Story about US Army domestic intelligence

"For the past four years, the US Army has been closely watching civilian political activity within the United State. Nearly 1000 plainclothes investigators, working out of some 300 offices from coast to coast, keep track of political protest of all kinds – from Klan rallies in North Carolina to antiwar speeches at Harvard."
Captain Christopher H. Pyle, 1969.
President Nixon on March 2, 1971 asks his Chief of Staff, Mr. Haldeman to request US intelligence community provide the president with more information about student’s antiwar organizations and movement.
On December 17, 1970, Haldeman write in his diary; "Army domestic intelligence activity … has been blown up by TV and the press …"

Further Reading

1. Blowing the Whistle: Dissent in the Public Interest, by C. Peters & T. Branch. NY: Praeger, 1972. Page 44
2. The Haldeman Diaries, by HR Haldeman. Berkley, New York (1995).