Richard M. Taus, 91A1040 Clinton Correctional Facility I July 4, 2020 The Honorable Audrey Strauss U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of New York The Silvio J. Mollo Bldg. Re: Ghislaine Maxwell Investigation, Jeffrey Epstein's Assassination, Robert Maxwell and "J. Doe." Dear U.S. Attorney Strauss, By way of introduction, I was a Special Agent assigned to the FBINYO's Foreign Counter-Intelligence Division and to the Organized Criminal Division at separate time periods from 1978 to 1988. Also, I was a U.S. Army Lt. Colonel who served two combat tours of duty in the Vietnam War (1967-68; 1970-71) and was latet assigned to "Operation Desert Shield" (Iraqi Freedom). Prior to my false arrest by the FBI on Nov. 4, 1988, I had prepared an extensive manuscript concerning serious matters that went unheeded by my FBI supervisors. In short, I was a "whistleblower," but not one who sought revenge, fame or money. Rather, I was appalled by the mishandling of my official FBI investigations given the complacency, if not the complicity of the FBI since very serious national security matters were at stake. (See Exhibit G - Three Websites.) "The FBI, CIA, The Mob & Treachery," is a 650-page book, published in 2005, by Silverpeak Enterprise, Author/Publisher Rodney Stich (deceased) who undertook this project after writing about my plight in many of his books and from numerous news articles, all of which dealt with corruption-in-government. At last count, there are at least 14 books that covered some, if not all, of my investigations. (See Exhibit F - Book Flyer.) My FBI casework concerned very high-profile criminal operations that involved organized crime, corrupt officials, greedy politicians and wealthy businessmen, among them was one - 1 - EFTA00094568