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| Keywords: Lennon FBI Files Before HQ-11p1.jpg en In the early 1970s the US government conducted surveillance on ex-Beatle John Lennon This is a letter from FBI director J Edgar Hoover to the Attorney General After a 25-year Freedom of Information Act Request battle initiated by historian Jon Wiener the files were released Here is one page from the file This first release received by Wiener had some information missing -- it had been blacked out presumably with magic marker -- or what is termed redacted A subsequent version was released which showed almost all of the previously blacked-out text FBI J Edgar Hoover 1972-04-25 This same document but with fewer redactions For further information see http //lennonfbifiles com/hq11p1summ html Lennon FBI files Federal Bureau of Investigation J Edgar Hoover Documents John Lennon PD-USGov | ||||
