Assistant Attorney General
Office of Legal Policy
United States Department of Justice
Washington, DC 20530
ATTN: Office of Information and Privacy
Dear Sir:
This is an
appeal from the denials in the response to
my Freedom of Information-Privacy Acts request directed to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation in Boston, Massachusetts.
Attached please
find a copy of the following documents
forwarded to me by the FBI in Boston pursuant to my request.
A. Letter of November 20, 1985 to me signed
by Edward
W. Ludemann, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, in
response to my FOIA request.
B. Letter of November 12, 1985 to William
F. Weld,
U.S. Attorney in Boston, from James W. Greenleaf,
Special Agent in Charge, re: Gerry Armstrong -
Impersonation.
C. Letter of 10/25/85 from me to agent
Timothy Leonard
re: alleged impersonation.
D. Letter of 10/23/85 from me to FBI Boston
requesting
documents under FOIA.
E. Declaration of Gerald Armstrong
dated 10/23/85
relating to alleged incident of impersonation.
F. FD-302 FBI report dated 11/4/85
prepared following
an interview of me by FBI agent Timothy Leonard on
10/23/85.
G. Complaint form dated 10/17/85 referencing
a
complaint filed with the FBI in Boston by persons to me
as yet unknown.
Assistant Attorney General
December 9, 1985
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H. Letter of 12/9/85 from me to FBI Boston
correcting
errors in the 11/4/85 FD-302 report.
The
information which has been denied and which I am
appealing to have provided to me is as follows:
1. The names of the individuals who appeared at the
Boston FBI office on 10/17/85 and provided the FBI with
an affidavit which accused me of impersonation of an
FBI agent (Ref. G attached).
2. A copy of the affidavit provided by these
individuals to the FBI on 10/17/85 (Ref. G attached).
3. A copy of the letter dated 10/22/85 (Ref. item 2 of
B attached).
4. A copy of the letter dated 11/6/85 (Ref. item 5 of
B attached).
5. Any additional correspondence between the
complainant or other members of Scientology and the FBI
regarding this operation against me.
6. Any other reports, investigation results or
conclusions by the FBI relating to this alleged
impersonation/frameup.
I am
appealing because I believe it is my right to know
who my accusers are, and it is an injustice for them to remain
unknown to me, and for correspondence and reports about me to
remain unanswered and uncorrected in Federal files.
It is already
acknowledged that the complainant and the
persons acting with him or her are agents of Scientology. I
have been attacked by Scientology or persons acting for the
organization since I left in 1981. I have been assaulted,
driven into and attempts were made to involve me in a highway
accident. I have been libeled and slandered. The Organization,
using private investigators and intelligence operatives, has
attempted to destroy my reputation, livelihood and life. This
"impersonation" incident is clearly only another Scientology
operation. It seems to me to be patently unjust that this
organization should be able to subject me to more intimidation
Assistant Attorney General
December 9, 1985
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and harassment via Federal agencies and yet have agents remain
unknown and the reports filed about me go unrebutted.
I am
also enclosing with this letter and attachments a
copy of the decision in the lawsuit the organization brought
against me in 1982. The trial judge found the same facts I have
stated in the preceding paragraph.
Thank you for
your anticipated assistance.
Very truly yours,
Gerry Armstrong
[Signed] G. Armstrong
GA/led
Enclosures
cc: Richard Greenberg, Esquire
Department of Justice
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Suffolk, SS.
12/10/85
Then
personally appeared before me and acknowledged
the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed.
Before
me,
[Signed] Lorna E. Doherty
Lorna E. Doherty
My Commission Expires: 3/31/89