Inside The FBI's Files On John Lennon

John Lennon is one of the most famous and beloved figures of the 20th century. Even more than his Beatles compatriots Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney, Lennon embraced his role as a world figure and tried to use it to make a difference. Alongside his wife Yoko Ono, Lennon pushed for peace and togetherness.

But that made him a target of the U.S. government under President Richard Nixon, who had FBI director J. Edgar Hoover wage a campaign of harassment and fear to try and undermine Lennon's influence and political effectiveness. All the weird and shameful details hide inside the FBI's files on John Lennon.

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Political beginnings | 0:17
The FBI waited to disclose the files | 1:31
Why was Lennon being investigated? | 2:35
The John Sinclair political concert | 3:50
A sometimes laughable FBI investigation | 5:13
Lennon knew what was happening | 5:57
Lennon and the Communist Party? | 6:52
Lennon and worker's rights | 7:56
The Republican National Convention | 8:57
The files were pretty fluffy | 10:08
The aftermath | 11:41

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