Making Light of Black PR, Part 2, January 26, 1997 Armstrong Declaration for RTC v. Ward.
Gerry Armstrong
Declaration for RTC v. Ward.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
No. C-96-20207 RMW
Religious Technology Center, Plaintiff,
v.
Grady Ward, Defendant
No. C-96-20271 RMW
Religious Technology Center, Plaintiff,
v.
H. Keith Henson, Defendant
No. C-95-20091 RMW
Religious Technology Center, et al., Plaintiffs, )
v.
Dennis Erlich, et al., Defendants
DECLARATION OF GERALD ARMSTRONG
I, Gerald Armstrong, declare:
1. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this
declaration and could competently testify thereto if called as a
witness.
2. I am a writer, artist and philosopher. Theologically speaking I am
a prophet. Speaking religiously, I am a Christian.
3. I am an expert and have testified as an expert in the areas of the
Scientology organization's structure, nature, philosophy, policies,
practices, history, specifically regarding its notorious fair game
doctrine, its fraudulent representations, its legal abuses and
tactics, and its "theology." I have testified, either in deposition or
trial, over 60 days in approximately 20 Scientology related cases. I
have written and executed dozens of declarations, which I will supply
the Court if requested, concerning my Scientology knowledge and
experiences. I have stated most of the facts contained in this
declaration in these earlier sworn statements.
4. I have been sued by the Scientology organization five times since
1982 in its continuing effort to prevent me from speaking the truth
and to destroy me financially. I have been throughout this time a
world-wide target of Scientology's character assassination campaign or
"black propaganda," which it also calls "dead agenting." To "dead
agent" someone, according to Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, is to
destroy a target's credibility so that someone else "kills" him. I
will list some of these acts below. Scientology is controlled and
directed by David Miscavige.
5. Within the past three weeks I have obtained an internet account and
have started reading the newsgroup alt.religion. scientology. Grady
Ward, defendant herein, posted a request for declarations concerning
knowledge of fair game operations, and specifically ops involving
organization private investigator Eugene M. Ingram. Mr. Ward stated
that the declarations are
needed fairly urgently. I have such knowledge, some of which I will
provide below. I am aware of the related cases before this Court, RTC
v. Erlich, and RTC v. Henson, and will also provide this declaration
to those parties.
6. I am submitting this declaration directly to the Court because of
an order filed October 17, 1995, a true and correct copy of which is
attached herewith as Exhibit A, in the case of
Scientology v. Gerald Armstrong, Marin Superior Court Case No. 157680
("Armstrong IV"). By that order, which became part of a "judgment"
filed May 2, 1996, a true and correct copy of which is attached
herewith as Exhibit B, I am prohibited from:
"2. Voluntarily assisting any person (not a government organ
or entity) defending a claim, intending to defend a claim, intending
to defend an arbitration, or intending to
defend any claim being pressed, made, arbitrated or litigated by any
of the Beneficiaries, regarding such claim or regarding defending,
arbitrating, or litigating against it;
3. Voluntarily assisting any person (not a government organ or entity)
arbitrating, or litigating adversely to any of the Beneficiaries;"
(Ex. A, 8:1-7)
7. The "Beneficiaries" are:
- The Church of Scientology International, its officers, directors,
agents, representatives, employees, volunteers, successors, assigns
and legal counsel;
- The Church of Scientology of California, its officers, directors,
agents, representatives, employees, volunteers, successors, assigns
and legal counsel;
- Religious Technology Center, its officers, directors, agents,
representatives, employees, volunteers, successors, assigns and legal
counsel;
- The Church of Spiritual Technology, its officers, directors,
agents, representatives, employees, volunteers, successors, assigns
and legal counsel;
- All Scientology and Scientology affiliated Churches, organizations
and entities, and their officers, directors, agents, representatives,
employees, volunteers, successors, assigns and legal counsel;
- Author Services, Inc., its officers, directors, agents,
representatives, employees, volunteers, successors, assigns and legal
counsel;
- The Estate of L. Ron Hubbard, its executor, beneficiaries, heirs,
representatives, and legal counsel;
and/or
- Mary Sue Hubbard;" (Ex. A, 7:8-28).
8. By this order I am prohibited from providing this declaration to
Mr. Ward, Mr. Erlich or Mr. Henson for their defense, since the
plaintiff RTC is one of the "beneficiaries." Eugene Ingram, being
Scientology's agent, is a protected "beneficiary" as well, as are all
of its corporations' attorneys, including its attorneys herein.
9. I am also prohibited by this order from
"5. Discussing with anyone, not a member of [my] immediate
family or [my] attorney, Scientology, the Church, and/or any of the
Beneficiaries;" (Ex. A, 8:14-16)
Thus, I may not even, and remain in compliance with this order, tell
Mr. Ward, Mr. Erlich, Mr. Henson, or anyone else being persecuted by
the Scientology organization with its well known
and well greased fair game machinery and operatives, one word of my
knowledge concerning these persecutors, or that I am myself so
persecuted.
10. This order does not, however, prohibit me from voluntarily
assisting a person judging litigations involving the order's
"beneficiaries." I believe that the United States District Court is a
"governmental organ or entity" excluded from the prohibitions of the
order. (See, Ex. A, 8:1,2; 6,7) I am therefor providing the original
of this declaration to the Court. I also believe that it would be
improper to send this declaration to the Court in secret, thus I am
sending copies to the parties
or their counsel.
11. I believe the order and judgment are illegal on their faces, and
obtained by Scientology through illegal tactics. The "contract" which
the "order" enforces was obtained by Scientology through threat,
fraud, related criminal activities, and the vitiation of my lawyers. I
have appealed the judgment, and believe that I will prevail and be
free from Scientology's very damaging, illegal and evil efforts to
keep me suppressed and defenseless. In the meantime, I am by this
declaration making
known some of Scientology's abuses, one of which is this order itself,
and I am working for their cessation, for safety, peace and sanity on
whatever channels remain to me. I know that
certain of Scientology's leaders and agents are vindictive, desperate
and dangerous, and have targeted me as a major "enemy." I believe I am
in considerable physical danger at this time.
What Scientology's leaders have done and ordered done to suppress and
destroy me in the past 15 years is unbelievable, and these people
evidence a continuing determination to keep that history
of suppression and destruction from ever being believed or even known.
12. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of a
document entitled "Mutual Release of All Claims and Settlement
Agreement," (hereinafter, ""settlement agreement"") which was part of
the December, 1986 "settlement" of my cross- complaint in the first
case in which Scientology sued me in 1982, Scientology v. Armstrong,
Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. 420153 ("Armstrong I").
Scientology's judicial enforcement of the "settlement agreement"
resulted in the order and judgment appended hereto as Exhibits A and
B. I will describe in paras. 22 through 32 below how Scientology
obtained my signature on this document.
13. I became involved with Scientology as a customer in 1969 in
Vancouver, B.C. I worked on staff there in 1970, and in February 1971
joined the Sea Organization ("Sea Org" or "SO") in Los Angeles. I was
flown to Spain and joined the Sea Org's flag ship, "Apollo," in
Morocco. L. Ron Hubbard, the SO's "Commodore," and all of
Scientology's supreme leader, was on board and operated Scientology
internationally through the "crew" which numbered, during my stay on
board of four and a half years, around four hundred. All my staff
positions on board involved personal contact with L. Ron Hubbard, Mary
Sue Hubbard, administrative organization staff, and people in the
ports and countries the "Apollo" visited, and included "Ship's
Representative" (legal officer), "Port Captain" (public relations
officer), and "Intelligence Officer."
14. In the fall of 1975, after the ship operation moved ashore in
Florida, I was posted in the Guardian's Office (GO) Intelligence
Bureau connected to Hubbard's Personal Office. From December 1975
through June 1976 I held the post of Deputy LRH External
Communications Aide, a relay terminal for Hubbard's written and telex
traffic to and from Scientology organizations. From July 1976 to
December 1977 I was assigned, on Hubbard's order, to the
Rehabilitation Project Force ("RPF"), the SO prison system, in
Clearwater, Florida. In 1978 I worked in Hubbard's cinematography crew
in La Quinta, California making movies under his direction until the
fall of that year when he again assigned me to the RPF, this time for
eight months, initially in La Quinta, then at a newly purchased base
at Gilman Hotsprings near Hemet, California. When I got out of the RPF
in the spring of 1979, and until the beginning of 1980, I worked in
Hubbard's "Household Unit" ("HU") at Gilman, the SO unit which took
care of Hubbard's house, personal effects, transport, meals and so
forth. My posts included "Purchaser," "LRH Renovations In-Charge" and
"Deputy Commanding Officer HU."
15. Throughout 1980, and until I left the organization in December
1981, I held the organization posts in Hubbard's "Personal Public
Relations Bureau" of "LRH Archivist" and "LRH Personal Researcher." I
assembled in Los Angeles an archive of Hubbard's writings and other
materials relating to his history to be used as the basis for a
biography to be written about the man. I also worked in Los Angeles
for the first few months of 1980 on Mission Corporate Category Sortout
("MCCS"), which had the purpose of restructuring the Scientology
enterprise so that Hubbard could continue to control it without being
liable for its actions. Beginning in the fall of 1980 and continuing
until my departure, I provided the biographical writings and other
materials, as I collected and organized them, to a non-scientologist
writer Omar Garrison, who had contracted with the organization to
write the Hubbard biography. I interviewed many people who had known
Mr. Hubbard at periods throughout his life, including almost all of
his living relatives. I traveled several thousand miles collecting
biographical information and conducting a genealogy search, and
arranged the purchase of a number of collections of Hubbard-related
documents and other materials from individual collectors.
16. Through my research and study of documentary evidence I learned
that Mr. Hubbard had lied about his past, credentials,
accomplishments, relationships and intentions. I disproved many of the
claims made by Hubbard in his biographies printed in Scientology
publications and used in promotion of the man and his philosophy and
psychotherapy, and attempted to get the organization executives
responsible for these publications to correct the false claims. As a
result I was deemed a threat, and ordered to be "security checked," an
interrogation employing an electronic meter as a lie detector, a
procedure I had undergone many times in the Sea Org. I had by this
time also debunked the significant representations Hubbard had made
about himself or his "technology" which had drawn me into and kept me
in the organization for over twelve years; e.g., that he was an
engineer and an atomic physicist; that he had been crippled and
blinded in combat in World War II and had cured himself with his
mental science discoveries; that it was a matter of medical record
that he had twice been pronounced dead; that his psychotherapy had
been subjected to rigorous scientific testing; that it cured all
psychosomatic ills and raised IQs a point per hour of therapy (I had
by this time had well over a thousand hours); that he had been
remunerated for his labors less than staff members were paid (in my
case between $4.30 and $17.20 per week throughout my SO years); and
that he and his organization were ethical and well-intentioned. When
it became clear to me that I was not going to be able to get the
organization or Hubbard to admit to the lies and take a more honest
path I left, along with my then wife Jocelyn.
17. Following my departure the organization published a "Declaration"
dated February 18, 1982 labelling me a "Suppressive Person ("SP")." An
SP is considered in Scientology completely psychotic and destructive,
one of the two and a half percent truly evil people on the planet. SPs
are viewed as enemies of Scientology and mankind and are targets for
the organization's "Fair Game Policy," which states specifically that
they may be lied to, cheated, sued and destroyed without discipline of
the Scientologist committing such acts. The "SP Declare" on me also
accused me of "spreading destructive rumors about senior
Scientologists." I knew in early 1982 that I was the target of
Guardian's Office intelligence operations because certain friends were
contacted and interrogated about me by known GO intelligence
personnel. In April, 1982 the organization also illegally
appropriated a set of photographs I had entrusted with an associate,
Virgil Wilhite, and when I demanded their return told me to "get a
lawyer."
18. A few days later I met with Boston, Massachusetts attorney Michael
Flynn, who agreed to defend me against the organization, which on
April 22, 1982 published a second SP
declare accusing me of eighteen "crimes, high crimes and suppressive
acts," including, inter alia, promulgating false information about
Hubbard and the organization. In the late spring and summer of 1982 I
obtained from Omar Garrison with his permission some of the documents
I had delivered to him while in the organization which I considered I
would need to defend myself against the organization's charges in the
SP declares and whatever actions its leaders would bring against me in
the non- scientology courts. I sent these to Mr. Flynn, who was at
that time, and for the next four and a half years, the most effective,
prominent and attacked attorney combating Scientology, and to
Contos and Bunch, a California law firm, which by then had agreed to
be local counsel for me against the organization. Mr. Flynn
represented approximately twenty individuals with damage claims, and
was in communication with hundreds of people involved in opposition to
or knowledgeable about Scientology. The organization filed the
Armstrong I suit against me on August 2, 1982, and the Hubbard
biography documents that I had sent to my lawyers were ordered by the
Court to be deposited with the Clerk where they stayed until trial in
the spring of 1984.
19. In August and September 1982 the organization employed a number of
private investigators to spy on and harass my wife and me. During that
period one of these investigators assaulted me bodily, and another
struck my body with a car, and attempted to involve me in a freeway
accident by getting in front of my car and slamming on his brakes and
pulling alongside my car and
swerving into my lane. The organization also attempted to get the Los
Angeles Police Department to bring criminal charges against me in
connection with the Hubbard documents which had
become the subject of the civil litigation in LA Superior Court.
20. I filed a cross-complaint for fraud and fair game in 1982 against
various Scientology corporations which was severed from the underlying
document case and was never tried because it "settled" in December
1986. The underlying document case was tried without a jury by Judge
Paul G. Breckenridge, Jr., who rendered a decision on June 20, 1984, a
true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D. This
document, known around the world as the "Breckenridge decision,"
rebukes Scientology's fair game doctrine and other abuses. It was
affirmed on appeal, Scientology v. Armstrong (1991), 232 Cal.App.3rd
1060, 283 Cal.Rptr. 917. Judge Breckenridge states:
"In addition to violating and abusing its own members civil
rights, the organization over the years with its "Fair Game" doctrine
has harassed and abused those persons not in the [organization] whom
it perceives as enemies. The organization clearly is schizophrenic and
paranoid, and this bizarre combination seems to be a reflection of its
founder LRH. The evidence portrays a man who has been virtually a
pathological liar when it comes to his history, background and
achievements. The
writings and documents in evidence additionally reflect his egoism,
greed, avarice, lust for power, and vindictiveness and aggressiveness
against persons perceived by him to be disloyal or hostile." (Ex.D,
8:18-9:4).
21. Between the 1984 Breckenridge decision and December, 1986
settlement, the organization's campaign against me included at least
these acts: attempted entrapment; illegal videotaping; breaking into
my car and theft of personal writings and art; filing false criminal
charges against me with the Los Angeles District Attorney; filing
false criminal charges against me with the Boston office of the FBI;
filing false declarations to bring contempt of court proceedings
against me on three occasions; obtaining perjured affidavits from
English private investigators, who had harassed me in London in 1984,
which falsely accused me of distributing "sealed" documents;
international dissemination of Scientology publications falsely
accusing me of crimes, including crimes against humanity; culling and
disseminating information from my supposedly confidential "auditing"
(psychotherapy) file. I know that the attempted entrapment, illegal
videotaping, and filing false charges with the LA DA all involved
Eugene Ingram, who had been thrown out of the Los Angeles Police
Department for allegedly pandering and taking payoffs from a drug
dealer. In the fall of 1984 Mr. Ingram called me and threatened to
"put a bullet between [my] eyes."
22. The circumstances leading up to and at the time of my signing of
the December, 1986 "settlement agreement" make understandable why I
would sign such a bizarre document. I had prevailed overwhelmingly in
the defense side of Armstrong I. My cross-complaint against
Scientology was set to go to trial in early 1987. Lawrence Wollersheim
had in July, 1986, obtained a twenty-five million dollar jury verdict
against Scientology, also in LA Superior Court. By December, 1986 I
had weathered five years of fair game. Michael Flynn, my attorney and
employer, who had represented me throughout Armstrong I, had been
Scientology's fair game target for seven years. The organization had
sued him and/or his office more than a dozen times in various
jurisdictions. The organization had "black PRed" him around the world;
infiltrated his office; stolen documents; contacted and paid known
criminals for statements falsely accusing him of
crimes (for a glimpse, see, e.g., U.S. v. Kattar, 840 F.2d. 118); paid
some of his former clients to execute false sworn statements attacking
him; framed him with an attempt to cash a forged check on one of L.
Ron Hubbard's bank accounts; and attempted to bring false criminal
charges against him. He expressed in many ways an abiding concern that
his family was at physical risk. Eugene Ingram was involved in and
largely responsible, as Scientology's paid agent, for framing Mr.
Flynn and attempting to have him charged criminally. Mr. Flynn several
times made the statement to me, and publicly to hundreds of others,
that he believed Scientology had attempted to have him killed by
tampering with his private plane. He filed his own lawsuits against
Scientology and Mr. Hubbard in response to the fair game attacks.
23. During the years the organization carried out its war on Mr.
Flynn, organization lawyers had communicated and met with him on a
number of occasions regarding settling his and his clients' cases. I
knew that such meetings occurred because I was one of those clients
from early 1982 and I had worked for Mr. Flynn from September, 1985
through 1986 in his office in Boston. Around the beginning of
December, 1986 Mr. Flynn called from Los Angeles, where he was meeting
with Scientology's lawyers to say that a "global settlement" had been
reached. He already had my agreement on a monetary figure for which I
would settle my lawsuit. He was to be paid a lump sum which he was to
divide between his clients and himself.
24. I have in the past waived my attorney-client privilege as to my
conversations with Mr. Flynn at the time of and concerning the "global
settlement," and I again waive that privilege as to those
conversations. I have stated these facts in several declarations since
1990. On December 5, 1986 I was
flown to Los Angeles, as were several other of Mr. Flynn's clients
from various places, to participate in this settlement. Shortly after
my arrival in LA I was shown a copy of the "settlement agreement"
(identical in all important respects to Exhibit C hereto) and some
other documents, which Mr. Flynn indicated I was to sign.
25. Upon reading the settlement agreement draft I was shocked and
heartsick. I told Mr. Flynn that the condition of "strict
confidentiality and silence with respect to [my] experiences with the
[organization]" (Ex. C, 7D), since it involved over seventeen years
of my life, was impossible. I told him that the "liquidated damages"
clause (Ex. C, 7D) was outrageous; that pursuant to the settlement
agreement I would have to pay $50,000.00 if I told a doctor or
psychologist about
my experiences from those years; or if I put on a resume what
positions I had held during my organization years. I said that if I
went on a date and the woman of my dreams asked me where had I been
all her life, I'd have to pay Scientology $50,000 if I dared to tell
her. I told Mr. Flynn that the requirements of non-amenability to
service of process (Ex. C, 7H) and non-cooperation with persons or
organizations adverse to the organization (Ex. C, 7G, 10) were
obstructive of justice. I told him that I felt that agreeing to leave
the organization's appeal of the decision in Armstrong I and not
respond to any subsequent appeals (Ex. C, 4B) was unfair to the
courts and all the people who had been helped by the decision. I told
Mr. Flynn that an affidavit the organization was demanding that I sign
along with the settlement agreement was false. The document
stated, inter alia, that my disagreements with the organization had
been with prior management and not with the then current leadership.
In fact there had been no management change and I had the same
disagreements with the organization's "fair game" policies and
actions, which had continued without change up to the time of the
settlement. I told Mr. Flynn that I was being asked to betray
everything and everyone I had fought for against organization
injustice. It was as if no more restrictive, insulting, mean spirited,
impossible and immoral an "agreement" could have possibly been
"negotiated" on my behalf.
26. In answer to my objections to the settlement agreement Mr. Flynn
said that the silence and liquidated damages clauses, and anything
which called for obstruction of justice were "not worth the paper
they're printed on." He said the same thing a number of times and a
number of ways; e.g., that "you cannot contract away your
Constitutional rights;" that "the conditions are unenforceable." He
said that he had advised the organization attorneys that those
conditions in the settlement agreement were not worth the paper they
were printed on, but that the organization, nevertheless, insisted on
their inclusion in the settlement agreement and would not agree to any
changes. He pointed out the clauses concerning my release of all
claims against the organization to date and its release of all claims
against me to date (Ex. C, 1,4,5,6 and 8)and said that they were the
essential elements of the settlement and "are what they're paying you
for."
27. Mr. Flynn also said that everyone was sick of the litigation and
wanted to get on with their lives. He said that he was sick of the
litigation, the threats to him and his family and wanted out. He said
that as a part of the settlement he and all co-counsels had agreed to
not become involved in
organization-related litigation in the future. He expressed a deep
concern that the courts in this country cannot deal with the
organization and its lawyers and their contemptuous abuse of the
justice system. He said that if I didn't sign the documents all I had
to look forward to was more years of harassment and misery. One of Mr.
Flynn's other clients, who was in the room with us
during this discussion, yelled at me, accusing me of killing the
settlement for everyone, and that everyone else had signed or would
sign, and everyone else wanted the settlement. Mr. Flynn said that the
organization would only settle with everyone together; otherwise there
would be no settlement. He did agree to ask the organization to
include a clause in my settlement agreement allowing me to keep my
creative works relating to L. Ron Hubbard or the organization (Ex. C,
7L).
28. Mr. Flynn said that a major reason for the settlement's "global"
form was to give the organization the opportunity to change its
combative attitude and behavior by removing the threat he and his
clients represented to it. He stated that the organization had
promised that if we settled they would cease all fair game. He argued
that the organization's willingness to pay us substantial sums of
money, after its agents and attorneys had sworn for years to pay us
"not one thin dime," was evidence of a philosophic shift within the
organization. I argued that the settlement agreement evidenced the
unchanged philosophy of fair game, and that if the organization did
not use the opportunity to transform its antisocial nature and actions
toward its members, critics and society I would, a few years hence,
because of my knowledge of organization fraud and fair game, be again
embroiled in its litigation and targeted for extralegal attacks.
29. Regarding the affidavit the organization required that I sign, Mr.
Flynn said that the "disagreement with prior management" could be
rationalized as being a disagreement with L. Ron Hubbard, and since
Mr. Hubbard had died in January 1986 it could be said that I no longer
had that disagreement. Mr. Flynn said that the organization's
attorneys had promised that the affidavit, which he said all the
settling litigants were signing, would only be used by the
organization if I began attacking it after the settlement, and since I
had no intention of attacking the organization the affidavit would
never see the light of day.
30. During my meeting with Mr. Flynn in Los Angeles I found myself
facing a dilemma which I reasoned through in this way. If I refused to
sign the settlement agreement and affidavit, all the other settling
litigants, many of whom had been flown to Los Angeles in anticipation
of a settlement, would be extremely disappointed and would continue to
be subjected to organization
harassment for an unknown period of time. I had been positioned in the
settlement drama as a deal-breaker and would undoubtedly lose the
support of some if not all of these litigants, several of whom were
key witnesses in my case against the organization. Although I was
certain that Mr. Flynn and my other lawyers would not refuse to
represent me if I did not sign the documents I also knew that they all
would view me as a deal-breaker and they would be as disappointed as
the other litigants in not ending the litigation they desperately
wanted out of. The prospect of continuing the litigation with unhappy
and unwilling attorneys on my side, even though my cross-complaint was
set for trial within three months, was distressing. On the other hand,
if I signed the documents, all my co-litigants, some of whom I knew to
be in financial trouble, would be happy, the stress they felt would be
reduced and they could get on with their lives. Mr. Flynn and the
other lawyers would be happy and the threat to them and their families
would be removed. The organization would have the opportunity they
said they desired to clean up their act and start anew. I would have
the opportunity to get on with the next phase of my life and the
financial wherewithal to do so. I was also not unhappy to at that time
not have to testify in all the litigation nor to respond to the
media's frequent questions. If the organization continued its fair
game practices toward me I sensed that I might be left to defend
myself and I accepted that fact. So, armed with Mr. Flynn's advice
that the conditions I found so offensive in the settlement agreement
were not worth the paper they were printed on, and the knowledge that
the organization's attorneys were also aware of that legal opinion, I
put on a happy face and the following day went through the charade of
a videotaped signing. I believe I was guided by God in making the
legally ill-advised decision to sign Scientology's documents. This
secret scheme to corrupt Justice is now seen as the evil it is in
large part because of Scientology's insistence that Justice's
corruption was its right.
31. It was my understanding and intention at the time of the
settlement that I would honor in a sensible way the silence and
confidentiality conditions of the settlement agreement. I would not
contact the media about Scientology, publish my Scientology history or
file statements in court concerning
Scientology. It was also my understanding that the organization had
agreed to do likewise; i.e., it would not contact the media about me,
publish my Scientology history or file statements in court concerning
me. Although the "settlement agreement" did not specifically prohibit
Scientology from communicating about me, it implied a reciprocality,
and I knew that if it did communicate I would be free to respond. That
Scientology would be able to say whatever it wanted about me to the
media, in publications, to governments, and in judicial or
administrative proceedings, and could judicially prosecute me if I
responded was, at that time and in this country, inconceivable to me.
32. A few weeks after the "settlement" I was advised by a Los Angeles
Times reporter that Scientology agents had delivered a stack of
documents about me to the paper. Although shocked by this action,
which was out of the blue because I had said or done nothing about
Scientology after the "settlement," I did not respond. Following the
settlement, and before I responded in any public way, Scientology
subjected me to considerable fair game, which included filing
affidavits falsely accusing me of crimes and of being an "agent
provocateur of the United States government;" publishing distorted
versions of my Scientology history; using documents which the
organization had requested be sealed in Armstrong I to attack me;
distributing dead agent packs of documents concerning me to the media;
distributing copies of edited versions of the illegal videotapes of me
to the media internationally; blackmail; and threatening me six times
with being sued if I responded to any attacks. Scientology also
continued to subject other people to fair game, in violation of its
promise through Mr. Flynn that it was ceasing all fair game
activities. The person who in the fall of 1987 delivered documents
concerning me and a doctored and edited copy of the 1984 illegal
videotape of me to the London Sunday Times was Eugene Ingram.
33. For three years I attempted to live by the spirit of settlement,
and, although threatened and saddened by Scientology's continuing
attacks, did not respond, but had tried to live my life away from
Scientology's war. I wrote, drew, ran, had remarkable ideas, and
formed The Gerald Armstrong Corporation ("TGAC") with wonderful hopes
and great expectations. In late 1989, however, after a series of
threats from Scientology lawyer Lawrence Heller, following my being
served with a deposition subpoena in the case of Bent Corydon v.
Scientology, Los Angeles Superior Court No. C 694401, I concluded that
I had to do something to defend myself. I saw that I could not avoid a
confrontation with the organization, and that there was a need to
correct what I knew was as an obstruction of justice, that the
settlement contracts and Scientology's enforcement thereof were
working in the legal arena. Mr. Heller threatened that if I testified
about my knowledge of Hubbard and Scientology, even though I had been
subpoenaed to testify, Scientology would consider such testimony a
breach of the "contract" and would sue me.
34. I researched my rights and responsibilities and concluded that I
had a duty to oppose known obstruction of justice. I also learned at
that time that Scientology had been able to maintain an appeal from
the Breckenridge decision in the California Court of Appeal and had
just then filed its opening brief. I therefore petitioned that Court
to be able to file a response. My filings in the Court of Appeal in
1990 included a declaration detailing and documenting Scientology's
post- settlement torts and violations, and a declaration detailing the
circumstances at the time of the 1986 settlement. The Court of Appeal
granted my petition, I filed a respondent's brief, and in July, 1991
the Court affirmed the Breckenridge decision. Following the
California Supreme Court's denial of review, Scientology filed a
motion in the Court of Appeal to seal the record on appeal. I opposed
the motion, and the Court of Appeal denied it. The complete trial
transcript, which contains ten days of my testimony about my
Scientology experiences up to 1984, is a public document.
35. In August, 1990 I was greatly moved by the buildup toward war in
the Middle East, and the general condition of man. I prayed to God for
guidance as to what I should do, and received the word: "Keep nothing.
Give what you have to the poor. Take only what you need." I gave my
possessions to those whom I believed had a need for them as put in my
heart by God, forgave debts owed to me, and determined to go where God
would have me go and do what God would have me do; which I believed
was to help where my help was asked for. Although these decisions had
nothing to do with Scientology, the organization has made them
relevant in the legal arena by suing me and three of my friends,
falsely charging that my giving away my things were "fraudulent
conveyances" to make myself "judgment proof" so I could breach its
"settlement agreement." For the next year after my renunciation God
had me, among other things, offer myself to resolve the Middle East
conflict, do some house painting and carpentry work, deal with the
pending appeal, attempt to correct Scientology's subversion of the
legal system, agree to help the victims of Scientology who asked for
my help, and offer myself to resolve the Scientology conflict in which
I had been drawn by its attacks.
36. Scientology's fair game attacks on me following my responding in
its appeal of the Breckenridge decision include, but are not limited
to, secretly videotaping me; suing me and TGAC (pronounced
"Teegeeack") four times (Marin Superior Court Case No. 152229,
transferred to Los Angeles Superior Court and given No. BC 052395
("Armstrong II"), Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 084642
("Armstrong III"), Marin Superior Court Case No. 157680 ("Armstrong
IV," the "fraudulent conveyance" case), United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Northern District of California Case No. 95-10911 aj, Adv. No.
95-1164 aj ("Armstrong V"); Armstrong II, III and IV were consolidated
into Marin SC No. 157680); attempting to have me jailed for contempt
of court based on Scientology's misrepresentation of my actions and
its own manufactured charges; filing declarations in various courts
containing false charges, and using the "settlement agreement" to
prevent me from responding or punish me for responding; using Eugene
Ingram to spread the false rumor in 1992 that I have AIDS; forcing me
into bankruptcy; attempting to seize my artwork, and personal and
intellectual property through judicial means based on false charges;
disseminating to the media packs of black PR which provide
Scientology's false version of my experiences, including the lies that
I testified falsely at trial in 1984; that I have "adopted a degraded
lifestyle;" that I am connected to a referral agency for kidnapping;
that my defense in the 1984 trial was a sham and a fraud; that the Los
Angeles Police Department authorized the illegal 1984 videotaping;
that I wanted to plant fabricated documents in Scientology files and
tell the IRS to conduct a raid; that I wanted to plunder Scientology
for my own financial gain; that I never intended to stick to the terms
of the "settlement contract;" that my motives are money and power;
that I was incompetent as a researcher; that I perjured myself about
surrendering documents to the court; that I wanted to orchestrate a
coup in which members of the US government would wrest control of
Scientology; publishing black propaganda about me without stating its
source which provide Scientology's false version of my experiences
including the lies that I was formerly a heavy drug pusher; that a
Marin Independent Journal photo showed me in the nude; that I am
psychotic and live in a delusory world; charging falsely in a letter
to the press that I had distinguished myself by posing naked in a
newspaper; attempting to cause me trouble with the IRS by writing
black propaganda letters about me; distributing packs of black
propaganda which attacked my lawyer Ford Greene, and Judge
Breckenridge.
37. I worked with attorney Greene from August, 1991 through December,
1995, except for about three weeks in April, 1995. Throughout that
period Scientology attempted overtly through misuse of the courts and
covertly through its Office of Special Affairs ("OSA"), the
organization's intelligence arm, along with other operatives, to
prevent me from working with Mr. Greene and from defending myself.
Scientology employed a covert operative, Garry Scarff, whom it had
infiltrated into Mr. Greene's office, to develop a black PR "attack
line" that Mr. Greene and I were involved in a homosexual
relationship. Scientology has subjected Mr. Greene to years of fair
game, which included having Scarff, while in his office, steal his
office records and cause trouble; concocting a plot with Scarff to
have him killed; having Scarff execute false declarations about Mr.
Greene; filing five spurious bar complaints against him; operating at
least two of his clients, Richard and Vicki Aznaran, as Scientology's
own agents, and paying them to execute false declarations against Mr.
Greene and breach their contract with him. Scientology was able to
achieve one of its desired goals with the Thomas order, Ex. A, which
made my working with Mr. Greene threatening and virtually impossible.
I have been denied two other good jobs in the past year because of my
relationship to the Scientology organization and the threat that goes
with it. I have within the past week learned from Mr. Greene that his
office was recently burglarized and my office file stolen along with
other important legal files. Eugene Ingram has been involved in the
attacks on Mr. Greene, has harassed his friends, and sought by "legal"
and illegal means to prevent him from effectively litigating against
Scientology.
38. Throughout its post-settlement judicial attacks on me Scientology
has proclaimed that by the "settlement agreement" it sought peace.
Scientology also interprets the "agreement" to mean that it can say
whatever it wants about me, no matter how false, obnoxious or evil and
that I may not respond. The organization has indeed said whatever it
wanted to about me, falsely accusing me of crimes and attacking my
character and credibility. Scientology claims that if I do respond in
any way I am liable for $50,000 in liquidated damages, and may be
jailed. Scientology, under David Miscavige, has filed bogus lawsuits
and been able to get Marin Superior Court Judge Gary W. Thomas for
bogus reasons to give them an unreasonable interpretation of the
agreement and an unreasonable judgment. Judge Thomas has stated that
essentially Scientology may say whatever it wants and I may not
respond. Because of, inter alia, what that kind of decision and
reasoning portends for Lady Justice, and because the silence of bells
too cannot be unrung, I have not succumbed quietly.
39. Through the decade of Scientology's legal attacks on me after the
December, 1986 "settlement," it has intimidated Mr. Flynn into not
coming forward to assist me. He was not only my attorney, he was my
good friend. He now says that the contract is evil, that Scientology
is evil and he wants to help me. He also says that he signed a
"contract" with Scientology, which I was unaware of at the time of the
"settlement," which specifically prevents him from assisting me. While
acknowledging that this "contract" is illegal, he says that he knows
that his life will be ruined even more than it has been by Scientology
if he comes forward to help.
40. I believe that Scientology's interpretation of the "settlement
agreement," to which Judge Thomas has added the authority of the
California courts, is unconscionable and unamerican. Because there are
dozens of these "contracts" among first hand witnesses to
Scientology's criminal and tortious practices, and because of
Scientology's fair game use of the "settlement agreement" against me,
I believe that a terrible injustice is being abetted by our courts,
which should be opposed with all strength. In my opinion, that one
party to a settlement contract, which is supposed to be essentially a
peace accord, is able to continue to shoot at the other party, who is
wounded, has been disarmed and is not being allowed to defend himself
in any way, is not peace at all but a demonic hunting trip. The
"settlement agreement," and now the judgment enforcing it, are in this
"civilized society," licenses for hunting humans.
41. I was paid in settlement by Scientology for its years of
psychological cruelty, threat and stalking; i.e., fair game.
Scientology's leaders did not learn their lesson but continued the
cruelty, threat and stalking of a person already psychologically hurt
and altered beyond belief by the actions they promised to cease. I
performed my part of the 1986 settlement. I dismissed my cross-
complaint, released to Scientology all evidence from my case, removed
myself from controversy, and gave Scientology the time and freedom it
said it wanted to cease fair game. Scientology's leaders, knowing that
they had compromised and removed my attorney, failed to perform their
part of the settlement, but continued fair game against me after they
had psychologically wounded me and, they thought, rendered me
defenseless.
42. In 1991 I became a Christian. I had, in the years after leaving
Scientology, come to recognize that I was guided by God, and I sought
to be guided in all circumstances in which I found myself. Once its
adherents become sufficiently brainwashed, Scientology does not permit
them to believe in God, labels and treats anyone who believes in God
as "psychotic," and enforces the satanic idea that God is an
"implant," a false idea installed by pain and electronics in man's
mind to enslave him. Scientology also teaches that Jesus Christ, the
whole Gospel story, and Heaven are implants designed to enslave man,
and that only Scientology has the way to free mankind from this
enslavement.
43. Scientology promotes to Christians and non-Christians that it is
compatible with Christianity, that it holds the Judeo- Christian Bible
as a holy work, and that it has no argument with the belief that Jesus
Christ was the Savior of Mankind and Son of God. Scientology has
distributed promotional materials containing these representations to
every member of Congress, to libraries, to the media, to educators, to
judges, and to people of influence across this country. Scientology
withholds from the public its actual enforced beliefs about God,
Christ, Heaven and the Bible. I believe this is religious fraud, and
dangerous to everyone lured into Scientology, those already held by
its brainwashing system, and society itself. I also believe that
Scientology's "creed" is a religious fraud because Scientology, under
Hubbard's and Miscavige's control, has never acted in accord with it.
Scientology systematically abuses its members' civil rights, and seeks
to destroy the same civil rights of its non-Scientologist "enemies."
44. Scientology promotes actively and aggressively and uses the public
postal system, public forums and public media for its promotions.
Scientology is a public figure. It uses its resources to affect
legislation and to violate people's civil rights. Its efforts to
judicially and extra-judicially silence and destroy me are clear
examples. I believe that this is not a legal purpose and not a purpose
for which tax-exempt funds can legally be used. I see that Scientology
tricks and extorts huge sums of money from people it lures into its
system for something of no value. This money will be used to pay
lawyers to attack the same people and those who seek to bring to light
or curtail the abuse. I have proof that Scientology obtained its
tax-exempt status in 1993 by illegal means. I believe that the
Internal Revenue Service and the United States government agencies
responsible were derelict in their duties in granting such tax exempt
status.
45. The documents attached hereto as Exhibits E, F and G show
Scientology's use of the "settlement agreement" to skew (and skewer)
justice. Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of a declaration
executed February 8, 1994 by organization leader David Miscavige and
filed in the case of Scientology v. Fishman and Geertz, US District
Court for the Central District of California, Case No. CV 91-6426
HLH(Tx). Mr. Miscavige devotes a paragraph to attacking and lying
about me, although I had never up to that time filed any statement in
the Fishman case. (Ex. E, 31:22- 32:14) In response to this attack and
to provide the truth underlying Mr. Miscavige's false charges I filed
in Fishman a declaration executed February 22, 1994, a true and
correct copy of which, along with true and correct copies of the
exhibits thereto, is attached hereto as Exhibit F. Shortly thereafter
Scientology moved to seal certain documents in the Fishman court file,
one of which was my February 22 declaration. In response and in
opposition to this motion I wrote and filed a declaration executed
April 21, 1994, a true and correct copy of which, without the exhibits
thereto, is attached hereto as Exhibit G. Scientology sued me for
these declarations, charging that they were "breaches" of its
"settlement agreement," and claiming $50,000 liquidated damages for
each. My "voluntary assistance" to defendants Fishman and Geertz by
way of these declarations is referred to in the Thomas order at Ex. A,
4:8-11. Correcting of the Miscavige lies and preventing my own words
from being sealed was impossible "involuntarily" because discovery was
already closed in the Fishman case. Even if discovery was still open,
there was not sufficient time to go through the ritual of being
served, opposing Scientology's motions to prevent the deposition from
going forward, combating Scientology's obstructionist lawyers in
deposition, and waiting for the deposition transcript. In my opinion,
Mr. Ward is in a similar position: even if he could afford to pay a
court reporter, there is not time enough to obtain the needed
testimony before it is needed. For this reason alone I believe
non-assistance "contracts" such as those Scientology uses must be
ruled illegal.
46. That Scientology will move to block the depositions of people who
signed its "settlement agreements" is shown by Scientology's "motion
.. to delay or prevent the taking of certain third party
depositions," a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit H. Scientology filed this motion in the Corydon litigation
after I was served in the case with a deposition subpoena. The motion
is based on a declaration by Scientology attorney Lawrence Heller
executed November 1, 1989, a true and correct copy of which is also
attached hereto as part of Exhibit H. In this declaration Mr. Heller
states that
"The non-disclosure obligations were a key part of the
settlement agreements insisted upon by all parties involved." (Ex. H,
9:5- 7) Mr. Heller also states in the memorandum of points and
authorities: "One of the key ingredients to completeing these
settlements, insisted upon by all parties involved was strict
confidentiality respecting: ... any knowledge possessed by the
Scientology entities concerning those staff members of parishioners."
(Ex. H, 4:9-14)
Mr. Heller was of course lying, because Scientology had by then
disseminated mountains of post- settlement black PR about me possessed
by the organization. He was also lying about the reciprocality of the
non-disclosure conditions because Scientology enforced its "settlement
agreement" with me on that basis of its being able to say whatever it
wanted about me but I must remain silent. Judge Thomas's refusal to
deal with or even acknowledge attorney Heller's lies and Scientology's
inconsistent statements concerning reciprocality, even though these
were carefully pointed out to him in my papers filed in the cases
before him, I believe is an indicator of Scientology's corruption of
the judicial process.
47. That Scientology will also subvert our courts' power to prosecute
"contempt" is shown in its "application for order to show cause why
Gerald Armstrong should not be held in contempt," filed December 31,
1992 in Armstrong II. A true and correct copy of the application and
Scientology's supporting documents is attached hereto as Exhibit I.
Scientology filed another application for an OSC re contempt shortly
after this one, charging that my providing a declaration to Lawrence
Wollersheim in the case of Scientology v. Wollersheim, Los Angeles
Superior Court Case No. BC 074815, was a violation of its
"injunction." Scientology's charges were either misrepresentations of
my actions or completely manufactured. Ultimately Judge Diane Wayne
discharged all of Scientology's contempt charges in a ruling dated
July 28, 1994, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit J. I do not believe I will receive equally fair treatment from
Judge Thomas, and I am at great risk of Scientology being successful
before him in its pressing to have me jailed. I wrote a declaration in
opposition to Scientology's contempt charges, and the organization
deemed that declaration itself a violation of the "settlement
agreement." I do not have immediate access to that declaration, and
many of my legal papers, but I will be able to provide it and any
other documents in the near future if requested. The documents I am
attaching as exhibits to this declaration are a small fraction of the
materials I have which show Scientology's malevolent side and its
dedication to and employment of fair game.
48. Attached hereto as Exhibit K is a true and correct copy of an
article from the Boston Globe dated November 24, 1979 concerning
Scientology's fair gaming of writer Paulette Cooper, and mentioning
other organization intelligence ops.
49. Attached hereto as Exhibit L is a true and correct copy of a
series of articles from the Oregonian dated from March 28, 1985
through May 24, 1985 covering the trial of Julie Christofferson
against Scientology in Portland, Oregon. The April 5, 1985 article
contains the statement concerning the illegally obtained videotapes of
me: "'I think they are devastating, devastating against the church,'
Multnomah Circuit Judge Donald H. Londer said." The May 18, 1985
article announces the jury's award of thirty-nine million dollars to
Ms. Christofferson.
50. Attached hereto as Exhibit M is a true and correct copy of an
article from the Los Angeles Times announcing Judge Londer's declaring
a mistrial, a month after the jury rendered its verdict.
51. Attached hereto as Exhibit N is a true and correct copy of a
series of articles from the Toronto Star and the Toronto Sun dated
from March 12, 1992 through April 30, 1992 covering a $1.6 million
damage award to Crown Prosector Casey Hill whom Scientology and its
lawyers libeled, and the trial of Scientology in Toronto, Canada for
spying and theft.
52. Attached hereto as Exhibit O is a true and correct copy of an
article from the Denver Post dated November 23, 1996 concerning the
conviction of the head of Scientology in Lyon, France for subjecting a
man to "psychological torture" resulting in his suicide.
53. Attached hereto as Exhibit P is a true and correct copy of an
article from the San Francisco Chronicle dated December 26, 1996
concerning Germany's efforts to control Scientology's abuses and
Scientology's attack on Germany.
54. These articles, which are but a small fraction of the press around
the world critical of Scientology, also support the invalidation of
the Scientology's "settlement agreements" and the Thomas order. It is
entirely wrong that anyone be denied participation in a public
controversy of this magnitude, a public controversy concerning
national sovereignty and national security decisions.
55. It is also wrong, and I believe constitutionally impermissible, to
deny anyone freedom of religion by "contract" or court order. The
Thomas order prohibits me from "discussing ... Scientology, the
Church, and/or any of the Beneficiaries;" (Ex. A, 8:14-16) If such a
prohibition is legal concerning Scientology, a parallel prohibition
would be legal concerning, for example, Christianity, God, and any
religious experience of any kind. The idea that this country's courts
can give a "church" $50,000 in liquidated damages and send someone to
jail for his discussing God or Christ or the Holy Scriptures, is of
course absurd. Who but evil itself would hatch such an idea?
Scientology's "settlement agreement," its efforts to enforce, and the
Thomas order are no less absurd, and no less evil's idea. Suppression
of critics of a religion through judicial means is a violation of the
Constitution's "Establishment Clause," and the Religious Freedom
Restoration Act of 1993. Michael Flynn did not have my permission to
sell Scientology my freedom of religion (nor any of the other personal
freedoms I possessed and enjoyed before the "settlement"), and even if
I had given him such permission he could not sell it. It cannot be
sold. Scientology couldn't buy it. It cannot be bought. Scientology
claims it purchased my freedom of religion, in fact claims that it
paid me eight hundred thousand dollars for it, but it could not have.
If it paid $800,000.00 for something it couldn't buy, receive or
possess it paid way too much. In reality, and I would think happily
for Scientology, it received from me the dismissal of my
cross-complaint, my accumulated evidence of its fraud and criminality,
and my sincere efforts to let there be peace. Thus it got a terrific
deal, and its whining that I wouldn't sell what it couldn't buy is
silly.
56. Freedom of religion without freedom to discuss religion and
religious experience is impossible. Scientology insists that the world
accept that it is a religion. It asserts in its "bona fides," indeed
in the submissions upon which it was able to get the US Government to
give it tax-empt status, that it is organized solely for religious
purposes. The experiences of its members inside and in relationship to
the organization, its founder, its "scriptures," its practices and its
other members must therefore be religious experiences. In my opinion,
as long as Scientology maintains that it is a religion it cannot
legally prohibit, by judicial means in this country's courts, anyone
from discussing anything about it. In my opinion, since Scientology
insists on binding its members with "non-disclosure bonds" and similar
"contracts," and binding its former members or targeted "enemies" with
"settlement agreements" like Exhibit C hereto, it cannot be a
religion; i.e., it cannot have it both ways.
57. In my opinion, the exposing or dissemination of Scientology's
"sacred scriptures," which is at issue in the Ward, Henson and Erlich
cases, as well as in the Lerma and Factnet cases, is an analogous
situation in which the same greater principle of religious freedom
applies. An entity which claims to have secret writings, which people
to see must pay and agree to not discuss, cannot actually be a
religion, because such a policy on its face restricts or prohibits
religious expression. Such an entity can be a "secret-selling
company," or some such, in competition with other secret- selling
companies, as long as it does not try to claim that the secrets it
sells are "religious" secrets. Practically speaking, the only time
this would become an issue is if an entity claiming to be a religion
attempted to judicially prohibit the publication of its religious
secrets or judicially punish their publishers. Obviously people have
the normal secrets that normal people have, and people talk about them
and keep them or not, and so forth. A real religion would have no
reason to prevent the publication of its scriptures, and it would
possess no "secret scriptures." In my opinion, whoever has published
Scientology's "secret scriptures" has in reality only been engaging in
religious expression. In my opinion this kind of expression is an
expected, logical response to Scientology's efforts to corrupt the
meaning of religion to "sanctify" its antisocial and dangerous mind
set and criminal activities. It is expression which cannot legally be
prohibited or punished by judicial process.
58. In my observation, Mr. Ward, Mr. Wollersheim, Mr. Henson, Mr.
Erlich, Mr. Lerma and Mr. Penny (hereinafter, "WWHELP") are in general
agreement that Scientology is not a sincere, and hence real, religion
but is a criminal cult engaged in harmful practices. In my opinion, if
WWHELP are correct in their assessment, and if they did expose or
publish Scientology's secret documents, they were and are completely
justified in having done so. It goes without saying that criminal
cults, or any criminal enterprises for that matter, are against public
policy. It is certainly conceivable that writings which direct
criminal cult members to think a certain way and perform certain acts
in order to rise within the criminal cult's hierarchy, or become more
criminal, are also against public policy. In my opinion a reasonable
person who has been presented with the facts about Scientology that
each of the alleged publishers possessed at the time the publications
were made would have believed that the prosecution of anyone pursuant
to trade secret or copyright law for the publication of such writings
is itself against public policy. Thus Scientology's actual nature is
relevant to WWHELP's defenses. If Scientology is a religion, then
WWHELP are justified in their religious expression. In my opinion, for
Scientology to now "become" a religion, among the other things it must
do, it must cease its judicial persecution of anyone for his religious
expression, even if that be criticism, publication or sworn testimony.
Scientology must otherwise, in my opinion, be seen as electing to
remain a criminal cult, and must in these matters have our courts'
ears shut to it, in limine.
59. This Court stated in its order dated January 6, 1997 filed in the
Erlich case:
"The relevant inquiry is whether the documents for which trade
secret protection is sought are "'generally known' to the relevant
people -- the potential 'competitors' of the Church." [cite]
Nevertheless, defendant has not established the extent to which the
specific processes and instructions contained in the works are known
generally or to potential competitors.
nHow to identify "potential competitors" is a difficult question.
However, members of the newsgroup "alt.religion. scientology" might be
considered as such." (Order, 21:10-14; n.17).
The identification of Scientology's "potential competitors" is
actually not a difficult question. In accordance with a long line of
US Supreme Court cases touching on religious matters, a court's
attempting to answer such a question would, however, be impermissible.
It is made "difficult" only because our courts do not generally, aside
from rare anomalies such as "natural disasters," permit themselves to
ascribe causation in human affairs to God. The actions of Scientology,
calling itself a religion and prosecuting religious expression in
secular courts, now make answering this question in these courts
possible and permissible. In my opinion, Scientology's actual
"competitors" are those whom God guides, those through whom He works
to carry out His purposes.
60. In the "religious realm," God's working in the lives of people,
although, to those who understand it, infinitely more wonderful than
any other conceivable possibility, is simply what's true, at least for
someone. This nation's courts have dealt with this truth by insisting
that within the cases over which they preside the truth or falsity of
religious beliefs will not be questioned; in this case, whether God
indeed works in people's lives, and specifically whether God's
guidance resulted in the exposing or publication of Scientology's
"secret scriptures."
61. The guided come from any religion and from no religion. They
include those who seek God's guidance and those who don't seek His
guidance, and may not even know or care that it is available. Some
people may know they're called to do God's work, and don't do it. Some
may not know they're called but do His work anyway. This is easily
understandable because God has given everyone a conscience and written
His Laws on everyone's heart, whether they know it or accept it or
not. It is also easily understandable that the guided would be
Scientology's natural "competitors" because Scientology has made a
religion of nonguidance; and religion is a realm in which God
observably has never let nonguidance triumph. Although man may attempt
to keep God out of his other realms, he cannot keep God out of
religion, because in this world it is His Realm.
62. Scientology does not acknowledge God's guidance, in fact teaches,
despite its public relations to the contrary, that God does not exist.
In his bulletin dated May 11, 1963 entitled "Routine 3 Heaven," a true
and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit Q, L. Ron
Hubbard writes that Heaven, God and Christ are "implants," electronic
mechanisms to entrap and enslave mankind. These "religious" assertions
are of course blasphemous. He writes moreover about the scientific
nature of this "knowledge:"
"This HCO Bulletin is based on over a thousand hours of
research auditing, analyzing the facsimiles of the reactive mind, and
with the help of a Mark V Electrometer. It is scientific research and
is not in any way based upon the mere opinion of the researcher. This
HCO Bulletin is not the result of the belief or beliefs of anyone.
Scientology data reflects long, arduous and painstaking research over
a period of some thirty years into the nature of Man, the mind, the
human spirit and its relationship to the physical universe. The data
and phenomena discovered in Scientology is common to all minds and all
men and can be demonstrated on anyone. Truth does not require belief
to be true any more than water requires anyone's permission to run
downhill. The data is itself and can be duplicated by any honest
researcher or practitioner." (Ex. Q, at p. 4)
"Routine 3 Heaven" is considered by Scientology as part of its
"confidential Church scriptures which are protected trade secrets." I
possessed this bulletin inside the organization, legally possess it
now, and know personally at least a dozen other people who now possess
it.
63. In his bulletin dated September 23, 1968 entitled "Resistive Cases
Former Therapy," a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto
as Exhibit R, Mr. Hubbard writes that "the Christian Churches [ ] uses
implanting." He calls them "gangsters" who "invented Christ (who comes
from the crucifixion in R6 75m years ago)(Hubbard's parens.) and
implanted their way to "power"." (Ex. R. at p. 2). This is also one of
Scientology's "secret scriptures," which I and many other people
legally possess. It, like the rest of the organization's "secret
scriptures," is an attack on Christianity, and blasphemous.
64. Scientology has its salvation "plan," its goal to "clear the
planet." It charges, even extorts, terrible sums of money, and lies
to, cheats and bullies its adherents and targeted opposition. Its
guiding principle is fair game, its doctrine of opportunistic hatred,
pursuant to which it uses the law to harass its targets. God's plan on
the other hand is free to everyone. He guides people to tell the truth
and cheat and bully no one, but stand up to cheats and bullies, and
stand up for their targets. Scientology's leaders and God and His
guided are "competitors" for human souls. Scientology seeks to enslave
souls, while God seeks only their freedom. Other enslavers of the soul
work through other cons appealing to greed, lust, fear, evil and the
like. They all lie. No one is guided by God to bind human souls with
"contracts" or threats which limit their expression. No one is guided
by God to hate, cheat or bully, or to use the law to harass. God's
guidance is wisdom. Scientology's guidance is stupidity; hence
dangerous. The exposing of dangerous cults masquerading as religions,
and other enslavers, is a Biblically-blessed work of the guided.
Bringing Scientology's actual nature, a facet of which is reflected in
its "secret scriptures," to light has arisen at this time because of a
certain imminence. The global nature of Scientology's threat to
religion, and its menace to the minds of God's children at this time
are observable factors. It is altogether understandable that God would
reach out through those who are available for His work in the realm of
religion. WWHELP have played God-given rolls in bringing Scientology's
fraud and dangers to light, and they are a part of those God guides to
such religious expression. Some people testify, some picket, some
encourage, some pray, some post their stories to ars. These very cool
spirits may or may not believe, sense or know they are guided by God.
One might think Christians would be the people most willing to speak
out about Scientology and expose its "secret scriptures," because in
the realm of religion the organization theologically is antichristian.
I have no reason to believe that any of WWHELP consider themselves
Christians. WWHELP in fact may have thought they exposed
Scientology's "secret scriptures," if they indeed did, for other
reasons; e.g., that they showed it to be a criminal cult; that they
are evidence of practicing medicine without a license; that the
exposure might save someone from paying the criminal cult three
hundred sixty thousand dollars to get to see them. In my opinion, they
have done God's work. Supporting that opinion is that fact that they
published whatever they did without any intent to gain monetarily
thereby. A prophet brings God's message to His children, and cannot be
silenced by our courts, even if he is a Prophet to Scientologists.
65. Scientology claims to be prosecuting WWHELP for allegedly
publishing its "secret scriptures," which includes the "OT materials,"
and the "NOTS materials." To accomplish its raids and bring and
maintain its lawsuits the organization has asserted that the OT and
NOTS materials had been kept secret, and were not generally known
except by its own adherents. This is false. I have possessed a copy of
the OT materials for many years, and I know others who possessed these
materials long before any of the internet publications. During the
Armstrong I litigation I possessed a copy of the complete set of NOTS
materials, and I know several other people who possessed them long
before any were published on the internet. At the time of the
Armstrong I "settlement" I delivered my copy of the NOTS materials to
the Scientology organization. This copy should be available to WWHELP
through discovery in their cases. In my opinion, Scientology's leaders
have not brought these cases to protect the "secret scriptures,"
because they are not secret, but have used the law of trade secret and
copyrights as an opportunity to harass available "targets," and thus
send a brutal message to intimidate anyone whom God might call to
stand up and speak free.
66. Each of the WWHELP cases is being prosecuted by Scientology entity
RTC, which claims to own the "religion's" marks, trade secrets and
copyrighted materials. RTC, operated by David Miscavige, is able to
"legally" control the "religion," its operations, personnel,
communication lines, finances, lawyers and agents because of this
claimed ownership. In my opinion RTC did not obtain this claimed
ownership by legal means, and now maintains such illegally ownership
to the detriment of the practitioners of the "religion" and society at
large. It is my understanding that David Miscavige notarized the
signature of L. Ron Hubbard near the time of his alleged death in 1986
on a document which transferred Mr. Hubbard's ownership of certain
rights and/or marks from himself to RTC. While on board the "Apollo"
during 1972 through 1974 I was required on a number of occasions to
have Mr. Hubbard's signature notarized on various documents. There
were a couple of notaries in Portugal I got to know who would verify
the signature by comparison with a signature in their signature book.
There were times when I took documents to these notaries which were
not signed by Mr. Hubbard, but by Joyce Popham, who could sign his
signature extremely well. Two of the documents signed by Ms. Popham
were for the registration of the marks "Dianetics" and "Scientology."
The forging of signatures or obtaining false notarizations is not
unreasonable in Scientology affairs. There is as well the more serious
question of Mr. Hubbard's actually not owing or possessing the rights
RTC says it acquired from him.
67. Attached hereto as Exhibit S is a true and correct copy of three
documents I received in late November, 1996 from Craig Branch of the
Watchman Fellowship, a Christian research and apologetics organization
and publisher. The first document is an undated letter to me from Mr.
Branch. The second is a letter dated October 21, 1996 from Cathy
Norman of Scientology's Office of Special Affairs in Austin, Texas.
The third document is black PR on me in the form of a standard "DA
document." It repeats the same lies David Miscavige put in his
declaration (Ex. E). See, e.g., Ex. S, DA Doc, at p. 4 where
Scientology asserts that "the Church obtained permission from the Los
Angeles Police Department to conduct undercover surveillance of
Armstrong, and compare with Ex. F, and the attached public
announcement of then LAPD Chief Daryl Gates. According to Scientology
I cannot respond to correct the lies in this latest example of
Scientology's black PR to reach me, in this case sent to a prominent
person in the Christian community. Scientology is attempting with this
sort of attack, coupled with its "non-disclosure" contracts and
orders, its glossy PR, legal triumphs, etc. to rewrite history. I
believe Scientology's efforts to rewrite history are dangerous, and my
silence only abets the threat. In my opinion, Scientology can never
rewrite history, and it is well advised to give up the effort and
instead through honest change become the honest organization it now
tries dishonestly to get the world to believe it is.
68. On January 23, 1997 I received in the mail from Grady Ward a
subpoena, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit T, for production of documents in his case.
69. On January 24 I received from attorney Andrew H. Wilson a fax
letter, a true and correct copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
U, threatening prosecution in Armstrong IV if I provide documents to
Mr. Ward pursuant to his subpoena. This letter is frightening to me,
and supports why I am sending this declaration directly to the Court,
and why the "settlement agreement" and the Thomas order are illegal.
Mr. Ward does not have the time to wait for my testimony until
Scientology's motion for protective order is heard before he must file
this testimony. In my opinion, that is precisely why Mr. Wilson has
sent his threat letter. Scientology already enjoys a terribly uneven
playing field in its cases against WWHELP, especially against Mr. Ward
and Mr. Henson, who are proceeding unfinanced and undefended by
lawyers. We're kindred souls. Scientology spends millions on lawyers
and more millions on private investigators. Its history of attacks on
judges and efforts to compromise judges was known to me inside the
organization, and I have learned more about this evil since leaving.
Scientology's personnel are trained to lie, and its lawyers paid to
lie. It has a policy and history of destruction of evidence (See,
e.g., Ex. D). It seizes every advantage our country's laws confer on
religions and does not perform its responsibilities as a religion. It
keeps witnesses with material evidence bound and intimidated by
illegal "non- assistance" contracts and other threats. Other people
who have testimony regarding Scientology's nature, structure, history,
"scriptures," and practices, who I know or have been so informed, to
also be bound by Scientology's "contracts," include, at least: Laurel
Sullivan, William Franks, Howard Schomer, Martin Samuels, Michael
Flynn, Esq., Julia Dragojevic, Esq., Garry P. McMurry, Esq., Gabe
Cazares, Bent Corydon, Michael Douglas, Kima Douglas, Nancy Dincalci,
Edward Walters, Julie Christofferson, Nancy McLean, John McLean,
Warren Friske, Robert Dardano, Tonja Burden, Margery Wakefield,
Paulette Cooper, David Mayo. In my opinion, Scientology steps so
brazenly into court and sues so wantonly because it believes it has so
many people bound to silence that it can lie with impunity.
70. Mr. Ward, and indeed all of WWHELP, should be able to freely
obtain the testimony of anyone willing to testify on their behalf, or
by subpoena anyone unwilling. They should be able to obtain the
assistance of any expert witness they believe can help. Because
Scientology has so distorted the floor of the legal arena I am moved
to seek guidance in how to help. No person, seeking and knowing God's
guidance, would not help. I have a personal interest in the outcome of
all of Scientology's cases, because an outcome favorable to the
organization will be used to attack me and my friends.
71. If it is within this Court's power, and I believe it is, I ask
that it issue an order prohibiting Scientology from interfering with
Mr. Ward's, Mr. Henson's and Mr. Erlich's witnesses, including me, and
an order to Scientology to release me from its "contract" and the
Thomas order so that I am free to assist these defendants in their
cases.
I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of
California that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed at San Anselmo, California, on January 26, 1997
GERALD ARMSTRONG
© 1997, 2000 Gerry Armstrong
Reposter
Title: Making Light of Black PR, Part 2, January 26, 1997 Armstrong Declaration
for RTC v. Ward.
Author: arms...@dowco.com (Gerry Armstrong)
Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000
The_Public_Record
>Making Light of Black PR, Part 2, January 26, 1997 Armstrong
ANDREW H. WILSON - SBN 063209
WILSON, RYAN & COMPILONGO
115 Sansome Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
(415) 391-3900
TELEFAX: (415) 954-0938
LAURIE J. BARTILSON - SBN 139220
MOXON & BARTILSON
6255 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 2000
Hollywood, CA 90028
(213) 960-1936
TELEFAX: (213) 953-3351
Attorneys for Plaintiff
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STARE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL )
a California not-for-profit )
religious corporation ) CASE NO. 157 680
)
Plaintiff, ) [CONSOLIDATED]
) JUDGMENT
vs. )
) Trial Date: Vacated
GERALD ARMSTRONG; DOES 1 through 25,)
inclusive, )
)
Defendant. )
____________________________________)
On October 6, 1995, the Court granted the motion of Plaintiff made under Code of
Civil Procedure § 437(c) on the ground that there is no defense to the action,
and that judgment be entered for Plaintiff and against Defendants on the 13th,
16th, 17th and 19th causes of action of the Second Amended Complaint.
On January 27, 1995, the Court granted the motion of Plaintiff made under Code
of Civil Procedure §437(c) on the ground that there was no defense to the
action, for an order that judgment be entered for Plaintiff and against
Defendants on the 4th and 6th causes of action of the Second Amended Complaint.
On October 6, 1995, the Court granted the motion of Plaintiff, made under Code
of Civil Procedure §437(c) on the ground that there was no defense to the
action, for an order that a permanent injunction be entered on behalf of
Plaintiff and against Defendants.
On August 16, 1994, the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, in
which this action was then pending, granted the motion of Defendants under Code
of Civil Procedure §437 (c) on the ground that the causes of action asserted in
the 2nd and 3rd causes of action on the Cross-Complaint of Gerald Armstrong, for
an order that judgment be entered for Defendants and against Plaintiffs on said
causes of action.
On March 7, 1996, the Court granted the motion of Cross=Defendant Church of
Scientology made on the Code of Civil Procedure §437(c) on the ground that the
action had no merit on the remaining claims set forth in the Cross-Complaint of
Gerald Armstrong.
On February 21, 1996, Plaintiff filed its Cost Bill herein, seeking costs in the
amount of $334,671.75.
In accordance with the above orders,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDICATED AND DECREED that Plaintiff shall recover from
Defendant the principal sum of $300,000 plus interest at the legal rate from the
date of such orders in the sum of $21,923 for a total sum of $321,923.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the judgment of permanent
injunction shall be entered against Defendant Armstrong in accordance with that
certain ORDER OF PERMANENT INJUNCTION signed by this Court on October 17, 1995,
a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Cross-Defendant shall have
judgment against Cross-Complainant upon the Cross-Complaint of Gerald Armstrong.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that Plaintiff shall receive from
Defendant its costs in the sum of $334,671.75.
Dated: April 29, 1996 Gary W. Thomas
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
Thomas J Best
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CLAUDETTE C. GREENE SBN 184437
WILSON COMPILONGO LLP
115 Sansome Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, California 94104
Telephone (415) 391-3900
Attorneys for Plaintiff
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STARE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL, a California not-for-profit
religious corporation CASE NO. 152229
Plaintiff, BENCH WARRANT
(CIVIL)
vs.
GERALD ARMSTRONG; DOES 1
through 25, inclusive,
Defendant.
__________________________________________)
The people of the State of California to any peace officer of
this state:
On October 17, 1995 this Court entered an Order of Permanent
Injunction against Defendant GERALD ARMSTRONG ("ARMSTRONG"). The Order
prohibits Armstrong from voluntarily assisting any persons litigating
claims adverse to the "Beneficiaries" and prohibiting "works"
discussing any of the Beneficiaries. The Order was valid. ARMSTRONG
had knowledge of the Order. ARMSTRONG has the ability to comply with
the Order.
ARMSTRONG willfully disobeyed the order by sending a
declaration to Judge Whyte.
The Contempt proceedings against Armstrong came on for hearing
by the above-referenced Court on May 23, 1997 pursuant to this Court's
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE CONTEMPT issued on February 18, 1997. ARMSTRONG
did not appear nor did ARMSTRONG files any opposition or evidence. An
ORDER OF CONTEMPT was issued by this Court on June 5, 1997 (A true and
correct copy of this order is attached and highlighted here as Exhibit
A).
YOU ARE THEREFORE ORDERED forthwith to arrest GERALD ARMSTRONG
whose last known address: 715 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, San Anselmo,
CA 94960 and bring him before this Court to show cause why he should
not be punished for contempt for disobeying the mandate of this Court.
Arrest under this bench warrant may be made at any time of the
day or night.
Bail is fixed in the sum of $5,000 (and pursuant to the ORDER
OF CONTEMPT, including a fine of $1000.00 and confinement in the County
Jail for a period not to exceed 48 hours).
IT IS SO ORDERED
Date: August 6, 1997 Gary Thomas
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
Exhibit A:
ANDREW H. WILSON, ESQ., SBN 063209
WILSON COMPILONGO LLP
115 Sansome Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, California 943104
(415) 391-3900
(415) 954-0938 (fax)
Attorneys for Plaintiff
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STARE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL, a California not-for-profit
religious corporation Case No. 152229
Plaintiff, ORDER OF CONTEMPT
vs.
GERALD ARMSTRONG; DOES 1
through 25, inclusive,
Defendant.
___________________________________________)
The contempt proceedings against Defendant GERALD ARMSTRONG
came on for hearing by the Court on May 23, 1997 pursuant to this
Court's ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE CONTEMPT issued on February 18, 1997,
and further pursuant to this Court's ORDER ALLOWING SERVICE OF THE
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE CONTEMPT issued on March 5, 1997. Petitioner
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL appeared by its counsel, Andrew H.
Wilson. Defendant ARMSTRONG did not appear nor did Defendant file any
opposition or evidence.
GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFOR, the court makes the following
findings:
1. On October 17, 1995 this Court entered an Order of
Permanent Injunction against ARMSTRONG (the "Order") following motions
for summary adjudication brought by Plaintiff. This Order was alter
incorporated int a judgment entered against Mr. Armstrong on May 2,
1996 (the "Judgment"). The Order prohibits ARMSTRONG from voluntarily
assisting any persons litigating claims adverse to the "Beneficiaries"
and from creating or publishing "works" discussing any of the
Beneficiaries. One of the Beneficiaries is a corporation known as
Religious Technology Center ("RTC").
2. The Order was valid when rendered and remains fully
enforceable, notwithstanding ARMSTRONG's appeal of the Judgment. the
filling of a Notice of Appeal does not render a valid order
unenforceable.
3. ARMSTRONG had knowledge of the Order. ARMSTRONG's
counsel appeared at the hearing pertaining to the Order and received
Notice of Entry. ARMSTRONG also received a Notice of Entry of Order
which was served on his counsel. ARMSTRONG's actual knowledge of the
Order is also shown by the fact that ARMSTRONG himself signed and filed
a Notice of Appeal of the Judgment.
4. ARMSTRONG had the ability to comply with the Order.
The Order was specific. It prohibited ARMSTRONG from voluntarily
assisting any person arbitrating or litigating adversely to the
Beneficiaries and also prohibited ARMSTRONG from facilitating in any
manner the creation, publication, broadcast, writing, electronic
recording or reproduction of various documentary works. There has been
no suggestion, and certainly no showing by ARMSTRONG, that he is
incapable of complying with the Order.
5. ARMSTRONG willfully disobeyed the Order. On or about
January 26, 1997, ARMSTRONG sent a document entitled DECLARATION OF
GERALD ARMSTRONG to United States District Judge Ronald M. Whyte.
Judge Whyte was at the time presiding over three cases in which the
plaintiff is RTC. In the Declaration, ARMSTRONG recites his
understanding that he was prohibited form sending such a declaration
directly to litigants and states that he is instead sending it directly
to Judge Whyte in the hopes of influencing his decision on a pending
matter. This evidences ARMSTRONG's willful disobedience of the Order
and Judgment.
IT IS HEREBY ADJUDGED, ORDERED AND DECREED that Defendant
GERALD ARMSTRONG is guilty of Contempt of Court for a failure to obey
the Order and Judgment by sending the Declaration, as described above,
to Judge Whyte. As set forth above, the Order was valid and
enforceable; ARMSTRONG had knowledge of the Order, had the ability to
comply with the Order and willfully disobeyed the Order.
IT IS FURTHER ADJUDGED, ORDERED AND DECREED that Defendant
GERALD ARMSTRONG is to be punished for the foregoing contempt by a fine
of $1,000 and confinement in the County Jail for a period not to exceed
48 hours.
DATED: June 3, 1997 GARY W. THOMAS
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
In article <38c3687e....@news.dowco.com>,
arms...@dowco.com (Gerry Armstrong) wrote:
> Making Light of Black PR, Part 2, January 26, 1997 Armstrong
> Declaration for RTC v. Ward.
>
> UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
>
> FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
>
> No. C-96-20207 RMW
>
> Religious Technology Center, Plaintiff,
> v.
> Grady Ward, Defendant
>
> No. C-96-20271 RMW
>
> Religious Technology Center, Plaintiff,
> v.
> H. Keith Henson, Defendant
>
> No. C-95-20091 RMW
>
> Religious Technology Center, et al., Plaintiffs, )
> v.
> Dennis Erlich, et al., Defendants
>
> DECLARATION OF GERALD ARMSTRONG
>
> I, Gerald Armstrong, declare:
>
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>Attorneys for Plaintiff
>CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
What is your name? What is your job title? What organization do you
represent? Thanks!
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Beverly Rice
Making Light of Black PR, Part 2, January 26, 1997 Armstrong
Declaration for RTC v. Ward.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
No. C-96-20207 RMW
Religious Technology Center, Plaintiff,
v.
Grady Ward, Defendant
No. C-96-20271 RMW
Religious Technology Center, Plaintiff,
v.
H. Keith Henson, Defendant
No. C-95-20091 RMW
Religious Technology Center, et al., Plaintiffs, )
v.
Dennis Erlich, et al., Defendants
DECLARATION OF GERALD ARMSTRONG
I, Gerald Armstrong, declare:
1. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth in this
Beverly Rice
In order that you can see the recent posting of Gerald
Armstrong, go to:
http://holysmoke.org/ga/ga.htm
Thank you, Shy David, very much.
This web page will hopefully be mirrored all over the
web.
Beverly
Shy David www.xenu.net
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Golly gee! What dreadful thing happened to www.scientology.org that would force
the crime syndicate to use Deja News to post to a.r.s.? Maybe their WIS spewbot
blew a fuse or something. I mean hell, since they can post fifty or sixty WIS
propaganda pieces from their own server, why use Deja News?
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Help fight religious descrimination! http://holysmoke.org/tolerate.htm
"... if postulates were horses, downstats would ride." -- Gerry Armstrong
Shy David www.xenu.net
> publicr...@scientology.org wrote:
>
> In order that you can see the recent posting of Gerald Armstrong, go to:
> http://holysmoke.org/ga/ga.htm
If I can find out who owns the copyright to the images of Gerry's wedding, I
would also like to make them available at the same URL. Seems to me the
copyright belongs to Gerry Armstrong.
> Thank you, Shy David, very much.
*blush!*
> This web page will hopefully be mirrored all over the web.
If one starts at <http://holysmoke.org/theta.htm> one will get darn near
everything about Scientology from the site. If one tells their mirroring
software to ignore index.htm it will not run out and get the non-Scn stuff.
> Beverly