Charlie Chaplin (© AP)

Declassified documents show FBI, MI5 spied on Chaplin

25 Feb 2012 23:37:56 GMT

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According to declassified documents quoted in The Guardian, the FBI had a 2,000-page file on Charlie Chaplin and reached out across the pond for help spying on him. In 1952, J. Edgar Hoover contacted the UK's MI5 security agency because he was concerned that Chaplin was a Communist sympathizer; meanwhile, the Brits wondered if the actor was actually - quelle horreur! - French.

The MI5 eventually concluded that Chaplin was "not a security risk" but, oddly enough, couldn't find proof of his birth in England or France. Regardless, Chaplin was banned from re-entering the U.S in 1953. Wait, we booted Charlie, but we're OK with Snooki staying here?

Are you surprised they spied on Chaplin?

799Comments
Feb 27, 2012 9:36AM
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the mountain is always higher,bigger than particles,Chaplin is a great sign throughout humanity,bye.
Feb 27, 2012 3:54AM
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J-EDGAR WAS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST FAG IN US HISTORY! HE ALSO WAS THE BIGGEST SOB!! I'M POSITIVE CHARLIE WAS FRAMED BY THE LA DA WITH THE FBI'S HELP. EVEN

THOUGH A CROOKED JURY FOUND HE WAS THE FATHER OF A CHILD WHICH WAS SCIENTIFICALLY IMPOSSIBLE EVEN BACK THAN HE WAS CONVICTED. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT EVEN SO CHARLIE WAS MAN ENOUGH TO SUPPORT HER UNTIL SHE BECAME AN ADULT. THERE WAS A SITUATION BEFORE J-EDGAR BECAME DIRECTOR OF THE FBI WHEN HE VERBALLY INSULTED PAULETTE GODDARD IN THE PRESENCE OF MR. CHAPLIN WHO DID NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY AND CALLED J-EDGAR OUT.  EVEN BACK THEN HOOVER WASN'T MUCH OF A MAN WITHOUT A GUN IN HIS HAND. IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW IT HOOVER WAS A LIFE LONG ANTI-SEMITE.  PAULETTE GODDARD WAS BORN JEWISH AND PROUD OF IT! THE OTHER PROBLEM WAS THAT MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT CHARLIE WAS JEWISH AND HOOVER DID TOO. CHARLIE NEVER DENIED IT BECAUSE IT NEVER MATTERED TO HIM. IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE TO HIM WHEN HE EVENTUALLY FOUND OUT THAT CHARLIE WAS AN ENGLISHMAN EVEN SO J-EDGAR PERSONALLY PREVENTED CHARLIE FROM RETURNING TO HIS BELOVED USA. BUT THAN CHARLIE DID MANAGE ONE MORE GREAT TRIUMPH, HE OUTLIVED THE SOB AND WHEN HE DID RETURN HE WAS RECEIVED WITH THE HONOR AND LOVE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE !

Feb 27, 2012 12:53AM
Feb 27, 2012 12:21AM
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There is a man in our White House who HATES America!

 

And it just may be the guy who polishes the silverware.

Feb 27, 2012 12:12AM
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The ramblings of you peons on this site a meaningless, shut down your ] computer, go out and get a life. Get a taste of freedom while you still can.
Feb 26, 2012 9:18PM
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 no, not at all.  they even spy on me
Feb 26, 2012 8:08PM
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what  scares  me  people who are in denial, people  who protect  lies
people who  go off the main topic,  people with no guts.

Feb 26, 2012 7:27PM
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Not surprising at all ! Check out the mustache . Does it remind you of anyone ? 
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Few things surprise me anymore !!! This isn't one of them ...
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