Meet the Author
James B. Johnson
Born in Virginia and raised in the Shenandoah Valley, James, known by his nickname, Beau, is as authentic as any American. Apple pie, baseball, and Old Glory are at the core of his being. Yet, Beau does not believe this coveted American Nationality is an end-all. Rather, he believes freedom has less to do with a country’s borders and more with the knowledge and character of its people and the wisdom and restraint of governing officials.
In fact, Beau asks obvious questions: If America is the most incarcerated country in the world, can it be considered free? If you believe you are free when you are not, are you free nonetheless?
Upon graduating from John Handley High School in Winchester, Virginia in 1983, Beau matriculated at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. In 1987, with a degree in English and French, and as a Distinguished Military Graduate, he received a Regular Army commission. As an officer in the United States Army serving in the Military Intelligence Corps, Beau began to understand the breadth of American power. Such insight would forever alter his perspectives and principles.
Those who know him best would say that Beau seeks truth and detests its absence or perversion. If freedom and justice are to flourish, then truth in civil discourse is imperative.
As such, Beau underscores that officials cloaked with authority should not be lionized simply because of their titles. Rather, people with power must earn respect based upon their integrity, which, if sound, would net nothing less than honorable actions and decisions. Invariably, officials, after attaining their positions of influence, often inflict greater harm. Why? Because they are arrogant and ignorant.
Having extensively researched subjects such as finance, law, jurisdiction, freedom, taxation, health, and more, Beau made life-defining choices. In 2000, he revoked and rescinded, nunc pro tunc, his application and intent to participate in the federal benefit of Social Security. Having served notice to all respective federal and state authorities, he ceased using a Social Security Number (SSN) and sought, as stated by US Supreme Court Justice Brandeis, “to be let alone” in freedom.
In that same year, Beau applied for and received a passport without an SSN. He voted in state and national elections without an SSN. His two youngest children were born in and left the local hospital without participating in the Enumeration at Birth program or receiving SSNs. Indeed, Beau’s actions reflected his beliefs.
He then made repeated requests to the United States Government to provide him with the law which compelled a Citizen of Virginia to file a federal income tax form. Never once did the Federal Government answer this query. Knowing fully the limits of federal jurisdiction in this regard, he stopped filing.
In 2005, the Internal Revenue Service began an investigation. In 2012, Beau was arrested and criminally charged with willful failure to file, a misdemeanor. He was also charged with obstruction of a federal investigation, a felony. He was immediately placed in solitary confinement among murderers and remained there for two months. As stated by the US Attorney in federal court, Beau was deemed to be a domestic and financial terrorist and no different than the infamous bombers of the federal Murrah building in Oklahoma City, Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh.
Notably, the U. S. Supreme Court, in United States v Cheek (498 U.S. 192, 1991), held:
A good-faith misunderstanding of the law or a good-faith belief that the defendant was not violating the law prevents a finding that the defendant acted willfully, whether or not the misunderstanding or belief was objectively reasonable.
Since Beau’s lawyers did not defend him, for they rejected every request to disclose his reasonable beliefs that he was not violating the law, he was unjustly convicted and sentenced to four years in a federal prison. Not once was Beau allowed to explain to the jury the reasons why he was not legally or lawfully liable to submit annual federal income tax forms and, therefore, could not have been willful or obstructed a federal investigation.
When he was transferred to a prison camp in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Beau was promptly placed in a maximum-security prison and held in isolation for another two months. These direct experiences taught him the extent of the corruption of the America justice and penal systems.
Upon release from prison in 2016, Beau lived in desperate circumstances. Still refusing to use an SSN, and with the added burden of a federal conviction on his record, he was unable to secure employment. He found odd jobs and survived on a dollar a day. He could not open a bank account. He lived out of a used van.
After four years of barely surviving and with the intention of leaving America, Beau attempted to renew his passport. However, Congress had changed the law in 2016 regarding the issuance of passports and made it a requirement that one submit an SSN, “if any”. Since he no longer used this federal number, and although he had previously received a passport without an SSN, Beau was denied travel documents.
In October of 2021, “undocumented,” Beau crossed the border and entered Mexico. He now lives in freedom.
During his unjust imprisonment, Beau wrote The End of Justice. This book explains how and why America is the most incarcerated country in the world. He has since written seven other books. In this video, he explains why America has less freedom. https://rumble.com/v493toi-legal-versus-lawful.html
Disclosure: Vast Enterprise has acquired all rights and interests to all works created by James Johnson. Moreover, Mr. Johnson’s beliefs do not reflect those of the publisher. All opinions expressed by Mr. Johnson are his alone.
