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COINTELPRO -LRB- a portmanteau derived from COunter INTELligence PROgram -RRB- is a series of covert , and often illegal , projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation -LRB- FBI -RRB- aimed at surveilling , infiltrating , discrediting , and disrupting American political organizations .. covert. Covert operation. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Federal Bureau of Investigation. political organizations. political organizations. FBI records show that COINTELPRO resources targeted groups and individuals that the FBI deemed subversive , including anti-Vietnam War organizers , activists of the Civil Rights Movement or Black Power movement -LRB- e.g. , Martin Luther King , Jr. and the Black Panther Party -RRB- , feminist organizations , anti-colonial movements -LRB- such as Puerto Rican independence groups like the Young Lords -RRB- , and a variety of organizations that were part of the broader New Left .. subversive. subversive. Vietnam War. Vietnam War. Civil Rights Movement. Civil Rights Movement. Black Power movement. Black Power movement. Black Panther Party. Black Panther Party. feminist. feminist. Puerto Rican independence. Puerto Rican independence. Young Lords. Young Lords. New Left. New Left. White supremacist groups , such as the Ku Klux Klan , were also targeted .. Ku Klux Klan. Ku Klux Klan. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover issued directives governing COINTELPRO , ordering FBI agents to `` expose , disrupt , misdirect , discredit , neutralize or otherwise eliminate '' the activities of these movements and especially their leaders .. FBI Director. Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. J. Edgar Hoover. J. Edgar Hoover. Under Hoover , the agent in charge of COINTELPRO was William C. Sullivan .. William C. Sullivan. William C. Sullivan. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy personally authorized some of the programs .. Robert F. Kennedy. Robert F. Kennedy. Although Kennedy only gave written approval for limited wiretapping of Martin Luther King 's phones `` on a trial basis , for a month or so '' , Hoover extended the clearance so his men were `` unshackled '' to look for evidence in any areas of King 's life they deemed worthy .