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Few people who have not been directly involved in this organization really know what Scientology is all about. This is because the members of the Organization are carefully trained to keep the activities of Scientology concealed from the "outside world" which they have been taught to perceive as hostile to them as Scientologists. The actual activity of Seientology is the business of delivering unlicensed psychotherapy for the purpose of making money. One of the governing policies of Scientology is to "make money, make money, make more money, make other people produce so as to make money." (Exhibit 1) Scientologists, in recruiting new members into the organization, are trained to "find the ruin" of the new member, the "ruin" being that one thing in the person's life that he/she most wants to "handle" or change. Specifically, the one thing in the person's life that he/she would pay any amount of money to change. This "ruin" can be anything from a marital problem to a financial problem to an illness such as cancer. The new recruit is then promised that Scientology has the answer to that problem. The recruit is then sold an introductory course in Scientology called the Communications Course. This course consists of a series of "training routines" or drills, tape recorded messages from the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, and written propaganda. It is on this course that the new recruit is subjected, without his knowledge, to hypnotic and mind control techniques that will begin to mold him into an unthinking and unquestioning Scientologist. Externally, Scientology may be organized differently in different countries. In Israel, Scientology has been registered as a secular association, while 1n the United States Scientology has been registered as a church. Hubbard made no secret of the fact that he registered his organization in America as a church to take advantage of the protection guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution to religious organizations. --2-- Yet what must be understood is that Scientology, under any and all guises, is exactly the same in, for example, the United States and in Israel. Scientology in the U.S. and in Israel will use identical checksheets for its courses; the policies used to run the organizations will be identical; the internal structures of the organizations will be exactly the same. In fact, in many cases, staff members from the U.S. will be sent to Israel to train the staff in that country. Internally, the organizations will be identical. Therefore, a country such as Israel can infer that the known activities of the "church" in the U.S., including criminal activities, can be expected to occur in Israel. Scientology had its beginning in 1950 with the publication by its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, of the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. Through this book, Hubbard promised a cure for various psychosomatic ailments through "dianeric auditing," a self-help therapy based on the idea of recalling and thus destimulating painful memories from one's past. During this "auditing," the person is hooked up to an electrogalvanometer, a simple lie detector, which is suppesed to help the person being "audited" locate these painful memories. In its early years Dianetics was faced by legal problems related to statutes governing the healing professions. Hubbard also faced open opposition from the medical and mental health establishments. To escape these problems, in 1954 Hubbard legally transformed Dianetics into the religious enterprise known as Scientology. With the protection of this religious status, Scientology was free to expand with little opposition. Currently, Scientology does face challenges from time to time by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, which seeks to have Scientology reclassified as a business, but these efforts have not yet been successful. Part of the problem is that there is no legal precedent in the U.S. for the disestablishment of a "religion." It is a matter that is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Wollersheim Vs. the Church of Scientology (Exhibit 2). It will probably take several years for this case to be decided. Scientology claims to have 6 million members worldwide. Since the member- ship records are kept secret by the organization, this figure is difficult to verify. More realistic estimates place U.S. membership at 40,000 and worldwide membership at 100,000. The remainder of this report will be subdivided into three parts: Part 1: A closer look into Scientology - the organization and the beliefs of its adherents. Part 2: The criminal policies and activities of Scientology. Part 3: The final report from the Clealwater hearings on Scientology. Part 1: A closer look into Scientology Much of the belief system in Scientology centers around a "fear-hope" mechanism that is co~on to many thought reform systems. In Scientology, the new recruit is first e~x~osed to a great deal of propaganda in the form Of written "bulletins" or "policy letters" in the introductory courses. The essence of this propaganda is that here on earth we are in a dire situation for which there is little hope. We are faced with almost certain destruction from the atomic bomb. We live in a world in which dangers of all sorts lark every~here - poverty, insanity, war, etc. The new Scientologist is made to see every aspect of his/her life in a new perspective. Through a constant flood of ne~ information the new Scientologist comes to believe that the ~over~ent is under the control of a secret group of "suppressive" and evil men somewhere on the planet. That all government agencies l~3ve as their goal the destruction of Scientology, which is the Only hope for m~n. That universities are also controlled by these invisible and "suppressire" influences. That all people outside of Scientology (who come to be known by the derogatory term "wog") are unenlightened and therefore ~ threat to the only hope that mankind has for survival, i.e.: Scientology. That all one's former friends and even one's family are to be distrusted and feared as potential threats to one's survival. Again and again in the Scientology propaganda the new Scientologist is ~01d that unless Scientology succeeds in mission, mankind faces certain doom. Examples of this propeganda~ taken from Scientolo~y policies, are as follows: "Don't try to persuade. Penetrate. Don't try to ove~hel~n. Penetr~te... We are the first group on earth that knew wh~t they were talking about. All right, s~il in. The world's ours. Own it." From The World is Ours, by L. Ron Hubbard. "A civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rightsf and where Man is free to rise to greater heights, are the aims of Scientology... After e~dle_ss millenia of ignorance ~bout himself, his mind and the Universe, a breakthrough has been made for Man... The combined truth of fifty thousand years of thinkin~ men, distilled and amplified by new discoveries about Man, have made for this success... Scientology is the most vital movement on Earth today... the sun never sets on Scientology. Our aims are simple, if great. And we will succeed~ and are succeeding at each new revolution of the Earth." From The Aims Of Scientology, by L. Ron Hubbard. "A post in a Scientology Organization isn't a job. It's a trust and a crusade. We're free men and women - probably the last free men and women On earth. If we don't do a good job now we may never ~et another chance." From Your Post, by L. Ron Hubbard. "Auditors have since the first session of Scientology been the only individuals on this planet in this universe capable of freei~g Man." From Auditors, by L. Ron Hubbard. "We are the Free People. Groom from out of the mud and jungle rot of fear, our unchained minds can reach afar ~nd grasp the idea of ultimate Freedom... Scientology - The Road Sign Out. We are the Free People. We LIVE! We're Free!" From We Are The Free People, by L. Ron Hubbard. "Today can be ours. Tomorrow can come. I~t us be ready for it. We are the prime movers in this, the new age. Forget the old. Face up to ~hat will come. And let the dead yesterdays bury the philosophy of authority and Capital Gains and Cor~nunist psychology cults. We're no longer tied. The eons march on. Space Opera has again come to a planet on which ~e live. Allways before ib meant destruction. Perhaps, this time, due to our efforts, a humanitarian world can exist. We, the Prophets of the Morrow, know the way." From Scientoloqy: The Philosophy of a New Aqe, by L. Ron Hubbard. "My purpose is to bring a barbarism out of the mud it thinks conceived it and to form here on Earth a civilization based on human understanding, not violence. That's a big purpose. A broad field. A star-high goal. But I think it's your purpose, too." From How We Work On the Third Dynamic, by L. Ron Hubbard. "Let us face the reality of this thing. The world confronts several crises. Man's inhumanity to ~LRn is cjainin~ momentum daily. The time to bring a chaos under control is before it is well begun. We're slightly late as it is. Brutally, there is no other organization on Earth that can slow these down. Factually, there is no other know-how on Earth that can plumb the problems of Man. So if we don't ~nt all of us to be sitting amongst the charred embers, we had better get busy." From The Eiqhteenth A.C.C., by L. Ron Hubbard. "In fifty thousand years of history on this planet alone, Man never evolved a workable system. It is doubtful if, in foreseeable history, he will ever evolve another. Man is caught in a huge and complex labyrinth. To get out of it requires that he follow the closely taped path of Scientology. Scientology will take him out of the labyrinth. But Only if he follows the exact markings in the t~qnels. It has taken me a third of a century in this lifetime to tape this route out... Scientologl~, exactly and correctly followed, takes the person up and out of the mess... Scientology is the only workable system Man has. It has already taken people toward higher IQ, better lives and all that. No other system has. So realize that it has no competitor... Scientology is a workable system. It has the route taped. The search is done. Now the route only needs to be ~ralked. So put the feet of students on that route. Don't let them off of it no matter how fascinating the side roads seem to them. And move them on up and out... Don't let your party down. By whatever means, keep them on the route. And they'11 be free. If you don't, they won't." From Safe~uardinq Technoloqy, by L. Ron Hubbard. "We are the only people and the only organization on Earbb which have the tecl~nology and the ambition bo attempt a clarification of situations which in other hands are considered entirely out of control, to wit, the atomic bomb and the decay and confusion of central governments." From Purpose, by L. Ron Hubbard. "We're not playing some minor gume in Scientology. It isn't cute or something to do for lack of something better. The whole agonized future of this planet, every Man, WOmaN and child on it, and your own destiny for the next endless trillions Of years depends on what you do here and how with and in Scientology. This is a deadly serious activity, and if we miss getting out of the trap new, we may never again have another chance." From Kee~)inq Scientole~y Workinq, by L. Ron Hubbard. (Exhibit 3) '6- Every Scientologist is fanatically devoted to the idea that his/her ultimate survival depends upon spreading Scientology to the ends of the Earth, know~ as "clearing the planet" (getting everyone on earth to the Scientology level of "Clear"). A Scientologist believes that his/her survival for trillions of years into the future depends on the success of Scientolo~y. The survival of Scientolcgy supersedes any "wo~" (or civilian) law. That is why a Scientologist, using the Scientology phrase "the greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics" (a variant of the old philosophy of the ends justifying the means), will willingly participate in and justify any and all criminal acts, including murder, if such acts will contribute toward the protection and survival of Scientology. Scientologists are trained to believe in reincarnation, with a few- new twists. A Scientol~ist is taught that he is in reality a soul, or "thetan," encased in a body, and that he has "owned" a succession of different bodies in the past. In Dianetic "auditing," a Scientologist will "remember" his many past lives, for thousands and millions of years into the past. These past lives become an important part of the person's self concept, and ser-~e as the startim3 point in the process of a progressive distortion of reality that will become exploited on the secret "upper levels" of Scientology. The Scientologist believes that upon death1 the soul, or "thetan" (himself) is returned to an "implant station" in space, where be is electronically processed to forget the life he has just lived, and where he is processed to begin a new life. ~qen the "thetan" is sent back to Earth to "pick up a new body" and begin a ne~ life. Scientologists believe that thousands of years ago, the organization now kno~m as Scientology came here to Earth to attempt to help mankind, and "clear the planet," but that for some reason, it failed. So now they have come back. Thus the motto of the Sea Organization, the central organization in Scientology, is: "We Come Back." M~nbers of the Sea Organization, upon joining, sign a billion-year contract, because the belief is that once this planet is "cleared," they will then go on to "clear" other planets. (~bdqibit 4) It is important tc ttnderstand that all Scientology beliefs are acquired when the person is in a reduced state of awareness brought abeut by hypnotic drills. q~ne person loses the ability to cognitively evaluate the ideas to -7-- whid~he/she is exposed, and this loss of cognitive function increases with the time spent in Scientology. It is also importsnt to understand the stren~thwithwhich these beliefs are held by a Scientc~logist, and the strength of the mind control influencing amer~er of this orc]anization. qrqqe despair of parents, who find themselves helpless in counterirg these h~liefs in their childre. l, is a testimony to the success of the "brai~fas~lin~" that ilas been s~btly, but successfully, carried out On Scientologist~. It is the testimony of m~ny ex-me~Ders of this orcjaniz~tion that a Scientologist bas the potential for both murder or suicide, ~ven enough extei~qal pressure. Onemeir~r who was interviewed admitted to bavin~ participated in the plans to murder two defectors from the organization, althouoh there is no evidence that either of these murders were carried out. ,~ Another belief amc,ng Scientologists is in the absolute infallibility Of the founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard does occupy messiah status among Scientologists. Hubbard is believed to he the reincarnation of Buddha, whid~ he proclaims in his ~0ok, ~ie Hl~nn of Asia. Hu]Dbard's words, both tape-recorded and printed, are accepted as gos~l by tile Scientologist. A~y ~estions or doubts expressed by a mer~3er bring severe puunisbment. Hubbard's credentials are never questioned within Scientology. In his official biography, ~bbard states that he travelled extensively in Asia as a boy; that he is a nuclear physicist; that he had a distinguished military career; that ~3~ healed himself from crippling war inj~ies and from blindness using the techniques of Dianetics; that he bas an advanced university degree. Subsequent research into the bac]i~round of Ht~3bard reve~is, on the contrary, that his t~vels as a boy were mostly imaginary; that he received mostly failing grades in college, including an "F" in a course on nuclear physics; that his military career was e~tbarrassin~, ~nd that as a result of his military exploits he was institutionaliz~ in a mental hospital and pronounced "thnfit for combat"; that his physical ailments included an ulcer and conjunc- tivitis; and that his advcu~ced degree was purchased from ~ "diploma mill." Also interesting ~n Hubbard's background is his fascination, ~pp~rently from an early age, with the s~tarlic writings and practices of Aleister Crowley. Hubbard belonged to a satanic lodge in C~lifornia kno~n as the O.T.O. (Ordo Templis Orientalis) where he participated in bizarre satanic rites. According to Hubbard's son~ L. Ron Hubbard, Jr., his father considered himself to be the successor to Crowley when Crowley died in 19~7; he believed that he had taken on 'Ithe mantle of the Beast." Hubbard told his son that Scientology actually began on December the Ist, 19~7, the day Aleis~er Crowley died. According to this son~ Hubbard's purpose in Scientology w~s to "crack souls," to brin~ unknowin~ people under his control and to use th~n as channels for satanic p~]rposes. Interestingly, the secret "upper levels" of Scientolocjy - their contents carefully ~uarded from the public ~nd the media - are almost exclusively concerned with the invoking and exorcism of demons. Hubbard believed in the practice of usimg ~ffirmations, and one of the affirmations that he repeated frequently was as follows: "All men shall be my slaves! All women shall succumb to my charms! All men shall grovel at my feet and not know The actual activities inside Scientology center around bhe delivery of "auditing," a very structured pseudo-psychotb~rapy. A Scientology trai~ed "auditor" will ask ~ series of structured questions which will then be answered by the "preclear," or person being "audited." These questions at the lower levels will concer~ different areas of the "preclear's" life. At the upper levels of "audlting~" however, these questions will become increasingly bizarre, ofben involved with mythical events happening thousands or millions of years ago. The "preclear," havin~ swallowed the "bait" at the lower levels, and even possible ha~ing ~ained some benefit from the lower levels, will proceed to the upper levels~ having been promised that on these levels he will regain long lost supe~hu~an abilities. The Scientologist is told that on the upper levels he will becorne an OT, or "operati~ thetan," and that he will possess the abilities to "exteriorize," or t~dvel outside his body with full perception, to use telepathy to cor~nunicate; to move objects with his will; and ultimately, to control all mat~er and enercj-y with ~hougbt. Many Sc~entologists spend hundreds of thousands of dollars i~ pursuit of these elusive goals. -9- The first course dDne by a new Scientologist is the Comunications Course. As with much of Scientology, what the person thinks is happening on this course is different from what is really happening. He/she is told that on this course he/she will become better able to "co~]unicate," resulting in improvements in his c~reer, marriage, finances, etc. But ~hat is actually happening on this course is that he is being subjected to hypnotic and control drills that will result in a loss of co~nitive and emotive function. The first drill on this course, kno~m as TRO (for Training Routing O) consists of two people sitting in chairs facing each other. The drill is supposed to improve eye contact, or "confront." The two people stare into each other's eyes for a period of time, usually two hours. If either person blinks or moves in any ~ay, the two hours are started over. This is a hypnotic drill and results in an alt_=red state of consciousness in the person. After doing this drill, the person will do other drills, or return to read propaganda or listen to tape recordred messages by Hubbard. In the second drill, TRO "bullbaited," the person again stares into the eyes of his/her partner, only this time the partner ~ill say or do things calculated to make the person doing TRO react in some ~{ay. In hullbaiting, anything is allor{ed. Phe purpose is to find the other person's "buttons," areas of "charge," or things to which that person might react. Areas frequent "bullbaited" are weight, s~ality, appearance, family issues, etc. The result of this drill is that the person's emotions become blunted or t=ned off. Other TR's, or "training routines" have to do with control. A person is made to do things which make no sense at all, simply because he/she is cor~nanded to do them. These drills accustom the person to external control, and this will be e~loited later by the organization. In one such drill~ the person shouts co~nands at an ashtray at the top of his/her voice, telling the ashtray to rise off the table, then thanking the ashtray for doing so. According to one e_x-member who researched these drills, this drill was once used by the Nazis, who did the drill ~{ith an apple instead of an ashtray. The next course done by a Scientologist is the Dianetics Course, on ~hich b~/she learns to trace back through the hundreds of past lives on his/her "time track" and to recall them in colorful detail. The next series of courses are the "grades," numbered 0 through 4, in ~{hicb the "preclear" (person not yet "Clear") looks at different aspects of his/her current life. -10- The first "confidential levels," called Power, Solo, and Clear are carefully guarded from the uninitiated. Members on these levels study the levels in locked classrooms; they carry the "materials" from these classes in locked briefcases; they are forbidden from discussing these levels with anyone, even their spouses. They believe that these levels contain the hidden secrets of this universe. the very top levels, Scientologists are told bizarre science fiction stories about events that supposedly happened millions of years ago. They are taught that 95 million years ago, through a complex series of events leading tO atomic eY=plosions, many souls or "thetans" bocame "pac]caged" together in "clusters." Through auditing, the Scientologists can cor~unicate with the hundreds of de~nons around them and begin to separate from them, cemvincing these demons to leave and find new bodies. As bizarre as this seems, there are now thousands of Scientologists around the world who are occupied many hours a day with this activity - and paying prices up to $1000 per hour for the privilege of ridding themselves of their demons. The "OT levels" of Scientology, the secret upper levels, are almost exclusively devoted to this activity. According to Hubbard, once you have rid yourselves of your damons, then your long dormant superhuman abilities, particularly that of "~erior- ization," will begin to appear. (Exhibit 5) Another activity that occurs in Scientology is one known as "sec checking," or security checking. At different points in one's Scientology career, tbe Scientologist will be asked various questions while connected to the E-meter, or lie detector. The purpose of these security checks is to ferret out any potential defectors, or traitors to the organization. Another purpose, althougb tunstated at the time, is to gather incriminating information about each member that can be used later to blackmail the person should he/she decide to defect from the organization. Although a Scientologist is told that all contents of his auditing files are strictly confidential, this is not true. An internal memo states that all auditing files can be used to look for incriminating information to he used against an individual. (Exhibit 6) During a standard security d~eck, a men,ocr may be asked such questions as: Have you ever stolen anything? IIave you ever been in prison? Have you ever embezzled money? Have you ever been a drug addict? Have you ever raped anyone? Do you have a police record? Have you ever made a practice of sexual perversion? Have you ever murdered anyone? Have you ever taken money for giving anyone sexual intercourse? Have you ever done anythincN you are afraid the police will find out a~Dout? Have you ever been a memODer of the Corinunist Party? Etc. (E}dlibit 7) In Scientology, there is also what is known as a Whole Track Security Check, in which the person will be asked about crimes con~itted in his/her past lives, as: Have you ever enslaved a population? Have you ever committed ~enocide? Have you ever sackec~ a city? Have you ever annihilated a population? Have you ever destroyed a culture? Ha~e you ever practiced terrorisn? Have you ever ~sed infants? Have you ever bred bodies for deNfading purposes? Have you deliberately tortured someone? Have you ever enslaved another ~ing? ]Did you come to Earth for evil purposes? Have you ever made a planet radioactive? Have you ever caused a planet to disappear? Have you ever blinded anyor~9? Have you ever applied a hot iron to another person's bedy? Have you ever boiled someone's livin~ body in oil? Have you ever eaten a human body? Have you ever stretched another's body on a rack? Have you ever made ~ove to a dead body? -12- Have you ever had sexual relations with an animal, or bird? Do you deserve to be enslaved? (There are 343 such questions. ) (Exhibit 8) In Scientology, there is also a Security Check for children under the age of t~elve. (ExZqibit 9) **.~** ~qqe central or~ranization in Scientology is kno~m as the "Sea Organization," the nsffae deriving from the fact that until the middle seventies, Hubbard and his closest followers lived on a group of ships sailing and docking in the Mediterranean. In the seventies, the Sea Organization, or "Sea Org," purchased a complex of buildings in the snail town of Clear~.~ater, Florida. "Flag," or the "Flag Land Base" in Clean~ater no~ serves as the international headquarters for ScientolcrJy. ("Flag" referring to the flagship in Hubbard's old fleet of ships. ) "Sea Org" mettubers sign a contract for a billion years of service, whi~ is taken very seriously. The Sea Organization is run as a para-military organization. Members wear military-looking uniforms. Rank and insignia are observed. Life in the Sea Org is extremely strict. Living is for the most part cor~nunal. Children are raised corm~unally. The hours dre 1on~ and the pay nominal. Sea Org rcsmbers work 16-18 hours a day or more, Sundays and holidays included, with usually two and a half hours free on Saturdays for "personal time." Discipline is often severe. Sea Org members address each other in a military fashion. ~j.l dctivity in a Scie~ntology organization is governed by statistics, or "stars." Each staff member must keep track of his/her productivity by hour, day and ~eek, and graph statistics for whatever activity assigned. These "stars" will be turned in to the Organizdaion Once a week dnd reviewed by executives. Any member failing to achieve acceptable "stars" for the ~eek will be punished by being sent to "ethics," which is the disciplinary arm of the organization. "Ethics" personnel will assi~ the offending staff person to a "lower condition," ~{hid~ he/she will then have to "work out of" by performing additional, and often demeaning, labor. In some lower conditions, the person will have to work ds many ds 72 hours without sleep. In one lower condition, the person bas to perform an effective act against an "enemy of Scientology" in order to be readmitted to the group. '13- "Ethics" can also assi~ a person in a lower condition to the dreaded "RPF," or "Rehabilitation Project Force," which is the prison of Scientology. In the RPF, a person must perform hard labor, often working On the renovations of buildings, or doing the unwanted cleaning chores within Scientology. Some ex-members have reported that in the RPF, they were forced to sleep on the floor, were deprived of sleep, had to wear grey racers around their arms so that ether members knew not to spea}› to them, were not allowed to speak to anyone unless spoken to, and even had to eat food left on plates of other members. Ib is also interesting that in Scientology, when a person becomes psychotic on the upper levels, as does happen, the person will freqllently be sent to the RPF as punishment. Scientology also has its own execution procedure. This bizarre and controversial procedure, kno~cn as R2-45, meaning Routine #2 and the 45 referring to a Colt 45 revolver, was first referred to by Hubbard in a book called The Creation of Human Ability. In One doctunent in Scientology, Hubbard ordered that R2-45 be carried out on a nittuber of defectors from the organization. Although R2-45 may not be taken seriously by many current Scientologists, most Scientologists do know what R2-~5 refers to. /mother policy which has been controversial for the Scientologists is the policy called "Fair Game." The Fair G~ policy states that any enemy of Scientology, kno~ as a "Suppressire Person," may be "tricked, sued, lied to or destroyed" by any means. Although the policy was later rescinded because of its negative public relations impact, most ex-~smbers feel strongly that the Fair Game policy is still very much in effect. People who leave Scientology often are the targets for harassment by the organization. If a "defector" is to sue the organization, he/she will he branded as a "Suppressive Person" and subject to the Fair Game techniques. Harassing phone calls, deat}~ threats, and harassment of employers have been reported. Most ex-members who do sue are eventually silenced by out-of-court settlements which include "gag orders" restraining the e_x-members from discussing any aspect of their involvement with the organization. Many defectors are simply too terrified of the organization to speak out against it. Part 2: The criminal policies and activities Of Scientoloqy One of the more curious aspects of the "Churc2~" of Scientology is their Office of Special Affairs, or "OSA." OSA is simply a renamed version of Scientoloc~y's controversial "Guardian's Office." The Guardian's Office was created by Hubbard in 1966, and was managed for many years by Hubbard's wife, Mary Sue. In 1976, eleven "GO" agents, including Mary Sue, were arrested by the F.B.I. and indicted for having infiltrated various government offices in Washington, DC. Using false credentials, they managed to photocopy over 30~000 pages of government documents relating bo Scientology. After this happened, the Guardian's Office ~as supposedly abolished, =nithough the newly formed OSA structurally and functionally similar to the older organization. The Gu=nrdian's Office was originally formed "to help Hubbard enforce and issue policy, to safeguard Scientology orgs (organizations), Scientologists, and Scientolcr~y and to engage in long-term promotion." But the GO, and now OSA, are primarily engaged in obtaining information on the many "enemies" of Scientology, and in carrying out campaigns aimed at destroyin~- these energies. OSA has six bureaus: Legal, Public Relations, Information (usually called Intelligence)~ Social Coordination, Service (for training of OSA staff members), and Finance. OSA's Bureau of Information has two sections: OVert and Covert Data Collection. There is also an O[~rations section in ~hich the various campaigns against "enemies" are carried out. This bureau was Hubbard's private CIA, keeping dossiers on both friends and enemies of the "Church," and compiling supposedly confidential information on members of the "church" to be used for black~ail p=poses should they defect. In keeping with the secrecy of t~is organization, most of the internal GO and OSA documents are heavily coded, so as to be inscrutable to outsiders. The Training Pack used to traim OSA "agents" is interesting. In one section, the new agent is as]{ed to define the following words: spy, spying, agent, operative, infonnation, intelligence, espionage, counter espienage, counter intelligence, fascism, socialism, con~unism, CL~ FBI, MI6, MI5~ KGB, asd GRU. Some of the policies studies on this course include: Terror Stalks Cor~nanisTn and Scientology The War Codes and Coding Intelligence Actions The Spy and His Masters The Art of Cover Front Group Counter-Espionage Disinformation Black Propaganda Dead Agent Debugging Pain, Drugs, Hypnosis Securi%y and Theft of Materials On this course tile agent-in-training must r{rite an essay entitled: "Who our enemies are and their tactics." (Exhibit 10) Some of the more interesting "criminal policies" of Scientology are as follows: 1. Re: Red BOx - a policy giving instructions on how to quickly get all incriminating information into a specially designated "red box" and carried out of the organization in the case of a government raid. "Red Box data" is defined as: "proof that a Scientologist is involved in criminal activities; anything illegal that implicates Hubbard or his wife; operations against any government group or persons; all operations that contain illegal activities; evidence of incriminating activities; and names and details of confidential financial accounts." 2. Basic and Essential Security of Bi (Bureau 1) Operations Material - a policy giving the order that any incriminating documents re: OSA or GO operations must be capable of being destroyed within 30-60 seconds. The recor~ended method is by fire. 3. Vettinq Hat Write-Up - a policy on how to clean up the internal Intelligence Bureau files of incriminating material. The types of evidence specified which needs to be destroyed includes: "mentions or the ordering of a "B&E" (breaking and entering); evidence of stolen materials; evidence or orders on "casing" (surveillance); evidence of posin~ as a goverrm~ent agent; evidence of tapping phone lines or illegal -16- taping of phone conversations; mentions of harassment of individuals; evidence of bribery; evidence of entra~nent; any wording that could he incrimiIlating, i. e., "let's wipe him out." Re: Coding/Wording of Messages Re BI Activities - this contains instructions on coding OSA or GO documents so as to "give no indication activities nor cause any suspicion of criminal activities-" Listed in this document are general categories of data needing coding: "incriminating, undercover activities and the like; violations of our status as a tax exe~pt, non-profit organization; evidence of lobbying, proposing legislation, supporting candidates; subversive ac~ivities; money deals tl~at micjht provoke goverr~nent tax offices, i.e.: large transfers of funds out of the country; missions buryinQ or hiding income, setting up false accounts, usin9 mission funds to finance a profit:sqakincj loan c~mpany; and other confidential financial deals." Also to be coded are: "words or actions that tend to dispute the fact that the Church of Scientoioc~y's motives are humanitarian: i.e., harass, eradicate, attac]~, destroy, annihilate, cave-in, entrap~lent, stir up the opposition." Also to be coded are: "actions of confidential corporate tax bodies, tax strategy, and names of accounts; achnission to unpunished crimes and/or incriminating data; and other thin~js that ~e do not ~dnt connected to the Church of Scientolo~y." 5. Intelligence Specialist Training routine - TR L - this is a policy used to train an agent to lie effectively to the media or to a government agency. 6. Drill - a policy giving several examples of drills to be carried out against enenlies. 7. Burglary - a policy giving' some basic data on this subject. 8. B&E'S - a policy on breaking and entering. 9. Intelligence Bureau Stat - a policy on a point system assigned to various covert activities. 10. Safe U.S. - an internal directire on placing agents into various goverrm~ent agencies. 11. Re: Intelligence - this policy lists the five ways of collecting data: "infiltration, bribery, buying information, robbery, and blackmail." 12. Walk-ins - a lengthy policy on breaking and entering into buildings, how -17- to use a locked xero~ maclli~e~ detailed instructions on bow to break into locks, complete with diagrams. 13. De-buqqinq - complete information on the bu~ging and de-bu~gin~ of telephones, complete with diaQ'rams. Proqrar~ne: Intelliqence: Internal Security - the policy giving directions on "culling preclear folders" to ~et incriminating' information to be used later to blackmail the person in case he/she defects from the or~anization. 15. Re: Security and Theft of Materials - more i~formation and instructions on bur~lary, including casing', the wearing of gloves durin~ a burglary; the use of a "cover story"; correct selection of tools and equipment; and other helpful information. 16. Security - more helpful hints on bur~ilary. 17. List of Nab'l Agencies Withholdinq Files - a colrprehensive list of U.S. agencies to be infiltrated to obtain their records on Scientolo~y. This is only a partial list of such i[lternal policies of the Church of Scie~tolo~y. (Exhibit 11) An interestin~ example of an "operation" carried out by the Guardian's Office is "Operation PC Fre~kout." (Most GO and OSA operations are given unique and descriptive names. ) Operation PC Freakout was a plan devised against a woman r~med Paulette Cooper, who in 1971 had written a book highly critical of SCieDtology. The objective Of "PC Freakout" ~ras to drive this ~oman insane and get her incarcerated in a mental institution or in prison. Operation PC Freakout consisted of five separate actions. First, a Scientologist irnpersonatin~ Cooper would call an Arab consulate in New York City, threatening to bomb the consulate. The Scientologist impersonating Cooper will say she has just come back from Israel, and will use some Jewish swear words. Then a threatening' letter is sent to the Arab consulate supposedly from Cooper, again mentioning Israel, and t~reatenino to bomb the consulate and kill Henry Kissinger. The third actioi~ consists of a Scie~tol~jist dressed like COoper ~oi~ into a laundry and causin~ a scene, threa~enin~ to bomb the Arabs, the President~ ~d Kissin~er. Another Scientologist who has been watchin~ the staged scene ~oes to a nearby telephone and calls the FBI to report the bomb threats made by "Cooper." -18- In the next action, a Scientologist is to call the Arab consulate and tell them that Cooper is crazy and is making bomb threats against the e~3assy. In the final action, Cooper's fingerprints are obtained on a piece of blank white paper. Then a bomb threat is typed on that paper and mailed to Kissin~er. Scientology actually used some of these tactics against Paulette Cooper in the 1970s and ~s successful in getting her indicted by a grand jury. She was ruined financially and emotionally by the exq3erience. She was cleared only when she finally agreed to take a sodium pentothal test to prove her innocence. This is just one exa~ple of the lengths to whid~ Scientology, and OSA, will go to "destroy" one of their enemies in accordance with the Fair Game policy. These tactics are still used. (Ead~ibit Other examples of past GO operations are: ]. Project Tricycle - a detailed plan to take control of the small town of Clean~ater, Florida, by getting control of the media and all political fi~res. This plan has been carried out and has been largelY successful- 2. Re: China Shop; Clear,rarer Sun - a plan to take over control or o~qership of the ne~spaper in Clean~ater, a newspaper that had been critical of the Scientology presence in Clea~ter. This newspaper is now out Of business. 3. Re: Prediction in Clearwater - a document listin9 the "enemy" a~encies in Clearwater to be infiltrabed by Scientology, including: the St. Petersburcj Times (another newspaper critical of Scientology); the mayor's office; a television station; a radio broadcaster's office, the Florida Attorney General's office; and the Florida State Attorney's office. 4. Operation Speedy Gonzales - a plot to ruin the political career of the mayor of Clean~ter, a man openly critical of Scientology, by creating a scandal about his sex life. 5. Project Normandy - a more detailed plan for the infiltration of public and government offices in Cleam~ter, with sixty-nine separabe actions listed. 6. Proqra~ne: Humanist Humiliation ~ a plan to destroy a publication that had been critical Of Scientology by forging a letter on CIA stationery to discredit the publication. -19- 7. Proqram Snow White - a complex set of programs to counter bad publicity in Europe by offensive actions and litigation. This complex project involved operations in Morocco, Spain, France, Portugal, Germany, Holland, S~eden, De~ark, Belgium, Austria, Italy, Greece, Algeria, Tunisia, the U.S., Britain, the United Nations, Interpol, Australia, and various other agencies. (Exhibit 13) Although many of these "operations" occurred ten or fifteen years ago, it is important to understand that the internal policies on which these operations are based are still in use in the organization. Reports from recent defectors indicate that the tactics of Scientology, and of OSA in particular, have changed little over time. Of particular interest to a smaller country such as Israel should be the activities of Scientology in Clean~ater. Many of the tactics used to "neutralize" the cor~nunity of Clean,~ater can probably be expected to occur in Israel. in some form or another. Reports from recent defectors from Scientology indicate that the criminal activities of OSA continue on a scale which has been underestimated. One such plan was recently revealed by an ex-OSA agent. This plan, named "Operation Paper Chase," involves a complicated plot to destabilize various European currencies by illegal insider trading. One of the currencies that the "Church" ~as involved with was the Israeli shekel. Apparently the plan involved the infiltration of various financial agencies in the U.S. and Europe, including the World Ban]{. From OSA agents working in the Risk and Analysis sections of, for example. tile World Bank in Washincjton, DC and London, Scientology would gain information regarding which currencies ~{ere about to be denied credit by the World Bank. Scientology would then purchase large amounts of these currencies~ thereby making a large profit, often in the millions of dollars, ~hen the currency crashed. The "Church" would then launder these profits through a bank in f,ichtenstein and convert the profits to gold, ~,~hich it has stored in several underground locations. At least twelve currencies, including the Israeli shekel, have been manipulated in tbis way by Scientology. (Exhibit 14) Another area in which Scientology has been acti~n~ is that of questionable -20- securities and cor~nodities trading, an area that is now being investigated in this country. One defector from OSA has also given information recently a~ut another plot in whicj] OSA has made millions of dollgars through suhnitting phony class action claims against Fortune 500 companies in tile U.S. which had gone bankrupt. OSA agents would obtain ~ploFqnent i~ s~oc]~ brokerages, steal blaDj~ "confirmation slips" used to sulklit hbese claims; file claims using fictitious names, and collect the checks. ODe recent defector estimates that he alone funneled Over $1 million into the "Church" through this illegal operation. This man also clairas that he was flown at one point to Israel to ~rain an Israeli OSA agent in ~his operation. The name of the agent that he trained was neh~led "Shlomit," and she was employed at that time at the Tel Aviv "Shalom Center" of Scie~tology. (Es~hibit ] 5) The criminal history of Scientology is cor~plex and substantial~ and will probably never be fully revealed. But all ~-memk~rs and recent defectors will readily testify that these activities continue just as much today as ever. By studying the record of these activities cor~nitted in the past by Scientology, a government can possible be able to better anticipate the current and future criminal activities of this Organization in its country. Part 3: The Clear~rater hearings on Scientology In military strategy, it is by studying history that one can anticipate the future. The same is true regarding Scientology. By studying their actions in the past,. a city or a government ~'il]. know ~,~hat to expect from this organization operating in their midst. In 1982, the city of Clearwater, Florida, held a series of hearings on Scientology. During these hearings, a g"rear deal of valuable informstion abeut this organization was ex~osed. Although the city, for bureaucratic reasons, did not follow tbrough on the reco~endations proposed by the l~-al staff ~{bicb prepared the final report from these hearings, study of the transcripts of these hearings will give a government such as Israel much useful -21- information which can be used for predictive and preventive purposes. It is also very interesting reading. Final Report from these hearings is organized into five parts: the introduction, containing the purpose for the hearings; a summary of the evidence presented in the hearings, with indexed references to the hearing transcripts; the proposed findings of fact; proposed resolutions to be adopted by the city commission; and proposed ordinances to be enacted. The conclusion reached and presented in this report is as follows: ..... that the Church of Scientology has engaged in a public relations campaign to present itself to the citizens of Clean{ater as a legitimate, law-abiding, nonprofit religious organization ~hile actually operating, pursuant to specific Written policies, in disregard and in violation of civil and criminal laws. The actual conduct of the Church of Scientology adopted as written corporate policy, includes the following: (1) bur~lary; (2) larceny; (3) infiltration; (4) smear csmpaig~s; (5) extortion; (6) blac]qnail; (7) frame-ups; (8) deceptive sales and recruitment policies; (9) deceptive use of legal releases and bonds; (~0) suppression of free speech and association; (11) deviation from acceptable standards of medical practice and educational re~irements; (~2) use of tax-exempt funds for unla~ful purposes; (13) overtly fraudulent policies designed te extract large sums of money from unwitting and uninformed individuals; (14) extortionate and/or improper use of highly personal information fraudulently procured from individuals based on false promises of confidentiality; (15) the use of unlawful and covertly harassire means to prevent individuals who h~ve been defrauded from obtaining legal redress; (16) and the use of overtly fraudulent policies sud~ as the "minister's mock-up" and "religious image checksheet" to present a "religious front" to the public while actually engaged in the business of tunlicensed psycbotherapy for the purpose of making money." In the pursuant summary of evidence, the following aspects of the church's activities are exposed: 1. Use of a religious and charitable guise to avoid pal~nent of t=es; 2. Violation of a federal court order requiriug a warning notice to be artadded to the E-meter; 3. The church's c3oal of control and o~mership of the city of Clean,~ater~ and the infiltration of gOVerNSilent offices and agencies and private enterprise; -22- 4. The churcb's ac~isition of properties with the goal of o~nership and control of the co=munity; 5. The churcb's misrepresentations of its founder, the nature of the auditing process and the character of the organization; 6. The churcb's misrepresentation of auditing as a "scientific process" promising specific benefits to individuals who then pay large sums of money to ac~ire these benefits; 7. Tbe church's insect- infested and over-crowded housing faci 1 i t i es which constitute a threah to the health of tim cor~nunity; 8. Civil rights violations of metdoers who are forced into periods of confinement, interrogation, and the l.~rformance of dc~rading- acts; 9. The churcb's pattern of criminal acts, against citizens of Clear~.ter, the U.S. and foreign countries, designed to blac]=nail, extort, and destroy individuals who are perceived to be critical to Scientology; 10. Threats to ex~embers of legally unenforceable "debts"; 11. The lack of formal education for Scientology children; 12. The lack of safe and sanitary child care facilities for Scientolcrjy children; 13. Tbe lack of sufficient medical care and the failure Of the church to prevent tl3e spread of cor~nunicable diseases; The existence of church polic~/co~issioning homicide; 15. The destruction of family life by ScientolcxJy tkrough their "disconnect" pOl icy; 16. The churcb's subjecting of individuals to mental and psychol~ical damages through the impl~nentation of dangerous techniques; 17. The existence of a worldwide operation controlled by the parent corporation in Clear~v~ter; The c~mrd~'s recurrent and perv~siv~ use of blackmail, intimidation, infiltration, espionac~e and other anti-social acts through the implementation of Scie~tology's "Fair Game" policy; 19. The chttrd~'s wrongful and malicious use of personal and confidential information, confided by members during auditing sessions, for the purpose of blac]~nail, manipulation and control. -23- The findings in this report include the following: 1. That there is a compelling need to protect the citizens of Clearwater from deceptive and coercive solicitation techniques used by organizations claiming charitable purposes; 2. That there is a threat to the public welfare by this organization ~hich raises money by appeals to charity and uses the funds raised for non-charitable and criminal purposes; 3. That there is inadequate investicjation and regulation of this group by the city and by the state, as well as inadequate remedy for people who have been defrauded by this organization; That the "church" presents a threat to the health and safety of the citizens of Clearw~ter by overcrowded, unhealthful and unregulated living conditions in ~hich there is a serious risk of the spread of cor~nunic~ble diseases; 5. That the "church" ~rforms illegal marriages, avoiding the laws of the state intended to prevent the spread of disease, big{my, and illegitimacy; 6. That the childr~ in Scientology suffer from lack of proper education, neglect, and unhealthful and abusive conditions; 7. That public officials and private citizens in Clearwater have been subjected to corrupt, covert, and illegal forms of intimidation; that public agencies and private groups have been unlawfully infiltrated; that the church has corruptly influenced elections by covert and illegal means; and that all such acts have gone unpunished; 8. That the unregulated ex~ansion of tax-exempt uses of property poses a serious threat to the financial ~vell-being of tile con, nullity of Clear~.~ater. ~fhe Report then proposes resolutions and ordinances regarding the follo~ing areas: housin~-3; collection of taxes; violations of marriage la~s; child care; education; zoninc3; solicitation ordinances; public health and welfare; occupational licenses; influencing of elections; and intimidation of public officials and private citizens. (Exhibit ]6) Sadly, the intimidation of public officials and private citizens in Clearwater by Scientology has resulted in a condition of apathy and resignation in this ~all tom. However, the e~rience and testimony presented in these hearings might be used to prevent the same situation from occurring in another city or country. The same policies used to "neutralize" (the term used in OSA) Clear~ater ~ill be used in Israel. Israel can the same actions and tactics to be used in their country that were used in Clearwater; hopefully, the outcome will be different. -25- Sur~narlz: L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, once wrote: "Ramember one thing, ~.~e are not running a business, ~,~e are running a government. We are in direct control of people's lives." (Exhibit 17) In another writing to his members, he stated words to the effect that "by the time anyone figures out ~hat ~e are up to, it will be too late." Scientology in the U.S. and abroad has continued bo expand unopposed for forty years because of the protection provided to religious organizations by the U.S. Constitution. Scientology has e>~ploited that constitutional protection, using this protection as a "cover" for its complex web of criminal activities and violations Of the basic heman rights of its adherents who are unwittingly lured iDtO partiCipatiOn in aCtiVitieS CalCUlatingly designed to defraud them of beth their minds and their money. Scientology practices upon its naive victims a mental, emotional, spiritual add financial rape. Inside Scientolc~jy one finds thousands of tirelessly devoted individuals who believe themselves to be working for a humanitarian organization dedicated only to the prospect of "total freedom for mankind." For the most part~ these underpaid and ove~zorked "staff mc.~ers" know nothing about the controversial history of their organization, tl~e vast reserves of gold stored world~›ide, or the vast web of criminal activities being carried out by OSA. These people hive long ago severed the ties between themselves and the "wc~j world": the lives, families and friends they had before joining Scientology. Ib is usually only years, even decades later that these people will emerge from Scientolog-y, physically, emotionally, spiritually, and financially devastated. These people are the real fruits of Scientology. To this point, the government in this country has failed to take a decisive stand against the atrocity called Scientology, again because it is nervous about prosecuting a "church." Eventually, however, the outrage of thousands of individuals and families who hive been destroyed by Scientology may finally force some branch of the government into action. It may be that such action will Occur sooner in a s~aller country such as Israel, ~here the mere fact of geographical size add distance is in itself not an obstacle to action. Tlqere is little Organized resistance to Scientology in the United States at this time. Part of the reason for this is the fact that the victims of '26- Scientology do emerge from their e=cperience in this cult in such a condition of devastation and terror. For many, it takes years to recover from the emotional and financial darnage. Some never do recover. However, when such an evil as Scientology exists, it is inevitable that sooner or later, sortie sort of organized resistance ~ill emerge as a product of the anger of its victims. There are in fact signs that such organization is beginning to emerge in this country. Certainly there are individuals here who do carry on, as best they can, efforts to ~arn tl~e uninfonned and to counsel those who ik~ve becOme the victims of Scientol(x~W. That these efforts ~ill eventually evolve into some sort of effective organization remains to he seen, but is probably inevitable. *** EXI{IBITS *** Exhibit 1: Make Money Policy from Exhibit H 2: Wollersheim 17-page document 3: Propaganda - Exhibit A (use the following): The World is Ours The Aims of Scientology Your Post Auditors We are the Free People Scientology: The Philosophy of a New Age How We Work on the Third Dynamic The Eighteenth A.C.C. Safeguarding Technolegy Purpose Keeping Scientology Working 4: Sea Org contract from ExAqibit H 5:OT3 and OT8 bulletins from Exdqibit D 6: Pregran~e: Intelligence: Internal Security from Exhibit M 7: The Only Valid Sec Check from F~hibit G 8: Whole Track Sec Check from E~hibit G 9: Children's Sec Check from Exhibit G 10: The OSA trainirlg checksbeet from Exhibit K 11: OSA crimi~al policies from E~jlibit M Re: Red Box Basic and Essential Security of Bi Operations M~terial Vetting Hat Write-up Re: Codin~/~ordin~ of Messages Re: Bi Activities Intelligence Specialist Training Routine - TR L Drill Burglary Intelligence Bureau Stat Safe U.S. F~hibits (con't): Re: Intelligence Walk-ins De-bugging Programme: Intelligence: Internal Security Re: Security and Theft of Materials Security List of Nat'l Agencies Wit~olding Files 12: Operation PC Freakout from Exhibit M 13: OSA criminal operations fron] Balibit L Project Tricycle Re: China Shop~ Clean~ater Sun Re: Prediction in Clean{ater Operation Speedy Conzales Operation Normandy Prograr~ne: Humanist Humiliation Progrmm: Snow White Final Report and transcripts from the 1982 Clearwater hearings ]5. 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