Scenarios about 'COINTELPRO'
A series of covert and illegal projects conducted by the FBI from 1956 to 1971 aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations deemed subversive. COINTELPRO targeted civil rights groups, feminist organizations, anti-Vietnam War protestors, and communist and socialist groups through tactics including psychological warfare, harassment, and false propaganda. The program's exposure through stolen documents revealed the extent of domestic surveillance and has significant implications for alternate histories exploring different outcomes of American social movements.
What If COINTELPRO Was Never Exposed?
Exploring the alternate timeline where the FBI's secret counterintelligence program remained hidden from public view, potentially allowing domestic surveillance to evolve unchecked in American society.