How to Find a Federally Protected Witness

I suppose I shouldn’t do this; but somewhere there’s a lawyer with an innocent client who needs the testimony of one of these creatures in the Federal Witness Protection Program.

First, if the witness is male and entered the program by himself, forget it. But if he entered with his family…

…watch his mother-in-law. She will maintain contact with her daughter. This is almost universal. The mother will lead you to her daughter, and the daughter to her husband.  If the witness is female, watch her mother.

The U.S. Marshal’s Service often maintains a more or less undercover post office box where mail can be sent to these creatures. Try it. I tried to reach Floyd Carlton, a federally protected witness in the Noriega case by sending him a letter. A few days later his brother contacted me.

So it can be done. Don’t give up.