http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/22/politics/main607670.shtml(CBS) John Kerry knew, given his high profile anti-war activities during the Vietnam War, that he was watched by the FBI, which under the direction of J. Edgar Hoover, kept a long list of people under surveillance - including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Albert Einstein, Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe.
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The FBI agents' observations of Kerry were reportedly sent to both President Richard M. Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover, whose reign as Director of the FBI lasted for nearly 50 years until his death on May 2, 1972.
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"I'm surprised by extent of it," says the Democratic presidential candidate, in an interview with the L.A. Times. "I'm offended by the intrusiveness of it. And I'm disturbed that it was all conducted absent of some showing of any legitimate probable cause. It's an offense to the Constitution. It's out of order."
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