Volume 0, Issue 29 vom 12. 11. 1995
Alt.religion.scientology Week in Review
Volume 0, Issue 29
11/12/95
by Rod Keller [rkeller@netaxs.com]
copyright 1995
Contents
- AB Follow-up
- CAN Conference
- OCA Cheat Sheet
- David Letterman
- dianetics.com
- Eugene Ingram
- Kim Baker Replies
- Ron Hates Koos
- Miscavige Deposition
- Cult Advertising
- Candid Photography
- Suing the Dutch
Alt.religion.scientology Week in Review summarizes the most significant
postings from the Usenet group Alt.religion.scientology for the preceding
week for the benefit of those who can't follow the group as closely as
they'd like. Out of thousands of postings, I attempt to include news of
significant events, new affidavits, court rulings, new contributors,
whatever. I hope you find it useful. Like many readers of a.r.s, I have a
kill file. So please take into consideration that I may not have seen some
of the most significant postings.
The articles in A.r.s Week in Review are brief summaries of the articles.
Many include an excerpt, and all include message IDs for the articles I
cover. This may or may not be useful to you, depending on how long your
site stores articles in the newsgroup before expiring them.
Free A.r.s Week in Review subscriptions are available, just email me at
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It is archived at:
http://www.amazing.com/scientology/ars-summary.html
http://users.aimnet.com/~jdiver/scieno.htm
http://www.thur.de/religio/publik/arsfaq.html
http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/CoS/ars-summary.html
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AB Follow-up
Tom Klemesrud posted some findings in his investigation into AB, the
anonymous poster tracked down by the cult through the Penet anonymous
remailer.
"I filed a complaint with LAPD Internal Affairs concerning LAPD actions of
handling -AB- (i.e. apparently releasing his identity to this criminal
cult that masquerades as a religion), and they found that the identity
could have leaked out of LAPD from multiple sources--not just Detective
Gary Ingemunson of Bunco Forgery who got the name from Caltech security.
Later, LAPD completely absolved themselves of any wrongdoing. However, I
believe that they are aware of their potential liability in the possible
ruin of -AB-'s life and/or career ... or worse. He also is married and has
a small baby.
"There was no crime committed, as later the LAPD indicated by not filing
charges after they'd outed -AB-. Later, however LAPD top brass accepted a
$25,000 gift from the 'Friends of L. Ron Hubbard.' It was pledged shortly
after the cult had their way with the affair in the manipulating of the
LAPD in initiating the foreign raid, and the identification, and possible
marking for, slave labor imprisonment of your Caltech alum."
Message-ID: <tomklemDHGtu8.HIH@netcom.com>
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CAN Conference
Jeff Jacobsen provided a summary of the Cult Awareness Network Conference
held last week in White Plains, NY.
"About 270 attended and about a dozen Scientologists hung around the hotel
bugging people. Early Friday morning Snipe and I set up his computer in
the book sale room and gave an internet demonstration during the day. I
think we made several converts to the net there.
"At supper CAN officials told that they have filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy
(this is to reorganize, not dissolve) in order to win time to appeal the
Jason Scott decision against CAN. There is also a CAN lawsuit against
Scientology and Bowles & Moxon I think on conspiracy charges based on the
46 lawsuits that Moxon apparently boilerplated against CAN.
"The lunch speaker was Dan Leipold, attorney for Tom Klemesrud. He gave a
general outline of the internet and the copyright wars going on in our
little newsgroup.
"The Scientologists generally hung out in the hallways of the hotel and
tried to engage people in a discussion or hand them a CAN dead agent pack
(this is the one that included Kim Baker's declaration). Huheyniaman, that
foul-mouthed anonymous poster that I outed several months ago, sat down by
me at the hotel lounge and very weakly apologized to me for the things he
said (thus 100% certifying that my fingering him was correct) and I weakly
accepted his semi-apology. Later on he told me that he hopes we all give a
lot of $ to CAN so Jason Scott can collect his million dollars. John
Carmichael tried talking to me about how wimpy our picketing efforts have
been, and BTW about 6 Scientologists picketed for just a few hours in
front of the hotel. Another Scientologist told me that she has never seen
any fair gaming going on and the church to her view only does good works.
I talked with her about 10 minutes.
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OCA Cheat Sheet
Ted Mayett this week posted a cheat sheet for the Oxford Capacity
Analysis, the free personality test offered by the cult. Ted formatted his
answers to follow the format of the mailed test; I've altered the format
of the tech below.
"While the answers are not perfect this will give you a line across the
top of the chart. Legend- Y = yes, M= maybe, N= no"
1-N 2-Y 3-Y 4-N 5-N 6-N 7-N 8-N 9-Y 10-Y 11-N 12-N 13-Y 14-N 15-N 16-N
17-Y 18-N 19-Y 20-Y 21-N 22-N 23-N 24-N 25-N 26-N 27-Y 28-Y 29-Y 30-N 31-Y
32-N 33-Y 34-Y 35-Y 36-N 37-N 38-N 39-N 40-N 41-Y 42-Y 43-N 44-N 45-N 46-N
47-N 48-N 49-Y 50-Y 51-Y 52-N 53-N 54-Y 55-N 56-Y 57-Y 58-Y 59-N 60-N 61-N
62-Y 63-Y 64-N 65-N 66-N 67-Y 68-Y 69-Y 70-N 71-N 72-N 73-N 74-N 75-Y 76-N
77-Y 78-N 79-Y 80-Y 81-Y 82-N 83-N 84-N 85-Y 86-N 87-N 88-Y 89-N 90-N 91-N
92-N 93-Y 94-Y 95-Y 96-Y 97-Y 98-N 99-N 100-Y 101-Y 102-N 103-N 104-N
105-Y 106-N 107-N 108-N 109-N 110-Y 111-N 112-Y 113-Y 114-Y 115-N 116-Y
117-N 118-Y 119-Y 120-Y 121-N 122-N 123-Y 124-N 125-N 126-M 127-Y 128-N
129-N 130-N 131-Y 132-N 133-Y 134-Y 135-N 136-N 137-N 138-Y 139-Y 140-N
141-N 142-N 143-N 144-Y 145-Y 146 N 147-Y 148-N 149-N 150-N 151-N 152-Y
153-N 154-N 155-Y 154-N 155-Y 156-Y 157-Y 158-Y 159-Y 160-N 161-N 162-Y
163-Y 164-Y 165-Y 166-N 167-Y 168-Y 169-N 170-N 171-N 172-N 173-Y 174-Y
175-N 176-N 177-Y 178-Y 179-N 180-N 181-N 182-N 183-N 184-N 185-Y 186-N
187-N 188-N 189-N 190-Y 191-N 192-N 193-Y 194-N 195-Y 196-N 197-N 198-N
199-N 200-Y
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David Letterman
The David Letterman show included a sketch on the cult.
"Regular Dave-watchers are familiar with Ruphert (sic?), the owner of the
Hello Deli, next to the Ed Sullivan Theater where Letterman usually hosts
his show. Ruphert, in a tacky Hawaiian tee-shirt and sunglasses, asked
people if they wanted to learn more about Dianetics. He told people that
he was Elron!
"One of the Scieno-dudes asked him if he wanted to know more about
Dianetics, or what Ruphert wanted Dianetics to do for him. Ruphert said
that he wanted more success with girls. The dude asked him what was
holding him back; Ruphert said that girls think he looks creepy.
"I hate to admit that I was a little shocked when I saw Ruphert in front
of the Dianetics center, which inevitably meant an L. Ron Hubbard joke. It
should be mentioned that guest Jerry Seinfeld, who was once courted by
Scientology (according to Tilman's celebrities FAQ), didn't seem to be
adversely affected by it."
Message-ID: <drogers-1111950053130001@s254n031ppp12.csun.edu>
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dianetics.com
David Milligan reported the latest following his registration of
dianetics.com as an Internet domain name.
"In the one telephone conversation I have had with the lawyer for RCT, he
indicated that they knew I what I was up to and it was blackmail. He felt
the name was only worth $500.00 to them. He indicated he would welcome the
auction, but in a separate move they have filed a formal challenge
Pursuant to the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy of Internic &
Network Solutions Inc.
"I intend to carry this forward to a court challenge and see what happens,
this means that I will now be soliciting offers or pledges of legal &
financial help in what will most likely prove to be a very interesting
legal battle. One way I have to give a service back to the Internet
community and help raise funds is to offer the ability to use
dianetics.com as part of your E-Mail address, by providing global E-Mail
service."
Message-ID: <47meo4$gp8@sulla.cyberstore.ca>
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Eugene Ingram
Keith Henson posted another follow-up in his search for chief
muscle/intimidator for the cult, Eugene Ingram.
"This morning I talked to Chris Watson who can be reached at 813-222-2219.
He told me that Florida was *not* going to put Gene Ingram into the NCIC.
I asked him why, expecting an answer like 'well, third class felonies are
not important enough.' What I got was an amazing snotty response of
(direct quote read back to him)
"'There are reasons but they are nothing we need to share with you.'
"My bet is CoS has run some ugly blackmail scheme on a significant number
of the people in the Florida State Attorney's office. They have plenty of
money and bodies in Clearwater, and have had years to infiltrate. I am
open to suggestions as to how to report or otherwise deal with this. I
left one more call in to Jay Pruner, but I think I am about at the end of
the rope as to getting anything done on the issue of Gene Ingram. (Jay`s
number is 813-222-2225)"
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Kim Baker Replies
FACTNET defendants Bob Penny and Larry Wollersheim this week posted
replies to allegations made by Kim Baker in her OSA-authored statement.
The statements were submitted in Arnie Lerma's case in Alexandria, VA.
Some excerpts:
[Larry Wollersheim]
"(a) Contrary to the assertions in paragraphs 3, 9, 15, 17, and 18 of the
Baker Declaration, F.A.C.T.Net has not been heading toward, or promoting,
hatred and violence against the Church of Scientology.
(b) Contrary to the assertion in paragraphs 8, 18, and 30 of the Baker
Declaration, the purpose of F.A.C.T.Net is not to destroy Scientology.
(c) Contrary to the assertions in paragraph 8 of the Baker Declaration, I
do not control F.A.C.T.Net and get others to do my 'bidding' although I am
the Executive Director of F.A.C.T.Net and I run day to day operations and
have authority to do so.
(d) The 'Henry' mentioned in paragraph 10 of the Baker Declaration is not
a director or member of F.A.C.T.Net, and contrary to the implication of
that paragraph, F.A.C.T.Net has not been suggesting or advocating the
bombing of Churches of Scientology.
(e) Contrary to the assertions in paragraph 8 I have not 'made any money'
from F.A.C.T.Net. Rather, I have been paid a small salary from work on
behalf of the organization, but have not been personally profiting at the
expense of the organization. To the contrary, I have given much of my
personal resources in excess of any amounts I have received from the
organization.
(f) Contrary to the assertions in paragraph 16 of the Affidavit, my
decision to make sure that F.A.C.T.Net was distanced from Malcolm Nothling
was because of Nothling's paramilitary friends. Contrary to the
allegations in paragraph 16, it was not purely cosmetic, but reflected
concerns about keeping F.A.C.T.Net's educational non-profit purposes
distant from such issues.
(h) Contrary to the allegation in paragraph 33, I did not 'get Lerma to
distribute the Fishman Declaration with the upper level materials'.
(i) Contrary to the assertion in paragraphs 28, 35, and 39 of the Baker
Declaration, it has not been and is not the purpose or plan of F.A.C.T.Net
to destroy the trade secrets and copyrights of the Church of Scientology,
or to cooperate with the United Free Zone Fellowship to do so.
(j) Contrary to the assertion in paragraph 29 of the Baker Declaration,
F.A.C.T.Net is not linked, closely or otherwise, to well-known hate
groups."
[Bob Penny]
"Paragraph 42 of the Baker Declaration concerns my physical and mental
abilities. I do not know what Mr. Wollersheim has said to Ms. Baker in
that regard. But I do have multiple sclerosis, and this disease has had
serious negative effects on my physical and mental abilities and on my
stamina. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is an article from the Denver Post
about the RTC's raid on my and Mr. Wollersheim's homes. I appear in the
photograph with the story.
"The Baker Declaration states in paragraph 43 that the Church of
Scientology has treated Ms. Baker well and implied that the declaration
was made of her own free will. In light of my communications with her over
the last year and her postings of 'My Story' to
'alt.religion.scientology', I find such assertions very difficult to
believe."
Message-ID: <4810hu$3l3@natasha.rmii.com>
Message-ID: <4810i1$3l3@natasha.rmii.com>
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Ron Hates Koos
News this week from Koos Nolst Trenite's private reality. Koos claims to
be in contact with L. Ron Hubbard telepathically, and provided this
statement from Ron:
"I am trying to hinder Koos from putting ethics in on Scientology; how do
I do this? I refuse to be responsible for what has been done to Koos since
1973 in Scientology. I still want to keep out.
"I am in a condition of enemy to Koos. After the last session, I did not
join Bill Robertson to remove Karin Schiele [from Munich Org]. Koos
shouldn't know that."
Message-ID: <199511101236.MAA08176@hera.easynet.de>
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Miscavige Deposition
Tom Klemesrud this week reported a development in Arnie Lerma's case in
Virginia.
"I learned today that Miscavige will be deposed in the Lerma case. That
[sounds] like victory for Arnie."
Message-ID: <9511072017.0SIJ402@support.com>
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Cult Advertising
Blind Carlos posted his communication with Lycos, which this week ran
advertisements for the biography of L. Ron. Hubbard.
"The vaunted WWW search engine at Lycos (http://lycos.cs.cmu.edu/), which
is supports itself by advertising, is presently showing an ad banner for a
book called 'L. Ron Hubbard: A Profile', which includes the line 'You owe
it to yourself to discover the truth'. A click on the banner takes you to
Co$ site www.theta.com. (You may not see the ad right away if you go to
Lycos, since the server apparently puts up ad banners at random when
sending back search results).
"It is very ironic that Lycos originated at the Computer Science
Department of Carnegie-Mellon University, where David Touretzky is a
senior researcher. Both Touretzky and Carnegie-Mellon were threatened with
litigation by Co$ when Touretzky put the Fishman documents, including the
OT levels, on his Web page. David posted an article from the CMU alumni
magazine about the incident, and it was quite unsympathetic to Co$. Lycos,
Inc. is now a private business; does it still have any connections to
CMU?"
"I received a brief message from Bill Townsend <btownsend@lycos.com>,
Lycos' VP in charge of advertising. He said that the ad for the book about
LRH will run until December 1, and that he has decided not to continue the
ads after that. He did not elaborate on his reasons."
Tilman Hausherr found the ad elsewhere.
"I saw the same ad on InfoSeek (I don't know if it is still there). I made
a complaint - but did not get an answer (I wrote only to the normal
feedback)."
Kimberly Churchwell wrote to InfoSeek and received a reply.
"I sent e-mail to 'comments-ns@infoseek.com' on October 23rd, and got
replies from two nice folks at InfoSeek (the president, and somebody who
seemed to be a sales rep) within 24 hours. Both messages said that
InfoSeek was removing the ad and wouldn't accept any further ads from CoS.
I haven't seen it since then."
Message-ID: <199511071526.HAA06445@infinity.c2.org>
Message-ID: <199511090927.BAA01396@infinity.c2.org>
Message-ID: <47sq9o$e74_001@tsip14.ionet.net>
Message-ID: <47oh6o$fi@unlisys.unlisys.net>,
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Candid Photography
A bizarre report this week of photographs that supposedly document
Hubbard's participation in sex magic with Jack Parsons.
"A few months ago, I had the fascinating opportunity to view a series of
photographs of Jack Parsons and others (including Hubbard) participating
in a number of satanic rites, supposedly in Parson's home in the late
1940's. These photos were incredible, although in black and white, but
obviously taken by a photographer with some skill as lighting etc. was
very good. One photo was particularly interesting in that is clearly
showed a young Hubbard having sexual intercourse with a very young girl,
while wearing a long black open robe. Parsons was standing next to him
with a large book in his hands and wearing a similar robe with a pentagram
on it."
Message-ID: <47nn8s$4l4@ixnews3.ix.netcom.com>
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Suing the Dutch
Karin Spaink reported that the cult is suing systems and an individual in
the Netherlands for hosting the Fishman documents on a number of web
servers.
"It will be a 'kort geding', a summary proceedings. When such a summary
proceedings is filed immediately after the plaintiff has gained knowledge
of the alleged crime, it is usually dealt with within days; but because
the first Fishman-homepages are by now almost two months old, the judge
will not be quick to schedule it. The law suit may not be dealt with
before December or January.
"In their telephone conversation with Bakker Schut, Nauta Dutilh announced
their intention to sue XS4ALL, Cistron, Dataweb, DDS and me. Planet
Internet has been dealing with Nauata Dutilh through a different lawyer; I
do not know whether they have received such a notification, but my guess
is that both Planet Internet and Euronet will be sued too.
"The law suit has been set for December 14, 10:00, The Hague. The
defendants are: XS4ALL, DDS, Cistron, Dataweb and me. I am the only
individual sued, because CoS considers me to be the 'motivating force'
behind all this."
Cult disinformation specialist Andrew Milne also reported the
developments.
"Julie Rijnvis, the Dutch Church of Scientology spokeswoman, stated,
'Violations are being hidden behind the smoke screen of 'free speech', but
in reality the defendants promote lawlessness and trample our religious
beliefs wearing the boots of anarchy.'
"The lawsuit alleges that Spaink sent out over 100 e-mail messages urging
users to unlawfully post these materials, which she persuaded some to do
by promoting that XS4ALL would win any case brought against them by the
Church."
Message-ID: <47odb7$ntn@news.xs4all.nl>
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