All of them, those in power, and those who want the power, would pamper us, if we agreed to overlook their crookedness by wilfully restricting our activities.
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German Documentary (1999): "Missing in Happy Valley" (dubbed in English,
transcript at Rick A. Ross Institute) Off-camera commentator: This document clearly shows what assignments are waiting for OSA agents: infiltration, bribery, buying information, burglary, blackmail. Frank Oliver: The investigations person, you hardly ever see them. They're the ones in the shadows. They sift through the dirt, look for bodies in the basements of their enemies and critics. They try everything it takes to make things turn out good for Scientology in the end and to make things impossible for the enemy. That's how it works. They work with each other. Off-camera commentator:Re: phone calls. OSA is also involved in monitoring telephones. We have a list of telephone numbers called from a public telephone booth in Miami. The assignment was to observe these in order to investigate the callers. [...] Perry Scott: "OSA Network Order"
The Office of Special Affairs is Scientology's Secret Service.
OSA is officially the Church's "terminal" [communications point]
for non-Scientologists, including government, the media, and
the general public. Internally known as "Department 20", OSA
is charged with favorable Public Relations (PR), investigating
threats to Scientology, and then "handling" [neutralizing] those
threats.
Department 20 was responsible for Operation Snow White, an ill-advised scheme to purge US Government files of "Black" information against Scientology. Scientology was caught in the late 1970s, and many Scientologists in the Guardian Office (Department 20's name at the time) went to prison. Mary Sue Hubbard, Worldwide Guardian and wife of L. Ron Hubbard, was denounced by the Church and declared a Suppressive Person in a sham attempt by Scientology to "come clean". In fact, Mary Sue Hubbard lives quite comfortably and free from standard Suppressive Person "handling" by the Church, and may perhaps be the beneficiary of a secret deal which transferred Hubbard's copyrights to the Religious Technology Corporation. The Guardian (Feb. 1980): "Scientology's bizarre manual of dirty tricks" A memorandum dated March 9, 1970, addressed
to the "Guardian World Wide," Jane Kember — the cult's
senior administrative executive, who is based at East
Grinstead — gives a "list" of "the successful and
unsuccessful actions used by (Scientology) intelligence."
Successful actions include: 1. The use of false letterheads to gather information. 2. "Using 2D [a Scientology term meaning sex] on someone high in the government to seduce them over to our side. This particular action was not started as an Int action, but was more personal." 3. "Infiltrating an enemy group with the end to getting documents. These can either be about their own plans, or what they have on us." 4. "Anonymous third partying. Particularly the internal revenue service appears to follow up every tip-off they get." 5. "Direct theft of documents." 6. "Impersonating a reporter over the phone to get information." [...] |
Chris Owen:
"Scientology's Secret Service"
Uniquely for a "religion", the Church of Scientology has since
1955 organised systematic intelligence activities, including
on occasions bugging, burglary, forgery, framing, infiltration
and intimidation. Such activities are conducted alongside and
in support of a sophisticated PR machine which specialises in
producing distasteful personal attacks on those perceived as
being opponents of Scientology.
These activities have been run through three agencies within the Church of Scientology: the Hubbard Communications Office, or HCO (from 1955-66); the Guardian Office or GO (1966-83), and its successor, the Office of Special Affairs or OSA (1983 to present). These pages expose aspects of all three organisations, the dirty tricks which have been carried out at the behest of Scientology's leaders and the philosophy which lies behind Scientology's extreme sensitivity to criticism. Margery Wakefield (1991): "Understanding Scientology - OSA (Office of Special Affairs) — The Secret CIA of Scientology"
Hubbard claimed that a group of twelve men associated with the
World Bank had set up psychiatry and the mental health movement
as a vehicle to undermine and destroy the West. And this twelve-man
conspiracy was the real source of all opposition to Scientology.
In the drill, the student has to tell a lie, which is then challenged by a coach, who works with the student until the student becomes able to "lie facily." The ability to lie convincingly is used by the Scientologist in a variety of situations, including the giving of courtroom testimony. A Scientologist feels no obligation to be truthful in a "wog" court, even under oath. Again, this is because the Scientologist is operating under a higher law, that of the "greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics." True, not every church comes with its own information and intelligence agency, illustrated instructions for burglary, espionage training, and its own corps of highly trained secret agents. It is the siege mentality of Scientology, the idea of "us" against "them," that helps to maintain a high degree of unity within the cult. Jon Atack: "Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard: The Total Freedom Trap"
The large amounts of money demanded by Hubbard, and the severe
treatment meted out to his followers, inevitably led to public
concern. Enforced "disconnection" has torn many families apart.
Scientology was castigated by a government inquiry in Victoria,
Australia, in December 1965. In February the following year,
Lord Balniel requested that the British parliament launch an
Inquiry — Hubbard responded by setting up the Guardian s Office,
and reinforcing his policy of "noisy investigation" into anyone
who criticised Scientology. As Hubbard said, "The DEFENSE of
anything is UNTENABLE. The only way to defend anything is to
ATTACK."
The Guardian's Office attacked without pause. The Guardian's Office (GO) existed to promote Scientology, to attack critics, and to keep members in line. The GO acted as an intelligence agency, infiltrating newspapers, psychiatric hospitals and even government agencies; and as an internal police force, silencing defectors. Very few former Scientologists have spoken out against the organization, knowing that every detail of their lives is kept in their Scientology "ethics files". There is much irrefutable evidence that these files have been used against former members. The Guardian's Office grew into a daunting force with 1,100 staff by 1982. Gary Weber: "Memoirs of an Ex-Guardian"
I asked about Mayor Gabe
Cazares and asked if the rumor was true about the GO staging
a hit and run on him. She said "yes." I asked, "why was the
mayor being set up?" Doris only wanted to answer yes or no questions
but knew she had to tell me something more. "He is an SP and
had to be removed from office."
Tory Christman: "The OSA 101 training course"
I read it and it spoke of this being a top-secret project, unknown
by most all of Scientology staff. It spoke of how anyone signing
this could never, ever, ever talking to anyone EVER about any
of this. I couldn't tell my auditor, an ethics officer, any
of the staff of C of S, many of the execs. This was a top, top-secret
project. I was worried this sounded like it may be similar to
the old GO (Guardian's Office) type of stuff, which of course
ended up with 9 people going to jail, the entire GO being disbanded
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