New Jersey Stage 2016 - Issue 3 | Page 106

Photo: Emka74 / Shutterstock.com Ears On A Beatle by Gary Wien SHARE BUTTON On May 11, 1972, John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono appeared on The Dick Cavett Show and dropped a bombshell on the nation. Lennon claimed that he was being followed and that his telephone was being tapped by the FBI. Fans of The Beatles SUBSCRIBE believed his story while millions of others thought he was crazy. Evidence would later come out which proved he was telling the truth thanks to a 14 year court battle by Jon Weiner over a Freedom of Information request for Lennon’s files. 2016 - ISSUE 3 Table of Contents 106