Topic: cointelpro

Stephen Miller and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The long war on the American left

Heather Digby Parton
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller speaks at the White House on September 25, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Cuts hamper Miller's war on the left

Russell Payne
Ed Helms (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Ed Helms on FBI's epic fail & The Office

Andrew O'Hehir
Two policemen carry stretcher bearing Negro nationalist leader Malcolm X after he was downed by an assassin's bullets at a rally on February 21st. The 39-year-old Malcolm was pronounced dead at the hospital when he was taken for treatment. The assassination of the one-time Muslim official came one week after the bombing of his home on February 13th. (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

Did the FBI order Malcolm X's murder?

Bob Hennelly
Pro-Trump protesters gather in front of the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. A pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol, breaking windows and clashing with police officers. | Protesters and supporters filter slowly through security onto the National Mall for the inauguration of Donald Trump on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. Today Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Protest and "terrorism": 2017 to 2021

David Masciotra
(Getty/Shutterstock/Salon)

The left now loves a man in a uniform

Lucian K. Truscott IV
FBI Director James Comey. (AP/John Minchillo)

"Activism is not terrorism"

Ben Norton
Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald (AP/Kin Cheung)

1st amendment's racial tumult

Marcy Wheeler
A recreated scene from "1971."

Let's break into the FBI!

Andrew O'Hehir