SAC Albuquerque to SAC Seattle re Santa Fe woman's NORJAK suspect information

FD-36 (Rev. 11-17-88)

FBI

TRANSMIT VIA: PRECEDENCE: CLASSIFICATION: ☐ Teletype ☐ Immediate ☐ TOP SECRET ☐ Facsimile ☐ Priority ☐ SECRET ☒ AIRTEL ☐ Routine ☐ CONFIDENTIAL ☐ UNCLAS E F T O ☐ UNCLAS

Date 10/21/93

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TO : SAC, SEATTLE (164A-SE-81) (P) FROM [redacted] SAC, ALBUQUERQUE (164-0) SUBJECT : NORJAK; OO: SEATTLE

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

Re telephone calls from Special Agent (SA) [redacted] to SA [redacted]

Enclosed for Seattle are copies of photographs received from [redacted]

[redacted] Santa Fe, New Mexico, contacted the Santa Fe Resident Agency (SFRA) through her attorney, [redacted] because she believed that her [redacted] is the subject of the above captioned case.

SA [redacted] met with [redacted] at the office of [redacted] [redacted] at which time, she gave the following description and background regarding [redacted]

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②- Seattle (Enc.) 2 - Albuquerque MJS:mjt (4)

1647 -81-9252 [illegible] ......... [illegible] Approved: _________ Transmitted ____________ Per [illegible] AWh (Number) (Time) OCT 3 0 1993

CJ/EDCA DB Cooper-21182 [redacted] b6 b7C

164A-SE-81

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Sex: Male Race: White Date of Birth: [REDACTED] b6 Hair: Brown b7C also wears mustache Eyes: Hazel Weight: 220/Pounds Height: 6'10" Occupation: Carpenter/Contractor Children: Two - Son - 13 years old daughter - 11 years old Spouse: Currently unmarried, living with [REDACTED]

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[REDACTED] said that [REDACTED] graduated from high school in Claremont, California, in 1969, but also attended high school in Chevy Chase, Maryland, for a short period of time. [REDACTED] is a psychologist from Ashland, Oregon, who taught briefly at Stanford University in California. [REDACTED] has political views which lean to the extreme left.

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[REDACTED] is described by [REDACTED] as having been a antiwar radical in the late 1960s, who is still very politically active. [REDACTED] periodically runs for political office in the Santa Fe, New Mexico, area but never wins these elections. According to [REDACTED] feels that violence is a legitimate means of achieving political change and has stated so on several occasions. [REDACTED] has claimed to have been involved with political movements in the United States, such as the Black Panthers and the American Indian movement. [REDACTED] believes that [REDACTED] has contributed money to these organizations in the past.

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According to [REDACTED] revealed his involvement in the hijacking of a northwest orient airlines flight, and told [REDACTED] that he is D.B. COOPER. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] this approximately 6 1/2 years ago. On several occasions, since then, [REDACTED] has spoken about the hijacking, however, has not provided [REDACTED] with any details about the incident.

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[REDACTED] believes that at least some of the money which was obtained by the hijacker ended up in a safe deposit box in a bank in Deming, New Mexico. [REDACTED] states, as her basis for this belief, the fact that [REDACTED] during a time of extreme financial need, made a telephone call and asked permission to take money from the safe deposit box. Although, [REDACTED] never told [REDACTED] that he was calling to ask permission from the

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DB Cooper-21183

164A-SE-81

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leaders of the group behind the hijacking incident, she feels this is probably what he was doing. Several days later, [REDACTED] returned to their home stating that he had been able to obtain $14,000 in cash. [REDACTED] did not see the cash.

On one of the occasions when [REDACTED] spoke of his involvement with the hijacking incident, he told [REDACTED] that he had been chosen by a group, who had decided to commit this crime, because he was young, in good physical condition and had never been fingerprinted. The purpose of the crime was to obtain money for a war chest which the group was accruing. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that he did not personally profit in any way from this act. [REDACTED] told [REDACTED] that he was approximately 19 years old at the time and had been trained by this group at a paramilitary camp in northern California. It was at this location that [REDACTED] was taught to parachute and was given extensive physical training. The name D.B. COOPER was chosen by [REDACTED] and the other group members because his initials are, in fact D. B. and the name COOPER was chosen arbitrarily.

As far as [REDACTED] knows, [REDACTED] has never had any involvement with the United States military and she does not know if [REDACTED] actually knows anything about parachuting.

After the hijacking incident, [REDACTED] hid in various mental institutions, because he is a manic depressant and has a bipolar personality. According to [REDACTED] has good control of these disorders, however, can exhibit classic symptoms when he chooses to, because he truly has these disorders and knows a lot about them. [REDACTED] claims that [REDACTED] would go to an institution where psychologically troubled people are cared for and exhibit the manic depressant symptoms and be allowed to stay at these institutions until he could be evaluated. Eventually, he would always be released.

Several months after the hijacking, [REDACTED] ended up at the Navajo Indian reservation in the four corners area in northwest New Mexico, where he stayed for several years and was involved in marijuana smuggling. Again, [REDACTED] has no proof or detailed information which would serve as a basis for her belief in this part of [REDACTED] story.

[REDACTED] in 1978 in Deming, New Mexico, where he was residing with his mother, who is now deceased. [REDACTED] has resided in New Mexico, with [REDACTED] ever since then.

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b6 b7C

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DB Cooper-21184

164A-SE-81

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[REDACTED] is aware of two arrests of [REDACTED] The first of these was for criminal trespass in Sedona, Arizona. [REDACTED] could not remember the year that that occurred. The second was in the fall of 1978 in Deming, New Mexico, for aggravated assault. Also, [REDACTED] believes [REDACTED] was detained in Oklahoma City by the FBI for making statements during an interstate flight, during which he made statements to the effect that he had a weapon and that he felt like hijacking the airplane. [REDACTED] does not know if [REDACTED] was actually arrested for this but she does recall being told by [REDACTED] that the flight was forced to land in Oklahoma City because of his statements.

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The following description of [REDACTED] was obtained by observation and interview:

Sex: Female Race: White Hair: Salt and Pepper Eyes: Blue Weight: 135 Pounds Height: 5'5" Occupation: Clinical Psychologist Home Address: [REDACTED] Santa Fe, New Mexico Telephone Numbers: Home [REDACTED] Work [REDACTED] Business Address: [REDACTED] Santa Fe, New Mexico

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Albuquerque will leave it to the discretion of Seattle to determine if further investigation regarding this information is needed.

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ARMED AND DANGEROUS

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DB Cooper-21185

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4*

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b6 b7C