Pentagon To Review Secret Database After Report Reveals Peaceful Protests Labeled "Threats"
Pentagon officials said yesterday they had ordered a review of a program aimed at countering terrorist attacks that had compiled information about U.S. citizens, after reports that the database included information on peace protesters and others whose activities posed no threat and should not have been kept on file. The move followed an NBC News report Tuesday disclosing that a sample of about 1,500 "suspicious incidents" listed in the database included four dozen anti-war meetings or protests, some aimed at military recruiting.
Pentagon Will Review Database on U.S. Citizens, Washington Post, December 15, 2005.
