Is CoinTelPro still active?

Technically no, the CoinTelPro (Counterintelligence Program) was officially discontinued by the FBI in April of 1971, over 50 years ago.

The FBI’s Counter intelligence program or Cointel-Pro against Black on Black empowerment had 4 main bullet points…

1️⃣ Prevent the COALITION of militant black nationalist groups.

-An effective coalition of black nationalist groups might be the first step toward a Black revolutionary army in America, the beginning of a true black revolution.

2️⃣ Prevent the RISE OF A BLACK MESSIAH who could unify, and electrify, the militant black nationalist movement.

-This is of primary importance, and is, of course, a goal of our investigative activity

-It should also be a goal of the Counterintelligence Program to pinpoint potential troublemakers and neutralize them before they exercise their potential for violence.

3️⃣ Prevent militant black nationalist groups and leaders from gaining RESPECTABILITY, by discrediting them to three separate segments of the community.

-The goal of discrediting black nationalists must be handled tactically in three ways;

🥇first, you must discredit those groups and individuals to, first, the RESPONSIBLE Negro community.

🥈second, they must be discredited to the white community, both the responsible community and to liberals who have vestiges of sympathy for militant black nationalists simply because they are Negroes.

🥉third, these groups must be discredited in the eyes of Negro radicals, the followers of the movement. This last area requires entirely different tactics from the first two. Publicity about violent tendencies and radical statements merely enhances black nationalists to the last group; it adds respectability in a different way.

4️⃣ A final goal should be to prevent the long-range GROWTH of militant black organizations, especially among youth.

-Specific tactics to prevent these groups from converting young people must be developed.

Modern “CoinTelPro-Style” Activities

While the name is gone, critics and leaked documents suggest that the methods—surveillance, infiltration, and disruption—have evolved into modern frameworks:

• “Black Identity Extremists”: In 2017, leaked FBI documents revealed a new designation for “Black Identity Extremists,” which some civil rights activists regard as a modern-day reincarnation of the same CoinTelPro tactics used against the Black Panther Party and UNIA.

Many legal experts and recent whistleblowers argue that all the same CoinTelPro tools have shifted from filing cabinets to digital based algorithms.