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“Hoover’s F.B.I., as the files established, had engineered a clandestine campaign aimed at “disrupting” and “neutralizing” left-wing and civil-rights organizations through the use of informants, smear campaigns, and callous, cunning plots to break up marriages, get people fired, and exacerbate political divisions. One of the files made reference to the name of the project: cointelpro, which stood for ‘counterintelligence program.’” ~Margaret Talbot

J. Edgar Hoover: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/11/21/j-edgar-hoover-public-enemy-no-1