Secret Service Report

OBTAINED FROM U.S. SECRET SERVICE THROUGH FOIA:

530WFO 1111 EDT 061681 USS118

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FM WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE
TO HEADQUARTERS (ID-F1B/AE)

INFO USSS/UD - FMB

SUBJECT: WILLIAM THOMAS

WHEREABOUTS: AS OF 6/11/81 SUBJECT LOCATED IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE HOLDING A HUNGER FAST. SUBJECT CLAIMS A RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF 906 12TH STREET, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C. C/O MITCH SNYDER, TELEPHONE 202/667-6407

SYNOPSIS

SUBJECT LOCATED AND INTERVIEWED IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE ON 6/5/81. (DELETED) SUBJECT STATED HE IS A NON VIOLENT PERSON. INVESTIGATION CONTINUED PENDING COMPLETION OF CRIMINAL CHECKS AND DISPOSITION OF SUBJECT'S CASE IN SUPERIOR COURT; NEXT APPEARANCE SCHEDULED FOR 6/22/81.

(a) INTRODUCTION

REFERENCE IS MADE TO ALL PREVIOUS TELETYPES, THE LAST BEING WFO TWX #235, DATED 5/29/81, AND THE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION OF (DELETED) AND IRS (DELETED) ON 6/5/81

(B) IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT

(UPDATE INFORMATION)

NAME                                : WILLIAM THOMAS
ALIAS                               : TOM
CURRENT ADDRESS                     : SAME AS CAPTIONED ADDRESS
TELEPHONE                           : NONE
HOME ADDRESS                        : SUBJECT CLAIMS 906 12TH
                                    : ST., N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C.
TELEPHONE                           : NONE
EMPLOYMENT                          : SUBJECT CLAIMS TO BE A
                                    : WRITER AND PHILOSOPHER
PRIOR CONFINEMENT                   : SUBJECT CLAIMS NONE

PLACE OF BIRTH                      : TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK
DATE OF BIRTH                       :  3/20/47
COMPLEXION                          :  MEDIUM
EDUCATION                           : SUBJECT DID NOT PROVIDE
DATE HANDWRITING SECURED            : SUBJECT REFUSED TO PROVIDE
DATE PHOTO SECURED                  : 3/20/81
SCARS AND MARKS                     : NONE
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER              : SUBJECT REFUSED TO PROVIDE
FBI CRIMINAL NUMBER                 : NONE KNOWN
VA CLAIM NUMBER                     : SUBJECT CLAIMS NONE
MILITARY SERIAL NUMBER              : SUBJECT CLAIMS NONE
DRIVERS LICENSE NUMBER              : SUBJECT CLAIMS NONE
OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBERS           : MPD ID #342-015
DATE SSF 1945 SECURED               : SUBJECT REFUSED TO PROVIDE
ALIEN REGISTRATION NUMBER           : NONE
PASSPORT NUMBERS AND COUNTRY        : SUBJECT REFUSED TO PROVIDE 
                                      NUMBER, BUT HAS HELD AN  
                                      AMERICAN PASSPORT AT ONE TIME

SECRET SERVICE JUDICIAL ACTION:  ON 5/5/81, SUBJECT APPEARED IN
SUPERIOR COURT BEFORE JUDGE (DELETED) CASE WAS CONTINUED UNTIL
6/22/81.  SUBJECT'S CASE NUMBER IS M2954-81 AND THE CHARGE OF
UNLAWFUL ENTRY IS A MISDEMEANOR.  SUBJECT'S COURT APPOINTED
ATTORNEY IS (DELETED ) OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, 451
INDIANA AVE., N.W., WASHINGTON, D..C. TELEPHONE 202/628-1200. 
SUBJECT WAS INITIALLY RELEASED ON A P/R BOND, AND REMAINS FREE ON
THE SAME.

MENTAL HISTORY: SUBJECT CLAIMS NONE. LOCAL CHECKS AS REPORTED IN PREVIOUS TELETYPES PROVED NEGATIVE.

CRIMINAL HISTORY: SUBJECT CLAIMS NONE: LOCAL CHECKS INITIATED ON 6/8/81. SUBJECT NOT OF RECORD WITH WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING: SUBJECT DID NOT PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION. SIMPLY STATED HE IS A WRITER AND PHILOSOPHER, PROVIDING NO SPECIFIC PUBLISHERS, ETC.

ADDICTIONS AND DEVIATIONS: SUBJECT CLAIMS NONE.

MARITAL STATUS AND FAMILY HISTORY: SUBJECT WOULD NOT PROVIDE.

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATIONS: COMMUNITY FOR CREATIVE NONVIOLENCE.

CITIZENSHIP: NATURAL BORN U.S.A. CLAIMS TO HAVE DENOUNCED HIS AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP.

MILITARY SERVICE RECORD: SUBJECT CLAIMS NONE.

(C) INTERVIEW WITH SUBJECT

SUBJECT WAS LOCATED AND INTERVIEWED IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE ON 6/5/91 U.D. OFFICER (DELETED) WAS PRESENT DURING INTERVIEW. SUBJECT PARTICIPATING IN A HUNGER FAST FOR LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

ACCORDING TO U.S. SUBJECT HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE SINCE WEDNESDAY JUNE 3, 1981. SUBJECT ADVISED FAST WOULD LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. U.D. ADVISED SUBJECT HAS CAUSED NO PROBLEMS. SUBJECT IS ACCOMPANIED IN HIS FAST BY (DELETED)

SUBJECT MADE NO THREATS AND STATED HE WAS A NON-VIOLENT PERSON, BUT DID OBJECT TO BEING IN THIS COUNTRY AT WHAT HE FEELS IS AGAINST HIS WILL. SUBJECT STATED HE WENT TO THE SOVIET EMBASSY TO PRESENT THEM WITH A BOOK HE HAD WRITTEN AND TO PROVE THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THE SOVIET UNION. SUBJECT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT NUCLEAR DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD, AND BELIEVES THAT NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE MADE BECAUSE OF THE FEAR THIS COUNTRY HAS OF THE SOVIET UNION. SUBJECT STATED HE WAS ARRESTED BY U.D. WHEN HE REFUSED TO LEAVE THE SOVIET EMBASSY. SUBJECT STATED HE INTENDS TO APPEAR AT ALL FUTURE COURT PROCEEDINGS, BUT FEELS THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISMISSED.

COPIES OF THE FOLLOWING TITLED LITERATURE WERE OBTAINED FROM THE SUBJECT AND ARE BEING FORWARDED TO ID UNDER SEPARATE COVER. MANIFESTO OF INDEPENDENCE; TRUTH, AND ASSORTED RED HERRINGS; PARABLE OF A PROPHET; AND PARABLE OF A BEAST.

SUBJECT CLAIMS THESE WRITINGS BEST EXPRESS HIS PHILOSOPHIES AND ACTIONS.

SUBJECT REFUSED TO PROVIDE HANDWRITING SAMPLES AND ALSO REFUSED TO EXECUTE A 1945. SUBJECT WAS CLAM, CONGENIAL AND UNDERSTANDING OF OUR INTEREST IN HIM DURING THE INTERVIEW.

(D) OTHER INVESTIGATION

ON 6/3/81, REPORTING AGENT SPOKE WITH A MS. (DELETED) NEW YORK FIELD OFFICE FTS (LARGE DELETION)

on 6/4/81, AT MPD, REPORTING AGENT OBTAINED A PHOTOGRAPH OF SUBJECT AND A COPY OF SUBJECT'S MPE FILE NUMBER 342-015, WHICH WILL BE FORWARDED UNDER SPEARATE COVER. NO ADDITIONAL ARRESTS WERE LISTED

0N 6/4/81 INFORMATION REPORTED UNDER SUB HEADING SECRET SERVICE JUDICIAL ACTION WAS OBTAINED FROM COURT RECORDS SUPERIOR COURT WASHINGTON, D.C.C.

(E) EVALUATION

(DELETED)

(F) DISPOSITION

INVESTIGATION CONTINUED PENDING COMPLETION OF CRIMINAL CHECKS, AND TO MONITOR FURTHER JUDICIAL ACTION IN SUPERIOR COURT.

(DELETED ) /KEISER

WASHINGTON FIELD OFFICE