excerpts from Verfassungsschutz-AG report

indeedindeed · Apr 24, 2008

excerpts from Verfassungsschutz-AG report

Significance of this document: This report from 1997 led to the decision to put Scientology under observation by the german interior intelligence agency Verfassungsschutz (Office for Protection of the Constitution). These are translations of excerpts from this report. The report was authored by a joint group of experts from the federal OPC and from the state OPCs.

In 2007 the committee of all the german interior ministers decided to check whether procedures for a ban of organized Scientology in Germany should be introduced. The report they received in 2008 contained a negative verdict, based among other reasons on a lack of militancy -violent action- in Scientology's opposition to democracy, which was again confirmed. For the time being, a ban is off the table in Germany. The current situation is that CoS is still under observation by several state OPCs and by the federal OPC. The situation in Berlin is unstable, currently tending again to a continuation of the observation.

original here: http://www.im.nrw.de/sch/doks/vs/agsc.pdf

which excerpts?

The parts that cover Scientology's political goals, attempts at political subversion, and anything relating to WISE and/or Scientology controlled businesses and their use as vehicles for infiltration, influence and intelligence gathering.

Unfortunately there's not much about businesses, there is no section dealing exclusively with WISE. However there are excerpts from scientological texts which are mentioning WISE as just another means of pushing LRH tech into the entire society, e.g. from a text with goals for scientology Switzerland, what Switzerland should look like when it has become a "clear society":

"In the area of law:
policies and justice instructions of LRH are being accepted and in use. legal dispute is being settled by using LRH-policies under WISE.

In the area of business:
LRH-Technology is the management technology of succesful business people. WISE has become the strongest protective organization for ethics and business expansion

in the area of morals:
The Way to Happiness is the recognized codex of morals for Switzerland

in the area of education and job training:
the educational- and school-directorate as well as the teachers recognize and recommend LRH study technology

in the area of arts:
Artists and artistic capabilities are being supported and recognized according to LRH recommendations

in the area of finances:
LRH policies on finances are being recognized on every level and are being applied."

update: table of contents has been roughly translated and can be found here: http://forums.whyweprotest.net/714162-post59/

I'll list parts that are imo relevant with regards to this (list might grow):

OSA p.69-72/73 ·rough first translation done
very interesting btw.
- operation against protestant church in germany (EKD) to protect scientology structures in south africa during apartheid
- greece in some details
- OSA letter to Verfassungsschutz to discredit an us-american lawyer critical of the organization. Ok, so OSA was -according to this- writing a letter to a foreign intelligence service to discredit an american citizen
- alleged death threats against munich police president and local politician
- faking of documents to get a counsellor within the german army to lose his job and to get criminal investigations against him started
- employing of a policeman to collect a list with car plates of visitors of a critic

political goals/infiltration:

p.45-57 rough first translation done
(partially 57-59) rough first translation done

antidemocratic attitude/political goals:

p.60-64 especially this needs to be translated imho rough first translation done

"fair game" is part of antidemocratic attitude:

that's why p.64-69 would also be good rough first translation done

maybe summary p.111-114 rough first translation done

ok, rough first translations of these parts have been done now. Anyone willing to offer suggestions on what to change is very welcome.

the following list isn't complete yet and will be updated from time to time. First all references to HCOPLs and HCOBLs (bulletins) will be entered, because they may be checked for accuracy fairly easily for anyone with access to them.

list of sources mentioned in footnotes

(original, complete list on pages 132 to 145 in the german original document, the dates work this way: day.month.year)

warning: most of the page numbers refer to german editions of these texts/books. Furthermore, there are non-verbatim original english quotes, because they were translated first for this report from english to german and now they were being translated the other way. So don't quote those from here. There's also no guarantee for the english titles of books -whether from LRH or from critics- are the same ones as those mentioned here. They should be similar in any case.

7 cp. with regards to the term "Clear": Hubbard, Dianetics, The modern science of mental health, [The manual of dianetic processes], 8th edition, Copenhagen 1984 (quoted as Hubbard, Dianetics) p.215 [this is referring to a german version] cp. with regards to the term "aberration": Hubbard, [collection of technical terms], p.1
8 cp. for explanation of the terms: Hubbard, [collection of technical terms], p.27 ("engram"); p.106, 4, 74 ("mind"); p.7 ("auditing"/"auditor"); p.71 ("preclear")
9 cp. with regards to the term "scientology": Hubbard, [collection of technical terms], p.87
10 cp. with regards to the term "thetan": Hubbard, [collection of technical terms], p.98
12 cp. with regards to the term "OT": Hubbard, [collection of technical terms], p.67
13 cp. with Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letter (HCOPL) of 21.10.1971, p.3
14 cp. with Haack, Scientology- 20th century magic, 2nd edition, Munich 1991, p.52 (quoted as: Haack, Magic); also cp. with L. Ron Hubbard, The Handbook for Volunteer Ministers, 2nd edition, Copenhagen, 1983, p.741 (quoted as: Hubbard, Handbook)
22 Larry D. Wollersheim, affidavit, (published by Aktion Bildungsinformation Stuttgart ABI 12-80-164), 1980
23 André Tabayoyon, affidavit, published by Homer Wilson Smith, 26.08.1994 in Usenet Newsgroup
24 Robert Vaughn Young, declaration (published by Homer Wilson Smith, 10.10.1994, also in Usenet Newsgroup)
25 Mary Tabayoyon, affidavit of 05.03.1994
26 Vicky Aznaran, affidavit of 07.03.1994
28 Gerald Armstrong, declaration (published by Tilman Hausherr, 18.01.1997 in Newsgroup: alt.religion.scientology)
30 Susanne Elleby, questioning on 05.02.1997 in the bavarian state office of Verfassungsschutz
32 Daniel Fumagalli, questioning on 05.02.1997 in the bavarian state office of Verfassungsschutz
59 HCOPL of 21.10.1971, p.2
67 HCOPL of 13.02.1965/07.10.1985
69 HCOPL of 13.02.1965/07.10.1985
73 HCOPL of 27.03.1965 p.1
77 HCOPL of 07.08.1965 p.4
78 HCOPL of 27.03.1965
84 HCO-Bulletin of 10.06.1966/12.04.1983, p.2 and 3; quoted according to CDU study
87 HCO-Bulletin of 23.06.1960, p.6
106 HCOPL of 27.03.1965 corrected and republished on 15.10.1985
107 HCOPL of 27.03.1965
119 HCO-Bulletin of 27.09.1966 p.7,8
120 HCOPL of 02.10.1961/07.03.1967, quoted according to CDU study, p.54,55
124 HCOPL of 05.01.1968, p.1
125 HCOPL of 07.02.1965/27.08.1980 p.6
133 HCOPL of 01.09.1965
140 {long footnote, for now just the part about HCOPLs, deals with fair game and cancellation and the question whether "fair game" as a course of action was cancelled or just the usage of the term} HCOPL of 07.03.1965 , HCOPL of 21.10.1965, p.1
141 affidavit of Tabayoyon of 05.03.1994, p.8
146 HCOPL of 17.02.1966, 'Ron's Journal 67', p.2 and 4
147 cp to: Hubbard, Handbook, p.687: "Guardian: The person, whose purpose it is to execute policy and to distribute it in order to protect Scientology churches, scientologists and Scientology. Guardian's Office: To it alone the care and defense of Scientology is transferred. The purpose of this organization is basically a protective function."
148 HCOPL 17.02.1966, [quoted according to Haack, Magie p.241]
149 cp to: Hubbard, Handbook, p.687
150 compare to report SC Athens to OSA Europe (internal order by SC)
151 compare to ethics order of Sea Org No 1324 of 22.05.1995 (internal order by SC)
152 compare to Executive Directive No 558 of 26.06.1995 (internal order by SC)
153 compare to Executive Directive of 16.08.1995
154 compare to judgement of the [regional court] in Athens Nr. 7380/1996, as well as an article in Neue Züricher Zeitung of 22.01.1997
156 compare to Stuttgarter Nachrichten [newspaper] of 10.06.1992
The article refers to the statements of two persons who applied for the job
157 compare to Stuttgarter Nachrichten [newspaper] of 10.06.1992
158 compare to Stuttgarter Nachrichten [newspaper] of 10.06.1992
159 compare to Stuttgarter Nachrichten [newspaper] of 10.06.1992; Hamburger Abendblatt [newspaper] of 04.06.1992
160 compare to letter by Scientology Church International, Office of Special Affairs of 11.01.1995 to BfV [federal office of Verfassungsschutz], p.4
187 HCOPL of 5.1.1965 p. I
227 HCO-PL "DEPT OF GOVT AFFAIRES" of august 15th 1960, p.2

indeedindeed · Apr 25, 2008

Re: excerpts from Verfassungsschutz-AG report

very rough first translation of III.2.4.7 (p.69 and a bit of p.70). The quotes need not be the same as in the english original as they were translated twice. SC is Scientology.

III.2.4.7 organization owned intelligence agency (OSA)

Concerning independent structures for conduction of investigations this results from a "policy letter" in which Hubbard is describing a department, the so called public investigation-department (the later Guardian Office or OSA respectively):

"The purpose of this department is: To help LRH investigate public affairs and individuals, which seem to prevent human freedom, so that these affairs can be disclosed and what's worthy of knowing can become known .... These departments consist entirely of professional investigators...." [size=-2]146[/size]

The so-called "Guardian Office" [size=-2]147[/size] has allegedly been dissolved after the legal proceedings against its former leader Mary Sue Hubbard and other Scientologists, but its functions have been continued under the names of "Office of Special Affairs" (OSA) and "Department of Special Affairs" (DSA) as sub-organizations of SC. To examplify this:

In 1976 two agents of the "Guardian Office" with faked identification papers were picked up by the FBI at night in the ministry of justice. The subsequent investigation revealed that Scientologists had been infiltrating the US financial departments as well as the US-justice ministry to either destroy or purloin the collected documents on SC. Afterwards there was a trial against high ranking functionaries, who finally were convicted of theft and conspiracy against the government before a federal court.

The SC denies this organizational unit existed or still exists. But one "Rons Journal 67" republished in 1986 and still distributed by SC in 1993 indicates the former existence of this organizational unit of SC, which is supposed to exist in any "Org" consisting of more than 150 employees [size=-2]148[/size] and that it was used for purposes of intelligence and propaganda, as may be concluded from the following remarks:

"The organization used... several professional intelligence agents. ... They collected pretty interesting files on us, our people and organizations and their orders what to do on this are also in their files,... of course we're in posession of complete copies of their files... This is a very shadowy-dark spy-activity, that is by now more or less over. But we got a lot of our own dossiers on these people and they are indeed a corrupt bunch. I think, we got enough, to absolutely discredit them should we ever publish what we know."

Besides the quoted passages and the american legal proceedings, statements by ex-members hint at the existence of an intelligence organization. As an example the ex-member Voßmerbäumer declares to have been part of an intelligence operation by the SC in 1978 against members of the protestant church in germany (EKD). The goal would have been to find proof for the alleged financing by the EKD of the south-african liberation movement SWAPO in their armed fight against the former apartheid-regime in south africa. For this purpose Voßmerbäumer was allegedly sent in to infiltrate as the driver for a delegation of EKD on the occasion of a visit by them in south africa and supposedly was able to use this function to take photos of internal papers of the commission. The background for this action allegedly had been -succesful- attempts to use incriminating material against the protestant churches of south-africa to prevent them from further acitivity against the SC-structure over there.

Another hint at the continuous existence of the cult-owned security service can be found in the "Handbook of Volunteer Ministers" [size=-2]149[/size] published as recently as 1983, in which the terms "Guardian" and "Guardian Office" continue to be defined.

indeedindeed · Apr 26, 2008

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rough translation of next subsection (rest of p.70), where i translated "greek agency" it says in the original greek Staatsschutz. This is in germany a police unit dealing with crimes with political background.

III.2.4.7.1 OSA activities in Greece

The latest known activities by the intelligence structures of SC pertain to Greece. The documents which were secured during a search of the Athen's KEPHE centre substantiate that the greek section of SC received orders how to act from Denmark -by OSA Europe- and partially directly from the US -by the Sea Org. These referred to how to deal with greek critics of SC such as the now deceased father Alevizopoulus. There were investigations conducted against him to document his alleged connections to german nazis. In addition to this TV shows were produced to expose him and to incite police measures against him. From a report by the greek SC branch it further results, that there had been an intervention by the CIA at a greek agency so that SC-critical members were fired. [size=-2]150[/size]

In addition to this an ethics-order by Sea Org of may 22nd 1995 as well as two "executive directives" could be secured. The ethics-order declares a SC-adherent to be a potential trouble source, because her parents and her brother maintain connection to organizations that display hostile activities towards SC. [size=-2]151[/size] In addition to this instructions are found concerning intelligence theory and practice, e.g. the "OSA-Network Order 47" which lays down that sensitive data may only be transmitted in an encrypted way. [size=-2]152[/size]

In an order describing the required activity which was sent to the greek section of SC after the search of the KEPHE center it is demanded:

- to create contacts with the greek government to be able to forsee and handle further attacks

- to get the greek office of prosecution to either stop the proceeding or to alternatively "handle" them [size=-2]153[/size]

In january 1997 the greek section of SC (KEPHE center for applied philosophy of greece) was dissolved [size=-2]154[/size] by judgement of the regional court of athens. In the reasoning for this judgement it says among other things that it is an "organization that disdains humans, with totalitarian structures and tendencies", which would neither respect the human rights of their members nor public order and security.

indeedindeed · Apr 26, 2008

Re: excerpts from Verfassungsschutz-AG report

same limitations as before -footnotes to sources and non-verbatim english quotes- rough translation of first part of next subsection (p.71 and a bit of p.72)

III.2.4.7.2 OSA activities in Germany

The following are also indications of the establishment of the cult-owned security service in germany:

The SC Munich distributed a paper called "Guardian Office Deutschland" -without date and in german- describing how the Guardian Office works and what is its mission.

Another indication for the existence of such an organizational unit of the SC in germany results from a german document "HAT WRITE UP" [size=-2]155 [/size] which was seized by the prosecutor's office in munich. The methods of information gathering described therein presuppose the existence of an intelligence organizational unit. The SC branch in Stuttgart supposedly was hiring personell for a "security service" continuing the mission of the "Guardian Office" in 1992. According to a press report it would be the task of the recruited persons to open up sources of information on persons damaging SC by negative reports as well as to defend against outside disturbances [size=-2]156[/size]. According to the press report there is also a letter from 1992 signed by the director of the "church" in Stuttgart, Jürgen Schwarz, hinting at the existence of a security service. In the letter ,which contained the imprint "DSA" in the letterhead, Schwarz would be calling for creation of "a safe environment for Scientology and Scientologists." With reference to Hubbard he would deem "harsh measures" necessary as well [size=-2]15 [/size]. At the end of 1992 there would have been a secret order to chosen scientologists to investigate 37 named persons for weaknesses so that subsequently the "security service" could take action. As a motto a Hubbard word was attached: "When things are bad, it's very healing to send someone to the gallows. We call it: "putting a head on a spike" [size=-2]158[/size] " The vice president of Hamburg SC, Franz Riedl, would have confirmed [size=-2]159 [/size] the existence of this organizational unit consisting of about 15 people within the Hamburg "org".

As recently as 1995 the Office of Special Affairs referred to own investigations in a letter to Verfassungsschutz to discredit a SC-critical lawyer in the US. In it, it says:

"...his past was checked to find a possible reason for his illegal behaviour and his fraud. ... has been working with criminals for a long time and is involved in criminal activity." [size=-2]160[/size]

The prosecutor's office in munich described the following OSA activies: The SC had employed a private investiagtor in 1983 in the "case of Gauweiler" to collect incriminating material against the former Kreisverwaltungsreferent [local administration official, "Kreis" is very small administration unit in germany]. The private investigator supposedly was to inform SC on Gauweiler's further plans as well as to collect incriminating material.[b [size=-2]161[/size][/b] The results of the investigation supposedly were subsequently published in the SC publication "Der Freiheitsspiegel"[size=-2] 162[/size] [mirror of freedom] as well as been sent to the media. This would allow for the conclusion that SC was using targeted means and methods to compromise unwanted opponents or to neutralize them respectively[size=-2] 163[/size].

In addition to this -according to a press report- Gauweiler in 1988 -then Innenstaatssekretär [much higher administration position in interior ministry at state level]- was supposedly subjected once more to attacks by SC. SC allegedly transmitted death threats against Gauweiler and the police president of munich. [size=-2]164[/size]

indeedindeed · Apr 26, 2008

Re: excerpts from Verfassungsschutz-AG report

rough translation continued. rest of p.72 and some of p.73. That was the part of the report dealing in detail with OSA.

remark: Renate Hartwig made Scientology criticism really popular in germany
during the 90s, but has since stopped her very strong criticism of
Scientology and started criticizing the critics while claiming never to have
claimed scientology was terrorizing people, she only would
have said this should be investigated which to this day allegedly didn't
lead to any results, there would be a conspiracy against Scientology and she
would refuse to be a part of this

Besides Gauweiler other critics -especially cult commissioners and former members- were subjected to attacks by SC. Following examples:

- proceedings against an official at Wehrbereichsverwaltung VI ["military
area administration VI"]:

The SC took action against an official who had denied several applications by
scientologists for being freed from military service, because he didn't think the
clerical privilegue as laid out in §11 Abs.1 Nr.3 WpflG could apply here. In
an anonymous {report to the authorities} claims were made that the official
had been receiving postal payments from different people. This could only be
explained as payments for having them illegally freed from military
service. Counterfeited scans of the postal documents were attached. A swiss
Scientologist could be identified as the person responsible.[size=-2]165[/size]

- influencing of the hearing on the topic of youth sects conducted by the
Bundestag [national parliament] committee for women and youth:

At the occasion of above named committee session on october 10th 1991 in which
former SC members in germany as well as cult commissioners who had
investigated SC in detail were to be heard, SC distributed a guide of
action. In it, members of the SC are being called to disturb the work of the
commission. The Scientologists were to contact their representatives in
writing, by phone and personally. This proceeding was already described in the
handbook for volunteer ministers:

"...someone may ask: 'What should we do concerning government?'... with this
step by step approach you may organize ... a ... community in which people
eagerly write letters, visit their representatives while feeling great about
it. You only want to limit the time at the disposal... of politicians"[size=-2]166[/size]

- The SC let lies be distributed about cult commissioner Haack [size=-2]167[/size] -who
investigated SC critically for many years- such as him having gone to a
pornographic movie with a young girl. In addition to this he and his family
were being spied upon by private investigators for months. Scientology
distributed the claim Haack wouldn't have academic credentials. According to
Haack the meanest diffamations were distributed by SC and its front
organizations in the context of the conflict.

- the head of the protective community [a common name for a private
association of common interest] "Robin Direkt e.V.", Renate Hartwig reported
about persecutive measures by SC. She would have been flooded with countless
litigations all based on untrue claims. Even though all proceedings had been
stopped, she would have been described by SC as a "court-known liar" and
would have been denounced with other derogatory claims to destroy her
reputation and undermine her credibility. The harassment would have gone to
her immediate privacy. Allegedly a list was found with an Augsburg
policeman, which contained a list of car license numbers belonging to
vehicles of visitors. A neighbour had been found out to be the source of the
list. Both of them had not been able to give any reason for their
behaviour. [size=-2]168[/size]

- Finally the SC went -in its persecution of critics- to the length of declaring
the former Hamburg parliament representative Ursula Caberta, dealing with SC
on the orders of the Hamburg senate a "persona non grata", stating "she's no
longer bearable for democracy" [size=-2]169[/size]. The attacks against Miss Caberta continue
to this day. In 1995 she was being described as a "unscrupulous employee
of the Hamburg Senate" [size=-2]170[/size] in the SC owned publication "Freiheit" [freedom].

- The experts of the enquete commission on "so-called cults and psychogroups"
instituted by the german Bundestag [national parliament] have also been
opposed as generally unqualified by means of written bias-complaints created
by lawsuit-representatives of SC-lawyers Blümel und Partner, because of their
critical attitude towards the organization. [size=-2]171[/size]

indeedindeed · Apr 27, 2008

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starting to translate p.45 onwards.

remark: Where it says ["measurement adjusted for"] there's an incomplete
sentence in the original lacking this part, but it's pretty certain that this
is what he wanted to say here

Factual indication ("tatsächliche Anhaltspunkte") and Protected Goods ("Schutzgüter") are technical terms. Factual indication is less than proof. Protected Goods are basically democratic values, because in theory Verfassungsschutz as an intelligence agency was founded to protect the constitution, so in the law which governs their work ("Bundesverfassungsschutzgesetz" or short BVerfSchG) there is a border before they can get active or observe anyone and this is what is examined in chapter 3.

Same limitations as before- rough translation, footnotes to sources missing and non-verbatim english quotes. p.45

III Factual Indication for Striving against the Protected Goods of §4 Abs. 2 lit a-g BVerfSchG

There shall be an investigation following as to which extent the
SC-program and the SC-activities are violating the protected goods of §4 Abs. 2
lit a-g BVerfSchG.

SC's own view portrayed according to documents sent by Scientology-Kirche
Deutschland e.V. and by the respresentative for SC in the proceeding, lawyer
Wilhelm Blümel, is being contrasted with the opinion on SC by
Verfassungsschutz.
While doing so, a differentiation will take place as to which group of persons
is pursuing these activities for SC and what their intentions are.

III.1 SC's point of view

According to its self-conception SC is behaving completely legal.

In diverse texts SC repeatedly stresses the following points that are supposed
to prove being in compliance with the german system of rights:

- respect for the liberal democratc basic order

- recognition of the democratic constitutional state

- respect for human rights

- SC is in its property of being a religion completely apolitical.

Thus SC explains in a "statement regarding the relation between contents,
practice of Scientology religion to the liberal basic order of the FRG" [size=-2]47[/size],

"The Church of Scientology respects and recognizes (contrary to some other
religious communities) the democratic constitutional state as one of the best
forms of social existence. This of course presupposes recognition of human
rights, the fundamental and unchangable basis for any forms of community and
which guarantee to the individual the possibility of freely expressing its
personality. It especially contains respect of the cultural, ethnical,
religious, racial and political plurality of humanity. Exactly because of this
reason the Church of Scientology is being active against disrespect for human
rights and against aspects of intolerance against all men or minorities.

In a publication in the year 1969 bearing the title "Scale of Politics" the
founder of the Scientology religion, L. Ron Hubbard, gives an account of a
coarse scale of political philosophies. The scale is adjusted according to the
so-called "tone-scale" also known as "emotion scale", which within the
teachings of the scientology religion is a ["measurement adjusted for"]
ability to survive and the connected criteria such as responsibility, attitude
towards family, to communication, to environment, how to deal with truth,
etc.; from this it results that republic and democracy are ranked highest
amongst forms of government.

indeedindeed · Apr 27, 2008

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same limitations as before: rough translation, non-verbatim original english quotes
p.46

The weakest spot in any democracy may be the factor "majority to
decide". Especially this aspect has become the object of manipulation and
misuse repeatedly in history. Majority decisions may be too one-sided and
ignore justiefied interests by other groups of the populace. They may as
wellresult from pressures against single members of those who make decisions,
deals between groups contrary to the representative mission wanted by the
people, binding to one-sided lobbyist groups or simlar things, so that one
side gets a too large advantage or disadvantage compared to the other. In
these cases the result is in general a new problem, asking for a new
solution. Because of this there exists the principle of "the greatest good for
the greatest number" within the Church of Scientology with regards to
orientation of decisions. Majority decisions should therefore be based on a
consensus that's as broad and including as possible and shouldn't make any
compromises with regards of the basic postulates laid down in the human rights
charta.

Contrary to other -especially christian- religions there is no principal
placement of one spirit above or below other spirits within the Church of
Scientology. If it happens at all, it results from agreement or free
arrangements as is the case in any democracy. The more free the person, the
higher the quality of the democracy lived by him.

Because of this the Scientology religion contains on the basis of its
religious self-conception and its ideal of the mental-spiritual freedom of man
(free of manipulations, free of pressures, free of mental and bodily
dependences; but with regards to creation and construction free to be, to do
and to have)
an ideal of democracy, that so far hasn't been realized in any state in the
world, hasn't even been imaginable.

The goal of salvation is the salvation of man, as put down in the charta. The
goal is not to change the state. It's about mental-spiritual existence of man,
not about changing the state's construction or society's structures.

The personal life forms of marriage, family, etc. are being fully
endorsed. Just like the outer structures such as job, free enterprise of
business, political community, democracy, separation of powers, right to
opposition, accountability of government, administration governed by law,
independence of courts, principle of several parties, equal chances for the
political parties, and so on. Nowhere within the teachings are there any
demands to change these structures or the state.

The Church of Scientology unreservedly endorses and defends the democratic
constitutional state. To assume anything else would be completely
contradictory and a polemic insinuation. After all, the constitution and the courts of
this constitutional state have secured the survival of the community of
Scientology in germany against all attacks stemming from intolerance and
hostility towards religion."

As to the property of SC as a religious community as described in Art. 4 GG
[article 4 basic law/constitution] this is explained:

"The Church of Scientology is a recognized world-religion.

According to its inner structure the Church of Scientology is hierarchic like
any other religious community concerning the religious area of belief.

indeedindeed · Apr 28, 2008

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same limitations as before: rough translation, non-verbatim original english quotes

remark: where i translated western ("westlichen") it says in the original
"wesentlichen" meaning "the fundamental one" or "the only one that really
matters", but i assume this is just a typo. Not sure about "apolitical", maybe
"nonpolitical" or "unpolitical"; its "unpolitisch" in the original.

p.47 and the first part of p.48, this concludes the explanation of Scientology's official stance towards its nature. The next posting will continue with the findings of Verfassungsschutz with regards to the questions whether there are factual indications for violations against the liberal basic order.

The question of whether the teaching is right and true as well as how it's
passed on is not accessible to democratic voting principles. Members don't
expect that either. Independent of this the single churches and missions are
legally independent from each other, constituted as associations whose chartas
fulfill all democratic longings. Based on Art. 4 GG, Art. 140 GG
i.V.m. Art. 137 WRV religious as well as communities with a common worldview
are free to organize and administer their inner affairs independent of the
state imposing its will on them. This includes the right to hierarchical
structures, that are a typical quality of almost any religious community (example:
Catholic Church, Bahai, Mormons, Protestant Church, Jehova's
Witnesses, Christian Science, Salvation Army, etc.). The federal
constitutional court has recognized this right as self-evident.

All world-religions can be attributed to a founder, who reached -either by
revelation or own discovery- a new interpretation of the world and
determination of the relation of the individual to the entirety of the
world. In the case of the Scientology religion its founder L. Ron Hubbard,
deceased in 1986, enjoys special admiration. But this is a far cry from the
totalitarian leader- or person-idolization of other communities. Besides, this
is subordinate to the self-administration of the religious community as well and not
to the supervision by the state according to Art. 140 GG i.V.m. Art. 137 WRV.

It's also in the most immediate interest of any religious community to keep up
the purity of its teachings and beliefs. In this regard the Church of
Scientology isn't behaving differently from any other world-religion.

The aspecty founder, teaching and keeping of purity and unity and hierarchical
structures resulting from these can't be denied to any religious community and
are not subjected to democratic disposal. This is actually a matter of course
in the western and eastern cultural areas."

On the topic of "hostility towards democracy" there's an explanation of a
core thesis in a letter to the bavarian state-ministry of the interior of
descember 12th 1995 by the lawyer Wilhelm Blümel who, according to himself,
has been active for 15 years on behalf of SC or its members:

"Following the knowledge of the undersigned [document/text], all
religious-philosophical movements are opposed to democracy in their faith. All
these movements refer to revelations or wisdoms not at the disposal of
marority decisions. Democracy is the result of human reason and not the result
of godly revelation or religious wisdom. To measure a religious teaching by
our modern understanding of democracy seems to fail on the level of approaching [the issue]."

This approach is being picked up once more in the book "What is Scientology"
-called a basic book of education by SC- in chapter 32 under the title of
"Answers to frequently asked questions", in this case the question "Has
Scientology got any political points of view?" as following:

"Scientology is apolitical. The creed of faith by the church is stating that
'...all men are in posession of inalienable rights to imagine, to choose, to
advance and to support their own organizations, churches and
governments'. Scientologists of course are free to represent their own
political points of view, vote for candidates of their choice etc. The church
does not order them on how to position themselves on political topics or
candidates. The church believes in the separation of church and state."

The same holds true for the quotation by L. Ron Hubbard, which is mentioned in
the same book under the title of "The goals of Scientology":

"A civilisation without mental illness, without criminals and without war, in
which the able can be succesful and honest beings have rights, and in which
the person has the freedom to ascend to higher hights- these are the goals of
Scientology .... Apolitical in its nature, Scientology welcomes everyone
regardless of his faith, his race or nation .... "

On the "Positioning of Scientology to societal questions" it is consequently
being explained on the relation of the Scientology religion to the liberal
basic order of the Federal Republic of Germany:

"The Church of Scientology is completely apolitical. It is not about influence
on politics, authority or business. Contrary to the official churches the
Church of Scientology is besides these things. It is neither involved in any
commercial businesses, nor are its goals directed at influencing the decisions
of official authorities as long as this is not protected by the [possibilities with
regards to this] granted by Art.4 GG [article 4 basic law/constitution] and
Art.9 MRK [article 9, human rights charta] and does not pertain to any
administrative proceedings by the church."

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III.2 Factual indications for striving against the constitutional basics as
listed in §4 Abs.2 lit a)- g) BVerfSchG

The study group was to examine whether within the writings of SC, statements
by leading SC-members but also in statements by former members [about
Scientology] factual indications for strivings by SC against the
liberal, democratic basic order are recognizable. Such factual indications are
-according to § 4 Abs. 1 Satz 3 BVerfSchG- prerequisites for collecting and
analyzing of content- and person-related informations by the offices of
Verfassungsschutz.

What factual indications in actuality mean has been worked out once more by
several recent court decisions. According to this, these are circumstances,
which upon reasonable consideration hint at such strivings and therefore make
further clarification appear necessary. [size=-2]48[/size] For this it is sufficient when upon
an examination of the entire picture with inclusion of experience with regards
to intelligence, all concrete circumstances hint at such strivings, even if
every single one of them isn't enough taken by itself. [size=-2]49[/size]

The term of striving against the liberal democratic basic order is determined
by § 4 Abs. 1 Satz 1 lit c i.V.m. Abs. 2 BVerfSchG. According to this, these
are [patterns of behaviour] which, politically determined, are targeted at
either removing or suspending the constitutional basics enumerated in
paragraph 2. The constitutional basics -as listed by § 4 Abs. 2 BVerfSchG-
consist of:

a) the people's right to execute the power of the state by elections and voting
and by special institutions of legislation, executive and jurisdiction and to
chose the people's representation [parliament] by general, direct, free, equal
and secret election.

b) the commitment of legislation to the constitutional order and the
commitment of the executive and jurisdiction to law and justice

c) the right to creating and practicing a parliamentary opposition

d) the replacability of government and its responsibility towards the people's
representation

e) the independence of jurisdiction

f) exclusion of any rule by force or rule by arbitrary decisions

g) the human rights as laid down in the basic law [constitution]

To offer a better perspective [to the reader] the facts/quotes which are to be
examined will be sorted according to topics and will within each complex be
examined with regards to factual indications. The question whether the
[patterns of behaviour] by SC are "politically determined" will afterwards be
examined in detail.

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III.2.1 Establishment of the scientological society

Indications that SC tries to remove or suspend some of the named
constitutional basics may possibly be derived out of the conception of a "new
civilization" a societal system by SC, whose system of values appears to differ
strongly from that of the basic law [constitution].

III.2.1.1 Basics of SC and their unchangability

Via extensive distribution of its teaching and "technics" SC wants to create
the prerequisites for a new oder in society. This is being explained,
especially in the basic books "Dianetics, The modern Science of Mental Health,
The handbook of the dianetic procedure" (1950), "The handbook for volunteer
ministers" (1983), "Introduction to the ethics of Scientology" (1989) and in
other writings, especially the Hubbard Communication Office Policy Letters
(HCOPL), the Hubbard Communication Office Bulletins (HCOB) and the writings
published by the german Church of Scientology. The basic statements mostly
originated from Hubbard and were in part written dozens of years ago. They may
only be used as a basis for judgement if they remain valid for SC to this
day. The "Codex of a Scientologist" demands

"...16.to insist on standardized and unchanged Scientology as an applied
activity in ethics, in auditing and in administration within Scientology
organizations." [size=-2]50[/size]

In the book "Introduction to the Ethics of Scientology" indication is found
as to the HCOPL signed by L. Ron Hubbard himself being the "permanently
valid releases on organizational and administrative technology notwithstanding
date or age". [size=-2]51[/size]

The constant rereleases of HCOPL and HCOB and the fact that they are still in
use as course- and educational material indicate that the writings and
instructions composed by Hubbard are unchangably and enduringly valid for SC.

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III.2.1.2 The scientologically flavoured, new Society

Hubbard hinted at the political relevancy and reach of his teachings already
in his basic book "Dianetics" (1950).

"...12. Different areas of education, sociology, politics, [military] and other
areas of knowledge on human beings are being enriched by dianetics [size=-2]50[/size]."

"There is political dianetics, consisting of the area of group activity
organization with the target of finding out about the optimal conditions and
procedures for the leading of groups and their relation between each other[size=-2]53[/size]
."

Other hints at the target of creating a new form of society can also be taken
from the following passages:

"The continuous expansion is founded on the basic goal of Scientology- 'A
civilization without war, without insanity and without criminality, a
civilization, in which human beings can develop according to their
righteousness...'[size=-2]54[/size]
"

"The chance, which he got, is Scientology ... I think, we can create this
civilization and will continue to create it ... With dianetics and Scientology
we got the knowledge for this and we can do it. [size=-2]55[/size]
"

"We are the only group on earth with a working solution. It's time for us to
realize and apply that.[size=-2]56[/size]
"

"The codex of the Scientologist: ...

13. to help organizations and groups of Scientology, to make allies with local
groups...

17. to take my part of the responsibility to make Scientology gain noticeable
influence in the world.

18. to enlarge the scale and strength of Scientology all around the workd.

...

20. Make this world a mentally healthier, better place.[size=-2]57[/size]
"

"The final product isn't just an ideal Org, but a new civilization, which is
already about to be created.[size=-2]58[/size]
"

"What does a Scientologist do? ...

1. Distribute knowledge

2. Sell books

3. Control the environment

4. Clear the planet. [size=-2]59[/size]
"

"We make tomorrow's leaders. [size=-2]60[/size]
"

In an original tape containing lectures by L.R. Hubbard on the topic of
"Creating A New Civilization" which is being distributed by SC, it says:

"... our central organization will then have a political officer and once you
have cleansed the environment then the only purpose of your centre will be to
be a political centre and then you are the government and noone can deny
that."

Other evidence with regards to the ambitions of change and the goals is being
found among other things in a writing by the Church of Scientology Hamburg:

"There are those, who would tell us that our ambitions are too high and no
single group could change... the dangerous course the earth has
taken... Single people and determined groups have been the only ones to ever
create space for people to live in freedom... hypocritical
ideologies... aren't good enough... in this age. [size=-2]61[/size]
"

The outlined goals of SC are being confirmedby different statements by former
members. Said e.g. Norbert Potthoff:

"Scientology wants state power and to rule the world. [size=-2]62[/size]
"

"These people want power and they want it very targeted and very
concentrated. That's why there are drills, that's why there is
training, that's why there is recruitment." [size=-2]63[/size]

Potthoff is calling Hubbardism, representing many others that studied SC, a
totalitarian fascist system with an organizational structure which can best be
compared to a military dictatorship. He's warning not to regard Scientology as
harmless:

"The ['delusion of complete power'] of the Scientologist doesn't refer to the
individual, the family or the group. The goal is 'clear planet', the cleared
planet, and this is a political goal by necessity. The 'brain washing' which
makes every single one believe in his complete power, the drill to absolute
obedience which is happening parallel to this... and the strict rule by
the totalitarian system make the Scientologist a dangerous, by the democratic
society no longer controllable, fellow human being and co-worker. [size=-2]64[/size]
"

This statement is being confirmed by Träger, another former member of SC [size=-2]65[/size]
. He
declares that from the mid-eighties onward the goal of political power gain
had been clearly in the centre. Making money wouldn't be the primary
goal of SC, but only function as a means of gaining more political power and
influence. SC would strive for worldwide rule, and this not by participating
in the opinion-making political process but by slowly influencing all areas
in society. To reach this purpose there would be attempts to occupy
influential positions in parties and official authorities. [size=-2]66[/size]

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remark: the first sentence sounds strange, but it does so in the original as well- it really says tolerate ("dulden") there.

rest of p.51, some of p.52

III.2.1.3 Understanding of Democracy in a scientological Society

A "true democracy" shall be created, which tolerates the agreement of the
"reasonable members of society" to the "reasonable measures":

"Scientology equips us with the first chance to create a true democracy... So
we can assume from the submitted evidence that the first democracy is created
when we have freed every indidividual from the more malicious reactive
impulses. Such beings are able to discuss reasonable measures and you can
trust them to develop useful measures. [size=-2]67[/size]"

"Because a Clear is cooperative [by nature], a society made of clears would work
together. ... A Clear is able to recognize a superior argumentation when he
meets one. He doesn't have to be beaten, held down or forced to obey to do the
utmost ... But you don't have to force a Clear, because if a task is important
enough with regards to general necessity he will... execute it. [size=-2]68[/size]"

This "true democracy" shall take the place of previous democracies.

"Until we have reached this we will continue to regard the human 'democracy'
with scepticism - as we do with regards to any other political philosophy...[size=-2]69[/size] "

"And I don't see that popular measures, self-abnegation and democracy have
done anything for men but pushing it further into the mud ... and democracy
brought us inflation and income tax. [size=-2]70[/size]"

"An ideal society would be a society of non-abberated people -Clears- living
in a non-abberated culture ... It's not enough to not be abberated as an
individual, when you have to live within the borders of a society that has
developed a culture consisting of many unreasonable prejudices and customs. [size=-2]71[/size]"

The previously mentioned former member Potthoff on the understanding of
democracy by SC:

"This system is anti-democratic, knows no separation of powers and wants a
coup."

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III.2.1.4 Scientological "Technology" to change Society

The [desire] to have an effect to change society becomes visible as well in
that the SC assumes for Dianetics and Scientology to offer the technology and
organization to change the world and lead it in its entirety according to its
guidelines.

"that a handful of clears could probably 'manage' any number of average
people... [size=-2]72[/size]"

"We possess the power of truth and we are powerful as a group, we as single
persons possess power because -thanks to our superior technology- we can
create power and the wisdom of power. [size=-2]73[/size]"

"We are the only people and the only organization on earth that got the
technology and the ambition to try to clear situations, which in
other hands are regarded as completely out of control, namely... the decay and
confusion of central governments. [size=-2]74[/size]"

"In the construction of the Church of Scientology L. Ron Hubbard applied all
findings to the area of organization and administration as well. From this
an administrative technology developed, making it possible to build
reasonable, stable and lasting organizations... up to a government. [size=-2]75[/size]"

All problems of society are supposed to be solved by clearing the planet,
i.e. to first clear 10-15 percent of political opinion leaders [size=-2]76[/size], then 80-98
percent of the population [size=-2]77[/size] until the society finally is only made of the
so called "Non-Abberated", the "Clears".

indeedindeed · May 6, 2008

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rest of p.53 until most of p.55 BTW sources to the footnotes will be delivered later, so the quotes can be checked for with the original publications this report claims to have found them in.

It appears that Hubbard indeed stated an explicit desire to rule the world.

III.2.1.5 Perspective for the year 2000

In the publication of the "International Association of Scientologists" (IAS)
David Miscavige demanded in 1995 this for the year 2000:

"Consequently it's now the future of the planet, what we are fighting for. A
lot of opinions are going around about what is wrong with earth in 1995:
instable state-economies, instable political arenas, criminality,
drugs, injustice and war - obviously well-founded concerns.

But if you really want to eliminate these problems, you only need to do a
single thing, namely to work towards the goal, which we as members of the IAS
have set for the year 2000:

target 1- Bring Scientology to the absolute forefront of Society
...

We don't care about the general opinion what's wrong with the planet.

Governments won't handle it. Politics won't handle it. Jurisdiction won't
handle it. The only thing which will turn it around is the fulfillment of the
goals that we at the IAS have [inscribed in stone]. Let's ... bring
Scientology to every man, every woman and every child on this planet."

III.2.1.6 Assessment of the scientological understanding of democracy and the
scientologically flavoured new civilization

The quoted passages of text prove that SC wants to replace the existing
democratic and constitutional order by the establishment of a society with
scientologically determined norms. In this process the scientological
"technology" is supposed to be used to build up stable and lasting
organizations up to the government. The existing democratic forms of
government are being ridiculed in general as trivial political philosophies,
which "only push" the citizens "further into the mud" and which only had to
offer inflation and income-tax. There are indications suggesting that
according to the scientological understanding of "democracy" no elections are
necssary anymore once the planet is cleared. The liberation of every
individual and its transfer into the state of a "Clear" create from
Scientology's point of view that which is required for the first "true"
democracy.

If -in this context- it is being stated that (only) cleared beings "can
agree on reasonable measures" then this is an indication that the
scientological society neither [includes] a general right to vote -including
abberated people- nor a real participation in political decision making
processes even by the Clears, not to even mention the possibility to create
and execute opposition. That's why a scientological society lacks essential
elements of our constitution- compare to § 4 Abs. 2 lit a) und c)
BVerfSchG. So the scientological [ideas of society] rather ressemble the
"democratic conceptions" held by rightwing extremists, who believe to
[have found] a homogeneous common interest of the "people's community"- i.e.
a unity of those governing and those being governed.

III.2.2 The scientologically steered government

It further has to be investigated whether there are factual indications
pointing at the intention by SC to execute steering influence on the
government and whether by this the constitutional basic of legitimation of
state power by the people (compare to § 4 Abs. 2 lit a) BVerfSchG) would be
suspended.

III.2.2.1 Demands by SC for a scientologically steered government

SC openly advertises the necessity of the steering of a government by
Scientology:

"...'It is madness to steer a government by Scientology-admin (remark by
author: administration)' I (remark by author: Hubbard) for once only know we
had a lot of trouble when we didn't. It is very obviously not about 'them' or
about 'us', but only about 'us' and mistaken 'them'. That's why there's only
one remaining thing for us to do, empower ourselves over their cause, so that
they become 'us'. [size=-2]78[/size]"

The claim to leadership by Scientology is documenting itself as well in a
letter sent by "Church of Scientology" - Advanced Organisation Europe - in
Copenhagen -without date- which contained the brochure "L Ron Hubbard- A
portrait" which was sent -among others- to the bavarian office of
Verfassungsschutz. In the letter there's the following paragraph:

"pages 44 to 51 deal with Mr. Hubbard's discoveries in the area of
administration technology, which in my opinion may be of special interest for
you. They contain organizational insights on how groups are being led- be
they small or of a nation's size"

Institutions on the state's or the international level, which in fact or
assumedly are fighting against Scientology's expansive strivings, are being
fought. Thus it is being stated example given in membership advertisement
material for the "International Association for Scientologists" (IAS):

"The association supports actions standing up against suppression of
Scientology and Scientologists by working on crushing groups and
organizations working on the destruction of humanity- example given... groups
such as Interpol. [size=-2]79[/size]"

III.2.2.2 The Conception of "International City"

Already in a lecture held by Hubbard in Saint Hill march 24th 1964, still
distributed in the 90ies from Denmark as part of the "Saint Hill Special
Briefing Course", he introduced the project "International City":

Mainly it is about merging the leading capitals of all nations in a territory
organized by Scientologists from which the nations shall be steered. It's
stated in verbatim:

...As a consequence you would have a communication line from International
City to every district or state government without a relaying place
inbetweeen.

...An international target is the name of the plan in its entirety and the
plan itself is International City, which means nothing but government of the
earth..." [size=-2]80[/size]

Hubbard sees the role of the Scientologists in taking the monopoly of any
psychic counselling in International City:

... Once you get (the plan) started, you would finally find out, that
psychiatrists are unwanted in International City. They can be used for
political purposes. And we may care for that area. You wouldn't want to have
any psychiatrist there, because you- because the governor of another nation
might be abducted and brainwashed. This may not happen. We need trustworthy
people for such things. And everything I would be interested in, would simply
be a monopoly position for any psychic counselling work within International
City. I think, this would be about the final product." [size=-2]81[/size]

The intended control by Scientologists becomes clear at another point during
the lecture:

...-that it would be possible to build a plan, which had a certain [probability]
to bring about world peace. This was the first thing I established, that it
would be possible. My next insight was, that it was not being done. My
next insight was, that community was the most important drive for most
of these societies. And that this- that this then offered a possibility to
make use of the talents of the people of Scientology, ... I think, people
have reached a point, where they cannot recognize anymore that anything
can be accomplished at all. And a little more hope with regards to this is
being offered. But the Scientologist will be given something else. He will be
given a city. He will be given an area of interest and a city, which could be
merged and brought in order. By this they hold a piece of the planet in their
hands, as mythical as it may sound at the moment." [size=-2]82[/size]

The motivation for the rule-the-world-scenario is delivered later on:

"In recent times we had some problems with governments. In my opinion they
behaved impudent. They lacked respect. And I have looked at it in detail
and came to the decision that we should not take this." [size=-2]83[/size]

indeedindeed · May 6, 2008

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remark: I know some quotes sound very strange, but this is only in part due
to the translation. this especially holds true with regards to the quote about
"keeping centres going"

rest of p.55 up to beginning of p.57

III.2.2.3 Infiltration of State and Economy

Indications for the intention by SC to take the lead of society by
infiltration of economy and politics are being found in the following
passages:

"The director of a company who doesn't own a Scientology certificate will fail
one day. And the governor of a country will fall to pieces if he doesn't have
intimate knowledge of Scientology from a professional point of view.

... Conquer, no matter how, the key positions, as chairman of the womens'
league, as personell manager in a company, as the leader of a good orchestra,
as secretary of the director, as advisor to the union - any key position.

... some of us will keep centres going to deliver to you the needed services
and we will deliver to you munition and books. And all the

others of us should better undertake an invasion in any area of activity that
exists and do so on a high level of success and make our influence felt on the
communication lines of the world." [size=-2]84[/size]

"If there is a powerful person in your vicinity make sure that part of this
power gets delegated to you, enough so that you are able to get your job done
and to protect yourself as well as your interest (remark by author: as a
scientologist)... ... and as the last and most important point - because we're
not all on stage and not all our names appear in neon-sign letters - always
shove power in the direction of anyone whose power you depend on, be it in the
form of money for the powerful person or greater reliefs or a fiery defence of
the powerful person... against a critic. ... If you work that way ... and if
you make others work the same way, then the power factor extends and keeps
expanding on and on and you acquire a power sphere which is bigger than the
one you would have, if you were working on your own. Real powers are being
developed by close conspiracies of this kind, raising someone to the top
in whose leadership they trust" [size=-2]85[/size]

"... If ... (he) knew how to knock together an Org-Board and how to introduce
the lines correctly then he surely could as a part of the government... turn
things to the better." [size=-2]86[/size]

"A segment of the populace is staggering and creating difficulties for
itself. Find out their personalities of leadership. Get yourself a post as
secretary or chief of staff at the leader of this segment of the populace. And
audit them in some way, ... Yet another example: A nation or a state are
working because of the capability of its minister, governors or any other
leadership personalities. It's easy to get a post in such an area, except if
you suffer from delusions of grandeur or are afraid of such a post. Don't
bother to get elected. Get yourself a post as a member of the secretary's
office or as a bodyguard, use any talents at your disposal to get a position
near such persons, start working in the respective environment and to increase
the functionality." [size=-2]87[/size]

"1. Choose a business which is already working well.

2. Adress the highest director...

3. Localize SPs (remark: scientological abbreviation for suppressive persons=
critics, so called suppressive persons) within the organization and throw them
out

4. Audit the managerial staff and show them what it is about and this will then
start the cycle: the managerial staff will urge the younger managers and the
other personell to get auditing." [size=-2]88[/size]

Fleischmann · May 7, 2008

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Anyone already doing page 60 onwards? Otherwise I'll try to do it..

indeedindeed · May 7, 2008

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"We pretty easily emerge victorious out of this confrontation. Because of the
great vigilance of organizations and their employees and with the help of
intelligence agents... and because of the generally well-coordinated
performance from our side and because we wouldn't allow us to become
distracted from our main targets, the whole thing has turned into a huge
victory for us. As long as we are hard to take a hold of or work fabian [size=-2]89[/size] , we
become stronger and stronger."

According to descriptions by former high-ranking Scientologist Wollersheim the
SC is using the tactic of infiltrating organizations and authorities by
Scientologists to find out, what negative data exist on SC. The goal would be
to develop counter measures. Potthoff explains in this context, SC would be a

"...world-wide operating multi[national company]..., which systematically uses
the financial power of a mega-company to infiltrate economy, politics and
society and who has got the organizational structures to proclaim a
world-wide dictatorial government by tomorrow." [size=-2]90[/size]

This matches with the statements of a former Scientologist concerning the sixth
[year's celebration] by the "International Association of Scientologists"
(IAS) of october 5th 1990 in Lausanne. The speech held by Scientologist Marc
Yager which was held there supposedly contained -beside a listing of the
companies influenced by SC- the following passages:

"By now we have got a lot of areas of influence within society by usage of
LRH-technology in a lot of different areas." [size=-2]91[/size]

This is consistent with the [actions] by SC in albania and the GUS ["community
of independent former soviet republics"]:

"We make tomorrow's leaders. Right now I'm working on government contacts to
make this happen... right now ministers of the highest levels within the
albanian government are reaching for LRH's administrative
technology. ... Albania is part of our fourth dynamic." [size=-2]92[/size]

Mengen reports on the situation in the area of the former soviet union:

"The Scientologists -in an inconspicuous yet targeted manner- are pressing for
entry to the control centres of power, in west and east. Hubbard's "Dianetics
Bible" is being offered for free to russian politicians and the "Hubbard
Management College" is already operational in Moscow." [size=-2]93[/size]

indeedindeed · May 8, 2008

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remark: now the context of the quotations in the first posting can be seen.

rest of p.57 to the end of p.59

III.2.2.3.1 "Clear Switzerland"

Concrete orders for infiltration are found as well in the materials for the SC
campaigns of "Clear Germany" and "Clear Switzerland".

The [magazine(?)] "Admin Scale - Clear Switzerland" from august of 1992
describes the goal to make switzerland the first "cleared country on the
planet" in which "Scientology and LRH technology may thrive and bloom
unhindered in all areas of life." [size=-2]94[/size]

Following this, the general validity and exclusive application of SC
policies is named as a goal.

It is being stated in detail:

"In the area of law:
policies and justice instructions of LRH are being accepted and in use. legal dispute is being settled by using LRH-policies under WISE.

In the area of business:
LRH-Technology is the management technology of succesful business people. WISE has become the strongest protective organization for ethics and business expansion

in the area of morals:
The Way to Happiness is the recognized codex of morals for Switzerland

in the area of education and job training:
the educational- and school-directorate as well as the teachers recognize and recommend LRH study technology

in the area of arts:
Artists and artistic capabilities are being supported and recognized according to LRH recommendations

in the area of finances:
LRH policies on finances are being recognized on every level and are being applied." [size=-2]95[/size]

III.2.2.3.2 "Clear Germany"

The "Admin Scale- Clear Switzerland" may serve as an example for the targets
of SC in germany as well, where a respective "Clear Germany" campaign has been
execeuted under the leadership of a "Clear Germany" committee [size=-2]96[/size], because the
single points are transferrable because of the worldwide unified teachings and
procedures.

The "Clear Germany" campaign was augmented by further activities by SC in
southern germany and in the new states [in eastern germany after
reunification] in the year 1992. With regards to this it is stated:

"All mission ED's (remark: ED=Executive Directors=leading directors) of
southern germany were there and we talked about important things, so that
southern germany becomes clear very fast! The same day we [planned] the
further expansion in eastern germany. [size=-2]97[/size]"

Matching statements came from another SC member, who was working in the
training centre of SC in Florida and stated as SC's declared target control
over governing power in the federal republic of germany. [size=-2]98[/size]

Highranking Scientologists of the IAS -according to Steiden/Hamernik-
supposedly talke about the "crusade 1991. It [supposedly] had the goal to
strengthen the influence of SC in politics. The IAS [supposedly] had taken it
unto itself to strengthen the influence within the parties especially within
FDP and CDU [size=-2]99[/size].

III.2.2.4 Principle of the so called "Gung-Ho-Groups"

This method to gain influence within society is also being found in the system
of the (so-called by SC) "Gung-Ho_Groups". According to the "Handbook for
Volunteer Ministers" published in 1983 this is a

"group consisting of local field Scientologists, any interested friends or
members of the general public... Gung-Ho-Groups pull together other groups
within the [community] to work towards an improvement of society (remark: in
the scientological meaning) and of the concerned area." [size=-2]100[/size]

There's also a report in a newspaper article about the targeted infiltration
strategy by the "Clearwater Sun" of march 23rd 1976:

"A document marked as 'confidential'... describes the groups as an important
yet hidden political arm of Scientology... McCanns speech (remark: held by him
in 1969 as leader of the first Gung-Ho-Group) attests to the political nature
and to the political goals of the Gung-Ho-Groups: 'Gung-Ho-Groups are the
first attempt by Scientology to erect a world-government" he stated "they are
a hold in the society which we finally get to govern... "Keep in mind that
Scientologists are the only people on the planet which are uniquely equipped
to overtake the government". Scientology officials claim, Gung-Ho-Groups
wouldn't exist any longer and had never been intended the way McCann had
spoken of them." [size=-2]101[/size]

Support for the idea that Gung-Ho-Groups dontinue to exist [is found in the]
reference to the Gung-Ho-principle in a document by the OT-committee Stuttgart
e.V. dated november 18th 1989 at the occasion of its foundation. In it, it's being
stated:

"The OT-committee was founded with regards to the following references.
...4.) 'Gung-ho Group Tech'." [size=-2]102[/size]

A list of the sources to which the footnotes refer to has been added -incomplete yet- to the first posting.

indeedindeed · May 13, 2008

Re: excerpts from Verfassungsschutz-AG report

Fleischmann

thanks for your offer. i will proceed by translating the summary first (p.111-114) and after this i will probably proceed by translating page by page from 69 backwards to 60 so if you translate anything from 60 onwards there won't be double-work.

indeedindeed · May 13, 2008

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same limitations as before: rough translation, no footnotes with sources, non-verbatim original english quotes

p.111

Summary

With the submitted final report there has been a systematic testing and
analysis of all the existing material of the offices of Verfassungsschutz
federal or statewise and the insights found on SC. The form of
self-presentation by SC is described according to german-lingo SC primary
literature, the strategy of conscious covering of the true intent by SC and
the targeted disinformation of potentially interested people by SC is being
shown and critically evaluated.

reports by former members of SC are being reproduced in the largest number
possible at this time and with regards to the accusations -raised among others
by SC- against former members as well as with regards to possible empirical
scientific shortcomings critically acknowledged. However it has to be marked,
that these reports give essential [explanation] on the activities of SC and
are relevant for the process by the offices of Verfassungsschutz to come to a
decision and have lead to the results shown below.

By showing the undisputed facts with regads to SC, the structures of leadership
by SC are being highlighted, especially because of the question of which
activities in which form may be attributed to which group of persons.

The incompatibility of SC's program and activities with the ideas of a liberal
democratic basic order [as defined by] the constitution may be summarized as
follows:

- SC wants to establish a scientological society, in which the "average
people" who aren't cleared in a SC-meaning [of the word] are being "managed"
by SC's "leaders of tomorrow" by means of a superior technology

- SC wants to apply its own "administration- technology- and
justiceprocedures" to the surrounding society, i.e. [its own] system of rights
based on SC norms, obligatory for everyone, without [garanty of judicial
recourse, without right to justice], without claim to a lawful and
independent judge and without a lawful administration

- SC does not intend the existence of independent courts within the scientological society, but [instead]
such [courts] that execute standardized SC technologies dictated in detail
by the SC leadership

- SC [advertises] the necessity of steering of governments by SC and is
working towards that goal in a targeted way.

- SC disrespects article 3 of the basic law [constitution], because only
"cleared", "non-aberrated" Scientologists are granted [any] rights

- SC disrespects article 5 of the basic law [constitution] because criticism
of SC has to be suppressed by all means, including violent means

- SC is organized in a totalitarian form, consciously including
violence and [arbitrary rule]

Fleischmann · May 13, 2008

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indeedindeed;252504 said:

Fleischmann

thanks for your offer. i will proceed by translating the summary first (p.111-114) and after this i will probably proceed by translating page by page from 69 backwards to 60 so if you translate anything from 60 onwards there won't be double-work.

Very well, I hope I manage to get on to it this weekend. Sorry, but with the exquisite weather of the last week it just was not possible to stay in front of the p00ter for too long .

indeedindeed · May 13, 2008

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same limitations as before: rough translation, no footnotes with sources, non-verbatim original english quotes

p.112 and a bit of p.113

In addition to this the final report explains with concrete examples [at hand]("clear
germany", Gauweiler, military area administration VI Munich, hearing of the
Bundestag [national parliament] committee of women and youth on the topic of
youth sects at october 9th 1991, former representative Caberta from Hamburg
Bürgerschaft [regional parliament], Enquête commission "so-called cults and
psycho-groups" of the german Bundestag) how SC
while partially using non-permitted means tries to gain influence and
control with regards to politics.

It is shown that the SC's program and its realization can't simply be
attributed to the national and international leadership level of SC, but
-according to the majority of the members of the working group- factual
indications exist, that the patterns of behaviour which are relevant for the
offices of Verfassungsschutz can already be found with those persons who are
won over by SC as members. This group of persons -contrary to the group of
people who are merely using certain SC offers (courses, literature, etc.) in
the context of a first contact with SC- is well aware of the [extent/implications]
of their involvement.

While the working group [dealing with] SC is in agreement that

- SC's program and activities are incompatible with a liberal basic order,

- the legal requirement for intervention of federal and state offices of
Verfassungsschutz allow unified proceedings and

- that getting active by Verfassungsschutz would not run afoul of a possible
[recognition of] SC as a religious community or [community
of convictions as defined in] article 4, basic law [constitution]

the question of [how targeted and how purposeful SC's actions are] as well as
the political determination of the [patterns of behaviour] displayed by SC has
not been answered uniformly by the working group.

It is part of the missions of the offices of federal and state
Verfassungsschutz to collect and analyze information concerning, among other
things, strivings which are directed against the liberal basic order. § 4
Abs. 1 Satz 1 BVerfSchG [relevant law, see III.2] defines strivings as
politically determined, targeted and purposeful [patterns of behaviour] within a
or for a union of people, directed at removing or suspending one of the
constitutional basics as named in paragraph 2. The "political determination"
of the striving needs a political consciousness and a political will to act
and there have to be indications for targeted and purposeful [patterns of
behaviour], which are an expression of this political will to act.

The prerequisites for this are considered a given by members of the working
group; only the representative of the office of Verfassungsschutz of the
state Schleswig-Holstein has raised objections (see number IV.1).

Contrary to this, the representatives of the offices of Verfassungsschutz of
Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hamburg, Lower-Saxony and Northrhine-Westphalia as
well as those of the federal office found after intensive checking of the
judicial situation and an analysis of extensive SC original material as well
as of a whole lot of statements by former members, that
there are numerous factual indications for "politically determined, targeted
and purposeful [patterns of behaviour]" by SC and its members as well. For
this mainly the following points are decisive:

indeedindeed · May 14, 2008

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same limitations as before: rough translation, no footnotes with sources, non-verbatim original english quotes

p.113 continuation and about half of p.114

- the SC definitely doesn't merely adress the individual with its teachings of
salvation, to improve its personal situation in life or to help it reach
its mental-spiritual completion. Nor does [SC] pursue economic
goals exclusively. Indeed, a large amount of writings and [policies/orders] make it
evident, that its collection of ideas explicitly does cover societal and
political dimensions and that from these unmistakenly political targets are
being derived. Among other things this refers to the erection of a society,
which with regards to e.g. its inner constitution and the [obligatory]
justice system shall be adjusted exclusively to scientological
principles. So the "political determination" as demanded by law exists, because
it [may be derived] -among other things- from the goal of working towards societal
or state-political design or change;

- because the political determination may according to law be based solely on
the political targets, there is no need for SC to participate in everyday
political happenings (e.g. participation in elections, propagandistic
competition);

- according to law, SC being no political organization in the classical
meaning (party, political association) is irrelevant as well, because this
isn't normed as a property designating responsibility of the offices of
Verfassungsschutz. The political determination has [in fact] to refer to the
[patterns of behaviour] of a union of people independent of what kind of union
or what kind of judicial construction it may be besides this;

- even though neither wording nor sense and purpose of the [law for federal
Verfassungsschutz] demand that only such groups underly observation by
Verfassungsschutz that strive for political power for themselves, such a
claim to power can be taken from SC's writings and is being confirmed by
high-ranking former members with regards to the trial to enforce the claim;

- The political (and anti-constitutional) consequences caused by SC are in no
way merely the mediate or unconscious result of scientological
activities. In fact the viewing of the material shows that the conscious and
wanted change of the societal and state-political conditions are inseparably
connected to the ideology and proceedings by SC. From this it results that
the demand by the law for the [patterns of behaviour] to be "targeted and
purposeful" is fulfilled as well;

- that the [patterns of behaviour] established with regards to SC, being
considered in an isolated way, in part don't have immediate
(unconstitutional) political consequences, does not exclude an observational
competence by the offices of Verfassungsschutz, because according to the
[law for federal Verfassungsschutz] it's enough for the [patterns of
behaviour] to be set for a purpose and a goal.

- because the law only demands "targeted and purposeful [patterns of
behaviour]", there's no need for the existence of a motivation by SC in a
way of it pursuing exclusively or primarily political goals. [Considering
this], it's enough for them to be [regarded] as inbetween- or [secondary]
successes. At least for this, there are numerous indications with SC;

- according to the law there have to be factual indications for "politically
determined, targeted and purposeful [patterns of behaviour]". However, there
is no need for conclusive proof. Factual indications may result from the
behaviour of functionaries and members as well as from program and writings
of an organization. With the members of SC one has to assume -as with any
other organization- that they support the clearly recognizable political
goals, which are conveyed to them in a number of writings, [orders/policies]
and courses and that they essentially want to implement them according to
the existing concept of behaviour or [concept of] action. So from this
factual indications result with regards to the members as well, in any
case as long as it hasn't been established, that the members oppose these
goals. But there aren't even vague hints at this.

indeedindeed · May 16, 2008

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same limitations as before: rough translation, no footnotes with sources, non-verbatim original english quotes

rest of p. 114

Therefore the representatives of the offices of Verfassungsschutz in
the states of Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Hamburg, Lower-Saxony,
Northrhine-Westphalia and those of the federal office reach the conclusion,
that considering SC the lawful requirements for observation by §§ 3
Abs. 1 Nr 1 and 4 Abs. 1 lit c BVerfSchG are [fulfilled] as well with regards
to the existence of "politically determined, targeted and purposeful [patterns
of behaviour]". That the [law giving institution] in the process of creating
the law probably didn't think of the concrete phenomenon "Scientology" is
irrelevant because of the general-abstract character of any regulation of law.

If one follows this view, it has to be marked that considerations of
proportionality [whether the situation is such, that observation would be an
overkill reaction] do not prevent Verfassungsschutz from getting active;
especially concerning the size of the object of observation, the problem of
membership numbers and the economic situation of SC as well as considering
other measures of public offices besides an observation by Verfassungsschutz.

In the case of observation it has to be further considered that the offices of
Verfassungsschutz will be exposed to a position of expectation by the public
with regards to the information of Scientology as an object of observation,
which may only very partially get satisfied, given the legal requirements by
the [law governing Verfassungsschutz].

In addition it has to be considered, that there needs to be sufficient
personell and material equipment at [Verfassungsschutz's] disposal, not just in
the case of considering the usage of means of intelligence when collecting and
analyzing information on Scientology.

Fleischmann · May 16, 2008

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Alright, allow me to join in with pages 60 and 61 (and two lines from page 62)..

III.2.2.5 Assessment of intent towards directing of governments

The listed clues indicate the intent of the SC to exert a directing influence on
governments. Wether that shall be achieved through Gung-Ho-Groups, strategic concepts like "Clear Switzerland", the "Fourth Dynamic" in Albania or through single Scientologists aiming at posts within the governing apparatus and exerting influence there - the goal is in all mentioned cases not only the society, but expressively the states - their legal systems and governments.

Members of the SC are, in a manner that exceeds the missionary thought and publicity claim of the "religious community", encouraged to support the spreading of Scientology's teachings and to prevent their "suppression".

On the evaluation whether this still can be Lobbyism withing a constitutionally acceptable frame, it must be considered which goal is being pursued by the SC exerting its influence. Hubbard formulated it as follows: "so that they become 'us'", meaning for the SC the rule - and not by participation in elections at that. But if the SC strives for governmental power without participating in elections, it attempts yet to put the constitutional principle of the legitimation of the state's power through its people out of consideration - if not to completely abolish it.

Clues of the SC wanting to win such an influence in Germany, too, stem from hints of a "Clear Germany"-Campaign in 1992 and from the statements of dropouts, especially Pothoff and Träger. Pothoff refers after general statements about the global power-attaining goals of the SC concretely to the concept of "Clear Germany". He terms this concept a plan for a grasp for power in Germany. Träger emphasizes the meaning of a success in Germany as one of the four most important countries for the SC and reports, among other things, on the basis of a case in Hamburg, about tangible intentions of the SC to exerting influence on political parties. Furthermore, the intention of the SC to exert influence on the government in Germany can already be deducted from the fact that an international organization like the SC would probably pursue its goals, which it has defined for all its members, in Germany as well.

III.2.3 Erection of a scientological legal system

It has to be analyzed to what extent Scientology wants to substitute the existing legal order by "scientological law" and which consequences this would have considering the constitutional principles mentioned in §4 Abs. 2 lit b) BVerSchG - abolishment of the ties of the legislation to the constitutional order and the ties of the executive power and the jurisdiction to the law -, and § 4 Abs.2 lit e) BVerfSchG - abolishment of court independence - and §4 Abs. 2 lit g) BVerSchG i.r.t. Art 3 GG abolishment of the equality principle, which is substantiated by the Grundgesetz. Furthermore, it is to be examined whether the granting of different rights towards "Non-aberrated people", meaning "Clears" who have been freed by Scientology from all "Engrams", and "Aberrated people" can be brought in accordance to Art. 3 GG. Of special expressiveness concerning the establishing of an own legal system pursued by Scientology is HCOPL of March 27th, 1965:

"When we have a first-class legal codex and a legal system at our disposal, which will bring humans real justice, we will quickly inundate society, and everyone will win. Where we fail to apply our own administration, technology and our own legal system to society around us (let alone to Scientology), we will fall down."

The contempt towards the respective valid legal norms in relation to scientological "law" arises from another text segment:

"Do not react to Scientology-Law as if it was Wog-law (Note: derogatory scientological term for laws of civic societies). In the 'courts' of society one gets punished seriously and the truth has little influence over investigation results. A mean judge or a crafty lawyer and minor legal errors decide many of your cases. Wog-courts are like a game of dice. There are huge expenses and and great stirs and even a penal galley for the innocent."

From the quoted text passages, but also the already depicted strategic paper "Clear Switzerland" arise clues that the SC intends to put a "scientological" legal system in place of the existing one in the respective society.

III.2.3.1 Function of the scientological legal system

To represent the function of the "legal system" of SC, the following formulations can give
informations:

"In spite of all the instruments, which a scientologist has at his disposal in order to improve his conditions and heighten his ethical level, it is sometimes necessary for the protection of the many that the group intercedes and takes correct measures, if the individual fails to take such action himself; that is what the legal system of Scientology is for."

"The law of Scientology also protects the group from the destructive acts of individuals. If someone refuses to behave ethically or commits crimes against the group, a legal action, which shall correct him, can be sued for."

"As a group member it is merely expected of you to recognize certain principles:

...4. This group believes that honest people have rights and that unrighteous people have forfeited their rights because of that unrighteousness. The definition of unrighteousness consists of whether someone actually tries to hurt his fellow humans through malevolent slander, insidious actions and injustice or simply crimes.

...5. This group does not tolerate any attempts to keep people from auditing, to warn them of it, to spread lies about it or simply to be indifferent about it."

Thus, the essential purpose of the legal system would probably be to protect the teachings and structures of Scientology from dissidents, read: Suppressive Persons.

Fleischmann · May 16, 2008

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Goddammit, double post. I beg your pardon.

indeedindeed · May 16, 2008

Re: excerpts from Verfassungsschutz-AG report

excellent stuff, thanks.

Fleischmann · May 17, 2008

Re: excerpts from Verfassungsschutz-AG report

Sure thing, you're welcome.

Aaand here comes the next installment: pages 62 and 63, with the first paragrap of page 64:

III.2.3.2 Substance of the scientological legal system

The legal system of the SC follows the idea that it only matters to
"determine the truth of a situation and to make sure that any wrong be righted."

"The whole purpose of law is to protect the honest human. Thus, it is the aim of the law to construct a sane (note: non-aberrated society, consisting of "Clears") society. ... for us, jurisditcion is the action that is necessary to keep the insane under control, ..."

"No lawyers are being employed, and the sole purpose of a legal action in Scientology is to determine the truth of a situation. ... There are no legal maneuvers or technical formalities which cloud wrong or right, guilt or innocence. ...The term and usage of law, as they exist in society today, however, become less and less effective. The legal system is stuck in a swamp of latinized grammatical complexity. ...

The system of Scientology is different from all others. Here exists a jurisdiction which is both fast and fair and Scientologists make use of it in order to protect the decent and the productive. ..."

The four boards "ethics court", "investigating committee", "vicarial court" and "committee for the hearing of evidence", appointed for this purpose by the SC-Management, shall put the scientological legal system, the "law for the protection of decent people", into practical use.

"Ethics court" and "committee for the hearing of evidence" do not decide by themselves, but give a recommendation to the "summoned authority". The "investigating committee" does not have the authority to decide either and may recommend the appointment of a "committee for the hearing of evidence". Merely the "vicarial court" decides, for instance, in civil lawsuits.

Scientology promises, that "every legal action in Scientology will be concluded within one week after the date of the summons; this spares the involved parties the unnecessary strain of long-winded delays."

III.2.3.3 Rights of the "Clears" ("Non-aberrated") and the "Aberrated"

The following text passages are in need of assessment:

"Maybe, in the far future, civil rights will be granted only to the non-aberrated. Maybe this goal is reached sometime in the future, when only the non-aberrated can attain citizenship and profit from it. These are goals worth striving for, of which achievement might significantly increase the survivability and happiness of mankind."

"Some day, maybe there will be a much more reasonable law that only allows non-aberrated people to marry and bear children."

"...Because society runs, thrives and lives only through the efforts of social personalites (note: Scientologists) one has to know them, because THEY....are the valuable persons. These are the people who must have rights and freedoms."

"...4. This group believes that honest people have rights and that unrighteous people have forfeited their rights because of that unrighteousness."

The separate legal treatments of productives and unproductives, decent and indecent people probably has its origin in the granting of different rights to "Clears" and "aberrated people". A violation of Art. 3 GG seems obvious here.

III.2.3.4 Assessment of statements about the substitution of the existing legal order by a scientologically determined legal system Art. 3 Abs. 3 GG commands no one may be discriminated against or in favour of because of his religious or political views. If Scientology is - as it claims - a church and its teaching have world-view-character, this principle applies for the members of the SC - but also for those not
belonging to this community. The portrayed quotes concerning the relation of "Clears" towards "aberrated people", however, that according to the ideas of the SC only "non-aberrated people" shall have the rights to citizenship, marriage and procreation in the future. The SC calls this a "goal worth striving for"; such a goal which favours "non-aberrated people" only because of their "world view", however, is contrary to one of the essential principles of our constitution.

According to Art. 3 Abs. 1 GG all persons shall be equal before the law. The law shall thus protect all persons. In the writings of the SC, however, it is said: "The whole purpose of law is to protect the honest human." "..., that honest people have rights and that unrighteous people have forfeited their rights because of that unrighteousness."

This hints at the lawlessness of certain sections of the population being pursued by the SC. It may be neglected whether this means criminals, aberrated people or both sections of the population; in the absoluteness, with which the "Unrigheous" are being deprived of their rights, the formulated goals are utterly irreconcilable with Art. 3 Abs. 1 GG. They would even strip the affected person of their human rights.

The construction of a scientological legal system would be, according to this, not only directed towards the abolishment of the equality principle substantiated in Art. 3 GG, but also towards the abolishment of the universal prevalence of the human rights.

Abel as well elaborates in his expert report that it is in particular not the goal of the scientological "legal"-system to protect the rights of the individual against third parties our groups. Admittedly, it is said there is a "law code for the protection of decent people". However,
"the codices...protect" only the "rights of every scientology who stands in a good relation to the church." What this entails, underlies solely the defining power of the scientological leadership. SC depicts these terms, which require being filled with actual moral content, as if they were virtues which contents are definite absolutes. It is plainly stated, even in the propagandistic writings of the SC, that the scientological "legal" procedure also serves the purpose of disciplining dissidents.

Fleischmann · May 18, 2008

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Here are page 64-65.
As with all my efforts, these are raw translations without footnotes and containing non-verbatim english quotes, etc.

The scale and complexity of our legal system mirror the variety of living conditions in a pluralistic society. Correspondingly, here the jurisdiction is specialised and organised in
different branches. Compared with this, the scientological legal system merely knows four boards for all legal questions. They shall resolve any present legal matters in a week's time. The promised quick jurisdiction for the protection of "the decent and the productive" fits the relinquishment of lawyers and "technical formalities". This legal system, reduced to simplicity and speed, could hardly be brought in accordance with the guarantee of legal process and the warranty of legal hearing. Whoever reduces legal problems to "right or wrong, guilt or innocence" will fail to do justice to the individual case just as the one who promises protection only to the Decent and the Productive. The quoted text passages verify that the scientological legal system can only be realized under the relinquishment of fundamental principles of constitutional states, like the entitlement to a lawful and independent judge.

The totalitarian leadership and management functions, customized to the respective head of the RTC-Board, which grasp every sub-organization of Scientology and the corresponding dependance of jurisdiction on the "summoned authorities" suggest, that the four boards, intended by the SC for the handling of questions of law, cannot decide independently. The recommendations they have to express towards the authority summoned for the decision rather suggest that the jurisdiction is also being implemented by leading members of the organization. Since these intraorganizational processes shall subsitute the respective civicly imprinted legal system as well, the principle of separation of powers would be abolished in the scientological society.

The understanding of law of the SC is oriented solely towards the interests of the organization. As the SC-"Tech" claims to open the way to a perfect society of the future, this understanding of law may not merely be considered in the view of the regulation of intra-SC circumstances. The preservation of mankind from its demise and the construction of a new civilisation require, according to scientological understanding, a standardized and precise-to-the-detail, as prescribed by the leadership, implementation of the SC-"Tech".Thus, the establishment of the delineated scientological legal system would lead to the abolishment of fundamental principles of constitutional states as well as strip - at least for sections of the population - the human rights substantiated in the Grundgesetz of their prevalence.

III.2.4 The SC's manner of dealing with critics

It is to be examined to what extent the SC's manner of dealing with its critics indicates further clues that the human rights substantiated in the Grundgesetzt as well as the right to formation of a parlamentary opposition are abolished or stripped of prevalence in a scientologically oriented society; § 4 Abs. 2 lit c) and g) BVerfSchG.

III.2.4.1 Incompatibility of criticism with the teachings of the SC

The following text passages indicate the incompatibility of criticism with the teachings of the SC:

"People have confused following the way with the "right to having one's own ideas". Of course, everyone has the right to have opinions, ideas and realizations - as long as they don't block the way out (note: which only the SC can point) for themselves and others."

The following text passage indicates the claim to power and absoluteness of the SC:

"...as Scientology now brings total freedom, it also must have the power and authority to demand total discipline."

The SC does not tolerate any criticism towards its teachings and practices.

III.2.4.2 Understanding of "ethics" and conception of man of the SC

The SC possesses its own understanding of "ethics" which is also authoritative for dealing with critics. Its foundations are particularly specified by the so-called HCO-Policy-Letters. It is to be noted on this subject that Scientology, which calls itself the most ethical group on the planet, does not use the terms "ethics" and "ethical" not in their usual meaning, but describes them as "reason and consideration in relation to optimal survival". The purpose of this ethic is,

"to remove contrary intentions from the environment. After that has been achieved, it has the purpose to remove extrinsic intentions from the environment"

In a further text the following passage can be found:

"There are two kinds of behaviour - the behaviour that is designed to be constructive and the behaviour that is designed to be disastrous. Following this, there are people who try to build things and others who try to tear down things. And there are no other types. There aren't even shades of gray."

Every act of survival is denoted as a moral action. Scientology defines truth as "what is true for you" and as illegal "what stands against stats and policy" and which not complies the "approved program" of Scientology.

The same objective is contained withing the following text passage:

"Still, no one can live with others if there is no true ethics, ...There has to be a function of law in order to protect the productive and decent humans."

The request of the SC towards the members to keep Scientology working and enforce its further spreading is in particular expressed by a statement of Hubbard in which he grants SC-members with outstanding successes a status that leaves them exempt from punishment even in the case of capital offences:

"This is what highly upstat members are: Kha-Khans. They can get away with murder without ethics batting an eyelid."

Fleischmann · May 20, 2008

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Don't worry, I'm still on it. Expect me to deliver the last remaining package (p66-69) by tomorrow afternoon/evening. :smile:

indeedindeed · May 20, 2008

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same limitations as before: rough translation, no footnotes with sources, non-verbatim original english quotes

lower half of p.67 onwards to a bit of p.69

III.2.4.5 Assessment of [orders/policies] concerning how to deal with critics

The right to create and execute parliamentary opposition belongs to -according
to [judgements] by the federal constitutional court- those constitutional
basics, which make up the core area of our constitution, the liberal,
democratic basic order. Whether there can be room at all for such an
opposition in a scientological society is very doubtful.

Because of the absolute claim resulting from its teachings, SC feels justified
to suppress any form of criticism to its positions. The unveiled, absolute
claim [creates an urge] towards total conformity of thinking and acting; the
SC-"ethics" demand and legitimate enforced conformity and
oppression. Neither does it tolerate criticism from within nor criticism from
the outside and acts consequently and recklessly against the so called
"suppressive persons". Freedom of opinion is only granted inasmuch the
"people" adhere to SC's path. "Counter-Intentions" or "[outside]-intentions"
have to be removed from the surroundings. The cited quotations are to be
interpreted as further indications, that a scientological society won't offer
the possibilities to introduce and to execute parliamentary opposition.

The human right of article 5 paragraph 1 basic law [constitution], according
to which everyone has a right to freely state his opinion, would probably be
in danger in a society, in which everyone has this right only as long as his
opinions don't block the way shown by Scientology.

In addition to this, the presented statements are a foundation for doubt,
whether a scientological society would leave the protection of human [dignity]
untouched, as guaranteed in article 1.

The strikingly abstract terminology ("remove intentions from the
surroundings") indicates that "removal" depending on the situation includes
physical elimination. The equation of critics with so called "anti-social
personalities" who supposedly shoud be "dumped muffly on the cobble stone",
indicates an attitude which despises human beings. The "isolation",
"confinement" and "power-deprivation" of critics in the meaning of
obliteration would lead -should SC take power- to an opression and persecution
of any opposition, which would, as a form of tyranny, neither be compatible
with the constitutional norm of human dignity, nor with the right to life and
freedom from bodily harm.

The exclusiveness, with which supposedly constructive and destructive human
properties are being regarded as central here, supports -within scientological
context- the idea that this only refers to the unsefulness of the individual
with regards to the enforcement of SC technology. A human conception, which is
reduced this way, contradicts article 1 [human dignity] as well as article 2,
paragraph 1 [free development of personality]
basic law [constitution]. With regards to this, Abel explains in his expert
opinion:

"If you read the redefined scientological newspeak, which is coded in its
meaning in plain language, then the text "What is Scientology?" which was
created for the purposes of propaganda, contains as well the unmistaken
statement, that everyone is acting "unreasonable and evil", who hampers or
fights Scientology's expansion ... By this, the world is divided in adherents
and enemies; enemies are to be eliminated."

"The eye-catching term of 'social-darwinism' is
indeed appropriate to describe this principle. The goal of the scientological
training and [character-forming] is the creating of all-poerful people,
i.e. such which are able to 'handle' matter, energy, space and time in the
ideal situation, which means the ability to manipulate these. Neither does SC
recognize 'aberrated' (i.e. non-scientologists) as completely valid members of
the ideal society, nor does SC accept people that don't conform to its own
ideal of 'efficiency' and 'success'." On the one hand it contradicts "the
human conception of the constitution to differentiate people in [two fixed
categories of] 'good' and 'evil'. On the other hand exclusion, combating and
possible elimination of those persons, that are called "evil", is under no
circumstances compatible with the set of values laid down in the
constitution.

III.2.4.6 Intermediate Result

Merely considering SC's texts concerning critics, a lot of
indications result that the societal order strived for by Scientology would
be incompatible with the human rights as laid down in the basic law
[constitution] (especially regarding Art. 1 Abs 1 ["Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority."]; 2 Abs 1 and 2["(1) Every person shall have the right to free development of his personality insofar as he does not violate the rights of others or offend against the constitutional order or the moral law.
(2) Every person shall have the right to life and physical integrity. Freedom of the person shall be inviolable. These rights may be interfered with only pursuant to a law.]"; 5 Abs
1["(1) Every person shall have the right freely to express and disseminate his
opinions in speech, writing, and pictures and to inform himself without
hindrance from generally accessible sources. Freedom of the press and freedom
of reporting by means of broadcasts and films shall be guaranteed. There shall
be no censorship."]) and wouldn't leave any space for a parliamentary
opposition. Other indications, that and by which means Scientology is acting
against critics within and outside of the organization can be infered from
statements by former members considering the organization owned intelligence
service as well as the Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) centers:

Fleischmann · May 21, 2008

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Oh, awesome.
However, it does seem that my parts are in need of linguistic refinement..

TrevAnon · May 22, 2008

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Are there any pieces of this document for which I can make a raw translation?

Fleischmann · May 22, 2008

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I'd guess that anything not mentioned in the OP is still available. However, the most important excerpts have already been proceeded (though my parts still need to be corrected...).

indeedindeed · May 22, 2008

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TrevAnon

If you want to do it you can run the entire document -link in OP- through your method or any part you like, e.g. the part about RPFs.

Fleischmann

My text parts also still need corrections, but besides the small part between the thing you last translated and the part I last translated (I think something like 66-67), everything mentioned in OP has been translated.
I'm not sure, whether these are the most important parts, it simply were those that were requested. The statements of former members, the structure, the RPFs, the list of court rulings and inverstigations may be interesting too. The entire document is.

TrevAnon · May 22, 2008

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As I see it, you guys have been focusing on part III of the original document, and on the summary.

For now I'll concentrate on parts I and II. I'll make a raw translation like I did on the "Das System Scientology"-booklet. I guess sunday or monday I'll deliver some results. Then it's up to someone else to check that.

After that, we'll see who will be doing the other parts...

TrevAnon · May 22, 2008

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Question. The document we're translating here has as filename agsc.pdf (at least in my case). I have also found a document "Bericht der Bund-Länder-Arbeitsgruppe Scientology" which has as filename blagsc.pdf.

Can someone tell me the difference? I don't get it.

Fleischmann · May 22, 2008

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I think that "agsc" refers to the Arbeitsgruppe Scientology of the Verfassungsschutz of Northrine-Westphalia.

Alright, the last piece of the puzzle:

page 66 and upper half of page 67. same limitations as before.

III.2.4.3 Directives on dealing with critics

The suppression of dissenting opinions is the aim of the "handling of Suppressive Persons" demanded by the SC, meaning to act against critics through any means. The SC has a catalogue of measures, stating by which means critical statements on the SC are to be combated, at its disposal. It contains that critics are to be spied upon and crimes committed by them are to be exposed and that by this the critics are to be stopped in their further proceeding against SC.

Accordingly, the SC gives out the following policies:

"This is the correct policy:

(1) Find out who is attacking us.

(2) Begin immediately to check the attacker on crimes or worse, work with our own specialists on that and not with people from outside!...

(4) Feed the press with actual proof against the attackers, like their dark, bloody, sexual and criminal machinations."

"...As soon someone threatens you, you win one or several Scientologists in order to investigate noisily. You find out, where he or she works or have worked, who is his or her doctor, dentist, friends, neighbours, you call everyone and say, "I am investigating...in the case of Mr/Mrs, whether he/she attempted through criminal activities,.." You always emphasize that you already have gathered some astounding facts ... It does not matter if you don't get much information. Just be Noisy - it is ... very strange, but works quite amazingly."

Corresponding policies are also found in an SC paper which sets guidelines for the collecting of information and describes by that both the Overt Data Collection from publicly easily available sources and the Covert Data Collection.

Further directives on how to proceed with critics of the SC, in order to prevent a suppression of the SC, are found in the following text passages:

"It can also consist of one of his enemies dully thudding on the pavement or of the whole hostile camp ... going up in huge flames."

Critics who act against SC are "handled" by it as "Suppressive Persons". Thereto the Handbook for the Honorary Clergyman states:

"...The task of the Honorary Clergyman is to isolate the criminal (note: Suppressive Person) and to deprive him of power and thus to protect the group."

Counted to "Suppressive Acts" are, among others, "to propose, recommend or to vote for legislature and regulations, rules or laws which aim at the suppression of Scientology... to make a testimony hostile towars Scientology in front of state-run or public investigations."

It further states on dealing with critics:

"If society recognized in a similar manner this personality type (author's note: meaning the antisocial personality) as a sick being and, as it does nowadays with people who have the pox, - isolate it - then both social and economical recuperation could occur."

III.2.4.4 "Fair-Game"-rule

An additional example on how to deal with critics according to the SC is given by the already mentioned (meanwhile allegedly cancelled) "Fair-Game"-policy:

"A person who has been downgraded to the ethics-status of the enemy is fair game: May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed."

According to the dropout Steiden the "Fair-Game" directive has been used in Austria even as of 1968.

The dropout Tabayoyon also confirms this in his affidavit of March the 5th, 1994:

"In spite of statements to the contrary the Fair Game rule was never cancelled and will never be. Only the term "Fair Game" is dropped from all publications. The procedure, however, to handle suppressors with tricks, lies, fraud and even destruction, has not been cancelled and is being used today."

Further dropouts like Young and Voltz confirm in the affidavit of October 25th, 1993, as well as in the book "Scientology und (k)ein Ende", that the so called Fair-Game-Rule, which originated from Hubbard, is still valid and being practiced in the recent past. Young portrays this by a series of examples.

indeedindeed · May 22, 2008

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TrevAnon;282831 said:

Question. The document we're translating here has as filename agsc.pdf (at least in my case). I have also found a document "Bericht der Bund-Länder-Arbeitsgruppe Scientology" which has as filename blagsc.pdf.

Can someone tell me the difference? I don't get it.

From the title alone, I would not expect it to be any difference. AGSC means "Arbeitsgruppe Scientology"
"working group [on the topic of] Scientology." "Bund-Länder-Arbeitsgruppe Scientology" means "federal-state-working group [on the topic of] Scientology". I guess it's the same, because this working group consisted of Verfassungsschutz representatives from the federal level as well as from the state levels.

Fleischmann

nice, the last piece. That's why we can have nice things. I don't think it refers to a NRW group, it's just hosted at an NRW institution and there's a preface to it from a 1997 NRW minister introducing the report and saying it's for the citizen's information.
I'll update my parts with regards to footnotes and mistakes and I'll also try to update the OP with more sources.

TrevAnon · May 22, 2008

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Here it is: http://www.im.nrw.de/inn/doks/vs/blagsc.pdf

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