This American member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, and director of the dark satire of authoritarian government, Brazil, held dual citizenship in both England and the U.S. for three decades. In 2006 he renounced his U.S. citizenship, blaming the administration of President George W. Bush. Speaking of the political climate after 9/11 he told CBS News, ”It is absolutely frightening. Homeland Security is just like [the film’s] Ministry of Information, because if your job is counter-terrorism, what do you need to keep in business? You need terrorists, and even if they aren’t there, we may have to create new ones.”