“The six-year spying program, dubbed ‘Minaret,’ had been exposed in the 1970s but the targets of the surveillance had been kept secret until now.  The documents were published after the government panel overseeing classification ruled in favor of researchers at George Washington University who had long sought the release of the secret papers.  The intensity of anti-war dissent at home led President Lyndon Johnson to ask US intelligence agencies in 1967 to find out if some protests were fueled by foreign powers. The NSA worked with other spy agencies to draw up ‘watch lists’ of anti-war critics to tap their overseas phone calls.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/nsa-spying-cold-war-declassified-2013-9

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