{"id":124462,"date":"2022-10-06T10:41:36","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=124462"},"modified":"2022-10-06T10:41:36","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T14:41:36","slug":"aretha-franklin-was-tracked-by-the-fbi-for-40-years-heres-whats-in-her-file-from-1967-to-2007-the-federal-bureau-of-investigation-methodically-collected-information-about-aretha-fr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=124462","title":{"rendered":"Aretha Franklin Was Tracked By the FBI for 40 Years. Here\u2019s What\u2019s In Her File FROM 1967 TO 2007, the Federal Bureau of Investigation methodically collected information about Aretha Franklin using false phone calls, surveillance, infiltration, and highly-placed sources, according to the documents obtained earlier this month by Rolling Stone.  Franklin\u2019s FBI file \u2014 first requested in via the Freedom of Information Act on Aug. 17, 2018 \u2014  is 270 pages long, peppered with phrases like \u201cBlack extremists,\u201d \u201cpro-communist,\u201d \u201chate America,\u201d \u201cradical,\u201d \u201cracial violence,\u201d and \u201cmilitant Black power\u201d and overflowing with suspicion about the singer, her work, and the other activists and entertainers with whom she she spent time. Some documents are heavily redacted and others indicate that there may be additional materials in the FBI\u2019s possession. Rolling Stone has requested the FBI make available any and all additional records. \u201cI\u2019m not really sure if my mother was aware that she was being targeted by the FBI and followed. I do know that she had absolutely nothing to hide though,\u201d Aretha Franklin\u2019s son, Kecalf Franklin, tells Rolling Stone."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pmpro\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\">\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Level Four members only.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?page_id=138360&#038;redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fflsentinel.com%2F%3Fp%3D124462\">Log in here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pmpro\"><div class=\"pmpro_card pmpro_content_message\"><div class=\"pmpro_card_content\">This content is for Level Four members only.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-login.php?action=register\">Register<\/a><\/div><div class=\"pmpro_card_actions pmpro_font-medium\">Already a member? <a href=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?page_id=138360&#038;redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fflsentinel.com%2F%3Fp%3D124462\">Log in here<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":88889,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","pmpro-level-required","pmpro-level-6","pmpro-no-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88889"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}