[Mb-civic] FBI ordered to turn over Lennon files

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FBI ordered to turn over Lennon files

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/30/lennon.files.ap/index.html


The FBI must turn over the remaining secret files on Beatle John Lennon to 
a professor who has waged a more than 20-year legal battle to get the 
documents, a judge ruled.

U.S. District Judge Robert Takasugi rejected government arguments Tuesday 
that releasing the last 10 pages would pose a national security risk 
because a foreign government secretly provided the information. The 
government was not publicly identified.

Jonathan Wiener, a professor at the University of California, Irvine, sued 
the U.S. government for the documents in 1983 under the Freedom of 
Information Act. He received 248 pages in 1997 as part of a settlement.

The previously released files, which were gathered from 1971 to 1972, 
include memos detailing Lennon's donations to a group planning to 
demonstrate at the 1972 Republican National Convention. But they contain no 
allegations Lennon was involved in planning or committing illegal acts.

Wiener, a historian, originally sought the files for his 1984 book, "Come 
Together: John Lennon in His Time." After the 1997 release, he wrote "Gimme 
Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files."

His battle with the government went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.



Give [CLASSIFIED] a chance, indeed.......

The wonderful world of "National Security" "Etc".

America's premier self-slavery enhancer.

The final insurance against True Freedom ever getting a foothold.

Keep playing the guitar, John..............




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