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FBI Operation Hoodwink pits mob against communists in covert campaign
The long secret FBI counterintelligence program run from October 1969 to July 1988 used limited actions to disrupt both the Communist Party USA and groups like the Weathermen Black Panthers Ku Klux Klan and civil rights groups. Documents show phony letters leaflets and unsigned notices aimed at provoking disputes and misdirecting partners while producing little tangible result.
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New York
FBI
FDL
Communist Party USA
Weiherman
Black Panthers
Ku’ Klux Klan
Communist Party Us.a
Lay Cosa Nostra
Une
Washington
FBS
Philadelphia
Malta
U.S
Bureau
San Francisco
Rewspaper
Werkier
FBC
Communis
Brooklyn
N.Y
la Cosa Mostra