LCPROWL engaged in paramilitary and sabotage operations during the Cold War.

Evidence

KMPRUDE grew and was absorbed into something bigger called LCPROWL, which engaged in psychological warfare and spun off a network, or “Technical Service,” of paramilitary and sabotage teams whose job was to hoard weapons, train with CIA trainers, make liquidation lists of prominent Communists and Socialists, and wait for World War III. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 992

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 992
• XREF: connects to: LCPROWL’s cover was exposed in 1952 due to media reports. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 996; U.S. Cold War arming of extremists enabled the Taliban’s rise; US Cold War aid coerced political allegiance through carrot-and-stick incentives. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 143

Broader Connections

• LCPROWL’s cover was exposed in 1952 due to media reports. #qualifies (0.60) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 996