Part 96, page 160

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SC 164-50

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On 5/4/78, this matter was discussed with AUSA [REDACTED] Sacramento, California, and he advised that the court order should be obtained by the Seattle Office through the U. S. Attorney at Seattle.

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On 5/4/78, Detective Sergeant [REDACTED] Stockton Police Department, advised he has heard that [REDACTED] is a lawyer in Oakland [REDACTED].

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[REDACTED]. He wondered if this would indicate that RACKSTRAW's suspected involvement in the 1975 theft of the explosives at the Felton Quarry, Santa Cruz, California, some of which were later recovered from the NWLF by the FBI at Richmond, California, in early 1976, might mean that RACKSTRAW intentionally obtained the explosives for the radicals. He stated that [REDACTED] reportedly was formerly in partnership with [REDACTED] another reported [REDACTED] [REDACTED] reportedly [REDACTED] by the San Francisco Police Department, is [REDACTED] [REDACTED] and has [REDACTED].

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Seattle Division will discuss this matter of palm prints with the U. S. Attorney to determine if a court order will issue or whether it has to be handled as a subpoena to the Federal Grand Jury in Seattle. It is noted that RACKSTRAW is presently feigning a back injury which requires him to be transported in a wheel chair, and custodial personnel feel he is doing this in an attempt to effect a possible escape attempt. If U. S. Marshals are to transport him they should be warned that RACKSTRAW is a former U. S. Army Green Beret and Vietnam veteran and is highly skilled in the use of his hands and feet as weapons.

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San Francisco Division will advise if the involvement of [REDACTED] on the defense team possibly indicates some interest by the NWLF in protecting their source of explosives. RACKSTRAW is known to have purchased a great deal explosive between the time he murdered his

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DB Cooper-43078

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