Question

In late march of 1983, a san francisco newspaper publishes a series of articles detailing how the u.s. government harassed ______________ in the early '70s. lawsuits filed under the freedom of information act have made many of the fbi and government files available to writers, and the amount and scope of material are staggering.

Answer 1

I believe the answer is: John lennon

At that time, john lennon make the lawsuit after knowing that his phone calls have been monitored by the government and the government has proven to collected data files from his associations and activities, which is considered as an extreme violation of privacy.