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To the Extreme

FBI testimony only provokes fear of new Cointelpro

By Hank Hoffman

Is the FBI back in the business of trying to squelch political dissent? An obscure paragraph in congressional testimony this past spring by departing FBI Director Louis Freeh has fanned fears that the agency is planning a surveillance and disruption effort against anti-globalization groups similar to Cointelpro, which focused on the anti-war and Black Power movements in the ’60s and ’70s.… return to article

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