10 Unbelievable Reasons the FBI Kept Files on People

[@danielreuben1058]

Wait, Carlin's file is only 12 pages long? I think he would have been offended by that.

[@joanhoffman3702]

And he would have written a great routine out of it. RIP George.

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

I'm sure of it.

[@danielreuben1058]

@@joanhoffman3702 I live in California, and the day he died there was a big fire in South San Francisco where I lived, and not a fire prone area. I always heard it rained the day Elvis died, so I figure George went with fire. A true legend.

[@oneminuteofmyday]

Especially with _Louie, Louie_ getting a full 119 pages. lol

[@genek8630]

I guess George wasn't "in their club."

[@ninij9692]

I had the secret service at my door years ago. My next door neighbors boyfriend was supposed to be fixing my car, but he was using it to move counterfeit money instead. They busted him in my car and they came knocking at 7 am asking all kinds of questions. But they must have been watching me and knew I didn't have anything to do with it. So yes, even as a full time student and living on student loans, I was still followed by the Government...

[@briansullivan5908]

you were bing investigated as part of a counterfeit operation, of course you were being followed.

[@Scooty_Scooty]

And then everyone clapped right?

[@jenniferbreaux7385]

Hoover was an untrustworthy person and untrustworthy people are inherently distrustful.

[@SirJayington3rd]

Hoover sure did suck 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣

[@ryanhoover8130]

Hey now...

[@michaelchildish]

@@ryanhoover8130 hahahahahaha your name is hoover you suck hahahahahaha nothing wrong with my surname

[@newshodgepodge6329]

Considering how out of touch most of this list was, I'm surprised they didn't investigate FM radio while they were at it.

[@newshodgepodge6329]

@@ryanhoover8130 Descendant?

[@ravensdotter6843]

" We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we are aware of". MIB

[@davea6314]

Let's see the file on J. Edgar Hoover's pink tutu. Lol

[@staceyn2541]

My dad had a government job and the FBI did his background check. Came to our house and talked to friends and family. My dad gets a big kick out of it. He's so weird. He also went to several war zones with his job, so we know they kept an eye on him, pretty sure his phone was monitored, too. Gotta be the most boring file in existence. My dad's big hobby was playing computer solitaire. He's got a 1000 game winning streak in Freecell. Obviously, a security threat...

[@claywest9528]

From what I have heard, if J. Edgar Hoover had a meeting in his office with a Washington DC power figure, Senator, Congressional rep, Judge, cabinet member, what have you, he would conduct the meeting in his office, with the person's FBI file sitting in plain sight, but closed on his desk.

[@briansullivan5908]

no one ever said he wasn't a jerk

[@RHCole]

#4 is an example of what the FBI should be doing. Makes me feel a bit better knowing that they take videos like that online seriously.

[@jackrotz2139]

Please they waste so much tax money

[@briansullivan5908]

@@jackrotz2139 Who doesn't?

[@jackrotz2139]

@@briansullivan5908 🤔

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

We got visits from the New Zealand SIS, several in fact. All because my husband worked in cyber security and was a massive contributor to open source encryption software. On the third visit they offered him a job, which he turned down immediately because he refused to spy on fellow Kiwis.

[@charlesentrekin140]

Now I definitely want to see Simon's file.

[@adrianred236]

Apparantly J Edger had a team of pople who spent all their time reviewing publications solely looking for anything negative that was published about him alone.

[@josephdobson6956]

FBI has a file on Simon’s attempted takeover of the internet

[@theboyoofoly]

Cohen also got on the radar of the ATF when he tried (and failed) to buy a firearm using a false identity, he gave up the attempt when the shop owner said "you're Borat!", he left promptly without a word

[@stacyrussell460]

Hoover had a file on Carlin bc he couldn't take a joke?! Hahaha 😂

[@georgeosborn3223]

They have a file on me and anyone else who has had a security clearance.

[@ninij9692]

That is true...I had security clearances at one of my old jobs...I'm probably still on some sort of list. But seriously the only people who are really worried about it are the people who are doing evil things.

[@staceyn2541]

Why is the FBI on your phone? Yeah, after dad got his clearance, we never had a phone line that didn't make weird clicks or just sound..off. People thought we were paranoid, but it doesn't happen since he retired.

[@StageRight123]

@@staceyn2541 Yep! I remember the phone clicks back in the day.

[@Hillbilly001]

Too bad Simon's so young because J. Edgar would have a file that would dwarf any other. Allegedly. Cheers from Tennessee

[@tiki_trash]

I think the FBI is still looking for Danny.

[@genek8630]

Nothing the FBI would do would surprise me.

[@lefty4556]

1:50 lol Elvis swore he was a non drug user.....dies of drugs on the toilet 🚽

[@jakeolthof]

The FBI was suspicious that there might be LSD sales occurring at the grateful Dead concerts. LOL

[@dafttool]

Fun fact, my ex was busted for selling acid at a Grateful Dead concert in the 90s. He used to complain about the penalties being determined by the weight of the paper the hits are on, & not the amount of drugs present. Btw, he’s been working in the administration of a prominent university for the last few decades, so the arrest was just a onetime incident. A youthful indiscretion

[@BigJeremyBeyer]

It showed up on my feed as "10 unbelievable reasons the FBI k....." and I clicked thinking that word ended differently than it did 🤣

[@rhov-anion]

"I found Bigfoot!" "You found Bambi."

[@LucasOliveira-tt2ll]

funny that Cohen once did a feature visiting the FBI dressed as Ali G once for his show. I guess they missed that one

[@oneminuteofmyday]

I don’t know why Elvis blaming the Smothers Brothers amused me so much. lol I know their show was constantly at odds with the television censors, a fact they took pride in, but it still hit me as funny. Elvis didn’t always like them best. lol

[@denisesiddon7241]

Wait!! Even the monkees?

[@brett4264]

"They belong to a deer." - An obvious cover up. *Sasquatch is real!*

[@deathybrs]

As far as the Bigfoot file, didn't they cover that one on the X-Files? ;-)

[@Pretermit_Sound]

“Louie Louie” was written, recorded, and performed by Richard Barry before the Kingsmen were even a band. I have to wonder if they ever thought to listen to his version when the FBI was trying to decipher the lyrics?

[@broodyhenloloa]

freedom is very important

[@Semper_Iratus]

This is how the secret police always behave.

[@GredelsRage]

The FBI isn't exactly a secret police kind of thing. Yeah they have some insane files and investigations.

[@kaljic1]

An FBI file on George Carlin. What a surprise.

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

I can explain why the FBI had a file on George Carlin, J. Edgar Hoover was a petty man who wanted any excuse to go after Carlin for mocking him.

[@Michael500ca]

Sounds like the FBI doesn't get out much.

[@joeennis2571]

John Lennon had an extensive file by the Feds

[@mymyhi9921]

I know Bill Russell because of the civil rights

[@tlacahetl]

It wasn't the dead selling the acid, it was "the family".

[@Chris.Pontius]

Also on Jim Morrison.

[@scottmantooth8785]

*so you're saying the X-Files is based on reality and that every episode was merely reenacted?*

[@kcoop9999]

I'm always humored by the fact Hoover kept secret files on congressmen and presidents and anyone he didn't like. Then to top it all off by persecuting gays and closet trannees all while he was prancing around in women's underwear....😜

[@patriciaaturner289]

My mom was interviewed by the FBI in the wake of a neighbor being arrested on a bank robbery warrant. All we could report was that he had several tall, healthy “hemp shrubs” in his back yard, and he shaved down his Afghan Hound.

[@EMdemo]

Shaving that Afghan hound would have been plenty to get investigated. lol

[@PhoenixAscending]

The Reznor one was great 😆

[@deathybrs]

It's funny, I'm still early in, but so far, every single person on this list has elicited "Of course they did" from me. Elvis? D'uh, of course they did! CARLIN?!?!? Heck, I'm sure they knew about him before he was famous, of course they did. heh. I haven't seen anything unbelievable yet. heh

[@r_gotovka6108]

Poetic letter 66

[@catebrooks6779]

2) Haaaaahahaaaa.... what a waste of resources!! THIS is why enunciation is so important.

[@thomasmeyer6407]

The Trent reznor story was ridiculous!

[@12yearssober]

None on me. I keep files on them.

[@ExHavic]

FBI OPEN UP

[@Joedirt3349]

Jeffy! I thought you topped yourself

[@dafttool]

They have a whole filing cabinet devoted to you & yours. But like the JFK assassination files, we may never get to see the total contents.

[@jacksavage4098]

Simon, how thick is your file?

[@MagdaleneDivine]

BECAUSE ME NORMAL!

[@Chrisssssssy]

Best ending!

[@crinkly.love-stick]

Anybody else notice a disconnect between the sound and video?

[@KannibalKoala]

Yes

[@j.p.6932]

8:49 Well that’s the thing - I thought the debunk had been refuted /debunked. I don’t believe in Big Foot, just thought the person who claimed it was fake was a fraud.

[@RAS_Squints]

Comments are going to be fun

[@MagdaleneDivine]

I don't think it's a file for anything I would think it would be about

[@oughv]

They have a file on Elvis presley and the monkeys but Rise against (with songs literally with videos of people blowing up a city with IED bombs) is not a problem.

[@chlorineismyperfume]

Oh they'll be tracking that. No one will see it for years yet

[@donaldkelly3983]

The Smothers Brothers? The Monkees?

[@Chris-hx3om]

Just when I thought americans couldn't get any more paranoid.... 🤦‍♂

[@AdrianCarlisle]

Cus im fascinating!!!🤣🥳🤩

[@69Hurst442]

All the feebies had to do to get the lyrics to Louie Louie was ask the Kingsmen for the lyrics. Did they? Probably. The agents working on deciphering the song must’ve thought it was the dumbest task they had ever been assigned. I probably just got myself on the list for this comment. Hoover was a nut job. Simon, you probably made the list too, for covering the topic. Maybe, we’ll meet when they take the rubber hose’s to us. 😂

[@meinkamph5327]

Well yeah. I was on probation many years ago. I was called because I was told I made a violation. What really happened, Someone at the FBI ran my name, Which caused my name to be flagged.

[@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567]

oof lol. Did you learn why they ran your name?

[@tonyanthony5105]

With a name like yours, idk if I’m surprised

[@meinkamph5327]

@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 One of my classmates was the son of a police officer, My classmate now works for the government.

[@Canalcoholic]

Does that mean they can’t spell either?

[@meinkamph5327]

@@Canalcoholic You are a genius sir. No one reads that far. What did you go to school for?

[@ronaldmamola5692]

Elvis didn't die . He just went home.

[@MagdaleneDivine]

It was a weird fire

[@OverTheTop85]

Louie Louie is a horrible song! It's just repetitive and annoying! FBI should've had a file trying to stop The Kingsmen from making anymore crap songs! At least that would make since!

[@SunnyniteDesigns]

😆😆😆

[@pilothouseking]

Because it beats working?

[@briansullivan5908]

Bigfoot does too exist.

[@DilshodSafarov-cz6xj]

Smart man 16

[@Shoelessjoe78]

The world is full of Karens 😒

[@РузиляГимранова-к2ж]

Gentle girl 32'

[@chiphausl]

1/137

[@mga59xbd38]

Is there anyone the FBI doesn’t have files on?

[@alexmccabe5173]

Twitter file's !!!!!

[@josephcooter5763]

Much of the RAcism that Russel Recieved came from Boston, whee he played.

[@nosuchthing8]

Do they only hire people that had no interest in music

[@Dank-gb6jn]

You have to look at the time periods, plus the relative birthdates/ages of the people working at the FBI; along with cultural paradigms. Imagine you’re the FBI director in charge of hiring during the 70s and 80s: would *YOU* hire people familiar with/followers of the Grateful Dead? Take it a step further, would you as hiring director hire people familiar with NIN; if the prevailing cultural sentiment was negatively charged towards their music? No. You likely wouldn’t.

[@vanrozay8871]

I enjoy these videos, but "unbelievable reasons?" Hardly: many are just what we'd expect; the lefties and artists, the odd.

[@ВикаПашалы-я2ш]

Busy bear16

[@davea6314]

The FBI should have an interesting file on Don the Con Trump's many crimes!

[@Balthorium]

Moronic. They were out to get him and lied to courts to undermine democracy.

[@BonShula]

The FBI seized 18 documents labelled top secret, 54 marked as secret and 21 deemed confidential from his vacation home 🤣

[@Balthorium]

@@aaronmiller5709 using logic on vermin with TDS is a waste of time.

[@davea6314]

@@aaronmiller5709 The Department of Justice WILL be prosecuting evil Donald Trump for his crimes and he WILL go to prison! There is a legal process that takes time.

[@aaronmiller5709]

@@BonShula cool story. That was months ago, so if it's so open-and-shut, why haven't they prosecuted yet? Take however much time you need my guy.

[@brandonhinrichs4393]

Did you guys know that apparently bigfoot's are really time traveling space aliens who moved through wormholes and kidnap hikers? Lol

[@danddoty3981]

The Patterson film was never debunked ...

[@MagdaleneDivine]

But seriously, I suspect the FBI has one on me. And it's thicker than I would like it to be.

[@GreasyBeasty]

Now that we got the Twitter files I'm sure everyone has something about them in a file by now

[@BonShula]

nothing burger files

[@aaronmiller5709]

@@BonShula lmao the Federal government paying a private social media company $3.5 million in taxpayer dollars to selectively censor figures and stories (a gross and obvious violation of the 1st Amendment), and the CIA, DIA, DoD, and other gigantic Federal intelligence agencies leveraging said private social media company for propaganda purposes is a "nothing burger?" Tell me you aren't interested in an honest conversation without telling me you aren't interested in an honest conversation.

[@dafttool]

The Twitter Files were utter hyped bs. In fact, they proved the opposite as advertised, that the Left was actually being suppressed, not the Right, which was being amplified. And that Trump was in power when he claimed the nonexistent Biden Administration was at nefarious fault. In other words, total, projected bs. In addition, revenge porn of a private citizen is NOT a matter of free speech, but instead a criminal matter

[@BonShula]

@@aaronmiller5709 he FBI has flagged certain accounts for violating the Terms of Service. Twitter only followed 40% of the time and only when the terms of service were actually violated. Twitter also urged the FBI to use the normal channel like everyone else. That comes directly from the Twitter Files! Stop reading Taibi and Shellenberger, just read the source.

[@BonShula]

@@dafttool Yes, but these right-wingers are obsessed with Hunter Biden's c**k for some reason.

[@Balthorium]

Now all you have to do is post a pro Trump meme.

[@nosuchthing8]

Well YOU might think it's a pro Trump meme. Everyone else notices you want to kill police officers at Jan 6.

[@Balthorium]

@@nosuchthing8 the only person killed was a Trump supporter by a cop. No one had firearms except the trigger happy police. Democrats rioting for BLM however killed 30 people including David Dorn and caused billions in damages across the country to individuals not the government. Maybe people would have been more likely to believe the election results if the rules weren’t changed and the media didn’t spend the prior five years lying about everything from Russia to Jussie?

[@BonShula]

Mar-a-Lago

[@ninij9692]

@@Balthorium so Rosanne Boyland means nothing to you guys...so sad y'all killed her by trampling her to death on the 6th and then not remember her. We already knew you didn't really care about the cops who were killed and the 130+ cops who were severely injured by the maga crowd...so much for all lives matter...

[@Balthorium]

@@ninij9692 stop lying and take your meds.

[@MagdaleneDivine]

Here I'm going to delete most of that in fact

[@SilentRacer911]

They have one on Eminem for his threats against Trump

[@owenshebbeare2999]

That's his problem, especially as he was openly outspoken about Trump.

[@pamelamays4186]

One thing is clear. The FBI hates Rock.

[@renaissanceredneck3695]

If they don't have a file on you, and you're American, what are you even doing?

[@SunnyniteDesigns]

😆😆

[@HVS-gk7oo]

Elvis hitting on and grooming a 14 year old girl should have been the biggest issue, not his wardrobe.

[@AeroGuy07]

They might have one on me. In the late 90s, after a relationship ended, I was living in a cheap, long-term hotel and working for one of my dad's friends. One day, a bank about 35 miles away in another state got robbed. The next morning my coworkers were laughing and joking about something at my expense. There was a sketch of the bank robber in the paper, and I have to admit, it did resemble me. We all had a laugh and went on with our day. After work I went back to my hotel, and not 30 seconds after I walked in the door, there was a cop-knock at the door. There were two FBI agents standing there, and they questioned me about the bank robbery. I gave them a handwriting sample, they left and I never heard from them again. I think another resident of the hotel called in a tip. Obviously I didn't do it and could verify my whereabouts the day the bank was robbed.

[@BonShula]

That is not having a file, they most likely followed up a lead.

[@StoffelDilligas]

Or...... You're ambidextrous?

[@JRockySchmidt]

I was really hoping for some of that Decoding the Unkown snarkiness

[@pakde8002]

And yet half a dozen Arabs taking flying lessons for a passenger jet didn't make it on to their radar even after the flight school notified the FBI that it seemed suspicious especially as they weren't very interested in the landing of a plane.

[@MagdaleneDivine]

I think I have one on me. I'm not sure why but when I saw the title I had this sinking feeling that I have one.

[@SilentRacer911]

That’s what I thought, I went to their website and put in my last name and nothing came up… you can always try it

[@MagdaleneDivine]

@@SilentRacer911 I don't trust they would put all their cards on the table like that. It's just not practical.

[@MagdaleneDivine]

@@SilentRacer911 some people wouldn't have files because of crimes there are many other reasons.

[@Humandriver5280]

If you don't have a file you're not living.

[@francineb7340]

I wonder if the Monkees got in the FBI radar from the song Last Train to Clarksville

[@joshuahunt3032]

That entry about Trent Reznor caught me off-guard. I still remember a Game Grumps bit about a text conversation the two hosts had about some movie about Facebook. (The bit was considered funny because one of the two people texting was sleep-deprived and using Siri text-to-speech of that time period, so there were lots of misspellings) Anyway, apparently Trent Reznor may have done the soundtrack for whatever that Facebook movie was, so if he HAD somehow been murdered, it would’ve had to be after that point, and it would’ve likely made the news. But weird that the FBI would order a murder victim file for someone who’s still alive

[@tiki_trash]

They had 119 pages on The Kingsmen's version of "Louie, Louie" when all they had to do was buy the sheet music and read the lyrics.

[@donaldwert7137]

@@tiki_trash Oh, now you're talking sense and that is anathema to government agencies.

[@donaldwert7137]

FBI: "We opened a murder investigation on someone who's still alive. Well, that's embarrassing, we'll have to do something about it." Allegedly.

[@robmanning6006]

Who doesn't the FBI keep files on

[@joewinter3940]

When I was younger, I liked odd music..let's make that clear lol. Anyways, during this whole video, I had Corporate Avengers 'Fbi' song stuck in my head. Fbi's got a file on me!

[@bettyswallocks6411]

Elvis Presley wasn’t a drug user? Yeah, right.

[@timothyjacks1788]

Elvis ain't dead, he just went home

[@moe_nebo]

Alive friend 91

[@nosuchthing8]

Trent Reznors death?

[@AimeeAimee444]

The entire year of 2011 my phone was tapped. The only reason would be I had to strong political views and second was being friends with a person who was associated with people in “the family” business. It was totally ridiculous how clumsy the phone tapping was due to the clicking. I would often say “Hello! I’m not interesting enough to waste tax people’s money and have nothing to offer”, after the click would be heard. It’s amazing to think that many are now being watched, more than you can comprehend. 🙄

[@j.p.6932]

0:51 UK famous is different from US famous

[@AimeeAimee444]

The government is watching social media as well and making files. Hello! 😄👋🏼⚖️🗽