The network obtained a classified Pentagon document which lists four dozen anti-war meetings or demonstrations that took place in the U.S. over a 10-month period.
The document also included anti-nuclear protests staged in Nebraska on the 50th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Nagasaki.
The Pentagon describes all of these events as threats, says William Arkin, the former Army intelligence officer, who obtained the secret documents.
According to NBC, the document says that the U.S. military is even monitoring Internet traffic. The network quoted one Pentagon briefing document, stamped "secret", as saying: “We have noted increased communication and encouragement between protest groups using the Internet."
Correspondents say the revelation shows how Washington stepped up intelligence collection since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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