Miscavige's Treatment of his Staff was Horrifying 168. Jim Isaacson, for example, was in charge of investing Hubbard's money, and he was expected to show a profit on a weekly basis. Anyone familiar with the investment business knows this is not a realistic expectation, but Jim's job depended upon his showing an increasing profit every week. Predictably, Jim was not doing well at all. He was not eating or sleeping.

Miscavige was screaming mercilessly at Jim every day. Jim was near the breaking point.

169. One day Miscavige found out that Jim had lost a large amount of money by investing incorrectly in the gold market.

Miscavige summoned two of his top lieutenants, Norman Starkey and Terri Gamboa. Miscavige and Starkey literally dragged Jim into the conference room.

170. My office was right across the hall so I heard everything that went on. For the next three and a half hours Miscavige screamed profanities and wild, paranoid accusations at Jim, demanding to know who had sent him to destroy Scientology, was he working for the IRS, was he working for the FBI, what other enemy agents were working with him inside Scientology, etc., etc., ad nausea. I heard Jim repeatedly deny the accusations, and Miscavige's response was to scream at him even more.

171. Finally Miscavige threw open the door and stormed into my office. He ordered me to go in and get the information out of Jim and not let him leave until he'd confessed everything. I'd never seen anyone behave like Miscavige before. (As stated above, while I was on this post and later while I was in the RPF, I learned from others that Miscavige's behavior mimicked Hubbard's.)

172. Miscavige was very frightening. When he was worked up his conduct was consistent with what I later learned was a psychotic episode. Miscavige appeared to be completely out of control. He screamed profanities at the top of his lungs directly in my face. Others who went past my office kept their eyes averted and walked by as quickly as possible. Finally, he marched down the hall (with Norman and Terri following) and slammed the door of his office.

173. When I went into the conference room I found Jim collapsed on the table. His eyes were glazed and he was shaking uncontrollably. Rather than complying with Miscavige's order to continue the interrogation, I did my best to calm Jim down, as he was clearly terrified, and told him to go home and get some sleep. Jim was on the RPF within days.

174. Part of Jim's terror arose from the fact that Miscavige had already sent Jim's wife, Joyce, to the RPF for refusing to go along with his brutal treatment of staff. I knew about this because I replaced Joyce. I was dispatched to the RPF shortly thereafter because I objected to the same abuses.

175. No one could speak out against Miscavige's terror tactics because there was no way to have a discussion with him on the subject. The RPF filled up with people who tried to stand up to him. He surrounded himself with people who were willing to do whatever he ordered. I tried several times to protest and ended up in more and more trouble as the weeks went on. Finally Miscavige lost his temper at me one night and threw me into my office, locked the door, and screamed at me until finally I felt I would lose my mind if he did not stop. I had not slept for several days, and I snapped.
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