July 10, 2001

6:41 AM

What do Elvis, Jackie Robinson, and Lucille Ball have in common? They were the first 3 'famous persons' to have their FBI files put online. And this is about as close you'll ever get to the real X-Files
posted by bison (6 comments total)

Aye, on the 12th of January 1998! Stale? MeFi? Never! :)

Good link for newbies though - there's some *interesting* reading there.
posted by metaxa at 8:26 AM on July 10, 2001

Ricky: Luuuuucy! Why didn't ju tell me ju voted com'nist in 1936?
Lucy: Waaaah! My grandfather MADE me!
posted by MrBaliHai at 8:29 AM on July 10, 2001

I just laughed up blood. Thanks.
posted by dong_resin at 8:38 AM on July 10, 2001

Blah. I didn't see nothing in them thar files cept a bunch of blacked out text.
posted by dogmatic at 12:07 PM on July 10, 2001

They've got, I estimate, about 127MB on Frank Sinatra.

But why would the FBI care about good music?
posted by fooljay at 1:09 PM on July 10, 2001

By the way, as dogmatic points out, the black text makes for absolutely riveting reading...

So much for "Freedom of Information".
posted by fooljay at 1:12 PM on July 10, 2001