and organizing, and by coordinating law suits filed by Assata Shakur, the Republic of New Afrika 11 and others, the Task Force is worked to expose the depths of government attacks and to free some of its major targets.
The Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct worked under the leadership of National Task Force for COINTELPRO Litigation and Research as part of the growing movement against government counterintelligence. Members of the Committee are plaintiffs in Clark v. USA, a major civil law suit against the FBI, Justice Department, Richard Nixon, John Mitchell and others. The plaintiffs have been named as targets of illegal activities for which ex-FBI officials have been convicted on criminal charges.
Documents
Dear Friends Puerto Rico Victory Letter
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 5/30/1979Volume Number: 30-MayFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Cointelpro
Letter celebrating the freedom of William Guillermo Morales
To Attorney General Griffin Bell
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 3/1/1979Volume Number: 1-MarFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Cointelpro
Letter to Attorney General Griffin Bell
Letter to NY Times Editor
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 2/15/1979Volume Number: 15-FebFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Cointelpro
Letter to the editor New York Times
After four years
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 3/1/1979Volume Number: 1-MarFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Cointelpro
Press Release four years into the organization's campaign
Targets of FBI Crimes Charge Collusion Between Prosecution and Defense in Washington Trial of Former FBI Officials
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 1/1/1979Volume Number: 1-JanFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Cointelpro
Targets of FBI Crimes Charge Collusion Between Prosecution and Defense in Washington Trial of Former FBI Officials
Plaintiffs Challenge Government's Cover-UP At First Public Court Appearance
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 7/6/1979Volume Number: 6-JulFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Cointelpro
Plaintiffs Challenge Government's Cover-UP At First Public Court Appearance
Dear Friends Donation Letter
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 9/17/1979Volume Number: 17-SepFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Cointelpro
Donation letter for the Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct
Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductDate: 8/1979Volume Number: AugustFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Update: Committee for the Suit Against Government Misconduct
Publisher: Committee for the Suit Against Government MisconductYear: 1979Volume Number: October-NovemberFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Cointelpro
Special Issue: National Black Human Rights Campaign
Surveillance Targets Push for Trial of Ex-FBI Officials
Publisher: The Washington StarDate: 3/2/1979Volume Number: 2-MarFormat: ArticleCollection: Cointelpro
reproduction of the original article