Opinion ID: 400069
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: The Suppressed Statements

Text: 14 At 7:00 p. m., Agent Stephen Colo of the Secret Service and Agent Ragle of the FBI approached Hinckley and asked him to respond to certain background questions. In response to this inquiry, Hinckley stated that he would answer questions 39 except for those about the period after his arrival in Washington, D.C. The background information secured over the next 25 minutes thus covered Hinckley's life up until his arrival in Washington. 40 15 In response to questioning, Hinckley provided information about: his name, date of birth, place of birth, height, weight, and hair and eye color; his criminal record and social security number; his parents' names, address, and phone number; his father's employment; his brother's name, age, address, and employment; his sister's name, age, address, and children; and the name of his defense lawyer. Hinckley also answered questions about his marital status, his closest friend (he responded that he had none), his military service, his automobile make and tag number, his educational background, and his employment history. 16 In response to further questioning, 41 he discussed his activities over the preceding year, describing his erratic travel patterns, including the names, rough dates, and partial addresses of the hotels he had stayed at during this time, and describing how he had travelled between them. He also provided information about his medical problems, the treatments he had received for his thyroid condition, his consumption of valium, his psychiatric treatment (including the use of biofeedback), his lack of a sense of direction, and his relationship with his parents. 17 Hinckley then said that he wanted to stop the interview, and renewed his request for an attorney. However, after one FBI agent left the room and another replaced him, Secret Service Agent Colo asked additional questions. Specifically, he asked whether Hinckley had a girlfriend; Hinckley said that she really wasn't a girlfriend, and that it was a one-sided relationship. Asked about a telephone number found in his wallet, Hinckley responded that it was the Yale dormitory number of Jodie Foster, a well-known actress. Hinckley stated that he had talked to Ms. Foster two or three times, that she was courteous, that he had taped the conversations, and that the tapes were in a suitcase in a D.C. hotel. At this point, 7:25 p. m., the interview ended. Three minutes later, the court-appointed attorney arrived at the FBI field office.