Hemingway, Hounded by Feds, a recent OpEd in the New York Times by noted writer A.E. Hotchner, describes Ernest Hemingway's fears of FBI surveillance and paranoia during the last years of his life. Hotchner was a long time friend of Hemingway and is author of Papa Hemingway.
A Freedom of Information petition after Hemingway's death revealed that the FBI had, in fact, placed Hemingway under surveillance in the early 1940s. The surveillance lasted until his death in 1961, it was meant to be covert.
The fact that Hemingway sensed this covert surveillance and was so frightened by the FBI makes one wonder if steps were taken to intimidate him and push him to paranoia. Were drugs involved?
It's another chilling and revealing insight into how law enforcement errors have hurt prominent Americans.
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