FBI公布列儂秘檔 威脅美國安全純屬荒謬
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美國聯邦調查局日前公布了十頁約翰·列儂的秘密檔案。檔案內容涉及列儂在上世紀70年代與英國左翼人士和反戰團體之間的關系。檔案之所以隱匿25年之久，是因為美國聯邦調查局早先認為這些“情報”會對美國安全產生威脅。如今，檔案大白于天下也說明，聯邦調查局的“國外對美國進行軍事報復”之憂慮純屬荒謬。 |
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A fan holds up a
picture of John Lennon at a candlelight vigil on the 25th anniversary of
Lennon's death at Strawberry Fields in Central Park in New York City,
December 8, 2005. The FBI has released the last 10 documents from its
secret files on Lennon that had been withheld for 25 years on the ground
they could prompt 'military retaliation' against the United States,
campaigners for their release said on Wednesday. (Peter Foley/Reuters)
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The
FBI has released the last 10 documents from its secret files on slain Beatle
John Lennon that had been withheld for 25 years on the ground they could prompt
"military retaliation" against the United
States, campaigners for their release said on Wednesday.
The files turn out to contain only well known information about Lennon's ties
to left-wing leaders and antiwar groups in London in 1970 and 1971, said Jon
Wiener, a history professor at the University of California, Irvine, and the
Southern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
"Today we can see that the national security claims the FBI has been making
for 25 years were absurd from the beginning. The Lennon FBI file is a classic
case of excessive government secrecy," Wiener said in a statement.
The released documents include one that states Lennon "encouraged the belief
that he holds revolutionary views ... by the content of some of his songs."
Another talks of the Beatle turned anti-war campaigner promising to finance a
left-wing bookshop in London. A third describes a 1971 interview with Lennon in
The Red Mole, a London underground
newspaper, in which the singer "emphasized his proletarian
background and his sympathy with the oppressed and underprivileged people of
Britain and the world."
Wiener first requested the files in 1981. After legal action under the U.S.
Freedom of Information Act that went all the way to the Supreme Court, he got
most of the 300 pages in the Lennon files released in 1997.
But 10 documents remained classified on the grounds of national security. The
FBI told the U.S. courts in 1983 that release of those documents could "lead to
foreign diplomatic, economic and military retaliation against the United
States."
Wiener, whose campaign was detailed in a book and formed the basis of the
2006 documentary "The U.S. vs John Lennon," has posted the documents on the Web
site www.LennonFBIfiles.com.
"I doubt that Tony Blair's government will launch a military strike on the
U.S. in retaliation for the release of these documents," Wiener said.
Lennon, whose iconic song "Imagine" has become a rallying call for anti-war
activists around the world, was murdered in New York in December 1980 by a
deranged fan.
（Agencies）
Vocabulary:
military retaliation:
軍事報復
underground
newspaper：地下報紙
deranged：瘋狂的，精神不正常的
（英語點津陳蓓編輯） |
