Article H9D5 FBI opened a file on George Carlin for telling "bad taste" Hoover jokes

FBI opened a file on George Carlin for telling "bad taste" Hoover jokes

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Cory Doctorow
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Michael from Muckrock writes, "After George Carlin satirized FBI and J. Edgar Hoover in a bit "considered to be in very poor taste" (but which was incredibly tame by Carlin standards), the Bureau took a special interest in the famed comedian, starting a file and sending out queries across the country as to Carlin's loyalties and background." Read the rest

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