To SAC Seattle re KOMO TV 'ISSUES 72' broadcast discussing D.B. Cooper
Document date 1 December 1972
Also filed at: Part 73 p. 248
Copies may differ in what was redacted.
Part of: To SAC Seattle re KOMO-TV 'Issues 72' program comments on NORJAK and FBI hijacking policy
Report a problem
Email this to [email protected]
Id: Cooper-Part-69:031-031
Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-69:031-031 Document: Memo to SAC Seattle re KOMO TV 'ISSUES 72' broadcast discussing D.B. Cooper Id: Cooper-Part-69:031-031 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-69%3A031-031 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
A person reads every report. Corrections are made by hand, to the data — titles, dates, names, which pages belong together — never to the scans, and they can take a while to appear.
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 69 p. 31 (DB Cooper-29227), Memo, dated 1 Dec 1972 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-69%3A031-031
SAC, SEATTLE (164-81) 12/1/72
SA [REDACTED] Sws J Sws R
---
ISSUES 72 INFORMATION CONCERNING
On [REDACTED], ASAC [REDACTED], Seattle Division, viewed a television show "ISSUES 72" on Channel 4, KOMO TV, Seattle. A comment was made on this show concerning the whereabouts of D.B. COOPER and additional comments were made concerning the handling of recent hijackings by the FBI.
To determine exactly what these comments were, SA [REDACTED] was assigned to view a videotape of the above described TV show on 12/1/72.
---
The show "ISSUES 72" consisted of an interview by KOMO TV news personnel with [REDACTED] Western Airlines Pilot and [REDACTED] of the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA) and [REDACTED] a Northwest Orient Airline pilot.
---
The comment concerning COOPER was made by [REDACTED]. He was asked if he would care to comment on the whereabouts of "D.B. COOPER." He replied that he would not.
---
The comments concerning the handling of recent hijackings by the FBI were made by [REDACTED] and they consisted of basically [REDACTED] view that "violence breeds violence." [REDACTED] stated it was his opinion that no outside interference should be undertaken without the pilot of the hijacked plane's approval. [REDACTED] mentioned one exception to this rule, which he stated would be a case when a hijacked plane was forced to land in a foreign country. [REDACTED] did not further describe the situation.
---
Both [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] advised that ALPA is presently meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of this meeting is to determine what action should be taken by ALPA if the airlines fail to provide additional crew training and airport security.
---
164-81 - [illegible] SEARCHED _____ INDEXED _____ SERIALIZED _____ [illegible] _____ [illegible] . 372 FBI-SEA
---
DB Cooper-29227
Serials: SE 164-81