November 3, 2006

The Battle for the FBI's Papers on John Lennon

By PETER MONAGHAN

Jon Wiener, professor of history at the University of California at Irvine

For 23 years, Jon Wiener has been seeking access, under the Freedom of Information Act, to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's 1971-72 files on John Lennon. After taking his cause to the U.S. Supreme Court, Mr. Wiener has obtained all but 10 documents from the files. He has filed an appeal, in cooperation with the American Civil Liberties Union, for the release of the last

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