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itu : Agencies like the U.S . Labor Party and the as long as the governmental agency feels it's
National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC relevant they pay for it . Counterintelligence
and the NSIPS are a part of the U .S . Labor agents were placed in organizations such as the
Party) indicate a new style of dealing with Nation of Islam, Black Panthers, US
movements : use of the autonomous vehicle that organization . General information flows into
is free from any constraints of government in its the field office from interviews with regular field
attempt to harass people within the liberation agents of the FBI . There are at least five types of
movement . The FBI, CIA, and the State sources that are working constantly to provide a
Department are government agencies . They're central flow of information about the kinds of
supposedly restricted by the Bill of Rights and activities, statements, meetings, friends,' and
the Constitution in the kinds of campaigns they relatives - all variety of material on the subject o f
can launch against U.S . citizens . However, if investigation . In my case I received 300-pages o
you take an independent vehicle like the U .S . documents, which I don't believe represent my
Labor Party, they can engage in slander and full file, but just the amount of the file that the
defamation of character . They can even engage government has agreed to release at this time . I
in physical . dessimation of a person or could receive my full file, but this would require
organization without the constraints of a taking the agencies to court, and since I doll'
government agency . What appears to be have the money for attorney fees and cour
happening here is the government has decided to records at this particular time I have to forego
set up organizations outside of its auspices, and that process . Certain deletions appear in thes
then use these agencies to carry out the type of documents that may not be legal . You can su
destructive activities that were formerly carried these agencies to find out who provided them
out by the FBI, the CIA, and the State with certain information . Many times these
Department . I see this attack as an experimental agencies have inside contacts in funding sources
plan implemented by the independent agencies to and they use these contacts to make sure that th,
see how much they can defame an individual, individual or organization is not able to securl
how much they can destroy an organization, how funding, etc . In the book on Cointelpro, they
much impact they can have on a movement reveal how teachers were fired, college professor
without any kind of outcry, or outrage from the were not given tenure. In the case of fundin ;
public . If they can get away with attacking the sources the EAST has submitted proposals ti
EAST and individuals, then they can go on to certain agencies for grants . These were to obtain
attacking others . Who knows, they may next funding for programs in our school anl'
turn up with a defamation of character against newspaper from non-governmental, privat e
Rev . Daughtry (of Brooklyn's Black United agencies . One grant was promised to us, but at
Front), Maulana Karenga, or any individual who the last moment we received a telegram sayin
has given time trying to free his people . This is that this grant was not a priority at that
an experiment - a proving ground . We will see particular time . I'm certain that the FB
more of these types of attacks taking place . contacted this funding source and told them tha t
Black News : What kinds of documents does we were under investigation and' that if -we
your file contain?
received a grant at this time it would look
Jitu : There are a variety of documents these files, peculiar for them to be giving a grant to a i
contain . All kinds of newspaper clippings, for organization that was undergoing federa 1
one . Very often- things appear in the newspaper investigation . These agencies operate in a ver
that we don't know about because we don't read ruthless manner in making sure any activitie s
as extensively as we should . We don't know to that you have scheduled will not get off th e
the extent that these papers are of various ground .
political persuasions . The files also had local Black News : Is there anything else that you'd
documents of police agencies . Here in the N .Y . like to leave our readers with?
region we had B .O.S .S . : Bureau of Special Jitu : I feel that those of us who are involved in
Services . It's a police intelligence agency that the liberation struggles of Black people should
was dedicated to counterintelligence against become aware of the types of activities that thi s
political organizations . Then there were government uses to destroy their leadership and
documents by paid informers . The FBI their movements . Many of our people are no tkae
maintains a network of paid informers across the knowledgeable about these things . They thin
country whose job is to provide information on that this government is clean and operates on
selected individuals and groups . These informers legal basis . They should read books lik
are paid for information, so many times the Cointelpro by Blackstock, In Search ofEnemies,
information doesn't necessarily have to be true ; by the CIA agent in Angola, and other types o
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