The FBI ran secret media disinformation campaigns to discredit Black Muslim leaders.

Evidence

Overt FBI actions against the Nation of Islam went beyond wiretapping to include briefings of journalists and the leaking of damaging information about Elijah Mohammed in an attempt to undercut him. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 45

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The FBI operated a documented program undermining civil rights leaders — Anna Merlan, Republic of Lies, 153