"I do not regret sending the envelopes because that was my retirement plan. Either I was going to get Social Security or I was going to jail."
He went to jail in Sacramento, where he remains held without bail as a flight risk.
"All he wanted was three hots and a cot," said his attorney, Assistant Federal Defender Matthew Bockmon. "He was frustrated with Social Security over denial of benefits to which he feels entitled.
"This is a pathetic case of a homeless person making a desperate cry for help. He's been on the streets a long time; long enough that he was sick of it."