WAS JOHN LENNON ASSASSINATED BY A GOVERNMENT-DIRECTED INTELLIGENCE OPERATION? Love or hate him (and/or his music), rock star John Lennon of Beatles fame was a cultural icon of the 20th century and has a host of fans today. But author Salvador Astucia in his comprehensive 544-page volume RETHINKING JOHN LENNON'S ASSASSINATION suggests, and provides evidence thereof, that Lennon's death at the hands of a gunman in 1980 may have been much bigger than what the media and law enforcement at the time. Astucia was the guest on the October 9 broadcast of Michael Collins Piper's nightly program, The Piper Report, on rbnlive.com (the Republic Broadcasting Network). Astucia's book, subtitled "The FBI's War on Rock Stars," is, however, more than just a book about Lennon and the strange circumstances surrounding his death. It is, even more so, a remarkable compendium of rock-and-roll history which demonstrates that an amazing number of rock stars (many of whom were the subject of covert surveillance by the FBI and other intelligence agencies) died of un-natural causes (and not just drug overdoses, by the way). The book is a detailed and thoroughly researched analysis of all of this and more. While many in the American patriot movement have always had a visceral dislike for John Lennon and actually consider him and his music (and rock and roll in general) to be harmful to society. But there is evidence that Lennon and many other rock figures also had political opinions of their own that, given the opportunity to unveil them, could have had dire consequences for the American elite establishment and its behind the scenes controllers. It is a given, in history, that people who have gotten "too big" (after having been promoted by the behind the scenes forces) have been assassinated or otherwise brought down. The research by Salvador Astucia indicates that it is quite possible that a known figure with CIA connections may have been linked to John Lennon's death and that Mark David Chapman, who confessed to killing Lennon may have been manipulated into playing the role of "patsy" in the crime. (Keeping in mind that many people who have confessed to crimes have either later recanted and been proven innocent or have otherwise been proven absolutely not guilty of the crime by other evidence. The bottom line, though, is that whatever really happened to Lennon, Salvador Astucia's book presents a compelling overview of a little-explored aspect of American political and cultural history and how public figures in a controversial arena (rock and roll music) have been at odds with the covert powers that be in America. Astucia is also the author of OPIUM LORDS, an interesting book on the JFK assassination that, in many ways, parallels Michael Collins Piper's book on that topic, FINAL JUDGMENT. The works of Astucia can be accessed at Astucia's website jfkmontreal.com and the book on RETHINKING JOHN LENNON's ASSASSINATION---a massive volume--- can be ordered at $34 per copy from: Ravening Wolf Publishing, PO Box 4000, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20885. (Sorry no credit card orders; check or money order requested.)