American Gangster
Season 3
Ep 5. J. Edgar Hoover & COINTELPRO
- TV-14
- November 20, 2008
- 41 min
An examination of a government counterintelligence program established by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in the 1950's known as COINTELPRO, as a means of disrupting dissident political organizations, including those champion civil rights and Communism.