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13 SEPTEMBER 2001:
YOO-HOO! PTSC! About those copyrights PART 1
The late '90s brought a much-publicized war between some Scientology organizations and some of the most well-known—and unknown, i.e., anonymous—frequenters of alt.religion.scientology (a.r.s.). It all roiled around the question of copyright and trade secret infringements, and it resulted in claims by some of the litigants against Scientology organizations that the copyrights at issue were deficient or downright fraudulent. Anyone daring to step into the fray was sure to get pelted with a hailstorm of claims and counterclaims. Sorting it all out became a task so complex that it required the court appointment of a Special Master. Then somebody asked The Librarian a question about it.
Here, in a four-part series, is her delightfully detailed and searching reply. Once again she draws on the wealth of information that she appears to have at her fingertips in the form of a massive time-lined database—the same one she exerpted for the eight-part 1972-1982 timeline. Once again the curious convolutions and connections between the CIA's remote viewing program and Scientology rear their mishapen heads, but this time it goes much further: now we find the CIA's senior psychiatrist for their remote viewing program—Louis Jolyon "Jolly" West—very much involved with one of the primary litigants in the copyright wars, and also highly placed in a corporation that was in line to inherit the assets of that litigant. Then there is the matter of a former Assistant to the Commissioner of IRS on one side of the war, with a paid consultant to the Chief Counsel for the Commissioner of IRS, and an undercover IRS CID agent supposedly on the other. Throw in some multi-million-dollar underground vaults, a highly secret IRS pact with Scientology's lawyers, tens of thousands of purloined documents, phony "libraries," the Cult Awareness Network, and a bloodied apartment, and who you gonna' call?
Meet The Librarian:
| Date: 13 Sep 2001 08:05:53 -0000 Message-ID: <A748XGUA37147.7540856482@acapulco> From: Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header (The Librarian) Subject: YOO-HOO! PTSC! About Those Copyrights PART 1 Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Oh, ptsc, I am soooooooo so so sorry! But it took me just *forever* to get your message. And by time I did-- Well... I was just *So*! *Fed*! *UP!* Sheeeeeeeeeeeesh! I mean, I had been *poring* for days over *boring* government documents, and government court rulings, and government *lies* trying to make *sense* out of nine DECADES of nuttiness on this B-I-I-I-I-G Time line. So when I say "fed up," I mean I was "FED" **UP**! ShhhhhhhheeeeeeEEEEESH! I just put my black-stockinged feet (I had long since kicked off those heels!) up against the Reference Desk and *shoved*, sending my office chair wheeling and spinning and clacking across the old wooden floor of the ARSCC Chimerical Library. Well, suddenly I was just laughing like a *lunatic*, my legs and arms spread out wide in the air to keep me from tipping over. I - mean - I - had - *lost* it! I was giddy! The chair lost it, too: its momentum, that is, and rolled to a soft CLUNK against one of the big polished library tables, next to the cute little faux Tiffany lamp. Blowing a strand of hair off my face, I slouched waaaayyyyyy down in my chair (which scooted my skirt waaaaayyyyy up), s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d my legs out in two directions, folded my arms, laid my head back on the rounded edge of the table, and just sat like that for I don't know how long, exhausted, *sick* of all the paperwork and research. I tapped a nail against my teeth, wondering what the heck a girl could do for a little entertainment, to get her mind out of the Federal documents gutter, to let her *hair* down a little. I mean, I had *earned* it! Then I glanced up at the glow coming from the computer terminal. Should I? No, I shouldn't! But it's been so lonnnnng since I checked it. Well, I better. Just real *quick*. Then I'll relax. Or *party*! I crab-walked my rolling chair over in front of it. And, knowing better, I logged in to A.R.S.... And there it was, darn it! Right there on the screen, like some poor little waif peering pitifully at me through the glass: Message ID <73DSUCSV37126.0895138889@acapulco> "Re: ATTENTION LIBRARIAN." Noooooooooooo! I want to go *HOOOOOOMMMMME*! Then I noticed that it was from *you*: cute little ptsc <ptsc AT nym DOT alias DOT net>. Look at all those darling little DOTs! And you were being *soooooo* *sweet*! You said: >Hey, glad to see you around these parts again. Awwwwwww, ptsc! Bless-your-heart. Well... Come on in! Let me just give you a big warm bosomy hug. <Sigh> I know I've been neglecting you boys, but there is *so* much CRUD I have to wade through trying to verify FACTS, FACTS, FACTS--I mean, just *look* at my desk!--and it takes *soooo* much time. I think about you all, though, and I miss you lots. And I *did* see where you had collected up my little posts and reposted them. <BUH-LUUUUUSH!> You are *such* a little sweetie! Ptsc. Hmmm. P. T. S. C. Peeteeesscee! <Tch!> Now, *there's* a mouthful! Honey, you won't mind if I call you Rob, will you? I can say that, like, *real* throaty--you know? RrrrrrrOB. Oooo. It's almost like "throb." >In fact, just the other day, I was sitting around conversing with >various elves on the subject of copyrights and BOTWO books, and the >"new edition" of Ulysses by James Joyce, and the general notion of >squirreling, and how hideous locis is. Eeeek! Don't I know it! I mean, how hard do you have to *work* to take simple information and make it THAT complicated? And they get *paid* for it? With *our* taxes? Hellllll-OHHHoh?!? I am sooooo glad there are *smart* little elves in the world who were able to somehow get all that copyright information and post it back in 1999. That was *so* exciting, wasn't it! All those pages and pages and pages and PAGES of HARD FACTS! It just made me feel *faint*! I sure hope they didn't have to use LOCIS. I mean, "Ulysses" is "See Spot Run" compared to LOCIS. *GAG* me with a *Tel*net terminal! >The topic got around to copyright expiration, and how you can >effectively end up with a "permanent copyright" on a work merely by >changing it around enough to qualify as a new work. Oh? Can you? Now, Rob, I *hope* you know better than to go trying to slip something by me without having some hot FACTS in your pocket, honey. I think *somebody* whose name I like to say with a low, gutteral growl better spend a little time cozied up with USC Title 17. Rrrrobbie. >The question is whether this is the purpose of the BOTWO materials. Welllll, it's a *cute* theory, and I *so* love it when you boys actually THINK with your HEAD instead of-- Well, you know. And you've caught me at *such* a weak and vulnerable and giddy moment that you've actually got me to musing about this now; you've got me all rubbery and squirming and murmuring about *THEORIES,* for the love of Aunt Marcie, instead of HARD FACTS! You are a bad, bad boy--trying to ruin my reputation, trying to lull me into baring it all and giving you a <SHUDDER> naked O P I N I O N. >Has anyone compared the release dates of BOTWO squirrel materials with >the date on which such material would ordinarily have lapsed into the >public domain, to see if there is any merit to this? Awwww, you know *all* my soft spots, don't you! Let me cuddle your precious little head. You know I just can't resist when you ask me for hard, HARD *FACTS*! To answer your question, sweetie-pie, I don't know of a single soul who's completely done that comparison. That's a big job. There was *going* to be <A-HEM!> a court-appointed Special Master who was *going* <Aa-HEM!> to answer ALLLLLLLL those questions. But *certain parties* made sure *that* didn't happen, now, *didn't* they. Ohhhhh! <STAMP!> I wish you hadn't, um...brought that up. *Now* I'm just going to have to spread it allll out... Rob Clark! How *dare* you leer like that! I *meant* the FACTS about that Special Master thing! OooooOOOOooo. "Special Master." I *like* the sound of that. Well, we'll get to that. When I've cooled down about it. <Humph!> >I would do this myself, but I take one look at the login for that >hideous locis interface, and immediately run screaming, deciding to let >braver souls than I venture into that labyrinth. Now, Rob! Look, there already *is* that database of all the copyright registrations and renewals. That little dollface Ralphie Hilton has it webbed somewhere. So you wouldn't have to deal with <GAG> LOCIS. And I've got some, like, little factlets and other little thingies that might help. (I'll throw them in here somewhere before I go. I *know* how you boys like toys!) I'll bet it can be done. And I'll bet you're *just* the man for the job! <wink>. But for now, let's wrestle.... <SMACK> Stop that! I *meant* with that PUBLIC DOMAIN thing you brought up, silly! And how it led to the "Special Master"... OoooOOOO! Annnnywaaaaayz, you've *really* opened a can of worms with *that*! Oh, there were just scads of *allegations* flying around for years about some of the copyrights having lapsed into the public domain. There are just *reams* of posts and legal documents and all *sorts* of vague accusations and claims and counterclaims and hoohah about it! But that's, like, a whole spooky story in itself. It's almost as spooky as CST. So if you want it, and if you're very *very* good, I'll reluctantly give you a copy of a Little Mini Time line on the whole copyrights mess that I extracted from the *B-I-I-I-I-I-G* Time line that The Coalition--whoever the heck *they* are--dropped off at the ARSCC Chimerical Library [wdne] that fateful Sunday back in the beautiful autumn of '98. Every so often I find new updates dropped through the squeaky little mail slot on the big double doors, but I never see *anybody.* It's just one more of the *weird* things that go on around this place. Oh, like I *need* any more! But, now, Rrrrrrrobbie, sweetie-pie. Darling. Dumpling. Before I give it to you, I have to be very *very* strict with you: First thing iiiis, this Little Mini Time line (LMT) will *not* be complete for many purposes. 'Kay? I do *not* like giving out just excerpts from the *B-I-I-I-I-I-G* Time line, because, well, you know *my* motto: the BIGGER the BETTER! But, really, there are *so* many things that might be related that get left out. For instance: this extracted Little Mini Time line takes up *very* little about the overseas copyright events, like in Germany and the Netherlands. It also by-passes the whole David Mayo-Robin Scott mess, and Grady Ward and Keith Henson--all related, but, like, their *own* sagas. Even, so, this thing is lonnnnng. Of course, the LONGER the BETTER, when it comes to HARD FACTS! So, *second* thing iiiis, if I'm going to do this one-time single little itsy-bitsy special favor for you, you have got to *promise* me that you will study it *all* very carefully. I mean, *I've* had to! And all of these *very* untidy and random and strange little bits and pieces *do* have their place, and *do* come together like a string of pearls--*if* you're a good little scholar! So if you're *not* going to be a good little scholar, then I would rather that you not even peek under the cover, okay? <SMACK> Not *that* cover, silly! Pay attention! Now, are you listening to me? I *am* your Librarian, you know! So, um, do you want it or not? <SMACK> Not *that*! *Oh*! You *boys*! Well, I'll just grab it and you can decide for yourself. Oh gosh, it's down here in the bottom of this file cabinet, though <Unh!>, and now I have to *crawl* around <Ow-ee!> down here-- DON'T LOOK! <Umph!> Oh, here it is. Oh! And *look*! No-no-no-no-no! I don't mean *look!* I mean I found part of a bottle of Peppermint Schnapps I must have left in the drawer! Want some? *I* do! Ooooo how pretty! <THUD> Here's your Little Mini Time line (LMT). However, it is *strictly* provided on a raw and "as-is" basis. And there, on top, are your Official ARSCC Chimerical Library Disclaimers[TM]: 1) The following Little Mini Time line includes commentary and/or conclusions by the creators and/or editor[s] of the time line that may or, like, may *not* be the views of the ARSCC Chimerical Library and/or its pert, sweet, and unassuming Librarian. <Curtsy> That would be *me*. <Dimples> 2) There are *no* ARSCC Chimerical Library Warranties [wdne], express or implied. Like, *really*! For the love of Pete, if you see things that happen in some strange relationship to each other, do *not* come back complaining to *me*! You will *not* get your money back. It's a Time line, and things happened when they happened. I mean, Sheeeeesh! *I* didn't make them happen that way! I am just *so* <STAMP!> *sick* of some of these *whiners* in A.R.S., like that sniveling little Michael Reuss and Dead Head Ed, getting their *diapers* in a wedgie just because somebody provides HARD *FACTS* about things involving the CIA and NSA and the rest of the alphabet soup group. What a bunch of *babies*! It's like they want to cover up their eyes and say, "You can't see me! Those things didn't happen!" Wipe their *noses* for them! Shhhheeeeesh! 3) Entries in any Little Mini Time line (LMT) may refer to entries that are only in the B-I-I-I-I-G Time line, but do not appear in the excerpted portion. Okay? Now you have all the disclaimers and the *very* strict rules. So now behave, and let's study and be *qui-et*. This *is* a library, after all, even if it is, like, after-hours. But--you won't mind if I just, um, sort of sit close and sip schnapps and read over you shoulder, will you? Awwww, you are *such* a doll... 1 October 1972 CIA Office of Technical Service Contract 8473 is dated 1 October 1972. It is marked CONFIDENTIAL. According to the referenced source--CIA's own Dr. Ken Kress--it is a $50,000 research contract with "the physicists at SRI" for an "expanded effort in parapsychology." Kress says that as of this date, he has been assigned as the CIA Project Officer for the contract. The "physicists at SRI" are Russell Targ and Scientology OT Hal Puthoff, but the contract also includes Scientology OT Ingo Swann and, soon to be added, Scientology OT Pat Price, neither of whom are physicists. [NOTE: 1 October 1972 is a Sunday.] SOURCE: A report, "Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions," by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress; appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Studies in Intelligence, the CIA's classified internal publication; report released to the public in 1996 Oh, Robbie, hold it! I mean, we've hardly gotten *started* and I already need to check something-- Hmmmm! Onnne second, my sweet little scholar. Let me get out my ARSCC Chimerical Calculator and check the inflation factor. <Click tick-tick tacky tickity click tick-tick TACK!> Well! According to this "NowDollars" button, that would be equivalent, in 1972, to just about $213,000.00 today. I mean, let's not sell the boys *short*. Okey-dokey. Yes, I'm done now. You little cutie. 21 c. December 1972 Scientology OT Ingo Swann arrives at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) to begin work there with fellow Scientology OT Hal Puthoff on the CIA contract to develop "remote viewing." SOURCE: Book, "Remote Viewers--The Secret History," Chapter 7; Ingo Swann's own accounts, on the internet. 15 c. April 1973 Scientology OT Pat Price becomes part of the CIA-sponsored remote viewing program at SRI with Scientology OTs Hal Puthoff and Ingo Swann. [NOTE: Price later enters into a private contract with CIA in which it is believed one of his primary duties is training/apprenticing CIA personnel in remote-viewing, from c. October 1974 through c. July 1975, (see) just before his mysterious death.] SOURCE: A report, "Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions," by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress; appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Studies in Intelligence, the CIA's classified internal publication; report released to the public in 1996 1 c. January c. 1974 Robert Vaughn Young claims that as early as 1974 the Department of Justice and FBI has upper level, confidential Scientology [OT] materials in their files: "We didn't know how they got in there, but they were in the government files as well, yes. This would be in the period 1974, 1975, 1976, in that period." [NOTE: Young's horseshoes-and-handgrenades approach to dates gives us no option but to put this at the beginning of each year named.] SOURCE: Transcript of 21 September 1995 Denver testimony of Robert Vaughn Young in FACTNet case, testifying about his review of FOIA documents from DOJ and FBI. 1 February 1974 A new CIA program, jointly funded by Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Office of Technical Services (OTS) is contracted and begun at SRI with Scientology OTs Hal Puthoff and Ingo Swann. Kenneth Kress is the author of the program (he refers to himself as "the Project Officer"). The project is to proceed on the premise that--from the results of the earlier contract--the phenomena associated with remote viewing exist; the objective is to develop and utilize them. The program is referenced by a cite: "Office of Technical Services Contract, FAN 4125-4099; Office of Research and Development Contract, FAN 4162-8103; 1 February 1974 (CONFIDENTIAL)." SOURCE: A report, "Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions," by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress; appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Studies in Intelligence, the CIA's classified internal publication; report released to the public in 1996 1 c. January 1975 Meade Emory begins tenure as Assistant to Commissioner of IRS. As documented in this Time line, Emory's tenure will parallel much of the so-called "Snow White" thefts of government documents from Internal Revenue and other federal agencies. SOURCE: Short bio of Meade Emory as filed with West's Legal Directory 15 c. January 1975 A CIA report describes the results of remote viewing experiments directed at a Libyan installation, as performed by various CIA "insiders," all members of CIA's Office of Technical Services (OTS): "OTS/SDB; Notes on Interviews with F. P., E. L., C. J., K. G., and V. C., January 1975 (SECRET)." [EDITORS NOTE: This is the first confirmed indication that the CIA now has their own, in-house personnel as remote viewers. Available data indicates that Scientology OTs Ingo Swann and Pat Price have both been off training them--using the same upper-level Scientology materials Swann and Price were trained in and which Robert Vaughn Young claims were in government files at the time. Swann has been away from the Stanford Research Institute labs between 15 August 1973 and 15 October 1974 (see), and Price has been working under a private contract with CIA beginning October 1974 (when Swann returned to SRI--see). --Ed.] SOURCE: A report, "Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions," by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress; appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Studies in Intelligence, the CIA's classified internal publication; report released to the public in 1996. 15 January 1975 The strangely-named "Design Protection Act," S.22, is introduced in Congress by Senator McClellan. It is a bill for "the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code." It proposes many changes and amendments, notably changing the term of copyright protection. SOURCE: Bill Summary & Status for the 94th Congress 24 March 1975 Laurie Zurn is the Deputy Guardian for Social Coordination US, working directly with Henning Heldt, Deputy Guardian US. SOURCE: A USGO Executive Directive dated 24 March 1975 issued by Zurn 10 October 1975 The "Design Protection Act," S.22, is signed into law by President Gerald Ford, becoming Public Law 94-553. It will not, however, become effective until 1 January of 1978. It provides for "the general revision of the Copyright Law, title 17 of the United States Code." Among its many changes and amendments, the new law: A. Provides that a copyright in a work created on or after January 1, 1978 subsists from its creation and endures for the life of the author and 50 years after his death. B. States that any copyright, the first term of which is subsisting on January 1, 1978, shall endure for 28 years from the date it was originally secured. C. Provides that registration is not a condition of copyright protection. D. Provides that the omission of copyright notice does not invalidate the copyright in a work if: (1) the notice has been omitted from no more than a relatively small number of copies distributed to the public; or (2) registration for the work has been made before or is made within five years after the publication without notice, and a reasonable effort is made to add notice to all copies or phonorecords that are distributed to the public in the United States after the omission has been discovered; or (3) the notice has been omitted in violation of an express requirement in writing that, as a condition of the copyright owner's authorization of the public distribution, they bear the prescribed notice. E. Makes a copyright infringer liable for either the copyright owner's actual damages and any additional profits of the infringer, or statutory damages of up to $10,000 if the case is settled and up to $50,000 if the owner proves willful infringement. Sets forth criminal penalties for willful infringement. F. Provides for the transfer of copyrights and the recordation of such copyrights. G. Makes copyrights subject exclusively to the provisions of this Act after January 1, 1978. SOURCE: Bill Summary & Status for the 94th Congress Monday, 15 c. November 1976 CIA Director George Bush requests and receives an update briefing on CIA's remote viewing labs at Stanford Research Institute (SRI), which is being run by Scientology OT Hal Puthoff using Scientology OTs Ingo Swann and Pat Price. SOURCE: A report, "Parapsychology in Intelligence: A Personal Review and Conclusions," by Dr. Kenneth A. Kress; appeared in the Winter 1977 issue of Studies in Intelligence, the CIA's classified internal publication; report released to the public in 1996 1 July 1977 The United States Guardians Office is overseeing Freedom of Information Act lawsuits pending in federal court against the following federal agencies and individual federal officials: National Security Agency (NSA) Director of NSA U.S. Intelligence Agency Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director of CIA U.S. Department of Defense Secretary of Department of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) U.S. Department of the Army Secretary of the Army U.S. Army Intelligence Assistant Cheif of Staff for Army Intelligence U.S. Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy U.S. Naval Ingelligence Director of Naval Intelligence Attorney General of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director of FBI Secretary of the Treasury of the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner of IRS All of the intelligence agencies and defense-related agencies and their personnel are contesting the suits on the basis of "national security." [NOTE: Ultimately the Guardians Office will lose every single F.O.I.A. suit, and almost none of the documents being sought (with minor and relatively meaningless exceptions) will ever be released.] SOURCE: Copies of federal court rulings and/or interim rulings and/or appeal rulings on each of the referenced suits, on file. 8 July 1977 The FBI raids offices and installations of the Guardian's Office at Cedars complex and Fifield Manor in Los Angeles, and in the Washington, D.C. office, at 06:00 hours Pacific time. [NOTE: This raid is the precursor to the conviction of Guardian's Office officials, the destruction of the Guardian's Office, and the later establishment of the 501(c)(3) corporation known as "Church of Spiritual Technology" (CST)--which will inherit all the copyrights and controlling interest in the trademarks of L. Ron Hubbard.] SOURCE: Newspaper, AP, and UPI reports, court documents, and other sources on file too numerous to list 9 August 1977 CIA Director Stansfield Turner admits publicly that CIA has had "operational interest" in parapsychology. SOURCE: J. O'Leary, "Turner Denies CIA Bugging of South Korea's Park," The Washington Star, 9 August 1977. 1 January 1978 The new copyright law, Public Law 94-553, goes into effect. SOURCE: Bill Summary & Status for the 94th Congress 1 c. July 1978 The Army's Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) sets up its own unit of military remote viewers at Fort Meade, Maryland. Major General Edmund Thompson, the Army's Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, has encouraged the establishment of the unit. It is part of a remote viewing programme being managed by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that is codenamed GRILL FLAME. Jon Atack says of this period: "In 1978, the intelligence community was so pleased with the results of the SRI team [run by Scientology OTs Hal Puthoff and Ingo Swann] that funding was massively extended. A multimillion dollar project called 'Grill Flame' was brought into being under the auspices of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and the Navy. The projects at SRI continued, but were greatly augmented at Fort George Meade in Maryland. The US Army Intelligence and Security agency became involved in the project... ." [NOTE: Exact date in 1978 is not known; only the year is known. Also note that at least three reports on file--one of them ostensibly originating from a BBC reporter--state that CIA-funded psychiatrist Dr. Louis Jolyon "Jolly" West (veteran of CIA Office of Technical Services' MKULTRA and ARTICHOKE programs, and friend of OTS's Director, Dr. Sidney Gottlieb) is responsible for "medical oversight" during this approximate period in the CIA remote viewing program being run by Hal Puthoff and Ingo Swann. Two reports place West at SRI, one places him at Fort Meade. It is likely that he spent at least some time at each facility.] SOURCE: The Independent (London); August 27, 1995, Sunday; SECTION: REVIEW; Page 10; HEADLINE: TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, PSI; BYLINE: Jim Schnabel; also The Constantine Report No. 1, "Remote Viewing at Stanford Research Institute or Illicit CIA Mind Control Experimentation?"; ALSO, Article, "The Hubbard Intelligence Agency," by John Atack, posted on the Internet 1 January 1979 The "American Family Foundation" (AFF) is incorporated in Massachusetts as a 501(c)(3) organization. Part of the purported mission of the corporation is "to study psychological manipulation and cultic groups" and "to educate the public and professionals... ." On the board is CIA-funded psychiatrist Louis Jolyon "Jolly" West, who reportedly is also, at the time, conducting oversight in the highly secret CIA-sponsored remote-viewing programs, which are utilizing Scientology texts to train in-house operatives for CIA, DIA, and other federal intelligence organizations. [NOTE: No Articles of Organization are in the files of the Massachusetts Secretary of State Corporations division for this corporation.] SOURCE: Massachusetts corporate records; Public Relations information by AFF, published in print and on the web; The Constantine Report No. 1, "Remote Viewing at Stanford Research Institute or Illicit CIA Mind Control Experimentation?" 1 January 1979 "By the beginning of 1979" the funding and the work tasks of remote viewing are coordinated by the DIA, and the separate elements of the project are going by the collective code name GRILL FLAME. The integration of the project also provides political cover for the funding of psychic spying. Atop this cover is one of the Pentagon's top scientists, Jack Vorona, who heads the DIA's Scientific and Technical Intelligence Directorate (known as "DT"). Funding for the SRI branch of the remote viewing operation alone, where Scientology OTs Hal Puthoff and Ingo Swann are operating from, is estimated to run close to $1 million annually. SOURCE: BOOK: "Remote Viewers; the Secret History of America’s Psychic Spies," by Jim Schnabel. Chapter 15 Hold on, Rrrrrrobbbie-- I've got my little calculater still out, and my "NowDollars" button all ready to go. Okay--that $1 million in 1979 is equivalent in today's dollars to about $2.5 million a year. Juuuuuust checking. But, Robbie, that's only for the SRI branch, and John Atack said, back there in 1978, that "GRILL FLAME" was already a "multi-million dollar project"--in 1978 dollars--so there had to be a separate budget for at *least* the Fort Meade branch. So-- Well, where the *heck* to you find a button on this for entering "Secret, Hidden Intelligence Agency Budget Numbers"? There are all these *buttons* but I don't see a single *one* for that! What? Oh. Oh, um, yes, dear--I'm done now. <Dimples> <Eyelashes> 26 October 1979 In a "rare procedure" by a ferderal judge, Judge Charles Richey orders federal prosecutors to accept a "Disposition Agreement" (which Richey asserts was made earlier in closed-door sessions) wherein Mary Sue Hubbard and eight other officials of the Guardians Office are to sign a government-written "Stipulation of Evidence" and are to be found guilty of one count each without entering a "guilty" plea. This precludes the possibility of a jury trial. It allows the defendants to appeal the conviction to federal appelate courts. However, the "Disposition Agreement" also debars them from ever challenging the "sufficiency" of the government's "Stipulation of Evidence" on appeal. [NOTE: Richey then files his order enforcing the agreement on Columbus Day--a court holiday. Note also that national and international newspapers and wire services carry conflicting and false accounts of this incident. In fact The New York Times publishes a patently false report that the defendants had entered a "guilty" plea, which they never did--such a plea would have precluded appeal, which was the entire point of the "Disposition Agreement."] SOURCE: AP, UPI, Washington Post, and New York Times articles of 8 October, 9 October, and 27 October 1979, on file. 6 and 7 December 1979 Mary Sue Hubbard and eight other Guardians Office officials are sentenced by Judge Charles Richey. Richey orders that every defendant except Mary Sue Hubbard be taken into penal custody and begin serving their sentences immediately WHILE THEIR APPEALS ARE PENDING. Mary Sue Hubbard's 5-year prison sentence is deferred pending a three month "evaluation" by the "prison system." Appeals are soon filed for all defendants. [EDITOR'S NOTE: There is a likely possibility that Mary Sue Hubbard's court-ordered three-month "evaluation" included being in the custody or control of psychiatrists, and perhaps even being put on psychotropic drugs. --Ed.] SOURCE: Ruling in U.S. v. Heldt et al., Nos. 79-2442, 79-2447 to 79-2450, 79-2456, 79-2459 and 79-2462. United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. 668 F.2d 1238 215 U.S.App.D.C. 206; Newspaper and wire service articles of 7 and 8 December 1979, on file. 1 c. July c. 1980 Former Scientology executive Scott Mayer becomes a "personal assistant" to Internal Revenue Service's Martin Cohn, who is Senior Counsel to Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Special Cases Division. SOURCE: 4 April 1994 DECLARATION OF SCOTT MAYER in Church of Scientology International v. Steven Fishman and Uwe Geertz, United States District Court Central Division of California, Case No. CV 91 6426 HLH (Tx). 28 July 1980 Larry Wollersheim files suit against the Church of Scientology of California (CSC) for "severe emotional injury." SOURCE: California Court of Appeal, CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LAWRENCE WOLLERSHEIM, Defendant and Respondent., Nos. B084686; B086063 Second Appellate District Division Three Super. Ct. No. BC074815, Appeals from judgments of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County; Cite as 96 C.D.O.S. 773 10 November 1980 The trial of Church of Scientology of California (CSC) v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue begins in United States Tax Court. SOURCE: CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent, Docket No. 3352-78, United States Tax Court, Filed September 24, 1984. 26 November 1980 The Guardian WW, Jane Kember, and Guardians Office executive Morrison "Mo" Budlong are convicted on charges of burglary of government offices. SOURCE: AP, UPI, and New York Times articles of 26 and 27 November 1980, on file. 19 December 1980 The Guardian WW, Jane Kember, and Guardians Office executive Morrison "Mo" Budlong are sentenced to six years imprisonment. SOURCE: AP articles of 19 December 1980, on file 1 c. March c. 1981 Scott Mayer becomes a paid consultant to Internal Revenue Service's Martin Cohn--Senior Counsel to Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Special Cases Division--during the trial of CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent, Docket No. 3352-78, United States Tax Court. SOURCE: 4 April 1994 DECLARATION OF SCOTT MAYER in Church of Scientology International v. Steven Fishman and Uwe Geertz, United States District Court Central Division of California, Case No. CV 91 6426 HLH (Tx); Also, 24 September 1984 ruling in CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent, Docket No. 3352-78, United States Tax Court. 1 c. April 1981 According to attorney Sherman Lenske claims, he begins representing "Mr. L. Ron Hubbard in all aspects of estate planning" on or about this date. [NOTE: Gerry Armstrong is on the L. Ron Hubbard biography project at the time, and has province over a huge collection of personal documents and writings belonging to L. Ron Hubbard. Robert Vaughn Young, who later in 1981 takes over the project from Armstrong, describes it as "hundreds of thousands of pages of material--much of it originals or carbon copies in his [Hubbard's] own handwriting... ." Every scrap of it, of course, is part of L. Ron Hubbard's estate, and the total intellectual property of the estate will later be valued by Lenske, via Norman F. Starkey, at $25 million. See entry for 16 April 1987.] SOURCE: Quoted excerpt of Sherman Lenske's Declaration dated November 12, 1995; Armstrong declarations, affidavits, and new stories, cited herein; United States District Court Central District of California, Church of Scientology International, Plaintiff, vs. Steven Fishman and Uwe Geertz, Defendants. Case No. CV 91 6426 HLH (Tx), Declaration of Robert Vaughn Young in support of cost bill for Dr. Geertz's motion for award of costs, expenses, attorney's fees and sanctions, 4 April 1994. 1 July 1981 Mary Sue Hubbard, Controller and senior over the Guardians Office (and, as such, over all legal matters related to the copyrights and trademarks), is removed from her position through the expediency and force of a "letter prepared by lawyers." SOURCE: Book, "Religions Inc." 13 July 1981 Norman F. Starkey and Vicki Aznaran are senior executives in Sea Org missions, called the "040 Missions," sent out to "take over the GO." SOURCE: United States District Court Central District of California, No. Cv 91-6426 Hlh (tx) Church of Scientology International, Plaintiff, Vs. Steven Fishman And Uwe Geertz, Defendants, Declaration of Vicki Aznaran; ALSO, David Miscavige's affidavit to U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in the CSI, plaintiff vs. STEVEN FISHMAN And UWE GEERTZ, Defendants, CASE No. cv 91-6426 HL 5 August 1981 A Committe of Evidence is held on senior Guardians Office personnel, who are found guilty and removed from post. SOURCE: International conditions Order number 1, 5 August 81; Peter Greene Debrief of 23 June 1982, on the internet 14 September 1981 Laurie Zurn is Deputy Guardian US. SOURCE: AP story of 14 September 1981, "Shakeup in Top Office;" New York Times story of same date, "Top Scientology Officials Removed from Church." 2 October 1981 A final appelate court ruling in the appeals of Mary Sue Hubbard and the eight U.S. Guardians Office defendants is issued, upholding all of the convictions and denying all of the defendants' appeals. Mary Sue's case is then appealed to the Supreme Court. SOURCE: Ruling in U.S. v. Heldt et al., Nos. 79-2442, 79-2447 to 79-2450, 79-2456, 79-2459 and 79-2462. United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit. 668 F.2d 1238 215 U.S.App.D.C. 206 13 October 1981 Author Services, Inc. is incorporated, installing Norman F. Starkey as President, with Sherman Lenske as the Registered Agent. SOURCE: California corporate records 20 c. November 1981 Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong goes to visit Ronald DeWolf, a.k.a. L. Ron Hubbard, Jr. SOURCE: Gerry Armstrong, quoted in Bent Corydon's book, "Madman or Messiah." 1 c. December 1981 Gerry Armstrong deserts his post on the biography project, severing his ties with L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology, and taking, according to him, "about 2 percent of the accumulated [L. Ron Hubbard] biographical documents." SOURCE: UPI story of May 11, 1984, Friday, BC cycle, SECTION: Regional News, DISTRIBUTION: California, DATELINE: LOS ANGELES 15 c. December 1981 Quoting Robert Vaughn Young: "Starting in 1981, I had full access to Hubbard's most private papers, diaries and letters. I continued to have unlimited access to it for years as part of the work to write a biography of Hubbard... ." According to Young there are "hundreds of thousands of pages of material--much of it originals or carbon copies in his [Hubbard's] own handwriting... ." [NOTE: Given Young's usual horseshoes-and-handgrenades approach to dates, this entry is put at the end of year because other data in the Timeline indicates that Young gained access to the personal Hubbard files by succeeding Gerry Armstrong on the biography project.] SOURCE: United States District Court Central District of California, Church of Scientology International, Plaintiff, vs. Steven Fishman and Uwe Geertz, Defendants. Case No. CV 91 6426 HLH (Tx), Declaration of Robert Vaughn Young in support of cost bill for Dr. Geertz's motion for award of costs, expenses, attorney's fees and sanctions, 4 April 1994. 1 c. February 1982 Robert Vaughn Young becomes part of Author Services, Inc. (ASI). In his position at ASI, he has meetings (characterized as "briefings") with attorney Sherman Lenske--puportedly L. Ron Hubbard's personal attorney. SOURCE: 9 March 1994 Declaration of Robert Vaughn Young in Church of Scientology International v. Steven Fishman and Uwe Geertz, United States District Court Central Division of California, Case No. CV 91 6426 HLH (Tx); ALSO, 9 April 1997 Request for Admissions from Plaintiff Religious Technology Center, Inc. filed by attorney Graham Berry in Civil Action No. 95-K-2143, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER v. F.A.C.T.NET, INC., LAWRENCE WOLLERSHEIM, and ROBERT PENNY. 1 April 1982 Stacy Brooks Young is appointed as the Org Officer for ASI. As such, she is effectively second in command over all of Scientology at the time. SOURCE: United States District Court, Central District of California, #CV-6426-HLH (Tx); Church of Scientology International v. Steven Fishman and Uwe Geertz; Declaration of Stacy Brooks Young October 1994. 19 April 1982 Without comment, The Supreme Court of the United States "leaves intact" the "criminal conspiracy conviction and five-year prison sentence of Mary Sue Hubbard, the No. 2 official of the Church of Scientology." SOURCE: AP news stories of 19 and 20 April 1982, on file. 28 May 1982 The Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) [which is not a church but a corporation] is founded by attorney Sherman Lenske, tax and probate attorney Meade Emory (former Assistant to Commissioner of IRS), tax and probate attorney Leon Misterek, and Lyman Spurlock. The corporation is organized under IRS Code 501(c)(3). Sherman Lenske, along with his brother--attorney Stephen Lenske--and attorney Lawrence E. Heller (all non-Scientologists, all from the same law firm), are installed as the three "Special Directors" of CST, having veto power over the decisions and actions of the directors and officers of the corporation. [NOTE: CST is the corporation that will inherit all of L. Ron Hubbard's intellectual property as a result of the "estate planning" that Sherman Lenske admits to having entirely engineered. It should also be noted that one document, referenced below, names attorney Thomas Small as being involved behind the scenes in the establishment of CST.] SOURCE: California corporate records; Bylaws of CST; CHURCH OF SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY Plaintiff v. THE UNITED STATES Defendant. No. 581-88T, UNITED STATES CLAIMS COURT, June 29, 1992; also, document posted to the internet: "Report to the Council for Spiritual Integrity (Corporate Analysis of Scientology)" Well, my *goodness*, seems like at least they could have let the *ink* dry on the Supreme Court's Mary Sue ruling, huh? Oh, and look: it *is* a "Small" world after all! We are going to see *more* of little Tommy Small before the final curtain. Okay--shhhhhhh... 6 December 1982 A Newsweek story asks, "Is L. Ron Hubbard Dead?" It covers the parallel-running lawsuits involving Ronald DeWolf (a.k.a. L. Ron Hubbard, Jr.--who is seeking receivership of L. Ron Hubbard's estate), and Gerry Armstrong. Both lawsuits are being conducted by Boston attorney Michael Flynn's office. [EDITOR'S NOTE: There is ENORMOUS publicity in November and December 1982 and January 1983 on these contemporaneus cases--articles on file and covered elsewhere in the Timeline: AP story of 13 November 1982; UPI story of 14 November 1982; AP story of 15 November 1982; Newsweek story, 6 December 1982; Time magazine 24 January and 31 January 1983; Clearwater Sun, 28 January 1983. What is striking is the regimented similarity of the stories: they question whether Hubbard is alive--and if so, competent--and give the same droning slant, quoting sensationalistic derogatory blurbs about Hubbard from Armstrong and DeWolf, and Kima Douglas, all asserting or implying that Hubbard is insane, a "Howard Hughes-like" recluse, incapable of managing his own affairs, etc. But as will soon be seen, there is tremendous purpose behind this synchronous media campaign, because all of this publicity just happens to lead DIRECTLY to a sensational climax: the presentation by Sherman and Stephen Lenske, in early Februay 1983, of TWO DIFFERENT fingerprinted letters--one presented in EACH lawsuit--both purported to be from L. Ron Hubbard, "proving" that Hubbard is alive, well, and in control of his affairs, and "proving" that his "estate is in good hands" (the estate is being handled by attorney Sherman Lenske), and "proving" that he, Hubbard, endorses Norman F. Starkey and the current management of Scientology organizations. See entries for 10 and 14 February 1983 --Ed.] SOURCE: Newsweek magazine, 6 December 1982; other media as listed 10 February 1983 Quoted from the referenced source: "A fully authenticated, handwritten letter from best-selling author and Dianetics and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, bearing a set of his fingerprints and dated Feb. 3, 1983, has been received by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge [John L. Cole], who immediately ordered that it be made part of the official court records, the Church of Scientology announced today." [NOTE: This first letter of two is filed in the Gerry Armstrong case. See also entry for 14 February 1983.] SOURCE: PR Newswire story of 10 February 1983 14 February 1983 Quoted from the referenced source: "Church of Scientology officials Monday produced a second letter purportedly written by church founder L. Ron Hubbard, saying he is alive and well and believes his estate to be in good hands. "The handwritten letter was filed as part of a motion to dismiss the Riverside County Superior Court probate battle in which Hubbard's son, Ronald DeWolf, claims his father is either dead or incompetent. "...DeWolf's attorney, Michael Flynn of Boston, dismissed the letter as insignificant compared to evidence he said will show Hubbard's estate is being mishandled. "'We have a letter from (Hubbard lawyer) Sherman Lenske to a third party,' in which Hubbard's physical status is discussed, said Flynn. "'I know he's alive and well. That's all I've ever said,' Lenske said Monday, denying any letter could have indicated otherwise. "Church lawyers submitted an alleged Hubbard letter last week in the church's Los Angeles County Superior Court suit against former Hubbard assistant Gerald Armstrong. The church is trying to get back some 30,000 church documents it says Armstrong took. "...'Any claim that my estate is being mishandled is false,' the letter said. 'My business affairs are handled by contract with a Hollywood-based company, Author Services Inc.' "...Lenske and his brother, attorney Stephen Lenske, said Hubbard won't appear in person to prove he is in good health because he should not have to 'dignify the allegations of a crazed man.' "'The man wants to be left alone, he wants to be private,' Sherman Lenske said. "The attorneys would not divulge whether they have had personal contact with Hubbard, nor whether they know his whereabouts. ..." [EDITOR'S NOTE: It was truly accomodating of Armstrong and DeWolf--who just so happened to have met together a year before, while Armstrong was still in charge of the vast library of documents making up a large portion of the Lenske-managed Hubbard estate (see entry for 20 c. November 1981)--to not only have concurrently-running lawsuits being litigated by the same lawyer, but also to have filled the national press for three months with the *exact* sorts of allegations that Lenske could then "disprove" through the expediency of letters arriving via FedEx. When the criminal warrants and subpoenas are finally issued, I hope someone remembers to subpoena the FedEx records for February 1983. Astounding. --Ed.] SOURCE: AP story of 14 February 1983, on file: "Church Produces Purported Letter From Hubbard." February c. 1983 According to almost identical stories from both Robert Vaughn Young and Jesse Prince, by "early 1983" [Prince] "many of Hubbard's works"/"thousands of pages of Scientology material written by Mr. Hubbard" have gone into the public domain: "I was at ASI in 1983 when it was discovered that many of Hubbard's works had 'gone public domain.' We were told this was due to improper copyright registration and/or renewal. ...[A] massive push was undertaken to get the works registered. I remember...Pat Brice remarking that registration notices could not be filed on vast number [sic] because they were past the five year time limit when a registration certificate can be filed. At that time, ASI was being run by David Miscavige who, although he held a position of Chairman of the Board of ASI, was the person in actual command. Miscavige said that it did not matter if the certificates were late or not but that Ms. Brice was to file them anyway. I remember Pat Brice trying to politely explain that it was of no use, but Miscavige would have nothing of it. He said to copyright everything, regardless. There subsequently followed a flurry of copyright filings. As the material was found, registrations were checked, documents were filed either as an original registration or as renewals. This is why there is a sudden surge in 1983." ROBERT VAUGHN YOUNG "In early 1983 I attended a meeting at Scientology's ASI office in Los Angeles. In attendance at this meeting were David Miscavige, Lymon Spurlock, Vicki Aznaran, Patricia Brice and Edith Buchele. The meeting concerned scientology copyrights. In particular, David Miscavige stated that Scientology was 'in trouble' concerning the copyright status of the many published materials of founder L Ron Hubbard. Concern was expressed that many of Mr. Hubbard's published materials had become 'public domain' because the materials had not been registered with the United States Copyright office for many years. David Miscavige stated that Scientology had failed to register copyrights for thousands of pages of Scientology material written by Mr. Hubbard. These records included the numerous policy letters and bulletins published by Mr. Hubbard. ...At the same meeting in early 1983 David Miscavige specifically ordered Patricia Brice (who at the time was L. Ron Hubbard's personal secretary and an employee of ASI) to begin the process of mass copyright registration filings for all of L. Ron Hubbard's materials. This order was given despite the fact that Mr. Miscavige was already aware that many of the materials in question were already in the public domain. Thus, I know from personal knowledge that in mid 1983 Scientology began a massive program to register Mr. Hubbard's material with the United State's Copyright office." JESSE PRINCE [NOTE: The source declaration and affidavit are documents filed much later in support of copyright litigation involving F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. and its Director, Larry Wollersheim, who states: "[T]he declarations of Jesse Prince and Vaughn Young...describe Scientology's massive copyright registration fraud in 1983... ."] SOURCE: Declaration of Robert Vaughn Young February 1997; ALSO, Affidavit of Jesse Prince 27 July 1998; ALSO, 8 October 1998 post to alt.religion.scientology by Larry Wollersheim Well! My *word*! It's almost like they're reading from the same *script!* So, do I *have* this right? That since "early 1983," both Robert Vaughn Young *and* Jesse Prince supposedly *knew* that there was, like, this "massive copyright registration fraud" going on--all led entirely by David Miscavige, and having *nothing* to do with CST or their stupid "Special Director" lawyers--uh, who were only going to, like, wind up merrily *inheriting* all these supposedly fraudulent copyrights later with the blessings of IRS? Is that *right*? I just feel like such an *airhead* sometimes! Well-- But-- Jeeeeeeez, Rrrrrobbie: Robert Vaughn Young is, like, having *briefings* with Sherman Lenske, who is *supposedly* L. Ron Hubbard's personal attorney, and Sherman Lenske is handling "all aspects of estate planning"--of which the intellectual property is about 95% (we'll get to *that* in a minute!). So wouldn't Sherman Lenske have to know about the copyright registrations as part of his "estate planning"? And Sherman Lenske is *also* a Special Director of CST, who is going to receive and own *all* the copyrights. So wouldn't RVY at least, uh, like, *mention* this sort of thing to Shermy Wormy in their "briefings" they had together? Pllllleeease help me understand this, Rrrrrobbie. In fact-- <Tch!> Hang onnnnnn a second. I just *know* I have a little chart of this *somewhere*. Let me juuuuust get my copyrights folder. Hm hm hm hm hm. Dee-de-di-dee-dee. Yep! Here it is. Now, see, Rrrrrrobbie, this is something you *boys* could have done with that database of copyright registrations, *if* you boys would just *apply* yourselves. So let's take a look and see about that "flurry of activity" and "sudden surge" RVY says happened in 1983. Here is a table of all the Scientology-related copyright registrations that took place from 1978--the year the law changed--through 1998--the year before these copyright databases showed up in a.b.s.: YEAR OF TOTAL NUMBER OF WORKS CREATED REGISTRATION REGISTRATIONS PRIOR TO 1 JANUARY 1978 1978: 21 1 1979: 3 1 1980: 5 2 1981: 15 5 1982: 37 24 1983: 144 64 1984: 114 95 1985: 7 0 1986: 58 13 1987: 219 9 1988: 916 281 1989: 522 87 1990: 403 12 1991: 329 3 1992: 249 3 1993: 304 0 1994: 223 6 1995: 228 34 1996: 283 1 1997: 1,147 569 1998: 1,035 753 Well, *darn*! Sure, there's a blip there in 1983, but it's, like, *nothing* compared to the deluge that comes after Stormin' Norman Starkey and CST get hold of the copyrights--in 1986. In fact, I'd say there is *quite* a little "flurry" and "surge" during 1997 and 1998--the *very* years that Robert Vaughn Young and Jesse Prince were giving their declarations, pointing everybody's attention back to 1983 and little Davey DooDoo Miscavige. And if you'll look in the Copyright Registrations database <A-HEM!>, you'll find that ALLLLLLLLLL those 1997 and 1998 registrations were being done by CST, Mary Sue Hubbard (for CST, according to Zed and Title 17), and Normy Stormy Starkey! I mean, SheeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEeesh! What the *HECK* is really going on here? I mean... Oops. Right. Shhh. Yes, this *is* a library. 'Kay. Sorry. Let's read... 17 July 1984 Kathleen Heard, as a representative of "Author Services, Inc." [see EDITOR'S NOTE, below], issues a press story to PR Newswire that is a blatant lie. The story claims that an $8 million library is to be built [no library is ever built] to "house the collected literary works, original manuscripts, letters, diaries and personal memorabilia of author-philosopher L. Ron Hubbard." The release goes on to say: "The Hubbard collection...will be kept in underground vaults until the library's completion. ...[T]he entire existing Hubbard collection has now been stored in a series of underground vaults in half a dozen separate, but undisclosed locations. The collection will be kept in these vaults until construction of the library and its associated research facilities has been finished." [EDITOR'S NOTE: Only with hindsight, hoarding a veritable vault-full of hard-won knowledge, can we fully appreciate the calculated, callous calumny of this insidious set of lies. First, the President of Author Services, Inc. is Norman F. Starkey (see entry for 13 December 1981), who within two years of this press release will be going around "doing business as" (d.b.a.) the "L. Ron Hubbard Library" while he is the Executor of the Will and Trustee of the Estate of L. Ron Hubbard. That d.b.a. will be set up for him by attorney Sherman Lenske--co-founder of the corporation known as "Church of Spiritual Technology" (CST) and "Special Director" of CST. It is CST who will then inherit the deceitful name "L. Ron Hubbard Library" from Starkey--courtesy of Sherman Lenske, who files the d.b.a. for CST--and under that deceptive banner will be the builder and owner of the vaults, the purpose of which will be to keep the original works of L. Ron Hubbard permanently AWAY from public view and access--the utter antithesis of a "library." It is also known now that the vaults were not completed at the time of this press release (see entries for 1 January 1990, 1991, and 1992), and that CST will spend over $50 million on the vaults and related costs by 1992--the year before they are granted tax exemption. If any one element of the pack of calculated lies in this press release can be considered to be more repulsive than any other, perhaps it is the contemplation of the sort of diseased mind that would hold out the false hope to Scientologists of a library to hold L. Ron Hubbard's original manuscripts, connivingly using that as a cover story or "shore story" for the creation of the vaults, only to then coldly create and assume the "d.b.a." of the "L. Ron Hubbard Library" while burying those very works in the vaults for all time. If only Poe could have contemplated such a sick and twisted mind, literature would have been richer for it. --Ed.] 31 July 1984 The Way to Happiness International is incorporated. Corporate classification: Public benefit President: Laurie Zurn Registered Agent: Sherman Lenske [NOTE: In the IRS Closing Agreement of 1 October 1993, this organization is called "The Way to Happiness Foundation," and is granted tax exemption under IRS Codes 501(c)(3), 170(c)(2), 509(a)(1), and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)--but California corporate records of the California Secretary of State list no such corporation as "The Way to Happiness Foundation." There is likely, therefore, a d.b.a. filed in California for "The Way to Happiness International" to do business as "The Way to Happiness Foundation." Finally, it must be noted that all trademarks for "The Way to Happiness" are owned exclusively by the Church of Spiritual Technology (CST).] SOURCE: California corporate information; United States Trademark Office records 1 c. January c. 1985 Paul H. Smith, a Strategic Intelligence Officer and Intelligence Project Officer (remote viewer) for U.S. Army Intelligence and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), has been personally trained in remote viewing by Ingo Swann during 1984. [NOTE: This fully confirms Ingo Swann's training of federal intelligence personnel.] SOURCE: Paul H. Smith's biography material as found on his company's web site at http://www.rviewer.com/main/phs.html <SHUDDER AND CHATTER> Ohhh, Robbie, I just have goose bumps just *crawling* all *over* my flesh, like, just *everywhere*! <SHUDDER> Now, see what you've gone and *done*! I had this nicely buried in my own little titanium vault--well, okay, in the bottom drawer of the file cabinet--and now you're making me go through it *allllll* again and get *spooked* alllllll over again, and now I feel like I'm about to poke *holes* in my bra! And, more than that, I reeeeeeeally have to tink-- Um, I reeeeeeeally need to go water the plants in the bathroom. But *you* are coming *with* me, because it is dark and creepy back there by the Cloak Room this late at night! So here is your very own little ARSCC Chimerical Library bookmark, with the "XENU IS GRUMPY" picture on it. There. Now you just stick it in-- Rob Clark! Put that in the Little Mini Timeline and behave! Good. And we'll go to the bathroom together, now, like we were *sisters* or something, and when we come back, we'll start at Part 2, and, oh! this gets *really* scary *then*! Because now Larry Wollersheim enters the scene with Jolly West in tow, and then Steven Fishman, and the IRS's little ferret Scott Mayer is back, and there's the $12 million thing, and... Oh, *you'll* see! But get *up* now and come *on*! I have got to gooooooooo! That's right--walk this way. 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