The FBI has been tailing US citizens for decades. John Lennon was under government surveillance because of his activism and outspoken views during the 1970s. He was considered a political threat by the US government, particularly due to his vocal opposition to the Vietnam War and support for various leftist political causes. The FBI and CIA conducted extensive surveillance on Lennon, including wiretapping his phones, opening his mail, and following him and his associates.* “The FBI, under the auspices of J. Edgar Hoover, saw King as one of the most dangerous Negroes in America, so they were going to try by any means necessary to destroy his reputation by first saying he was connected to the Communist Party,” the bureau expanded its surveillance of King, placing bugs and wiretaps in the hotel rooms he visited. The expansion reflected the FBI's new objective: ****** The F.B.I. had ongoing surveillance since at least the 1950s on Black activists, musicians and artists, anyone on a pulpit or in the public eye, from Martin Luther King to Nat King Cole — yes, the singer of “Chestnuts Roasting Over an Open Fire” — to jazz greats Max Roach and Charlie Mingus, among many, many others. According to Pacific Standard magazine, roots of the program stem from the FBI’s Counterintelligence Program **** US government did monitor Bob Marley's activities during the 1970s, as he was seen as a potential political threat due to his influence and popularity. However, I could not find any evidence that they attempted to translate his music or lyrics. As for his political beliefs, Bob Marley has been described as a socialist or a "pan-Africanist", but not a communist. He advocated for the rights of the oppressed and marginalized, and his lyrics often reflected these themes