-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- London Times: 2/21/00 FBI Lennon file release breaks security protocol BY MICHAEL EVANS AND GRACE BRADBERRY AN AMERICAN court's decision to release classified British documents relating to John Lennon is threatening to undermine an intelligence-sharing arrangement between the US and Britain, government sources said yesterday. The British Government has told the US that it wants MI5 documents on the late Beatle to remain secret. The documents are held by the FBI. Last Friday Judge Brian Robbins ordered the release of three documents from FBI files. They include two letters from the British authorities and notes of a telephone conversation between London and Washington on the Government's desire to keep secret the intelligence information on some of Lennon's interests and activities. MI5 is believed to have accumulated a file on Lennon because of his support for the Irish republican cause and suspected funding of the Trotskyist Workers' Revolutionary Party. MI5 reportedly passed material to the FBI in the early 1970s when Lennon moved to the US. He was shot dead in New York in 1980. The Los Angeles judge ruled that Jon Wiener, a Californian professor who has been campaigning for the release of all the FBI files on Lennon, should be allowed to see the three documents. While neither the documents nor the material from the MI5 file sent to the FBI are thought to contain any notable revelations, the Government wants the contents to remain classified in accordance with its traditional custom of keeping intelligence reports secret. Under an arrangement between Britain and the US, the American authorities are not allowed to release any material sent to them by MI5 or MI6 without permission from the Government. The ruling by Judge Robbins, following the petition from Professor Wiener, put this arrangement at risk, the government sources said. The US authorities have 28 days in which to lodge an appeal against the judge's ruling. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
