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title: FBI hounded Bobby Fischer
date: "2002-11-19T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1029
description: The FBI spent decades hounding chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer, conducting extensive surveillance and harassment. This investigative report reveals the scale of the cold war paranoia that led federal agents to monitor his personal life and family.
keywords: [bobby fischer, fbi, surveillance, cold war, chess, espionage]
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[How the FBI hounded Bobby Fischer](http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/4535883.htm) [via Pathologically Polymathic](http://danny.oz.au/blog/)