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Summer Bruin - UCLA No 6 82nd Year: Scientologist response remains true to form ...it is precisely because of my outspoken
criticism of Scientology's deceptive, manipulative,
exploitive dangerous and even brutal practices, which have
diminished the freedom and individuality of untold thousands of
people, that they have long since identified me as "fair game" for their perennial harassment, vilification and character assassination.
Your July 26 "Counterpoint" gave space to L.S. Hight international
media coordinator for the "Church" of Scientology, who criticized an excellent Bruin
article by Nancy Hsu ("Church , Members File Suit Against Pro-fessor," May 17) in characteristic
Scientology fashion: with a vicious personal attack upon me. Hight's diatribe was filled with
lies and misrepresentations from beginning to end.
My track record on human rights is far superior to that of Hight, L. Ron Hubbard or
any other Scientology official past or present, and has been so for nearly half a century.
I have put my job, my reputation and even my life on the line for human rights causes
ranging from fascism in Europe to racism in America to apartheid in South Africa; from
punitive policies against gays in the military (published in 1958'), to victims of terrorism
and torture, to neglect and mistreatment of the poor, the mentally ill and children everywhere.
In fact, it is precisely because of my outspoken criticism of Scientology's deceptive,
manipulative, exploitive; dangerous, and even brutal practices, which have diminished the
freedom and individuality of untold thousands of people, that they have long since identified
me as "fair game" for their perennial harassment, vilification and character assassination.
The Center for Study of Life Threatening Behavior which was proposed in the early 1970s by
me and two dozen faculty colleagues at UCLA was extensively reviewed and approved by objective
committees both within and outside the University. No such "experiments" as "chemical castration"
or "implanting electrodes into people's brains" were proposed except perhaps in L. Ron Hubbard's
science fiction stories.
The only project (among 17) in which minorities would have been over-represented was one in which
model programs to diminish violence among students through peer-counseling techniques were to be
tested at two Los Angeles inner-city schools at their request.
As America's epidemic of interpersonal violence has continued to grow in the last 20 years,
many knowledgeable people have expressed regret that the proposed center was never funded.
Contrary to Hight's allegations (which Scientology has repeated ad nauseam in Goebels'
tradition of the Big Lie), I have never taken part in "mind-control"experiments funded by the
CIA or anybody else. It is Scientology itself that has become wealthy and powerful by using
mind-control techniques to exploit innocent seekers of self-improvement
That I employ medications and teach about their proper use
- in the practice of psychiatry is no secret, but Hight's implications about any impropriety
in this are totally false.
Finally. the "elephant story" is always thrown in by Scientologists in their attacks upon
me as though it were some sort of shameful secret which they have exposed. You can read all
about it and judge for yourself. (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide: Its Effects on a Male Asiatic
Elephant, Science, December 7,1962,138: 34545, 1100-1103.) My co-authors were the distinguished
African-American psychiatrist, Dr. Chester Pierce, now a professor at Harvard, and Dr. Warren Thomas,
longtime director of the Los Angeles Zoo.
Beware of Scientology. It is basically a science-fiction psychotherapy cult concocted
by one of our century's most extravagant liars (a cross between the Baron Munchausen and
Rev. Jim Jones) and practiced by amateurs unrestricted by any code of professional ethics,
any peer review or any respect for the content of modern behavioral science, clinical
psychology or scientific medicine.
Dr. Jolyon West, M.D. is a professor in the School of Medicine. (END)
Dr West passed away, but Scientology started to villify him again, shortly after I
webbed one of his terrific lectures on this website, the above was Dr West's reply
back then to the same false allegations, Dr West seems to
have virtually gained something that Scientologists think they
will gain through Scientology - Immortality - PLEASE Listen to Dr West's Lecture on Cults
http://www.lermanet.com/audio/ February 23, 2005 - San Francisco Chronicle: Schools urged to drop antidrug program. State Superintendent Jack O'Connell urged all California schools on Tuesday to drop the Narconon antidrug education program after a new state evaluation concluded that its curriculum offers inaccurate and unscientific information, by Nanette Asimov Below: lermanet.com's Intergalactic papparazzi captured this meeting between Scientology's current diminutive leader David Miscavige and Scientology's founder L Rum Hubtoad, he really isn't dead, but living well upon the planet Marcab, very far away... (thank God!)
"the targets of satire are always the last to laugh. Due to various personal reasons, they cannot see the joke. But satire is not written for them. It is written for others so that, like the fable, they can see that the "emperor has no clothes." " - L Ron Hubbard - from his "Introduction" in "Volume One" of his book Mission Earth Links: David Miscavige New documentary webpages about Scientology's 20 year history of involvement and ultimate takeover
of the Institute for Historical Review and the destruction of the Spotlight Newspaper and the Liberty lobby.
Exclusive to lermanet.com, Read the Carto pages.
EXCLUSIVE! NOW ONLINE:
Sklar case Filing: NB: This document has been SUPPRESSED from the public, by the US Tax Court Judge John O. Colvin, who has refused public access to the Docket #395-01 file, for the duration of the Sklar v. IRS hearings, until he issues his written decision. It is reproduced here, as a public service, to coincide with anticipated public interest, from news coverage of this historic trial! Scientology (Sklar) Tax Case Report 8 Nov 2004 - Notes on the Sklar v. IRS case (US Tax Court, Docket #395-01): The IRS Counsel Louis Jack, is effectively limiting the case discussion to Michael & Marla Sklar's children's attendance in religious schools. This is due to Judge John O. Colvin's concurrence with the Motion in Limine filed by the IRS, and refusal to consider or even explain his denials, to Petitioner Sklar's attorney Jeffrey Zuckerman. Zuckerman complained about "prejudice" in the Judge's decisions. Included in the denials, were subpoena for testimony by COS President Heber Jentzsch on the nature of Scientology religious instruction (which were quashed), and avoidance of consideration of verifying the authenticity or accuracy of the IRS "Secret" 1993 agreement with Scientology (as written later in 1997 in the Wall Street Journal). The IRS attorney's argument for rejecting testimony requests from Scientologists, was based on a claim that the "Secret Agreement" represented a "settlement" and that it would set poor precedent for future settlements with other entities, to release private financial data. The IRS Attorney frequently interrupted witnesses for the Sklar's, questioning the admissibility of their statements and evidence on procedural grounds. What was allowed, was frequently tedious detail of billing practices for Jewish religious grammar school instruction. Interesting revelations included: The IRS in 1995, verbally indicated to Mr. Sklar that they have a internal division, devoted solely to handling "nothing but" claims for deductions by Scientologists! The Judge, John O. Colvin, won't allow the public to see the actual case files during the hearings on the case! Trail Clerk Brian K. Woody was asked, but could not provide, filed documents in his possession. Trial continues every weekday (excepting Veteran's Day) this week from 9AM to 5PM at 255 E. Temple Street (Room 1145, 11th Floor) in Downtown LA. Associated Press on SKLAR November 8, 2004 November 8th, 2004 : Cagliari (Sardinia), Italy, The case of the boy who committed suicide:
a former Scientology executive is sentenced to 4 ˝ years for EXTORTION
Why Dianetics is so Hard to Read AND how Shock Therapy helped Win WWII Want to know why Dianetics is so well known as being hard to read and uses so many odd words ? That's because Hubbard, who bragged about how fast he was able to type out Dianetics... used William Sargant's pre-publication paper, which he got while he was in the same navy hospital that William Sargant was a clinician in...( Sargant, from UK, served a stint as a visiting professor at a nearby university in the US) After taking a copy of William Sargant's paper, ( which was being circulated amongst recovering wounded for comment ) he placed it on one side of his typewriter, he then placed a synonym book on the other side, you see Hubbard had to replace the key words that William Sargant had used with words out of the synonym book, to disguise the TRUE SOURCE of Dianetics. Which is why Hubbard demonizes Psychiatry. So that you will NEVER NEVER read William Sargant's Battle for the Mind, you see William Sargant was the top PSYCHIATRIST in UK, who developed techniques and was searching for ways to treat shell shocked british soldiers reeling from the Blitzkrieg tactics of Rommel in the northern Sahara. In Dianetics, Hubbard demonized 'shock treatment" Background: Pavlov did many scientific and famously well documented studies of conditioning techniques using dogs... some dogs were trained to SALIVATE when a very small electric current was run through their PAWS.... One day in an early spring thaw, the ice on the river broke up, and jammed up at a bridge, creating a flash flood of icy cold water. It was on a weekend, and no one was at the lab and the roads were blocked by rising water... by the time Pavlov's assistants got to the lab, they found the dogs in a terrified state, swimming for their lives, noses at the tops of their cages. Because the cage doors were lower down, they had to pull the terrified animals DOWN through the icy water, and then up again to safety.. This TRAUMA, this "shock" caused Pavlov to make his most important and now famous discovery... he found that because of this 'shock'; the dogs either LOST their prior conditioning or reversed it completely! Because of the sheer quantity of walking shell shocked british soldiers that were incapable of fighting due to Rommel's blitzkrieg tactics, William Sargant was searching for a means of treatment that was FASTER than the long winded, and often ineffective ABERACTIVE THERAPY....(dianetics) and based on Pavlov's discoveries, another fast technique was tried that was very very workable. SHOCK treatment. - be it shock treatment by ice-water bath, insulin shock, or electro shock..... or in my case... Skydiving....
So if the British had used Aberactive Therapy ( DIANETICS) because it took so long and didn't work well, and required so much training to do, many of those shell shocked soldiers would have been a very long time getting back to the battle front in a state able to function effectively. So one might posit, that SHOCK Therapy helped win WWII !! And THAT my friends is why Dianetics is famously hard to read! The key ideas were rewritten from the worlds biggest PSYCHIATRIST, using a synonym book! (c) Arnie Lerma ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Russian Court Upholds Ban On Scientologists The Russian Supreme Court upheld the 9 February verdict by the Bashkir Supreme Court banning the Church of Scientology in the republic, RIA-Novosti reported on 24 June, citing the Bashkir court. During the trial in the Bashkir court, prosecutor Florid Baikov said that the organization practices unlicensed educational and medical activities that "negatively affect the thinking and psychology of trainees" and "threatens public health." The Scientologists have been in Bashkortostan in 1994 and over 2,000 people have undergone training by them since then. -Compiled by Gulnara Khasanova - Article HERE The Scientology RPF Insider Series
This series is disturbing, contemporary material, describing what it is like right now deep inside Scientology on what Scientology calls "The Rehabilitation Project Force ( See Professor Stephen Kent's Dec 1997 paper on the RPF ) The current conduct sure does remind this ex-member, of the change in Nazi Germany, when thier prison camps turned into slave labor camps, "The major concentration camps within the German Reich became significant economic enterprises during the war as their purposes shifted from correction of behavior to exploitation of labor." (Quote from US Memorial Holocaust Museum Web Pages) now, for those with a strong constitution, here is: Coming soon to lermanet.com The Moonchild Ceremony that L Ron Hubbard did with Satanist Jack Parsons, was also done by one of Hitler's mentors, a fellow named List. NOTE: hours after starting the display ad for the NFWL expose on TheHill.com lermanet.com's isp (router) was attacked using a denial of service (DOS) 'smurf' attack, if some images are missing, bear with us, we are doing the best we can to counter scientology's information war on the net. Thank you, a Temporary url for lermanet.com on another ISP is now HERE . Arnie Lerma
Scientology's recruitment scams EXPOSED by San Francisco Chronicle (Narconon, Detox and Litercy frontgroups:
Schools put drug program on notice Scientology LInk to public Schools (exposed) 9 June 2004 What Narconon tells it's students ( lies to recruit them into Scientology) 9 June 2004
By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON, March 24, 2004, (c) NY Times
LOS ANGELES, March 21 - A trial is to begin here on Wednesday morning to determine whether a Jewish couple can deduct the cost of religious education for their five children, a tax benefit they say the federal government has granted to members of just one religion, the Church of Scientology.
The potential ramifications are huge, for a ruling in favor of the couple could affect the millions of Americans who send their children to religious schools of all types. At stake is whether people of all religions can deduct the cost of religious education as a charitable gift, as Scientologists are allowed to do under an officially secret 1993 agreement with the Internal Revenue Service.
That agreement came despite a 1989 Supreme Court ruling denying tax deductions for money paid in fees set by the Church of Scientology for its "auditing" and "training" services. The Supreme Court decision said the money did not qualify for the charitable gift deduction because it involved a fixed price and was akin to a fee for a service.
The couple, Michael and Marla Sklar of Los Angeles, originally took the I.R.S. to court after being denied $2,080 in 1993 deductions for religious education for their children. They lost that case, in which Mr. Sklar, a tax accountant, represented himself at trial. The couple appealed, and three judges on the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled against them two years ago. But one judge also took the unusual step of suggesting further litigation that would better define the issues.
The judges in the original Sklar case said "it appears to be true" that Scientology - founded by L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction writer, in the 1950's - received preferential tax treatment in violation of the First Amendment.
"Why is Scientology training different from all other religious training?" Judge Barry D. Silverman wrote in his opinion, adding that the question would not be answered just then because the court was not faced with the question of whether "members of the Church of Scientology have become the I.R.S.'s chosen people." Judge Silverman then recommended litigation to address whether the government is improperly favoring one religion.
"If the I.R.S. does in fact give preferential treatment to members of the Church of Scientology - allowing them a special right to claim deductions that are contrary to law and disallowed to everybody else - then the proper course of action is a lawsuit to put a stop to that policy," Judge Silverman wrote.
In this second trial, also against the I.R.S. and involving $3,209 of taxes for 1995, the Sklars are represented by Jeffrey I. Zuckerman of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle in Washington, who is serving pro bono.
The chief tax lawyer for the Church of Scientology, Monique E. Yingling, said the Sklar lawsuit was baseless. She said that until the 1993 agreement, Scientologists were discriminated against by not being allowed to take charitable deductions.
"Scientologists now are being treated the same as everyone else, Catholics, Mormons, Hindus," she said, her list of religions continuing.
"Auditing and training are both Scientology religious services," Ms. Yingling said, that members "participate in to advance in Scientology."
Mr. Sklar, though, said he saw no difference between the services that Scientologists cite for their deductions and the religious training his children receive at two Hebrew schools in Los Angeles.
On their tax returns, the Sklars claimed charitable deductions equal to the portion of the Hebrew school tuition that covers the cost of religious education. He said that were he a Scientologist, it was clear he could deduct these sums.
When the Sklars tried to take the deduction, the I.R.S. sent them letters laying out the terms for Scientologists to take such deductions. The I.R.S. then denied the deductions because the Sklars did not provide receipts from the Church of Scientology.
Other than the Sklars, the only known legal challenge to the I.R.S. agreement with the Scientologists was made by the nonprofit publisher of Tax Notes magazine. It tried unsuccessfully to get a judge to make the agreement public. (Copies of what seem to be the agreement were leaked several years ago.)
"The reason I got started on this course of action was I felt that there was a precedent being set that is extremely dangerous," Mr. Sklar said. "If the government is allowed to do this unchallenged, it means you have a state-favored religion, and that has never fared well for the Jews."
Mr. Sklar said that after he pressed his claim for a charitable deduction, the I.R.S. audited him and eight clients. "I think the I.R.S. was harassing me because before I had maybe one audit in two years," he said.
A subpoena for the secret agreement with the Scientologists has been quashed at the request of the Church of Scientology and the I.R.S. A fight over access to that agreement is likely to be a crucial issue on appeal, which seems certain regardless of how the trial judge rules.
Mr. Sklar said that after more than a decade of tax breaks for Scientologists, he believed that the only proper course for the courts was to allow people of all faiths to take charitable deductions for the costs of religious education and training.
But Judge Silverman, who had urged litigation to settle the issue, took a different approach in his opinion two years ago.
"The remedy," he wrote, "is not to require the I.R.S. to let others claim the improper deduction."
More info: Scientology versus the IRS Timeline Scientology Ban MOSCOW (AP) -- The Supreme Court in Bashkortostan has banned a Church of Scientology center that prosecutors labeled a "health hazard," Interfax reported. The ban in the majority-Muslim region was imposed after prosecutors filed suit claiming the organization did not have a license to engage in educational or medical activities, Judge Valentina Kurkalova said. Prosecutors said Scientology as practiced in the region "has a negative impact on its students' mental health and is a health hazard," Interfax reported. Authorities also accused the group of violating the Constitution and public health laws. The center will not be immediately shut down because it has the right to appeal the decision within four months, Kurkalova said.
The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia, for official use only - Sic Semper Tyrannus - "Always thus unto tyrants" depicting the Roman goddess Virtus, dressed as an Amazon, denoting power and military skill.with one breast exposed....
see article in Washington Post by Richard Leiby
lermanet.com gets pointer from The Hill The Hill, a newspaper for and about Congress, covers ex-member of Scientology, Gary Weber's apology to writer Rich Leiby, Ex-Mayor Gabe Cazares and John Travolta "Cazares is now 83 and sharp as a tack. “Do you think some of these folks are evil, Gabe?” we asked. “Evil is too mild a word,” he said."
Razor article cuts Scientology too deep 'Church' of Scientology isn't happy with Razor magazine. Lloyd Grove
at the New York Daily News reports that officials are outraged at an
article in the magazine's latest issue criticizing the religion, which
counts Hollywood heavyweights Tom Cruise and John Travolta among its
members. The article, entitled "The Curse of Scientology – Lawsuits,
Death and Finance," includes a report on the mysterious death of
church member Lisa McPherson. "Imagine a church so dangerous you must
sign a release form before you can receive its spiritual assistance,"
states the article, written by David S. Touretzky and Peter Alexander.
A spokeswoman from the church has asked the magazine to stop promoting
the article on its web site until she has a chance to discuss the
contents with either Razor's editor-in-chief or publisher. So far, the
two parties have yet to talk. (This editor's comments - The legal saber rattling by Scientology as well as the incredible release forms, and even the death of Lisa McPherson, are merely MORE evidence that Scientology is nothing more, at its criminal core, than a Conspiracy for Silence against those who know how the scam really works and dare try to warn the public - Arnie Lerma photograph of center fold of December 1995 Wired Magazine cover story - alt.scientology.war Ex-member of Scientology's OSA - Office of Public Affairs, Dan Garvin comes forward to start telling some of what went on behind the scenes of Scientology's WAR upon the Internet "...[Pageant] does to L. Ron Hubbard what The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui did to Adolf Hitler..." -Village Voice
The creators of this summer's sold-out hit President Harding is a Rock Star, dubbed "inspired" by The New Yorker and "tantalizingly fresh" by Backstage, bring you their latest ironic theatrical masterpiece: a completely unauthorized look at L. Ron Hubbard's Church of Scientology. " See their webpage HERE Note: This production has been ENDORSED Sbow extended and moved to John Housman Theatre!
Thursday, November 6th 1:45 AM, Gary Weber, A member of Scientology's Flag Guardians Office ( now called OSA for Office of Special Affiars ) in Clearwater tells his story - Gary Weber's Story is HERE! October 29 - Amsterdam: Today Johnny Leemhuis appeared on the Dutch National TV-Channel SBS6. At about 19:00 the program "Stem van Nederland" (Voice of The Netherlands) started. He was the one speaking. Like a bomb ! He spoke for 5 minutes and he presented the church as an organisation practising Mind Control: Johnnie said:
1) One may not be critical Scientology Gets Picketed in Hollywood! Pictures and reports will be available shortly - About a dozen picketers reported great success despite Scientology hiring taxicabs to block the view of the picket at the front door..Sunday - 6PM eastern (it's all about silence) Amsterdam, Holland - Het Parool Oct 24 2003 - The Scientology Church Netherlands, located at the Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal (a street) in Amsterdam, is recently confronted with a massive exodus. According to former big bosses of the sect, during the last few months at least 50 of the approximately 150 active core members stepped out. "But the cultural mistrust that keeps blacks from treatment has been successfully fueled by the Church of Scientology. Bell is particularly distressed that Scientology has specifically targeted black communities with its anti-psychiatry message. "They are forever pumping into the black community scare tactics, that there's a genocidal plot to put black children on Ritalin, there's a genocidal plot to put black people on antidepressant medication." Sept 13, 2003 Scientology gets Picketed in Los Angeles Board orders staff to discontinue use of purported Scientology-connected books The Pershing County (Nevada) School Board has ordered the discontinuation of a study program currently being used at Pershing County Middle School until further research could be done by the school board members. The decision was due to the concern of many people in the community regarding this program. Link to Article here After I ( Arnie Lerma ) had posted the Fishman Affidavit (containing the once secret OT levels of Scientology) in August 1995 that became RTC vs Lerma, Rich Leiby, Washington Post, DGS, et al. federal case, the document was up on over 200 web sites at one point, including Karin Spaink's and Dave Touretzky's ( see below ). Scientology brought a case against Karin for the pieces she still had on her pages and LOST. She WON the final appeal by Scientology. So now you can still read them! Thank you Karin, and huge Congratulations! "While the court of appeals considers OT2 and OT3 to have not been legally published, the freedom of expression prevails and my website containing quotes form OT2 and OT3 is completely ok with them:" Past Scientology Celebrity Painter Michael
Pattinson tells his story: A view from the end of Hubbard's "Bridge to total Freedom"(tm)
Michael Pattinson's artwork was published in Scientology's
own magazines and used to hang in their Advanced Organization in Clearwater, he
made it all the way to the top of the expensive bridge to "New OT8", only to find
that things were not as they were purported to be. He left Scientology, and
tells his story here. Will John Travolta, Tom Cruise and other Celebs sign away their constitutional rights as Scientology now demands? In the wake of the Lisa McPherson
debacle, Scientology, while having used abusive
"consent and release" forms in the past, ( as part of their Conspiracy for Silence )
has gone over the top with its new form, which demands that the Scientologist sign away his
or her constitutionally guaranteed civil rights protections. This was done by Scientology as a desperate
solution to keep the scam going a little longer, in the face of broadening public awareness of the true
nature of Scientology, to maintain its ability to brainwash its members, who might start to have doubts.
The new forms have made national news on Fox News
Network and the NY Post due to efforts
of Dave Touretzky of Carnegie Mellon University. See Dr. Touretzky's
site HERE. Sept 2, 2003 -
Scientology Minister,
and Earthlink Co-founder
Reed Slatkin sentenced to 14 years in prison - Reuters Hubbard said- -'I'd like to start a religion,
That's where the money is"
However, I believe he ended up fooling people so well, that he started to believe that " there must be SOMETHING there" after a while, surrounded by converts, telling him how grand he was.
The most compelling evidence is research indicating that electricity in small doses will cause physiological changes in cell structure and response - the endorphin effect.
I don't think Hubbard knew this, I don't think anyone did at the time of Volney Matheson (first E-meter).. though I am certain that he knew the techniques of Priest John Wesley who decided that electricity would be a way to relieve the suffering of the poor, inexpensively. And I know he read Pavlov and knew that low level electricity through the front paws of a dog, could make the dog salivate in anticipation of a reward...
The historical precedent of the use of electricity to relieve pain traces to 153 AD - the use of a "black electric torpedo fish" to shock a man with gout, and it reportedly provided some relief.
"Scribonius Largus wrote in 153AD: "For any type of gout a live black torpedo should, when the pain begins, be placed under the feet. The patient must stand on a moist shore washed by the sea (note precautions to keep the torpedo alive) and he should stay like this until his whole foot and leg up to the knee is numb. This takes away present pain and prevents pain from coming on if it has not already arisen. In this way Anteros, a freedman of Tiberius, was cured. (Scribonius CLXII in Schechter 1971)."
Meanwhile, Hubbard devised an elaborate and complicated ruse based upon a mishmash of unattributed prior art and covert hypnosis which he called Scientology and was able to convince people to hold onto his innocent soup can electrodes for 2 and 1/2 hours at a sitting, while suspecting nothing.
Now that WAS clever!
(from a Clearwater, Florida resident when asked if there are many critics of Scientology) "Scientology?, I guess if you're not a member, Group Psychodynamics and CULTS June 18, 2003 - Notable new addition to the NEWS archive: May 23, 2003 - Scientology moves for change of venue CLEARWATER- - Earlier this spring, as the Church of Scientology prepared for its biggest trial in recent history, professional researchers combed Tyrone Square Mall asking Pinellas residents what they thought of the church . "A cult," said person after person.
"Scam," said one.
"Crooks," said another.
The researchers, hired by the Church , questioned 300 people. Their findings were grim: Four out of five had unfavorable things to say about Scientology . Article HERE Dianetics, Scientology, Osama Bin Laden
Ida Camburn gave me a copy of William Sargants's book, first printed 50 years ago, Battle for the Mind.
I cannot recommend it more highly...for students and researchers into the Scientology problem and those who have been affected in any way by Scientology or any of its many Frontgroups. William Sargant's Battle for the Mind was published in 1955
everything I've read so far is detailed from what appear to be a journal
that he kept during his experience treating WWII victims of post traumatic stress disorder. His observations and conclusions are as valid now as they were then and even more now so due to the apparitions called Dianetics and Scientology. Everything that Hubbard rants about in Dianetics
including what Hubbard foists off as
his "discovery" of Dianetics is based on prior art without attribution, in fact, instead of properly attributing the basis of his scheme to the same research of Nobel Prize winner Pavlov that Lenin incorporated into what became known as Communism, he goes to great lengths to vilify Pavlov and the entire field of Psychiatry, in my opinion, just to make sure that those involved never figured out the degree to which we had been scammed..... William Sargant describes the vogue during and after WWII, Aberactive
Therapy... reliving the incident of trauma in your mind....with the
aid of a drug, hypnosis or ether...and a person to listen. Aberactive therapy is not something special, people engage in it after
having a few drinks and then pouring their hearts out to you.... But Hubbard called it "Dianetics" - Article continues HERE Get a double order of LIES with your Piece of Blue Sky (*) May 2nd 2003, - On April 19th 2003, a Scientologist named Michael Tilse crafted a demand letter to get the $200,000 he spent over his 25+ years in Scientology refunded. It seems that Mr. Tilse was not satisfied with Scientology management's explanation that "Everything on the Net, it's all LIES". He had the audacity to find out if certain key records that had been webbed that were quite critical of scientology were in fact real. He found that, besides the ones he found being slightly better quality copies, they were not only real but were essentially the same documents as exist on this and other web pages critical of scientology Mr. Tilse has concluded, based upon his own, independent,verification of the authenticity of certain key documents, that Scientology Management has been lying to him for 25 years I suggest strongly, that anyone who knows of a scientologist, anywhere, print out this entire 20 page document and mail or give it to that scientologist to read. They need to know that Scientology has and is lying to them. And that the information about them on the web is true... meanwhile, Scientology continues to try and trick search engines, discredit ex-members, and make this information unavailable, or unlocatable, and access to this and other sites is even blocked by their own software. You can help with the Scientology Problem, print this document out and give it to the Scientologist you know. Thank you, Saturday, April 19, 2003, SeattlePI -
"People in the News: Kidman is steering clear of Scientology Well, well. It seems that along with divorcing Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman also divorced the Church of Scientology. MSN.com reports that church members haven't seen the Oscar-winning mama in quite some time.
"Actually, when I knew Nicole, she seemed to think there was nothing better than Scientology," said Kelly Preston, wife of John Travolta. The couple is among the higher-profile Hollywood Scientologists.
But since her 2001 split from Cruise, who is still rather active in the church, Nicole doesn't even hang out with other Scientologists, much less participate ". Webmaster's note: Congratulations Nicole Kidman!! Cyril Malka wrote to-day that Scientology should be before the court in
Denmark on April 25th. This is great news. Three ex-scientologists have filed a complaint for fraud. AND:
http://www.rtl.be/others/print_articles1.cfm?SiteID=14&ID=1000013751
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(report from Roger Gonnet) Scientology " minister " Reed Slatkin makes Hulda Clark's ZAPPER delivers more current to the user than one of
Hubbard's E-meters... the way it is designed... it is a pulsing DC
current... A 5 to 6 volt AC waveform riding on 6 volts DC ..... And I don't think Hubbard had a clue about the electrically induced
endorphin response.. I think, that just as Hulda Clark did, that after a
while, he became convinced by people telling him over and over again that "it WORKS!",
that "Scientology Works"....
FTC takes new action against Hulda Clark's Zapper Jan 28th
Another Scientology Health Fraud Scam in progress
the Mike Pinkus whacked by the FDA is a Scientologist, IAS ( International Association of Scientologists) $100,000 Donor, I worked with a Mike Pinkus when I was a member of Scientology many years ago.- see bottom of Health Fraud page Fellow Expose-Scientology-Activist's Father Threatened Someone threatens Jeff Jacobsen's father: On January 15, 2003 his dad got this message on his cell phone answering system:
"Harlan, I'm a friend of yours. There's an investigation starting, and you're going to be involved in it. Due to your son Jeff, the trouble he is starting for a whole lot of people. You might want to talk to him. Listen, the thing has started already, so talk to Jeff. He's in a lot of trouble. Bye." [phone call on Harlan Jacobsen's cell phone on 1-15-03] There was no way to trace the call. My dad does not recognize the voice. Meanwhile, someone has gotten a phone list of my dad's employees and is calling them saying that they work for my father. They then ask personal and private questions about my father and his business. In Scientology, a "noisy investigation" is done on enemies of the "church." The goal is to find dirt on the individual to "dead agent" the person - that is, smear them somehow so their credibility is harmed.
This is just more evidence of Scientology's conspiracy of extortionate conduct in pursuit of SILENCE Crackdown on Preying Cults "BRAINWASHING cults which prey on vulnerable youngsters are to be targeted in a Government crackdown. Home Secretary David Blunkett is drawing up laws that will create a new legal definition of cults distinguishing them from mainstream religions. Mr Blunkett says the law needs to protect young people who are being exploited financially and sexually." December 12, 2002 Church of Scientology 'coercive' December 2002: The Following Scientologists have been sued by the Bankruptcy Trustee (case #01-11549 et all) to recover illegal profits from fellow Scientologist "minister" and Earthlink Co-founder Reed Slatkin's ponzi scam:
Mother, Vickki Ford Cook responds to Scientology's manipulation of her son
German girl sues Parents for giving her to Scientology  Click image for translated version of original story Vivien Krogmann Lutz, a 23 year old German girl, sued her parents for, amongst other things, sending her to Saint Hill and ruining her health. The trial began this morning and only 3 hours in, the parents, accompanied by Scientology lawyers, agreed to pay Vivien 35,000 Euros. This decision to settle came after the judge ruled against Scientology requests for gag orders on both Vivien and Ursula Caberta, whom Vivien escaped to when finally fleeing her parents. This is perhaps the first time that a child raised in a cult successfully sued their parents for damages caused by that cult.
....... there is another form of terrorism right here in the USA, and I'd like to alert you to this. It will surprise you no doubt, as these people have worked hard and long to create a great image. I know. I worked with them doing this. It is a group who calls themselves the "Church" of Scientology. The same
group started by L. Ron Hubbard. Reed Slatkin associate to plead guilty Daniel W. Jacobs (see Note 1 below) is charged with conspiring to obstruct an SEC investigation into Slatkin, who pleaded guilty in April to 15 charges of fraud and conspiracy for bilking nearly 800 clients out of $600 million in an elaborate Ponzi scheme. Note 1 - Daniel Jacobs is listed as a Scientologist in Scientology's own publications, as is Scientology's "Minister" Reed Slatkin...
The Scientology Matrix CNET Buckling under pressure from the Church of Scientology, the Internet Archive has removed a church critic's Web site from its system. The Internet Archive, a site that preserves snapshots of old Web pages and bills itself as "a library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form," no longer contains links to archival pages of Xenu.net. Instead, surfers are pointed to a page telling them the site was taken down "per the request of the site owner." SLASHDOT: Wayback Machine Purged of Scientology Criticism YALE LAW: Sherman, Set the Wayback Machine for Scientology Scientology Gag Agreements An Actual Gag Agreement: Sept 13, 2002 EEOC: Employees illegally fired By Allan Essex HARLINGEN — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit on behalf of former employees of Harlingen Family Dentistry who refused to attend training courses reportedly containing scientology doctrine. Hubbard's Scientology is the practice of crazies "The point, then, is you need to avoid the living hell out of Scientology. There are plenty of churches out there founded on the principles of faith, love, truth and justice. Scientology, on the other hand, is no better than any other giant, greedy corporation except its CEO not only thought he was God but said so." Declan McCullagh's Politech The Chicago Reader DEATH OF A SCIENTOLOGIST "Three days later Greg [Bashaw] pulled onto the shoulder of a road in Montcalm County, northeast of Grand Rapids. Using duct tape, he attached a hose to the exhaust pipe of his Honda, then ran it through the passenger window, sealing off the opening with a towel. He reclined in the passenger's seat, folded his arms across his chest, and breathed in a lethal dose of carbon monoxide - just as L. Ron Hubbard's son had done 25 years earlier." TheDoorMagazine SCIENTOLOGY Tory Bezazian Interview We don't have to tell YOU about L. Ron Hubbard, his book Dianetics, and the religion it spawned - Scientology. In fact, until just recently, most media outlets WOULDN'T tell you about it given Scientology's well-deserved reputation for litigation. Instead, let us tell you about Tory Bezazian. ( see NEWS section ) Scientology fined for defamation from The Washington Times, June 23, 2002 A Paris court ordered the head of France's Church of Scientology to pay $19,400 in damages for defamation, after Scientology published articles comparing the practices of an anti-sect group to those "practiced under the [Nazi] Third Reich." Full Story The future of mind control from The Economist May 23 Print Edition IN AN attempt to treat depression, neuroscientists once carried out a simple experiment. Using electrodes, they stimulated the brains of women in ways that caused pleasurable feelings. The subjects came to no harm indeed their symptoms appeared to evaporate, at least temporarily but they quickly fell in love with their experimenters. Story on The Economist's web page [subscription required ]Related material on Lermanet: The E-Meter papers, Scientology's biggest secret Producer of L Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth' movie indicted for criminal fraud charges: Sun has represented defendants ranging from Reed Slatkin, the Earthlink co-founder who pleaded guilty earlier this year to masterminding a $600 million Ponzi scheme" - Story HERE Scientology Leader - David Miscavige's twin sister was wanted by Securities and Exchange Commission Read this wonderful example of the CEO of Digital Lightwave, Brian Zwan, giving an example of his super duper mental powers from being a Scientologist. Scientology Cult pays $8,674,643 It was a crushing and humiliating legal defeat for the cult that is infamous around the world for its outrageous litigation tactics. Over the past 22 years Scientology spent an estimated 140 million in and out of the court in its efforts to crush a former member, Lawrence Wollersheim, and his legal teams. Previously in Wollersheim case, Scientology was forced to pay an additional $500,000 for what is known as a SLAPP lawsuit (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation.) This SLAPP fine was the highest fine ever paid for such a suit in California. Washington Post 10 May - by Rich Leiby page A 03 The Washington Post article makes drudgereport !- 10 May What was Wollersheim case about? - A 1986 supreme court filing that summarizes the beginning well, for more info use the SEARCH link at top of page. Allegations won't stop lawsuit Regardless of legal misconduct claims, a judge says a wrongful death suit against the Church of Scientology is going to trial. More info on the gruesome death of Lisa Mcpherson .
Article: SP Times 20 April - Leading foes split bitterly Harassment Timeline of Bob Minton. My Speculations Updated 28 May 02 [ temporarily off-line ] Scientology ordered to stop harassment A Channel 28 News report 4/5/02 Clearwater - A state appeals court has ordered the Church of Scientology to stop harassing the estate of Lisa McPherson. McPherson died while in the care of church staff members, and her family sued the Clearwater-based church for wrongful death. The church filed 47 demands to determine who is paying the family's legal bills during the suit. The appeals court said that indicates the church is trying to drag out the suit until the family can no longer afford the legal bills. Link to Florida State Supreme Court Opinion - PDF . Salon reporter attends L Ron Hubbard birthday event. Another poke in the eye for scientology, thank you Salon! "a perfect description of a cos "event." " says Teeg Slatkin Timeline, - 3 articles in Santa Barbara News Press 1 April 02
Scientology Minister and Ponzi King Reed Slatkin - Timeline of events, new articles in Santa Barbara press.. Turning states evidence.. Google versus Scientology (from microcontentnews ) Round 3 - activists again claim Google
censorship, this time through Adwords program. The following Advertisement for this website was censored by Google: "What do Judges say about Scientology? "..in short, a fraud." USDJ Gessell. Google says: "We appreciate your comments on this issue, which will help inform our
future policy discussions." Lermanet replies: Imagine it was 1943, and I was trying to alert the public that there were concentration camps filled with jews, gypsies and those who dared fight the Third Reich. Well there are concentration camps here in America run by $cientology. Filled with people who doubted scientology.. but could not be allowed to escape to bear witness against them -- as only a handful of others have. See Proffessor Stephen Kent's dissertation "Brainwashing in Scientology's RPF Camps" Now my advertisement using A US FEDERAL JUDGE"S QUOTE is not OK on google, but advertisements for Scientology's CCHR Front scam are?
NOTE: I started an earlier wording of the advert running at 1:51 on Wednesday April 3, stay tuned - seems it only ran for about 1 hour before being pulled..
Scientology's "Minister" Reed Slatkin pleads GUILTY to 15 counts of FRAUD - Mar 26th 5PM Reuters EarthLink co-founder Reed Slatkin, accused of defrauding investors out of nearly $600 million, has agreed to plead guilty to 15 federal charges, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Slatkin, who was charged with 15 felony charges for allegedly orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme in which he solicited more than $593 million from some 800 investors Scientology attacks Cult-Aware website in Australia In the wake of the Google / Xenu.net / Slashdot debacle, Scientology Office of Public Affairs; in Melbourne Australia, Mary
Anderson, has filed charges of "religious vilification" with the Equal Opportunity
Commission of Victoria (Australia) and charged Jan Groenveld Jan.Groenveld@uq.net.au
of Cult Awareness & Information Centre Australia.under the act. more on this - 5.45 PM 25 March 02 A flash presentation to summarize the answers you will find on this website in a clamshell... I think it was Don Nots who said that $cientology Gold Base reminded him of something out of the old Prisoner TV series. A fitting description, but, to me, the $cientology real estate in Gilman Hot Springs looked like a poorly designed theme park, maybe a notch up from the plethora of Family Fun Centers dotting the nation's freeways
Last Saturday, there was a picket at Tom Cruise's old stomping
grounds, Scientology's Golden Era facility in Hemet, California. In an effort to
intimidate participants into not picketing, an elaborate ruse was concocted against 79
year old Ida Camburn by Scientology's dirty-tricks production team, the Office of Special
Affairs (OSA) -the same department of Scientology that brought you OPERATION FREAK OUT -
the 1970's set-up of author Paulette Cooper...
Jews and Scientologists - Not the same tax treatment "An IRS Closing agreement cannot overrule Congress and the Supreme Court"...
" If the IRS does in fact give preferential treatment to members of
"..."Scientology" -- "allowing them a special right to claim
deductions that are contrary to law and rightly disallowed to everybody else -- then the
proper course of action is a lawsuit to put a stop to that policy ---" Judge Reinhart - United States 9th Circuit court of Appeals -- 29 January 2002 Prosecutor urges court to evict Scientology from Paris: PARIS (AP) February 22, 2002 -- A prosecutor on Friday urged a Paris court to
disband the Church of Scientology in the French capital, where the organization is on
trial for attempted fraud and false advertising in its efforts to recruit and keep its
members. French court asked to ban Paris Scientology "This is about protecting potential victims," prosecutor Christine Forey told
the court in Paris. "I ask you to think about the penalty of dissolution due to the
methods used by Scientology," she said. Tom
Padgett to head halfway house for victims of coercive groups. Organizers of a planned halfway house for refugees of high-control religious
organizations say they hope to open the facility within a few months at the former Meadow
View Nursing Home on Crooked Lane. Way to go Tom! Use of
psycho-narcotics as an information method by the cult of Scientology -- by
Joseph Cisar presented before the 10th Annual Christmas Education Conference Series of the
Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow is happening January 27 - February 1, 2002 Slovakia: The cult has supposedly infiltrated high government positions and even attained access to secret information. Swiss Tribunal Cantonal rules that Scientology is not a religion - press release from the Canton of Laussane, issued December 18th, 2001: The Cantonal Court of Laussane (equivalent to a court at an US state level) has ruled in the conflict opposing the authorities of the town of Lausanne and the church of scientology. The church was seeking protection by the court arguing it was religiously harassed by three members of the Lausanne municipality that had restricted leafleting and booth activities of the church on public grounds. The court has ruled the the church could not seek protection from religious harassment
as under article 261bis (of the Swiss Constitution ?), as it According to the cantonal court, a religion must be recognized and accepted as such. It is hence not sufficient to design itself as a church or religion to benefit from the protection against religious discrimination. Lisa
McPherson wrongful death lawsuit update -- St. Petersburg Times article:
Ex-Scientologist Tory Bezazian - Cover Story for New Times LA 26 Sept 01 Press Release: National Mental Health Association --Sept 2001
See the Associated Press News article here Spain seeks to dissolve Scientology sect. Washington
Times 14 September 2001
says former IRS commissioner Donald C. Alexander
Church of England blasts Narconon --September 12, 2001 Lerma quoted in SJ Mercury 10 Sept.
2001 "We found $50,000 a crack going to the church, $200,000 another time," said the court-appointed receiver in that case, Phoenix CPA Larry Warfield. After a lawsuit, "they've paid us back $1.3 million and have promised to pay us back another $150,000 in 60 days. They've been very honorable." Both sides agree the church had no prior knowledge of the source of the money. In the Slatkin case, if Scientology has to give money back, Lerma said "that's money they won't have anymore to hire lawyers to sue us." Click here to continue reading the headlines, on Lermanet's Back Page Support lermanet.com The following words come from a publication called Pseudodoxia Epidemica, written by Sir Thomas Browne in 1646. In between paragraphs ridiculing urine therapy and astrology (both unfortunately still with us), he had this to say about "Saltimbancoes, Quacksalvers, and Charlatans": For their Impostures are full of cruelty, and worse than any other; deluding not only unto pecuniary defraudations, but the irreparable deceit of death.
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Scientology's claim of "8 million members" is a lie! Scientology, Why are these people dead? Noah Lottick 
Scientology, The most "classically terroristic" cult the world has ever seenRead May 6, 1991 TIME Magazine Cover story "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" -- Are conspirators from the largest domestic spying case in US history, (Scientology from the criminal case of US vs Mary Sue Hubbard) still at it?See this new special report -- December 6, 2001 Scientology Lies!L. Ron Hubbard's
complete Navy War Record is now online! L.Ron Hubbard gets listed as a Fake War Hero on POW website based on scientology's claims (on their own web site!)- Also see The Shannon Report Scientology's "Religious Cloaking" Scientology's plan to
make money off WTC bombing--from an internal Scientology email boasting about
disruption of Mental Health efforts: "[W]e are trying to move in and knock the psychs [Psychiatrists] out of counseling to the grieving families and that could take another 100 plus people right now. Due to some brilliant maneuvering by some simply genius Sea Org Members we tied up the majority of the psychs who were attempting to get to families yesterday in Q&A, bullbait and wrangling. They have a hard time completing cycles of action and are pretty easy to disperse." Rest of this report with links here How Scientology
Manipulates the Search Engines Detailed report explains why lermanet.com and
other critical Scientology-related websites urgently need your link to our sites. lermanet.com is a site about the true nature of the late L.Ron Hubbard's empire called Scientology and it's on-ramp Dianetics. Documenting a lifetime history of fraud, criminal convictions and mind control. Created by an ex-officer in Scientology's "Sea Organization", Arnaldo Lerma
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