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From: dennis.l.erlich@support.com
Subject: THE CAPRICORN DOCUMEN 1/2
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zanet@pacific.telebyte.com (Zane Thomas)

    I musta mist the original post.  This "nobody" has been a 
    heavy hitter in the newsgroup over the last year.

>nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous) wrote:
>Hmmm, ok.
>
>My personal theory is that the information in The Capricorn Document
>is either directly from OSA or that OSA is feeding information to
>someone who has woven into The Capricorn Document.  But I'll make some
>brief comments as if it is not a cultie misinformation piece, doesn't
>really matter.
                                                     
    It's wise to be skeptical.

>What is about to be laid out for you is going to be a bit bizarre but a
>few months ago had someone told you that Internet users would be raided,
>you would have said that was an insane concept. What you are going to read
>is based on some insider information and some educated speculation.
                              
    I knew more raids would be happening.  That's the point of 
    doing something early to prevent the inevitable intrusion into 
    our civil rights by extremist, fanatic, high-control groups like 
    the scienos.

>Take it as you will.
       
    How else?

>There is something called a RICO suit. RICO stands for
>Racketeering-Influenced Corrupt Organization. It was written to fight
>organized crime conspiracies that reach across state lines and involve a
>number of people and organizations.
>
>I'm a little unclear on this point.  My, limited, understanding of
>RICO is that it is a law that can be used by the Federal Government to
>prosecute those engaged in criminal conspiracies.
             
    There is a civil RICO law as well as criminal.  You allege a 
    criminal conspiracy in your civil suit, and then if the feds 
    get interested, it spins off a criminal investigation and 
    prosecution.

>Scientology is building a RICO suit to file against dozens of people and
>organizations across the U.S. that they will say are a conspiracy to
>destroy the Scientology religion.
                
    Probably true.  But they're gonna get laughed right outta 
    court.  This should be a real comic-book chapter in their war
    on internet.

>Is there really such a thing as a RICO suit?
                
    Yes.

>The words "religious genocide" will be used.
>At the center of the conspiracy will be the Cult Awareness Network
>and it will extend out to include some psychiatrists, some attorneys, some
>media and a number of critics and former members. The Net will be cited as
>the nervous system/nexus for the conspiracy. The suit will be used to sue
>people that Scientology executives feel they cannot reach or sue in any
>other way.
        
    Of course CAN just got a tenative ruling the other day from a
    judge out here, which will finally lay to rest the Sterling v
    CAN, Priscilla Coates, et al. case.  This one was filed 
    because Priscilla allegedly assisted the Better Business 
    Bureau in preparing a disclosure article about scieno front 
    groups.
    
    Their legal fortress has begun to crumble.

>Well, of course the cult can file a suit against anyone at anytime.
>However, if it is without grounds the cult is exposed to damaging
>counter-suits.  What would be different in this suit?
                                             
    It would give them complete legal discovery rights over 
    every citizen in the US they could allege has scieno-droppings
    on their hardisk.  That's about all.

    Hey, no big deal, right?

>Key attorneys who have successfully fought Scientology in the courts will
>be named, in the theory that they cannot be of any help to the defendants
>because they are defendant.
                            
    Very sharp.

>I don't buy this, the more attorneys they pulled in the better off all
>defendants would be.  All of the defendants could share drafts of
>briefs, and ideas.  Seems to me that the culties would want to sue
>critics and find a way to keep the attorneys out of it.
               
    Former attornies, defending themselves.  Who did they share 
    info with, the scienos will want to know.

>Key experts on Scientology and cults will also
>be named for the same reason. Some "deprogrammers" (exit counselors) will
>be named.
                                             
    To prove $ was being made.

>So, free expert witnesses for the defense. Sounds like a good thing to
>me.
                              
    It's the last legal gamble the scienos will make.  I can't
    wait.

>A number of people who post on the Net will be named. (You were
>wondering why they were tracking down a number of people who post to
>alt.religion.scientology? That's why. So they can be served.) A couple of
>ISPs will probably be named as well as some media people.

    Michael Jackson will condemn ars.  It will be revealed that
    the King of Poop is actually Peckerwoody.  There will be a 
    plague of locust on the land.
    
    Who does this nobody-guy think he is, nostraf*ckingdomus?  
    The future isn't cast in concrete.  It's more like cherry 
    Jello[tm].

>Media people?  This I find hard to believe.

    Writers and journalists, he means.

>(Believe it or not, much of the design of this suit is to make it as
>believable as possible. They will look at the elements and someone might
>say, "Hey, we don't have any...", as if it were a movie or a story, the
>presence of which will make the conspiracy work if it has to be put onto a
>huge board, showing how all the pieces fit. And before you ridicule this
>idea, read on.)

    Scienos lie for a living.

>This is a good theory, really I like it.  Designer suits.  Trying to
>take on a whole bunch of people who have no other connection other
>than the desire to expose the cult would require carefull PR.  I doubt
>that the clams are really able to handle it.  Witness the recent agent
>provocatuer attempts as an attempt to minimize the damage from raiding
>Arnie. The clams are really bad at handling PR on the internet, too
>much freedom of speech for their tactics to succeed.
>
>There will also be elements that will allow the suit to be exported
>overseas. That is, there will be links to Germany and Spain. The RICO suit
>cannot name someone in a non-US country as a defendant but it will lay the
>groundword so a similar suit can be filed in another country, which will
>then link back to the US suit. Germany and some people and institutions
>there will be a primary target in Europe.
>
>Pretty thin connections there.

    It's gonna fall apart before it ever gets teeth.

>When that happens, then the entire matter will also be packed and taken to
>the various European councils and commissions on the allegations of
>"religious genocide." The Net will be cited as the "conveyor belt" of
>"false reports" and "hate."
>
>see previous comment
>
>The idea is to silence as many areas as possible by bringing them into
>litigation. Then even if they speak out, Scientology can say how they are
>being sued and place everything in that context.
>
>As much as possible, people who work for companies or corporations will be
>named as individuals. The strategy is to not let the company's insurance
>cover them, so they have to pay for their own attorney.
>
>I doubt that most people's companies insurance would cover them
>anyway.
              
    Many do.

>What will be used to link the conspiracy will be material that has been
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