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John Lennon - The FBI files
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initial
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after
court decision
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"THE
HALDEMAN LETTER"
J. Edgar Hoover's letter (HQ-12) to H.R.
Haldeman, the president's chief of staff, dated April 25, 1972,
provides crucial evidence that the Lennon investigation was a
political one, of significance at the highest levels of the
Nixon White House. In the original release, virtually the entire
text was withheld on National Security grounds. The FBI
describes the portion still withheld as "intelligence
information provided by a foreign government." The FBI has
stated that releasing it could lead to "foreign military
retaliation." In 1992 the FBI reported that "the
foreign government was recently contacted" and that it
"continues to insist that the information remain
confidential." The withheld portion remains in litigation.
The ACLU cited this document as evidence that the FBI lacked a
legitimate law enforcement purpose in investigating Lennon.
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