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Inspection

"Where's your draft card?" He
repeated.

"I don't have one with me."

"Get back in the car" which I
did

Other Agent: "How old are
you?"

"21."

"Why aren't you in the Army?"

"They haven't tried to induct
me."

Norman gives them substantially
the same answers. They run a
computer check. The car's not
stolen, there are no warrants or
hold orders for either of us. Two
more FBI cars pull up. We now have
five agents personally inspecting the
automobile, our belongings, the
trunk, everything short of being
frisked.

A Highway Patrol Car pulls up.
Officer X confers with Agents A, B,
C, D, E, then looks over our papers,
mumbles something about "not
looking official" - "gotta impound
your car until you provide 'proper
registration'; could charge ya
witmore, but I'm not going to;
gotta taken you down to the
courthouse."

We go to the courthouse. "Oh,"
mumbles X "these fellas want to
talk to ya."

Friendly Agents A, and B
reappear.

"Where are your draft cards"
(Norm's off with agent A, B's
interrogating me)

"Don'tcha hafta inform me of
my rights?"

"Ohyea. Here read and sign
this."

He hands me a paper with the
synopsis of my rights at the bottom
is a paragraph for me to sign
agreeing to waive my rights to
remain silent and have a lawyer
present.

"I won't sign this; I want time
to get a lawyer, You've got no
cause to even ask me these
questions.

"I suspect," Says B, "That you
two are either deserters, or have
refused induction somewhere. If
you don't answer my questions I
am going to get the U.S. Attorney
to indict you for NON-POSSESSION.

"Now will you answer my
questions?"

"No"