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Spooked By His Sci Fi, FBI Looked Into Asimov As Possible Communist Tipster
v3rgEz writes "By September 14, 1960, Isaac Asimov had been a professor of biochemistry at Boston University for 11 years, and his acclaimed "I, Robot" collection of short stories was on its seventh reprint. This was also the day someone not-so-subtly accused him of communist sympathies in a letter to J. Edgar Hoover. They ominously concluded that "Asimov may be quite all right. On the other hand . . . . ." The "tip off" wasn't given much credit, but it didn't matter since Asimov's science fiction writing alone was enough to warrant FBI monitoring, particularly as the FBI hunted for the mysterious ROBPROF, a communist informant embedded in American academia. MuckRock has Isaac Asimov's FBI files in full, and a write up of the more interesting bits."
The F.B.I. has a file on EVERYONE. In most cases, they are NOT ACTIVE until there's an intercept.
Yours In Space,
Kilgore Trout
What the FUCK is going on with this country?
It has made so many enemies, it doesn't know where the next attack may come from. So universal surveillance is necessary. Maybe make less enemies next time?
L. Ron Hubbard was the accuser...
At least J.E.H. wore relatively clean panties and garters.
The war on drugs appears to be escalating, too http://www.policestateusa.com/2013/innocent-man-given-anal-cavity-search-colonoscopy-after-rolling-through-a-stop-sign/
It gripped her hand gently. 'Regret is for humans,' it said.
Leverage over a SciFi author? Were they afraid he'd give them the secret launch codes to his imaginary alien super weapons?
Typos in both headline and submission. Well done slashdot, well done.
Bloody commies.
Subtle variations in spelling and grammar in Slashdot posts are the only means we have left to conceal communications from the NSA.
Have gnu, will travel.