I believe a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request could be sent to the FBI to get any files they had concerning Rutherford.
Anyone interested in doing that?
--VM44
Want to get Rutherford's FBI file?
by VM44 9 Replies latest jw friends
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franklin J
Why? Are you planning on deporting him?
America still is a free country...
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Leolaia
Hey, that'd be fascinating for the sake of history.
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DevonMcBride
Sounds interesting. I'm surprised no one has already done this.
Devon
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Nathan Natas
That's a great idea, but I would keep "bttt-ing" this for a week or so to see if Amazing or AlanF or someone else has already obtained it.
What does the FOI request involve? How much $ do they want?
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Mysterious
Information on how to do it for anyone interested.
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larc
There has to be records on Rutherford. He spent time in a federal prison. Also, there must be records on the WT because they were anti-government. I thought about contacting the FBI myself, have never done it.
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pr_capone
bttt kansas district overbeer
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peacefulpete
bttt, has anyone tried retrieving the file?
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VM44
Yes, I submitted a FOIA request.
The resulting files that I received did not provide anything really new about Rutherford.
I limited my search request to FBI files containing "biographical data" concerning J.F. Rutherford in order to get a quicker response as well as to reducing the copying cost involved.
Here is an interesting item that I might mention. J. Edgar Hoover did not like Rutherford very much and wrote a letter recommending that Rutherford be interned if war broke out (This was pre-WW2). This became moot thought as Rutherford died before the beginning of the war.
--VM44