THE ichigan Daily Edited and managed by Students at the University of Michigan Tuesday June 4, 1974 News Phone: 764-0552 THE FBI1WAR PLAN: Democracy subverted: On terrorism, FBI style HERE ARE CONSTITUTIONAL checks on the FBI. Congress has sufficient legal bite to keep the Bureau working within the bounds of law and ethics. There is a House subcommittee charged with watching the FBI and other surveillance groups, and the subcommittee can bring misdeeds on the part of the FBI to the attention of Congress. Congress has the power to cut off the FBI's funds. The president has the power to appoint a new Bureau director. A president could appoint an honest Ralph Na- der type to the directorship to clean the FBI up. The Supreme Court, while it doesn't have the power to enforce laws, can declare the FBI an outlaw organiza- tion by holding its activities to be illegal. Despite these checks the last decade has seen the FBI direct its energies toward achieving such goals as these; to prevent "the rise of a 'Messiah' who could unify and electrify the militant black nationalist movement," and to prevent black nationalist groups "and their lead- ers from gaining respectability, by discrediting them ... to the responsible Negro community . . . to "liberals" who have vestiges of sympathy for militant Black national- ists . . . (to) Negro radicals, the followers of the move- ment." THE FBI WAS WORKING with the Chicago area Cook County Sheriff's Deoartment when the Department raided Black Panther Fred Hampton's apartment early one December morning in 1969. Hampton, apparently drugged with barbiturates, was shot to death in the raid. The official version of the raid reported that the Panthers repeatedly refosed offers of a cease fire before officers began shooting. An investigation, however, show- ed that the Panthers had fired only one shot. America doesn't seem to be a place where minority political opinions can be safely demonstrated. The Pan- thers, organizers of food, clothing and health care pro- grams, have been provoked, violently assaulted and pro- vided with an image of viciousness by the FBI. The case of the Panthers 'seems to be a less well publicized instance of what happened to the Democrats when Watergate was going full steam. The Democrats were widely recognized during the 1968 presidential elec- tion as a legitimate alternative to the "powers that were". And the Democrats were tripped up by the "pow- ers that were". Unlike the case of the Panthers, however, Watergate is to some degree being accounted for. August 25, 1967 PERSONAL ATTENTION TO ALL OFFICES COUNTER INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BLACK NATIONALIST- HATE GROUPS INTERNAL SECURITY Offices receiving copies of this letter are instructed 'to im- mediately establish a control file, captioned above, and to as- sign responsibility for following and coordinating this new coun- terintelligence program to an experienced and imaginative Special Agent,.. "The purpose of this new counterintelli- gence endeavor is to expose, disrupt, mis- direct, discredit, or otherwise neutralize t h e activities o f b I a c k-nationalist, hate - type groups, t h e i r leadership, spokesmen, m e m- bership, and suppor- ters." The purpose of this new coun- terintelligence endeavor is to ex- pose, disrupt, misdirect, dis- credit, or otherwise neutralize the activities of Black Nation- alist, hate-type groups, their leadership, spokesmen, mem- bership, and supporters. The ac- tivities of all such groups of intelligence interest to this Bttresu must be followed on a continuous basis so we will be in a position to take prompt ad- vantage of all opportunities to inspire action in instances where circumstances warrant. THE PERNICIOUS back- ground of such groups, their du- plicity, and devious maneuvers most be exposed to public scrut- iny where such publicity will have a neutralizing effect. Ef- forts of the various groups to consolidate their forces or to recruit new or youthful adher- ents must be frustrated. No op- portunity should be missed to exploit through counterintelli- gence techniques the organiza- tional and personal conflicts of the leaderships of the groi>ns and where possible an effort should be made to capitalize upon existing conflicts between competing Black nationalist or- ganizations. When an opportunity is appar- ent to disrupt or neutralize Black nationalist organizations through the cooperation of es- tablished local news media con- tacts, in every instance careful attention must be given to the proposal to insure the targeted group is disrupted, ridiculed, or discredited through the pub- licity and not merely publiciz- ed. Consideration should be giv- en to techniques to preclude vi- olence prone of rabble - rouser leaders of hate groups from spreading their philosophy pub- licity or through mass communi- cation media. Many individuals currently ac- tive in Black nationalist organ- izations have backgrounds of immorality, subversive activ- ity, and criminal records. Through your investigation of key agitators, you should en- deavort-to establish their unsa- vory backgrounds. Be alert to determine evidence of misappro- priation of funds or other types of personal misconduct on the part of militant nationalist lead- ers so any practical or warrant- ed counterintelligence may be instituted. YOU ARE cautioned that the nature of this new endeavor is such that under no circum- stances should the existence of the program be made known outside the Bureaumand appro- priate within - office security should be afforded to operations considered under the program. March 3, 1968 PERSONAL ATTENTION From: Director, FBI COUNTERINTELLIGENCE PROGRAM BLACK NATIONALIST- HATE GROUPS RACIAL INTELLIGENCE Title is changed to substitute "Prevent the Coaliti Nationalist groups. strength; a truism t for all its triteness. A of black nationalist first step toward a America, the-beginn revolution." Racial Intelligence for Intelli- gence Security for Bureau rout- ing purposes. (Section covered over.) Goals of the Program: .1. Prevent the Coalition- of militant B1 a c k nationalist groups. In unity there is strength; a truism that is no less valid for all its triteness. An effective coalition of black nationalist groups might be the first step toward a real "Mau Mau" in America, the beginning of a true Black revolution. 2. Prevent the Rise of a "Messiah" who could unify, and electrify, the militant black na- tionalist movement. (Censored) might have been such a "Mes- siah"; he is the martyr of the movement today. (Censored) is less of a threat because of his age. (Censored) could be a real contender for this position should he abandon his supposed "obedience" to "white liberal doctrines" (nonviolence) and embrace Black nationalism. (Censored) has the necessary charisma to be a real threat in this way. 3. Prevent violence on the part of black nationalist groups. 4. Prevent such groups and their leaders from gaining res- pectability, by discrediting them to three separate segments of the community. You must dis- credit them to first, the respon- sible Negro community. Second, they must be discredited to "lib- erals" who have vestiges of sympathy for militant Black na- tionalists 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 dif- ferent tactics from the first two. Publicity about violent ten- dencies and radical statements merely enhances Black nation- alists to the last group. It adds "respectability" in a different way. 5. A final goal should be to prevent long-range Growth of these groups, especially among youth. Specific tactics to pre- vent these groups from convert- ing young people must be de- veloped. on of militant Black In unity there is hat is no less valid n effective coalition groups might be the real 'Mau Mau' in ing of a true Black May 11, 1970 SAC, San Francisco Director, FBI COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AND SPECIAL OPERATIONS (RESEARCH SECTION) The Bureau would like to of- fer for your consideration a proposal for a disruptive - disin- formation operation targeted against the national office of the Black Panther Party (BPP). This proposal' is not intended to be all inclusive or binding in any of its various phases, but (Continued on Page 5) CONSTITUTIONAL CHECKS on tutional checks on the executi' pose. Where minority opinion is si subverted. the FBI, like Consti- ve branch, have a pur- quelched, democracy is -STEPHEN HERSH I JI2IBMY . O)AJT 770 66 fAFTCL? 6UT IT WAS3 LOLL 3/V -A 7C6 A? JU' Ak) f OU 1~ I PWNoTi t WA&Y(TTO F43U77 1K) I7 WAS FRULOM. 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