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rT eceie Gli ous ons may ‘bave od tally)’ Elsewhere in this issue we bave explained somethin about bow that worldwide scoop was obtained, and the lengths to which the Flag is prepared’ to go'to’protect the anonymity’ of “D.B. Cooper". In. no way’ do’ we: either condone or condemn Cooper's crime;' our task is tc ‘<mply report the news, from any viable sourc ” All we promised, in return for this interview, was that we would under no circumstances» including Stand jury. gation-divulge, our source of information; and ; tha it to us, and respect at all tim under the Constitution. ~~. _ Namely: life, liberty-and the b es his inalienable rights. ” > pe appiness of pursuit, 4 ONO beat Editor’s Note: For reasons that are obvious, we are ‘ not able to give the full story of bow this interview was. : pel ang obtained and who was the Flag's Source...) We can: say that the interview occured in th of Seattle ! the result of any supersl. ¢ metropolitan area euthing or investigation on our tn eh Tagg: e would tell D.B.'s adventure exactly'as be velated:s-. sometime in the month of March. It was not : a , well, I Um not'in Mexico or South Am yet, so don’t believe everything you read in the papers, _ ANON: How long’ d 7 the COOPER: A year, long time, Something PaO oe ait ad the notion for a ound work until June. ch made me t » Six months. Ih but I’ didn’t start the gr happened whi: Can you imagine anything more stupid than ris _ death penalty because you want to go to Cu _ now. Hell, you want to go ‘to Cuba, “ to Mexico. Their airline isn’t so bad. vise lk “.. These guys who get so worked up about politics are » Me, I wanted money. Doing it for money, as some. girls know, is a lot smarter. The trick | turned was not’ . how to get the money-others had done that-buc HOW get AWAY with the money, 3." To ty ::, ANON: How did you prepare yourself? ;.: ‘.,: sy COOPER: Like anything takes training and hard wor extensive. as any astronauts, ‘probable the world’s Before I left home on the 22nd, I had a big fire. I burned “, graphs, airplane floorplans, timetables, weather reports, maps, over a hundred Pages of notes... earned my. moneyye 2 00 ; Ve be king the: rk, My preparations were as The guy you're looking at is . ae t AN IN wr ie) at, Se en Thee Mae i Sera ba right} charter a boat, or go | to : cise, successful skyjacking a greatest authority on skyjacking, ron “Up, wha noalanm te ree | Eddie. Bauer ‘sub-artic would have had quite a time fi “ANON: I guess so, but did you: «’ jump immediately after you opened th ‘ #3, COOPER: Hell, no, That? would have, ce dead giveaway: I had to. wait until I was’ touchdown area, This is where the FBI screwed ‘yn At the “appropriate” time I went back past . “empty Seats to the stairs, Christ, it was noisy, Next time ite, 1’ have something better than kleenex' for car{plugs, 1 tried to walk down all the stairs. About the ten 5 think it was, I stepped off. It was all win "after thath ge ek bse tai ANON: Were you he Northwest 727? Re pies aware f a on :. COOPER: Yes, I couldn't see them in the plane @ during my fall, but there is NO way 1 could miss hearitig , them once I bailed out. Knowing how close McChord is to Sea-Tac, 1 would have had to be awfully stupi not td figure on having company as we flew south down\Vector ..” ij,» 23. It was a calculated risk, That is why I jumpes “ weather and at night. And I suppose I j longer than I wanted before pulli . 5, ANON: How long was your free Sabi i... COOPER: About 5,000 of the 7,000 fect.’ hairy when you can’t see the ground or th&korizd “ANON: How was the landing? > +" web. COOPER: Rough. Let's not talk about it. _.. ANON: Is that where you got the limp? i285 ,* COOPER: No, as a matter of fact, I di " January, skiing. Bee eR : ANON: You went _-.., COOPER: I should : tI like to do j ? Su . im shat oe cr eran ew my jing in January!?.-: Pee go in June? I’m nor going;to give ust because I’m a celebrity. Who'd 2 \ “te . ey? “bes was sak nee . . et TWO aaa oa Pag 1 DANAE Hitt NT, Ie OR To Se aR aT toh te Naw