Abn even bigger fiasco I had with a JW mail handler:
November 22, 1999
Postal Inspection Service
c/o Chris ****
PO Box 91033
Los Angeles CA 90009
Attn: Criminal Complaints Dept.
complaint # 012420431
Dear Sir,
The enclosed materials are those you requested. Some are originals (the materials "Roger" sent, for fingerprint identification), others are photocopies as you requested. In the case where photocopies have been sent, I am retaining the originals.
summary:
October 2, 1999:
George **** sent in an order for anti-cult materials exposing the deceptive techniques of Jehovah's Witnesses, namely 2 cassette tapes. Enclosed was a $10 bill. It was sent in a pre-addressed envelope with his return address in the upper left corner as usual, and the Free Minds, Inc. address was very clear.
October 8, 1999:
Someone (in the Manhattan postal circuit) marks on the envelope "Return to Sender" but then apparently has second thoughts and decides to type a letter to Mr. **** and signs it "Roger." There was absolutely no reason the envelope should have been marked "Return to Sender" or opened by anyone, especially at the post office. This is a felony offense if I am correct. "Roger" says that he works in the mailroom in the Manhattan Beach area and "not to be nosey but we open all mail and I saw your money and your request for Bible tapes." He directs Mr. **** attention to the address of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society for proper Bible instruction. He sends Mr. **** the original $10 bill, plus his original order letter, and two copies of the magazines published by Jehovah's Witnesses, namely "The Watchtower" and "Awake!" This organization, based in Brooklyn, New York, is the target of Free Minds, Inc. work in order to expose their hypocrisy and deception of such organization. We have been in existence first as Bethel Ministries in 1982, and then more recently as Free Minds, Inc., a registered non-profit organization in the state of California. Our postal box (3818, Downtown M.B. station) has remained the same since about 1982. We have numerous websites, the prime one being www.freeminds.org.
October 12, 1999:
Mr. **** phones me and returns all the materials he sent from "Roger," flabbergasted by what had happened. Note the meter imprint on the outside of the envelope sent by "Roger" to Mr. ****. Many of us who are former members of the Watchtower Bible & Tract Society (I worked at their headquarters in Brooklyn for 6 years for about $14 a month, from 1974 to 1980 before I resigned) are aware of their deceptive techniques in dealing with "outsiders," as the attached photocopy from a Watchtower magazine, showing how a Jehovah's Witness is obliged to reveal private and illegally obtained information to their headquarters, even under the pain of losing their job in certain cases. Apparently this individual feels he is above the law, and will go so far as to break the law in a very serious way in order to defend his organization. Such a person has no place in the postal system, as I am sure you will concur.
Please get back to me as soon as possible on this matter. I intend to make sure it is prosecuted. I have an attorney who regularly works with matters such as this involving the Watchtower at my disposal, Jay Sandlin, in Yakima, WA. if this becomes necessary.
Randall Watters
