The FBI ran a covert program called COINTELPRO from 1956 to 1971 to disrupt domestic political groups.

This is a fully confirmed historical fact. For fifteen years, the FBI ran a secret program called COINTELPRO, which stood for Counterintelligence Program. They did not just watch people. They actively tried to neutralize them. This meant ruining reputations, breaking up marriages, and stopping legal protests. They targeted civil rights workers, anti-war activists, and the Black Panthers. They even targeted Martin Luther King Jr., trying to scare and discredit him.