FBI thought Lennon was too stoned to start a revolution

[T_i_B]

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article314479.ece

It was apparently with much relief that the FBI had a sudden revelation about the former Beatle John Lennon, back in 1972. For months the agency had been fretting that the singer-turned-activist was preparing to disrupt the Republican National Convention in Miami. Then somebody said it: Lennon was far too stoned to be a real threat.

The moment when the FBI concluded that pot had got the better of the late rock star is recorded in one of a myriad of files on deceased celebrities released by the US government this week under freedom of information statutes.

The same collection of papers reveals how far the agency went to spy on other celebrities, ranging from Marilyn Monroe - supposedly a Communist - to Liberace, who apparently had a gambling problem.

There has never been any secret about the preoccupation of the US government with Lennon after his arrival in America from Britain with his second wife, Yoko Ono, in 1971. Their political views and high-profile activism - including the famous Montreal "bed-in" in which they expounded on world peace while wearing pyjamas - caused deep suspicion in the Nixon administration.

[Maccagirl]

1. The FBI-AKA the Keystone Kops

Idiots all! R.I.P. dear John-I love and miss you.

:cry:

[mattclearing]

2. Apparently Clear Channel and the Dominionists don't agree.

That's why they keep trying to erase "Imagine" from memory.

[tanyev]

3. Following that logic, the Bush administration should be

fighting to legalize pot. Guess they didn't think that through.

[Moderator]

4. Lock

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