After COINTELPRO was dissolved in 1971 by J. Edgar Hoover,Nelson Blackstock, Cointelpro: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom, (New York: Anchor Foundation, 1990), 185. the FBI continued its counterintelligence on groups like the Weather Underground. In 1973, the FBI established the "Special Target Information Development" program, where agents were sent undercover to penetrate the Weather Underground. Due to the illegal tactics of FBI agents involved with the program, government attorneys requested all weapons- and bomb-related charges be dropped against the Weather Underground. The most well-publicized of these tactics were the "black-bag jobs," referring to searches conducted in the homes of relatives and acquaintances of Weatherman. The Weather Underground was no longer a fugitive organization and could turn themselves in with minimal charges against them. Additionally, the illegal domestic spying conducted by the CIA in collaboration with the FBI also lessened the legal repercussions for Weatherman turning themselves in.
After COINTELPRO was dissolved in 1971 by J. Edgar Hoover,Nelson Blackstock, Coin.telpro: The FBI's Secret War on Political Freedom, (New York: Anchor Foundation, 1990), 185. the FBI continued its counterintelligence on groups like the Weather Underground. In 1973, the FBI established the "Special Target Information Development" program, where agents were sent undercover to penetrate the Weather Underground Due to the illegal tactics of FBI agents involved with the program, government attorneys requested all weapons- and bomb-related charges be dropped against the Weather Underground. The most well-publicized of these tactics were the "black-bag jobs," referring to searches conducted in the homes of relatives and acquaintances of Weatherman. The Weather Underground was no longer a fugitive organization and could turn themselves in with minimal charges against them Additionally, the illegal domestic spying. conducted by the CIA in collaboration with the FBI also lessened the legal repercussions for Weatherman turning themselves in.