Greg and Debra Barnes
1282 Jasmine Way
Clearwater, Florida 33756
Phone 727-461-1355
Fax 727-447-4145 May 2, 2000 Gentlemen: After some twenty plus years of strong participation and unquestioning loyalty to the Church of Scientology, we find ourselves forced into a position in which we must stand apart from what you are representing as the "Church of Scientology". We have not deserted Scientology because you are not delivering Scientology as we have found out. By the selective use and misuse of the technology which we have experienced at the "Mecca of Tech" - Flag and by the intentional distortion and perversion of the technology, management has accomplished the nearly impossible, the public ridicule of Scientology, Scientologists, and the technology. More importantly, the current management has alienated so many loyal Scientologists, such as ourselves, that the very existence of the Church is in grave doubt. We told two individuals to read C/S series 73RB but what we did not know was that this reference, written after LRH’s death, came from C/S series 73RA which you have eliminated from public inspection because of your purposeful corruption of this reference. Our declare reads in total as a list of your crimes of which we have documented - the criminal accuses others of what they are guilty of. The reverse auditing performed by one Therse Blum on myself and others under the direction of the Deputy Senior C/S at the Sandcastle as well as the Black PR campaign that OSA, RTC and the MAA’s office at the Sandcastle engaged in against is evidence of the depths of depravity you will go to silence those that find your crimes - Per PR series 18. In numerous "knowledge reports", "ethics handlings" and the bogus "comm ev" the abuse of my family and business at the arbitrary caprice of management is well documented. Management’s sordid and despicable conduct with respect to my wife and I passed the bounds of tolerance when management took their false accusations public with the sole premeditated intent to do our person and business harm, so as to hide your fraud being perpetrated on the public. My wife and I made attempts with OSA Ben Shaw and IJC for some months to get some policy applied to these insane acts with the end result of no one willing to apply even the simplest of LRH policy. Management has pushed the inquisition of my wife and I and our nine year old son as well as our business from the realm of ecclesiastical into the realm of secular. This letter is our attempt to keep management’s attempts to destroy us from spilling over into the courthouse. Page (2) Since we have disconnected from your squirrel group we have been carefully documenting its actions to destroy my family,business and personal sanity. We have also taken the opportunity to research the law and have found that management’s activities are not privileged to any degree and in fact are tortuous as evidence in Canada and England lost suits, to name a few. Despite management’s profuse denials of the existence of Fair Game, it is very clear that it is alive, and that my family and our business are being subjected to it. In fact, I have located the identical pattern of conduct in a court case that you may be familiar with. Wollersheim v. Church of Scientology, (1989) 212 Cal.App.3d, 872,U.S. cert. den. 127 L. Ed.2d, 562, 3.Ct. 1987 not to mention the above cases. We want to avoid, the immediate filing of an action for damages that will draw more negative media focus upon the practices of management in an already hot bed of controversy here in Clearwater. However, we will do so in a heart beat if we are forced to do so. This should not be considered a threat in that my wife and I do not have any quarrel with standard LRH tech, policy or the application thereof, it is merely a survival action across our dynamics that has been forced upon us by your criminal actions and your total refusal to apply any LRH policy. We have been defrauded of thousands of dollars by purchasing bogus made up services by RTC that has nothing to do with Hubbards tech which we thought we were getting. We have been defrauded regarding your "six month checks" which are now called "refreshers" which we have references by Hubbard to prove are not to be delivered per C/S series 73RA. We have also been defrauded by your IAS representatives when we discovered there are no LRH references authorizing this organization to exist as well as its stated purpose one in particular "protect the Scientology religion and Scientologists" is totally bogus as evidence of our being attacked and other global situations the church is losing in, ie. Russia,France,Germany,Greece,Spain,Canada, not to mention other friends of mine who have come under the gun of your Black PR actions. WISE’s eagerness to take our money and the refusal to deliver the product goes without saying - rip off. We are therefore making the following demands: 1) Management (RTC,OSA) all agents or employees of any Scientology entity or Scientologists are to cease all activities directed at my family and business, including, but no limited to, slandering them and interfering with contractual relations. It is to agree, in writing, not to harm my family or business in the future. 2) Return of all funds paid to the following organizations: IAS - Patron Greg Barnes 40,000 Page (3) WISE - 1,000 ( Paid 500.00 for ad not placed in Directory, 500.00 membership not listed in directory) Flag - 170,000 ________________ Total due: 211,000 3) My family, business and I are to be provided with a standard release of existing claims from all appropriate entities. 4) Debra and Greg Barnes pc folders, ethics folders and OSA files are to be destroyed with our inspection at time of destruction or turn said folders over to us. In return for the payment of funds, donated to your organizations , and a binding written agreement that management either directly ,through surrogates or current members agree not to subject my family and business to future harm, we will provide management the following: 1) We will refrain from legal action and give up all entitlement to claims for existing damages to our persons and business. 2) We will provide Scientology a standard release of existing claims for my family and our business. 3) We will agree that the "Church’s" binding agreement that management not engage in harmful activity in the future be held by a neutral escrow holder. It will not be released unless legal action is commenced by Scientology, by a Scientology controlled individual or entity or by my business or ourselves. We wish to get on with our lives so this demand will therefore remain open for a period of 14 days from the date of this letter. If we determine that your organization is continuing its activities against my family or business or not dealing in good faith the offer will be immediately withdrawn and we will take immediate action to vindicate our rights in a public forum. Per your organizations agreement with the IRS you are in flagrant violation of D. Certifications section C. " that no Scientology-related entity or Scientology-related individual (in his or her capacity as such) has, after 1986, knowingly committed any act of fraud or criminal conduct that might constitute a violation of public policy endangering the tax-exempt status of any Scientology-related entity." The slandering of our reputes when you knew full well of their falsehoods, interfering with contractual relations, myself being held against my will and your reverse auditing to name a few will fit quite nicely in the above paragraph as violations. Page (4) One individual who represents the total of organizations we are requesting money from should contact us either via mail or phone to arrange a meeting within the time limit given. Sincerely, Greg and Debra Barnes cc: Mike Rinder CO-OSA cc: International Justice Chief - Mike Ellis cc: David MisCaviage CO-RTC

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