FBI uses counterspy tactics against Klan and extremists in 1960s
Public records show the FBI infiltrated 2000 informants into the Ku Klux Klan and other groups, produced fake news, created fictitious committees, and sent anonymous mailings to disrupt extremist activities. Hoover cited infiltrations aiding violence reduction and solving civil rights murders.
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FBI
Washington
Ku Klux Klan
Communist Party
America
J. Edgar Hoover
Atty
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Marvin Watson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hoover
South
Klan
Cointel
American Communist Party
National Intelligence Committee
Chicago
American Nazi Party
Justice Dept to disclose broad range of FBI and DOJs files
Deputy Attorney General Harold R. Tyler Jr pledged maximum possible disclosure of Freedom of Information Act requests. He ordered officials to release as much information as possible from Alger Hiss and Julius and Ethel Rosenberg cases and to act quickly. The move signals faster FBI document processing and broader disclosures than in the past.
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FBI
Washington
Atty
Harold R.tyler Jr
Justice Department
Department
Alger Hiss
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Tyler
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