During the 1960s, the FBI covertly targeted civil-rights leaders, women's movements and anti-war protestors in the name of domestic security.
Sources
- The Breakthrough: Uncovering the FBI's Secret Rules (propublica.org)
- https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/fbi-targets-new-generation-black-activists (brennancenter.org)
- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/cointelpro (ebsco.com)
- https://womensenews.org/2015/03/ruth-rosen-compares-intimidation-then-and-now/ (womensenews.org)
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