Wiener 's work provided the basis for the 2006 documentary '' The U.S. vs. John Lennon '' . Wiener served as a historical consultant to the production and also appears in the film . He also appears in the documentary '' LENNONYC '' , which aired on the PBS show " American Masters " in 2010 . He was interviewed about the Lennon FBI Files by Terry Gross on the NPR program " Fresh Air . " ACLU attorney Mark Rosenbaum said that the '' Wiener v FBI '' case revealed " government paranoia at a pathological level and an attempt to shield executive branch abuse of civil liberties under the rubric of national security . " Wiener is the author of six books . In '' Historians in Trouble : Plagiarism , Fraud and Power in the Ivory Tower . '' he examined various academic scandals and concluded that media spectacles end careers only when powerful , usually right-leaning external groups demand punishment . He also edited and wrote the introduction to '' Conspiracy in the Streets : The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Eight '' which included an abridged transcript of the 1968 Chicago Conspiracy trial ; in that trial , Bobby Seale , Abbie Hoffman , Jerry Rubin , Dave Dellinger and others faced charges stemming from anti-war demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention , and witnesses included Timothy Leary , Norman Mailer , Arlo Guthrie , and Allen Ginsberg ; the book includes an afterword by defendant Tom Hayden and drawings by Jules Feiffer . Wiener 's latest book '' How We Forgot the Cold War : A Historical Journey across America '' , based on his visits to Cold War monuments , museums , and memorials , emphasizes popular skepticism about America 's victory
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