Description Operation CHAOS or MHCHAOS was a CIA domestic espionage project targeting the American people from 1967/1974, established by President Lyndon B. Johnson and expanded under President Richard Nixon, whose mission was to uncover possible foreign influence on domestic race, anti-war and other protest movements.

The "MH" designation signifies the program had a worldwide area of operations

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