Let it be

A federal judge has ordered the FBI to turn over files on John Lennon to a California professor who said the documents show Britain’s domestic spy agency shadowed the late Beatle’s political activities.

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The documents revealed efforts by President Richard Nixon to deport Lennon to silence his anti-war activities in 1971 and 1972, Wiener said.

“Lennon was planning a national concert tour through the United States to urge young people to vote,” Wiener said. “Nixon got wind of this and ordered Lennon deported so he couldn’t do this concert tour.”

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PHEW! Good thing our government isn’t denying access to any peaceful anti war protesters anymore