Big Brother’s Keeper

Over 1300 pages of Frank Sinatra’s life, as interpreted by the FBI, were released last week, creating front-page headlines. What’s in your file?

Mireille Miller-Young Age: 22 Resides: Lower East Side Occupation: Grad student Do you think you have an FBI file? Yes. They have a file on most people, especially if you’re active in social issues. I participate in a lot of protests and rallies like Mumia Abu-Jamal. Also, being an educated minority and a woman. What’s the one thing you wouldn’t want in it? There’s nothing about me I feel I need to hide. Whose file do you want to see? Malcolm X. Everyone knows their surveillance of him was deep. I’m curious about how they constructed and deconstructed him.

Joe Dimere Age: 30 Resides: Rome, Italy Occupation: Teacher Do you think you have an FBI file? Yeah. FBI, they have a file on everyone, all around the world. At this moment, they’re looking at us right now. What’s the one thing you wouldn’t want in it? About my sexual life. You know, like when I was with two women. Probably not bad for me, but, you know, for the woman and her husband. Whose file do you want to see? The file of my close friend. You have to know your friend better than your enemy.

Kimberleigh Smith Age: 31 Resides: Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Occupation: Student Do you think you have an FBI file? It’s possible. I used to work for a black, lefty newspaper, The City Sun. What’s the one thing you wouldn’t want in it? I’ve never done anything too shameful. I’m gay, but I’m out. I guess I did some stupid stuff with my credit when I was younger, but that’s already a part of my credit history. Whose file do you want to see? I’d like to see what they have on Tupac Shakur.

Ted Moran Age: 42 Resides: Rahway, New Jersey Occupation: Computer engineer Do you think you have an FBI file? Yes, they do. I was in the Marine Corps like 20 years ago. So they have a file on me, it’s standard. What’s the one thing you wouldn’t want in it? I guess my psychological medical records. Whose file do you want to see? Bill Clinton.

Phillip Green Age: 36 Resides: Fort Greene, Brooklyn Occupation: Human resources Do you think you have an FBI file? Yeah. They have one on everyone. What’s the one thing you wouldn’t want in it? I’m gay, but I’m out, so they can’t do anything with that. But that’s not something I would have admitted four or five years ago. Whose file do you want to see? Maybe the guys who work at the FBI. Let’s see their stuff.

Dave Rooney Age: 32 Resides: Cliffside Park, New Jersey Occupation: Financial planner Do you think you have an FBI file? I assume they have a file on everyone. What’s the one thing you wouldn’t want in it? Maybe they have an extensive file on someone I’ve associated with and link everything they’ve done to me, when I really don’t know this person too well. Whose file do you want to see? FDR. He’s supposed to have had an illegitimate kid.

Ryan Antonio Age: 30 Resides: North Bronx Occupation: Student Do you think you have an FBI file? I doubt it, I don’t live here, I’m from the Bahamas. What’s the one thing you wouldn’t want in it? Sexual history. It’s too personal. Whose file do you want to see? Michael Jackson. He’s such a strange guy.

Robin Fribance Age: 27 Resides: Upper West Side Occupation: Grad student Do you think you have an FBI file? I’m not American, I’m Canadian. So, no. What’s the one thing you wouldn’t want in it? I guess I would feel bad if they had information about other people, like my parents, because of me, or what I did. Whose file do you want to see? Charlie Chaplin. There was so much controversy about his life and his politics. I’m a film student. I’m interested in that stuff.