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Scientology's Obstruction of Justice (A personal experience)

By Joe Harrington <harringtonj-smtc@nova.novanet.org>

Wed. March 8, 1995 11:30:07 GMT

In the mid 1970's, Federal Law Enforcement agencies in the United States discovered a plot by the Church of Scientology to place agents of its Guardian Office (GO) in sensitive positions in the agencies that were actively conducting criminal investigations of Church activities. Raids were made on the GO at various locations, documents were seized and senior GO leaders were indicted and convicted.

Hubbard's wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, was the senior official of the GO and the evidence is overwhelming that LRH was privy to all the activities of the GO and wrote extensive directives for GO operations. As Federal Law Enforcement agents closed in on the GO, Hubbard went into seclusion, never to be publically seen again. He deserted his family and his wife was convicted and did time in the federal prison at Terminal Island, CA.

In Scientology, a field staff member (FSM) is an independent commissioned salesman for the Church of Scientology. They sign up new prospects for Scientology services and receive 10-15% commissions when their "selectees" pay for the "services". As the ultimate cost of Scientology services can easily total $300,000, being a FSM is potentially very lucrative.

In addition to generating income for the Church, FSMs are also used as field agents for the GO (renamed the Office of Special Affairs, (OSA), in the early 1980's).

Although the following document is about a GO operation that occured in 1976, OSA conducts similar operations in 1995. Ongoing covert operations against ex-members, writers, journalists, psychiatrists, psychologists, Judges, lawyers, and inquisitive governments are directed by OSA.

FSMs/OSA field agents frequently post misinformation/disinformation on the Internet and other Computer networks. Recent attacks on FACTNET, Larry Wollersheim, Steve Fishman, Jon Atack, Dennis Erlich, and CAN officials etc are posted by FSMs, at the behest of OSA.

What follows is a document used in subsequent court cases involving the Church of Scientology. My comments in ( ).

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21 July 1976

SECRET

GPgm O 408, OT 9

OPERATION BULLDOZER LEAK

MAJOR TARGET:

To effectively spread the rumor that will lead government, media, and individual SPs to conclude that LRH has no formal control of the C of S and no legal liability for Church activity.

(The Church had spread the cover story that LRH resigned from all executive duties in 1966 and was not on the Church payroll.

It was later learned that LRH had skimmed millions of dollars of Church funds and had placed them in numbered bank accounts in Europe. Hubbard's wife later testified in Court that Hubbard was the SOLE trustee of these funds.)

PRIMARY TARGETS;

1) All US B1 Sec are there on Post.

2) The purpose here, is to protect LRH from Legal Liability for any C of S activities.

3) All US B1 Secs are responsible. Each in his area, for seeing that this project gets done.

4) US BI Ops Net is responsible for the overall planning of this project.

5) Any debugging necessary on this project is to be be done by each US B1 Sec working in liaison with US B1 Ops Net.

6) This project is not to impede upon any other projects/programmes etc that the Secs already have going.

VITAL TARGETS:

1) That all US B1 Secs ensure that their AGIs keep security in on this project.

2) That the AGIs recruit all the necessary FSMs to do this project.

3) That the names of all the Government, Media, and individual SPs be obtained for each area by the concerned AGIs.

("B1" was Bureau One, responsible for coordinating intelligence operations. "AGIs" was Asst Guardian, Intelligence, located at the lower level orgs)

OPERATING TARGETS:

Government:

1) Each AG I is to make a list of all the Government Bureaus/Departments/Organizations etc., in his area covering National State and City that have:

a) Attacked Scientology in any fashion.

b) Would have any interest in Scientology for any reason.

2) Each AG I is to work out a simple "cover story" for his FSM to use on this project. It can be something like the FSM is going to write a book on Scientology and just wants to get some information. FSM does NOT use his/her correct name on this cycle.

3) Each AG I recruits a reliable FSM to carry out this project.

And ensures that security is "in" on the FSM.

4) Drill/bullbait/briefs the FSM on the following:

a) He will be visiting all proper people in each of the government agencies.

b) He will be giving out his "cover story" that in some way he is investigating the C of S.

c) During the interview, he will in several different ways mention that he has heard that LRH no longer has any control of the Church and that an ex-scientologist had shown some articles to the FSM that stated it had definitely been established that LRH had no liability for any Church activity. This should be presented in each interviews with very good "intention" that it is to be remembered.

d) Those areas that can not be reached for any reason , should be telephoned by the FSM and the cover story and rumor be given.

Say if a Government Office were 2 hundred miles away.

5) FSM does his in person or telephone interviews and writes up clear reports on each interview's outcome. He should really "IMPINGE" when stating the rumors.

6) All AG Is see to it that the FSMs thoroughly complete all these Government Agencies on the list.

7) AG Is send up progress report on this action to their US B1 Secs.

MEDIA:

1) All AG Is are to make a list of all the Media and the specific individuals concerned (SPs) in their respective areas, that have printed entheta on Scientology.

2) All AG Is are to have the same FSM do targets 2-7 on the list of media.

INDIVIDUAL SPs

1) All AG Is who have penetration FSMs in any anti Scientology groups (Squirrels/Deprogramming Groups/etc.) are to contact these FSMs and work out with them the best approach to spread the rumor, to all the individual SPs/SP groups/etc in each AG I's respective area.

The FSM would be telephoning these various SPs and stating something like. " Well you know that Hubbard has completely resigned from the Scientologists, don't you. I mean he doesn't control it at all any more. I've heard from several ex Scientologists I know, that several times different persons tried to get damages from Hubbard for something that the Scientology organization did but couldn't. Yes, several Court Cases have ruled that he isn't liable for anything the Scientologists do. I was even shown a few articles on it. Blab/blab/blab. This should really impinge.

SEE ATTACHED PATTER FOR INCORPORATION INTO SPIEL WITH EACH PERSON.

AG Is should have a complete list of all the individual SPs in his area and ensure that the FSM or FSMs contact all of them.

Any AG I that has no pentration FSM in on any of these groups or individual SPs, should use the FSM recruited for first two sections.

The same procedure should be followed by the FSM. Only (illegible) time telephone only. Any additional cover needed on (illegible) should be worked out by the AG I.

All AG Is are to write up a final Compliance Report on this act.

ACTION TARGET:

Entire project should be completed 3 weeks from receipt.

HAT * Randy

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Personal Note:

At the time this directive was written, I was on active duty in the U.S. Coast Guard. I was not currently active in Scientology, but I had indicated my past employment in a Scientology organization on my statement of personal history that was part of my service record.

I was not even aware of the raid that the FBI conducted on the GO facilities in Los Angeles, although I was working in Long Beach, 25 miles away.

Because of my PAST involvement with Scientology, the FBI and and the Coast Guard conducted an investigation and I was involuntarily discharged from the Coast Guard, after 15 years of honorable service. During this period, I spoke with the President of the Church, Heber Jentzsch, and queried him about the allegations made by the government. He assured me the charges were baseless. This incident devestated my life and I've never really gotten over the injustice.

Jentzsch was criminally indicted in Spain in Dec 1994 and the trial is tenatively scheduled for sometime in 1995.

OPERATION BULLDOZER LEAK was seized during the FBI investigation, and because the Coast Guard had made inquiries about the operation of Hubbard's "Sea Org", the Coast Guard automatically became an SP group. In retrospect, its obvious that after reading the seized documents and reviewing my service record, the government concluded I was a "PENETRATION FSM".

It was not until the late 1980's that I learned the GO had actually placed an agent, Sharon Thomas, as a secretary in the office of the Headquarters of Coast Guard Intelligence, Washington, D.C., at about the same time I was assigned to the 11th Coast Guard District in Long Beach, CA, as a Special Agent in the Coast Guard Intelligence and Law Enforcement Branch.

The twist on the story is this:

After I was involuntarily discharged from the Coast Guard because of allegations that I was a "Penetration FSM" for the CofS, the CofS "declared" me a "security risk" because of my connection to a "SP" group, the United States Coast Guard, and barred me from any further training or processing.

Joe Harrington

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