Reading through Huey Newton's PhD and this bit where J. Edgar Hoover said the free breakfast for children programme was the "real long range threat to American society", is America summed up
The FBI said they wanted to "expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, or otherwise neutralize the activities of the Black nationalists." and J. Edgar Hoover said the Black Panthers were "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country"
How the FBI sowed confusion

"FBI documents could be prepared pinpointing Panthers as police or FBI informants; ridiculing or discrediting Panther leaders through their ineptness or personal escapades; espousing personal philosophies and promoting factionalism among BPP members."
FBI memo on why they should discredit Huey Newton:

"To demythicise Newton, to hold him up to ridicule, and to tarnish his image among BPP members can serve to weaken BPP solidarity and disrupt its revolutionary and violent aims."
The FBI sent fake later to Black Panther Chapters that accused Huey Newton of working for the government. They sent fake directives to the philadelphia chapter so they questioned his leadership and tried to make him the "fingerman" for the imprisonment of Angela Davis
On how the FBI used the IRS to stifle Panther funds:

"the IRS formed a covert group within the agency for the purpose of selecting out organizations for special enforcement of the tax laws solely on the basis of their political beliefs."
How FBI sabotaged BPP prints

"Bureau may also wish to consider the utilization of Skatol which is a chemical agent in powdered form and when applied to a particular surface emits an extremely noxious odor rendering the premises surrounding the point of application uninhabitable"
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