I have to say that for right now all my chips are in with Ray Haffner, for several reasons.
1. He is played just creepy enough, but not outwardly repulsive like Kirkland is (was?) by the wonderfully eerie Reed Diamond. He couldn't have as many followers as he does without some level of charm.
2. RJ has to have some kind of "in" at the CBI. After all he was able to get to Rebecca both to recruit her and to kill her/have her killed. Also, it may explain how RJ knew about the bugs placed on the phones which he used to lure Lisbon to Partridge's demise.
3. We know RJ has some tie to Vizualize, the scientology-like cult, headed by Bret Stiles. It's too obvious to have Bret be the bad guy, besides he doesn't fit any of the descriptions of RJ himself. We know that Haffner is a current member, and we also know that Bret knew where Kristina Frye was being kept. Either Bret knew because he was doing it, or he knows because members of visualize tape their confessions and Stiles has access to this information. [Also, unexplained is how Van Pelt is tied to Visualize . . . she had a rather intense encounter with Stiles so I wonder what happened to that storyline].
4. Haffner has a rather intense affection for Lisbon which may explain why he didn't kill her.
5. He fits what we know about RJ "just under six feet tall, with short, straight hair, not muscular but not soft, with strong hands" - Rosalind Harker. Reed Diamond is a little over 6 feet but I don't think that's particularly problematic. And what poor Sophie tells us "he seems to have a case of acrophobia, and/or other phobias, is middle
aged, in good health, has no family, but many friends, is a great
speaker, has good posture, is an excellent whistler, possesses hints of
narcissism, and seems to be harboring something dark within himself"
The voice: I don't find the voice particularly problematic . . . I don't understand why someone couldn't disguise their voice or, in RJ's case have one of his minions do the dirty work. We can't really say at any rate that any of the RJ sightings -- Harker, when RJ "rescues" Jane, or when RJ ostensibly visits Sophie, are actually him and not a disciple. So who's to say he's not just a mastermind with others to be his public face?
