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The Command Channels of Scientology
Showing the Scientology corporate structure and its sector the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises
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Diagram from "The Command Channels of Scientology", Church of Scientology International, 1988. Each sector has a Watchdog Committee member assigned to it - hence there is a senior Scientologist with the title of
"WDC WISE", who is ultimately responsible for the management of the World Institute of Scientology
Enterprises (WISE) organisation.
The WISE sector is structured as follows:
WDC WISE |
"The purpose of the Watchdog Committee is to establish competent and functioning management units which direct the various sectors of Scientology and which get these sectors to accomplish their individual purpose, to the result of the continuous expansion of Scientology." -- "The Command Channels of Scientology", Church of Scientology International, 1988
Excerpt of the declaration of Robert Vaughn Young December 1999
THE COMMAND CHANNELS OF SCIENTOLOGY
19. One of the first sleights of hand that Scientology tries to effect on the courts is equating "Scientology" with "The Church of Scientology." "Scientology" includes Churches of Scientology but it also includes non-church organizations. I made this point and explained it very early in my Quill article. Their own documents show how the organization actually operates, as opposed to how they want the court to think they operate.
20. "The Command Channels of Scientology" is a booklet that was issued to all Scientologists. A true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "X-99."
21. There are two vital points to be made here. First, the court should first note that this
does not say "Command Channels of the Church of Scientology". In their own perspective,
"Scientology" is more than the "church." Second, this describes the COMMAND CHANNELS. According to
the Scientology dictionary (and a Hubbard policy letter), "command channels" has a specific
definition:
COMMAND CHANNEL, 1. (communications routing) command channels go up through seniors over to
a senior and down to a junior. Or they go up through all seniors. It is used upward for unusual
permission or authorizations or information or important actions or compliance. Downward it is used
for orders. (HCOPL 25 Oct 72 I) 2. Junior to senior to senior's senior or on down. (HCO PL
25 Jul 72)[emphasis added]
22. This definition shows there are senior echelons and junior echelons and they operate in a military manner. The senior echelon issues orders and the junior echelon must comply. The Sea Organization is central to this structure. They have their own command and compliance channels and they have tried to hide these facts from this court.
23. The Command Channels of Scientology are not restricted to the "Church of Scientology." In the lower right hand corner of the chart, the court will find the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) and the Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE). WISE represents itself in the non-Scientology world as a "non-religious" activity, offering the "administrative technology" of Hubbard. ABLE coordinates the activities of The Way to Happiness Foundation, Applied Scholastics, Criminon and Narconon which are activities that represent themselves to their various communities as having nothing to do with the "Church of Scientology."
24. This is how the organization operates with two-faces. To the non-Scientology world, they will say they are not Scientology and try to appear secular. But in the "Command Channels of Scientology," their true color is shown. WISE and ABLE are on the same echelon as the Missions of the Church of Scientology. Their function is to bring people into Scientology by pretending to be apart from the "Church of Scientology." So internally, they are part of "Scientology" but to the non-Scientology world, they are "secular" and not part of Scientology. This is a prime example of how the organization does a flip-flop, changing its image, purpose, command channel and structure to fit the occasion. That is what they are trying to do with this court with regard to the Sea Organization.
End of excerpt of the declaration of Robert Vaughn Young December 1999
- The Continental Liaison Offices
From here on upwards, every link in the management chain is part of the Church of Scientology. WISE's relationship with Scientology's CLOs is virtually symbiotic; as many others have noted, WISE's Continental offices are often located within Scientology Continental Liaison Offices. In fact they are part of them. Compare, for instance, the lists of Scientology Continental Liaison Offices and WISE offices below. - of the 13 WISE offices listed, 8 are located on Church premises. Sub-offices of the CLO network are known for historical reasons as OTLs (Operation Transport Liaison Offices):
| Scientology offices | WISE offices |
| Continental Liaison Office Europe Store Kongensgade 55 1264 Copenhagen K Danmark |
WISE Europe Store Kongensgade 55, 1264 Copenhagen K, Denmark, Europe |
| Continental Liaison Office United Kingdom Saint Hill Manor East Grinstead, West Sussex England RH19 4JY |
WISE United Kingdom Saint Hill Manor East Grinstead, W. Sussex England RH19 4JY |
| Operation and Transport Liaison Office Italy Via Cadorna, 61 20090 Vimodrone Milano Italy |
WISE Italy Via Cadorna, 61, 20090 Vimodrone (MI), Italia |
| Continental Liaison Office ANZO 201 Castlereagh Street 3rd Floor Sydney, New South Wales 2000 Australia |
WISE Australia, New Zealand and Oceania 201 Castlereagh Street Sydney, NSW, 2000 Australia |
| Continental Liaison Office Western United States 1308 L. Ron Hubbard Way Los Angeles, California 90027 |
WISE Western U.S. 1308 Los Angeles, CA 90027, U.S.A. |
| Continental Liaison Office Eastern United States 349 W. 48th Street New York, New York 10036 |
WISE Eastern U.S. 349 W. 48th St. New York, NY 10036, U.S.A. |
| Continental Liaison Office Canada 696 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M4Y 2A7 416 922-0310 |
WISE Canada 696 Yonge Street Toronto, Ontario, M4Y 2A7 Canada |
| Continental Liaison Office Latin America Calle Puebla #31 Colonia Roma, Mexico D.F. C.P. 06700 Mexico |
WISE Latin America Puebla 31, Colonia Roma Mexico D.F. CP 06700, Mexico |
In case you wonder why there is a Continental Liaison Office both for Europe and the United Kingdom, the explanation is that Hubbard had his own plan on how continents were divided. In Scientology do the continents differ from those of the geographers': along with many of its occupants, Hubbard conceived the United Kingdom as a continent, quite distinct from Europe. America was divided in two, not at the isthmus of Panama, nor even along the Mason-Dixon line, but approximately at the Mississippi River. Below a graphical map.
Source of image: "The Command Channels of Scientology", Church of Scientology International, 1988
- The public facade..
Heber Jentzch, the president of the Church of Scientology International, described the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) as ``an autonomous corporation separate and apart from churches of Scientology'' -- [Providence Journal, December 1998]
- ..put into perspective
How autonomous and separate can it be when the World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE) Internet domain wise.org is directly administered by - and uses the nameservers of Church of Scientology International?
WHOIS information as of 9 June 2004:
wise.org = [ 192.216.201.15 ] Domain ID: D270538-LROR Domain Name: WISE.ORG Created On: 25-Feb-1995 05: 00: 00 UTC Last Updated On: 17-Feb-2004 22: 51: 25 UTC Expiration Date: 26-Feb-2005 05: 00: 00 UTC Sponsoring Registrar: R63-LROR Status: OK Registrant ID: 22670418-NSI Registrant Name: World Institute of Scientology Registrant Organization: World Institute of Scientology Registrant Street1: 6331 Hollywood Boulevard Suit Registrant City: Los Angeles Registrant State/Province: CA Registrant Postal Code: 90028 Registrant Country: US Registrant Email: admin@SCIENTOLOGY.NET Admin ID: 15510025-NSI Admin Name: Church of Scientology Internat Admin Organization: Church of Scientology Internat Admin Street1: 6331 HOLLYWOOD BLVD STE 1200 Admin City: LOS ANGELES Admin State/Province: CA Admin Postal Code: 90028-6340 Admin Country: US Admin Email: admin@SCIENTOLOGY.NET Tech ID: 15510023-NSI Tech Name: Church of Scientology Internat Tech Organization: Church of Scientology Internat Tech Street1: 6331 HOLLYWOOD BLVD STE 1200 Tech City: LOS ANGELES Tech State/Province: CA Tech Postal Code: 90028-6340 Tech Country: US Tech Email: hostmaster@SCIENTOLOGY.NET Name Server: NS1.SCIENTOLOGY.ORG Name Server: NS2.SCIENTOLOGY.ORG
If WISE is ``an autonomous corporation separate and apart from churches of Scientology'' as Scientology would us have believe, why then did WISE transfer copyrights to two Scientology corporations (Church of Spiritual Technology (Los Angeles) / Church of Spiritual Technology) that own every piece of Scientology copyright and control all of Church of Scientology's intellectual property?
From the US copyright office:
Item 1 OF 2 V3455 P505 (COHD)
Date Recorded: 12Aug00
Date Executed: 6Jul99
Assignor: World Institute of Scientology Enterprises.
Assignee: Church of Spiritual Technology (Los Angeles) a.k.a. L. Ron Hubbard Library.
Note: Basic organization & 24 other titles. Assignment.
Document Location: (V3455 D505 P1-4)
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Item 2 OF 2 V3476 P384 (COHD)
Date Recorded: 14Nov01
Date Executed: 5Oct01
Assignor: World Institute of Scientology Enterprises.
Assignee: Church of Spiritual Technology.
Note: Membership officers convention pack & 11 other titles. By L. Ron Hubbard a.k.a. Lafayette Ronald Hubbard. Assignment.
Document Location: (V3476 D384 P1-3)
Our office represents Religious Technology Center ("RTC"), Church of Scientology International ("CSI"), and World Institute of Scientology Enterprises ("WISE"), non-profit corporations located in Los Angeles, California, with respect to intellectual property matters.
Source: chillingeffects.org
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