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THE FABLE -- HOLLYWOOD, SATANISM, SCIENTOLOGY & SUICIDE |
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APPENDIX FOUR: SCIENTOLOGY'S EXTENSIVE HISTORY OF SUPPRESSION OF CRITICAL INFORMATION AND INFORMED CONSENT. Where "freedom of information or speech is concerned, or the rights of a free press, Scientology is at war with the outside world. In addition, Scientology has attempted to use federal trade secret laws designed for business applications, to try to prevent anyone from exposing information critical of Scientology. This is done by: A. Attempting to establish new interpretations of copyright laws to suppress factual information hostile to Scientology. This was seen in the recent "Hubbard biography" copyright precedent. Scientology's novel interpretation posed a serious threat to the publishing industry's free press right to present important biographical facts on Hubbard that the public has a right to know, or needs for its protection. After considerable expense this precedent has now been reversed. (New Era Publications, an affiliate of the Church of Scientology, sued publisher Henry Hot & Co. to prevent publication of "Bare Faced Messiah," a biography of L. Ron Hubbard the Scientology founder. The book's author, Russell M. Miller, had quoted 132 pages from unpublished letters and documents, many obtained from government agencies under the Freedom of Information Act). B. Attempting to or successfully sealing court cases and records during or after litigation. Often this is done by extorting a "gag order" from a litigant bludgeoned into submission. But in other cases Scientology actually has obtained the court's agreement to seal the records -- for example, in Church of Scientology v. Armstrong No. C. 420153 Cal. Super. CT. (1984). The information contained in the Armstrong case clearly showed the actual intentions, motivations, and nature of L Ron Hubbard the founder of Scientology. Documents in the Armstrong case also evidenced the actual origins and nature of Hubbard's created alter ego, Scientology and Dianetics. They show a massive, critical, and fundamental contradiction between the reality, on the one hand, and on the other, Scientology's propaganda. C. Attempting to use copyright laws AND unreasonable search and seizure to inhibit its adversaries and suppress archival material on Scientology. On October 3, 1990 Scientology allegedly arranged an entrapment operation on an uninvolved, former member (Bistro) who had a collection of archival materials on Scientology. Two marshals and approximately 15-20 Scientologists showed up with a search warrant. They all then began an unreasonable search and seizure of legitimately acquired Scientology materials from Mr. Bostrom's home. The warrant was issued because several days earlier, Mr. Bostrom allegedly had sold one of his old copyrighted Scientology training packs to a Scientology "sting" operative for approximately $100 dollars. D. Restricting evidence access. Scientology lawyers have been temporarily successful in restricting freedom of information requests for access to the thousands of documents seized from church headquarters in an authorized search by the FBI. Because of Scientology's use of a special language, Scientologese, and special security encoding much of this seized FBI information may still need translation, coordination, or distribution to the victims for possible legal actions. At the least, these restricted documents are useful and vital to educators and the media for understanding the REAL Scientology. Access has been restricted to these highly damaging documents, in part, by the requirement that Scientology be informed, in the approval process, of the identity of anyone making such requests. The potential danger of such prior notice to Scientology is apparent from seized FBI documents. E. Stealing books and materials from public agencies. The Nazis burned books. Scientology uses its operatives to steal books and materials critical of it from public libraries. I was directly in touch with one of the operatives involved in thefts from the LA library system. Former Scientologists Robert Dardano and Warren Friske have testified to the systematic theft and destruction of books critical of Scientology from libraries throughout New England. F. In the 1970s, the Church fought to prevent the sale of books critical of Scientology. They failed in this attempt, but caused authors George Malko, Paulette Cooper, Cyril Vosper and Robert Kaufman considerable difficulty (not only from the law suits: Roy Wallis, in his Salvation and Protest, described the harassment he received after writing about Scientology). In 1982, Paulette Cooper, author of The Scandal of Scientology testified that the Church had brought eighteen suits against her. More recently Russell Miller has defended against attempts to prevent distribution of his Bare- Faced Messiah in England, Canada, Australia and the United States. Scientology keeps much critical information, such as that revealed in the Armstrong case, among those highest inner few who have passed extensive security and loyalty tests. Because sensitive or critical information is withheld, or given on a strict "need to know" basis, the vast majority of lower level Scientologists are generally ignorant of the contents of these materials and the real activity of Scientology. Celebrities such as Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley and others, who have endorsed and are publicly promoting Scientology are, unfortunately, the most isolated and least informed regarding the crucial evaluative information on Scientology presented in these materials. The record documented herein shows conclusively that, while Scientology hypocritically sells "Communication Courses" and sponsors "freedom of information" attacks on its adversaries, 42 IT ACTUALLY DOES NOT AND CANNOT TOLERATE open communication or free speech. By hiding its crimes and confining abuses, Scientology is trying to avoid just and necessary social awareness and censure. If Scientology is allowed to continue to effectively use these various sealing tactics AND its other adversarial tactics no one will be informed enough to make rational decisions about Scientology. MORE ON STEALING BOOKS OUT OF LIBRARIES (Deposition of Garry L. Scarff, at p. 329. ln. 1 - p. 331. ln 14.) Books Critical of Scientology Stolen and Destroyed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gerry Armstrong's Comments I was personally involved in a massive operation to locate and destroy all evidence concerning Hubbard's connection to the Church of Scientology, control over its organizations and finances, his location and other such documents. In Gilman Hot Springs, California, I was required to destroy all the memos I had received from HUBBARD ordering work to be done on his house and his properties. I was also ordered to destroy any other evidence of Mr. Hubbard's mental and emotional illnesses, his fraudulent and misrepresented background, and the various tortious and criminal activities. Scientology has recently seized Steve Fishman's 200,000 archive and library of Scientology materials. This was the second largest archive outside of Scientology of Scientology materials. Scientology is currently forcing Jon Atack, the author of the book A Piece of Blue Sky into bankruptcy. The purpose is to seize his copyrights to this highly critical book. Scientology bought up the copyrights to two other critical books. One of those books was The Scandal of Scientology by Paulette Cooper. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steve Fishman's Comments: The Internet is your medium of communication. Particularly the World Wide Web is the ultimate weapon against abuse by the Scientology cult. So what you can do is set up a web page and put your own story on it for the world to see and read. Can you imagine the mushroom cloud effect on the cult if every one of Scientology's victims did that? As a gift to you, my autobiography, Lonesome Squirrel is now available for free on the Internet at the following locations: [Steve Fishman] http://www.xs4all.nl/~fishman/ls/indexls/html [Ben Grimm] http://www.xs4all.nl/~bengrimm/fishman/squirrel.zip [Ignaz Wanders] http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~ignaz/fishy/books/ls/ls.ps http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~ignaz/fishy/books/ls/ls.ps.gz http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~ignaz/fishy/books/ls/ls.tar.gz [email protected] (e-mail) The Lonesome Squirrel is a gripping look into the madness and horror of Scientology from the viewpoint of the manipulated victim who was trained to commit crimes by Scientology staff, and then was "offloaded" like on ‘Mission Impossible’ where the cult "disavowed all knowledge of his actions", resulted in his getting sent to prison. It is a "must read" for anyone interested in or curious about the Scientology cult phenomenon. Below are a list of Exit Counselors who you may contact to get help if you or any of your loved ones are still in Scientology and they want and need help. These are NOT involuntary deprogrammers. Involuntary deprogramming is illegal in the United States and in many other parts of the world. This list of names is for you to contact if you are having genuine doubt about Scientology and would like valuable assistance and emotional support. These Exit Counselors are highly skilled in pointing out flaws in Scientology Tech, Policy and Ethics. The choice is ultimately yours. You have already taken the first step by reading the Fable. If you need further help, please contact any of these individuals: It is listed alphabetically, and shows their primary country, state or province of service. "WTA" next to their name indicates that they will travel anywhere as needed and wanted based upon arrangements made between the Exit Counselor and the client. Cult Awareness Network - Illinois Fishman, Steven - Florida •WTA• Grosswald, Paul - Long Island, New York •WTA• Harrington, Joe - Maine, New England States Hassan, Steve - Massachusetts Hunt, Martin - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada "I am an ex-Scientologist and Internet activist working to spread information about the Scientology cult to potential recruits to save them from the 2.5 years of abuse I went through at their hands. I believe that cults represent a grave threat to freedom and basic human rights." Info Cult (French Speaking) - Montreal, Quebec, Canada Langone, Mike - Tampa and Clearwater, Florida McClelland, Tony - Australia Moore, Brendan - Calgary, Alberta, Canada Ottmann, Martin - Stuttgart, Germany Pignotti, Monica - New York City Wakefield, Margery - Michigan, •WTA• Whitfield, Jerry and Hana - Southern California ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP PLEASE CONTACT EITHER OF THESE TOP TWO LEADING CLINICAL EXPERTS AND EXPERT WITNESSES AND THERAPISTS IN THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND POST TRAUMATIC STRESS SYNDROME RESULTING FROM EXPOSURE TO SCIENTOLOGY: Geertz, Uwe Walter, Ph.D. Southern Florida (Miami-Fort Lauderdale) Singer, Margaret Thaler, Ph.D. N. California (San Fran/Berkeley/Oakland) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you for reading the Fable, and all we ask is that you distribute ten copies on e-mail and ten copies on disk, so that many more people will see this vital information which may ultimately save lives. From the Contributors and Editors of the Fable, and all who helped.
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