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Carregando... Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Filesde Jon Wiener
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Gimme Some Truth revealed the FBI's surveillance on John Lennon in the 1970s. Wiener's 1981 Freedom of Information request for the file was denied on the grounds of National Security. After a 14 year court battle, half of the FBI file was released in its entirety. Hoover ordered the surveillance on Lennon during the Vietnam era -- a time when rock icons appeared to have true political power and American youth seemed poised to change the status quo. From 1983 to 1997, the ACLU helped Jon Wiener litigate the release of several hundred pages worth of FBI documents on John Lennon (in documents noted as a "former member of the Beatles singing group" in case you were confused). After his initial request, these hundreds of pages were initially denied release on grounds ranging from the need to protect the anonymity of undercover sources, portions of the file could be embarrassing to individuals (SPOILER: Jerry Rubin needed to take a shower and everyone in the apartment knew!) and (my personal favorite), the release of some information cold lead to retaliation by foreign governments. That's right. The FBI once claimed that portions of the Lennon files were so dangerous that releasing them could lead to war with England (not that they'd ever name England out loud). Of course, this was all boiler-plate denial for FOIA documents and not just something that happened to the Lennon files. It happened to a lot of files and what the first 100 pages cover are the court cases and a mini-history of the Carter, Regan and Clinton administration attitudes towards FOIA requests. Some of the narrative is mired down in procedural, but it is still an interesting look at a case that was idealism vs. an organization determined to maintain the bureaucracy. The remainder of the book details many of the released documents. As most were filed by field agents, they're factual and straight-forward and few have anything all that entertaining unless the subjects being discussed say anything entertaining. Side-paragraphs demonstrate what were initial arguments against releasing some information. The left-hand side typically shows the document before declassification and the right after. In some cases, it's entirely up to the reader to find the pencil-marks from the FBI to see the new information in a block of text (agents weren't always fond of paragraphs). It might have been nice to add emphasis or some type of highlight (even in grey) to show the declassified areas. It's an interesting look into Watergate-era history, but it's not all that surprising and it doesn't mine a lot of new material. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
This text documents an era when rock music seemed to have real political force and when youth culture challenged the status quo in Washington. It also delineates the administrations that fought to preserve government secrecy. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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