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March 08, 1971

Citizens' Commission burgles FBI office, exposing COINTELPRO

Citizens' Commission burgles FBI office, exposing COINTELPRO

A small group calling itself the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into the bureau's field office in Media, Pennsylvania, and mailed stolen documents to the press. The leak revealed COINTELPRO — the FBI's decades-long covert campaign of surveillance, infiltration, and sabotage against the civil rights, Black Power, antiwar, and women's liberation movements. The burglars were never identified.


March 08, 2025

Mahmoud Khalil abducted by ICE for Columbia Gaza organizing

Mahmoud Khalil
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Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident of the United States and a Columbia University graduate student who was detained by the Department of Homeland Security and targeted for deportation over h...
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Palestinian organizer and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, was detained by ICE agents at his New York City apartment in retaliation for his prominent role in the Gaza solidarity encampment. The Trump administration invoked a rarely-used Cold War-era statute to seek his deportation. He was transferred to an immigration detention facility in Louisiana.