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David Kaplan of California's Center for Investigative Reporting called COINTELPRO "the largest known program yet in domestic suverillance."

Kaplan observed that "between 1965 and 1975, the FBI opened more than 500,000 intelligence files on more than one million Americans, according to a Congressional report."

"Among the Bureau's targets: Martin Luther King and the civil rights movement, anti-Vietnam War Groups, and the underground press."

Building Liberty | COINTELPRO

Bibliographies and Reading Lists

Basic Bibliography on COINTELPRO

Selected Bibliography on Intelligence Abuse with links to purchase the books at Powell's Bookstore online

Reading List on Intelligence Agencies & Political Repression This is the reading list developed by Linda Lotz and Chip Berlet which was handed out by anti-repression activist and former CIA case officer Phil Agee on his speaking tours. It is for progressive researchers and activists who wanted to deepen their knowledge of political repression at home and abroad. Note that many of the phone numbers and addresses are out of date.

Selected Book List from the American Freedom Campaign