August 24, 1995

Honorable Janet Reno
U.S. Attorney General
Department of Justice
10th & Constitution Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
FAX 2025144371

Dear General:

On August 22 you received a faxed letter of request for federal intervention on behalf of our church because of a midnight bombing incident August 20, which was the latest in a four-year campaign of terror waged against our church by pro-homosexual extremists encouraged by local media and local law enforcement agencies. (See, another copy of our Aug. 22 letter to you, attached). We've not heard from you. On August 23 we similarly contacted Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin, who promptly responded by sending Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms experts to our church. (See, letter to Rubin and Aug. 24 The Topeka Capital-Journal news story, attached). This letter is another formal request that you authorize and direct Mr. Randy Rathbun, United States Attorney for Kansas, to forthwith enter this case and prosecute those identified as responsible for this latest crime against our church, for the following reasons:

1. Pro-homosexual state officials, encouraged by our rabidly pro-homosexual media, and led by district attorney Joan Hamilton who is irrevocably corrupt and incompetent and who has vowed publicly to destroy our church because of our anti-homosexual Bible message, will certainly, deliberately botch this case as they have all prior cases. 2. A $5,000 reward offer by our church has yielded a probable suspect who led the bombing raid, by name, address, occupation, age, and: that the bombing device was a PVC pipe bomb timed to go off at a house they mistook for the church parsonage when they were some blocks away at Sonic Drive-in on Gage establishing an alibi; that they are Washburn University students angered at our church's anti-homosexual pickets; and, that they are unconcerned about being caught and punished because they perceive from the tidal waves of negative media against our church that the Topeka police, district attorney and all law enforcement authorities "think it's a big joke" for crimes to be committed against our church members.

Sincerely,

Fred Phelps

CC: Sec. Rubin (FAX 2026222599), BATF Director Magaw (FAX 2029278876), BATF KCMO Agent in Charge Cook (FAX 8164216511) , BATF KCMO Supervisory Special Agent Jimerson (FAX 8164216144), U.S. Atty. Rathbun (FAX 2952853), Pres. Clinton (FAX 2024562883), Sen. Dole (FAX 2022248952), Rep. Brownback (FAX 2022252983), Local Officials, and all media outlets