“One technique used in COINTELPRO[1] involved sending
anonymous letters to spouses intended, in the words of one
proposal, to ‘produce ill-feeling and possibly a lasting distrust’
between husband and wife, so that ‘concerns overwhat
to do about it’ would distract the target from ‘time spent in
the plots and plans’ of the organisation”Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities of the United States Senate
— 94th Congress, 2nd Session, 1976

[1] COINTELPRO: FBI counter intelligence programme, operating from 1956 to 1971.

Found in: Better Anonymous Communications, PDH Thesis University of Cambridge, George Danezis, January 2004

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