leton ' s ▁counter int elligence ▁office . ▁ ▁Ele ven ▁C IA ▁officers ▁grew ▁long ▁hair , ▁learned ▁the ▁j arg on ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Left , ▁and ▁went ▁off ▁to ▁in fil tr ate ▁peace ▁groups ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁Europe . ▁The ▁ag ency ▁compiled ▁a ▁computer ▁index ▁of ▁ 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁names ▁of ▁American ▁people ▁and ▁organizations , ▁and ▁extensive ▁files ▁on ▁ 7 , 2 0 0 ▁citizens . ▁It ▁began ▁working ▁secret ly ▁with ▁police ▁depart ments ▁all ▁over ▁America . ▁Unable ▁to ▁draw ▁a ▁clear ▁distinction ▁between ▁the ▁far ▁left ▁and ▁the ▁main stream ▁opposition ▁to ▁the ▁war , ▁it ▁sp ied ▁on ▁every ▁major ▁organization ▁in ▁the ▁peace ▁movement . ▁At ▁the ▁president ' s ▁command , ▁transm itted ▁through ▁Hel ms ▁and ▁the ▁secretary ▁of ▁defense , ▁the ▁National ▁Security ▁Agency ▁turned ▁its ▁immense ▁e aves dro pping ▁powers ▁on ▁American ▁citizens . We iner ▁( 2 0 0 7 ) ▁at ▁ 2 8 5 – 2 8 6 . ▁ ▁Yet ▁the ▁C IA ▁found ▁no ▁substantial ▁foreign ▁sources ▁of ▁money ▁or ▁influence . ▁When ▁Hel ms ▁reported ▁these ▁find ings ▁to ▁the ▁President , ▁the ▁reaction ▁was ▁host ile . ▁" L B J ▁simply ▁could ▁not ▁believe ▁that ▁American ▁youth ▁would ▁on ▁their ▁own ▁be ▁moved ▁to ▁ri ot ▁in ▁protest ▁against ▁U . ▁S . ▁foreign ▁policy ," ▁Hel ms ▁later ▁wrote . ▁According ly , ▁Johnson ▁instruct ed ▁Hel ms ▁to ▁continue