Decrypted Matrix

Tag: Subversion

  • COINTELPRO

    COINTELPRO

    The FBI began COINTELPRO—short for Counterintelligence Program—in 1956 to disrupt the activities of the Communist Party of the United States. In the 1960s, it was expanded to include a number of other domestic groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Black Panther Party. All COINTELPRO operations were ended in…

  • The FBI Can Bypass Encryption: Cyber Security Is a Magic Act

    The FBI Can Bypass Encryption: Cyber Security Is a Magic Act

    Encryption has gained the attention of actors on both sides of the mass surveillance debate. For example in a speech at the Brookings Institution FBI Director James Comey complained that strong encryption was causing U.S. security services to “go dark.” Comey described encrypted data as follows: “It’s the equivalent of a closet that can’t be…