Presentation Before the National Citizen's Review Commission on the FBI: COINTELPRO, December 2, 1979

This 12-page typed document is a presentation by Palmira Rios as a representative of the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. The speech discusses the history of the FBI's counterintelligence (COINTELPRO) program and its targets, including the Communist Party, Socialist Worker's Party, the Black Panthers and other groups. It focuses on the various strategies used to disrupt groups seeking independence for Puerto Rico and notes the main objectives of COINTELPRO: Protect national security, prevent violence, and maintain the existing social and political order. The author questions whether these activities have ceased despite the FBI closing down the program.