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Scientology at Ground Zero...they should be prosecuted

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barb

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Sep 18, 2001, 11:37:35 AM9/18/01
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In the past week following the WTC tragedy, we have heard amazing
stories of heroism and acts of selfless courage and generousity. Sadly,
it has become necessary to warn people of the small number of hucksters,
jackals, and scam artists attempting to profit from this terrible event.
Recently, one such scam came to light, perpetrated by the Church of
Scientology.

By presenting itself as "National Mental Health Assistance," they
managed to deceive Fox News into running their number across the screen
on their broadcasts for five hours. People calling for help wound up
speaking to representatives for Scientology, a group well-known for
opposing the real mental health industry.

Intercepted emails from Scientologists in New York City are revealing,
it shows that this group is intentionally using deceit to gain access to
the vulnerable people still suffering from shock and grief. Moreover, it
has deliberately interfered with legitimate mental health practitioners
sent there to assist. Below are a few excerpts from these emails, sent
out to Scientologists to promote this parasitic behavior by "Lt." Simon
Hare, CO, I HELP Canada (in NY). (Note: the "Lieutenant" designates a
rank in the Sea Org, not to be confused with actual military rank)

"Dear All,

For the last two days I have been in New York Org running, with
several other Sea Org members, the deployment of Volunteer Ministers
into the disaster zone."

The Sea Org is Scientology's pretend Navy, and consists of the most
dedicated members. These people sign a billion year contract when
joining up. Volunteer Ministers have undergone an hour's training in
Scientology style disaster training, mostly a technique known as a
"touch assist," which is supposed to make one feel better. This was
dreamed up by founder L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer and
college dropout, a man who's "Doctorate" degree was purchased from a
diploma mill.

After describing the scene, the Scientologist reporting goes on to say,
"Additionally we are trying to move in and knock the psychs out of
counseling to the grieving families and that could take another 100
plus people right now. Due to some brilliant maneuvering by some
simply genius Sea Org Members we tied up the majority of the psychs
who were attempting to get to families yesterday in Q&A, bullbait and
wrangling. They have a hard time completing cycles of action and are
pretty easy to disperse. But today they are out in full force and
circling like vultures over these people and all of our resources are
tied up in the support efforts in the disaster zone at present."

Scientology's greatest perceived enemy on Earth is "the psychs." This
term refers to formally trained mental health professionals, from
counsellors to psychiatrists. Here they are blatantly admitting to
interfering with rescue assistance efforts from that field.
Here we see that distributing food and water is not their main goal in
being on-scene, rather, it is access to the victims they are after.
By keeping trained mental health professionals away from the scene, they
have full access.

The Scientologist goes on to say, "There is nowhere on Earth right now
that hurts like this place. These are brave people and they are the able
and they don't know it but they need the Scientologists with LRH's tech
to be here right now.

The fire-fighter company down the street from the org lost 14 members on
Tuesday. No one can do anything for them or the rest but
Scientologists. The other religions here with their ministers have
shown their true colors and are working hand in hand with the psychs
to give these people as much false data and restimulation as they can.
They HAVE NO TECH and they're not even trying to hide it anymore.
They've crossed over and abandoned anything spiritual and
to hell with them."

Yes, only Scientologists with L. Ron Hubbard's program can do any good
right now. Other ministers don't have Ron's wonderful "tech" and are
working with real mental health professionals, threatening Scientology's
access to potential victims. They are competition. To hell with them,
indeed!

In a later report, this Scientologist describes gaining access to the
disaster area.

"There was a very large barricade there manned by both Police
and Military and they absolutely refused to let us though. The
SO member in charge of the VM's "snuck" about 5 of us in
another way and on the way we gave out cold drinks to tired
rescue workers."

Here we have untrained individuals putting themselves and rescuers in
danger by their presence. Once inside, they would not leave.

"Anyway, we of course jumped right in and helped by giving out food,
drinks, unpacking etc... Soon thereafter we set-up an area for
assists right there next to the medical area - outside. We put
out 3 cots and we started body routing people in for nerve
assists."

What this means is, they staked out a spot next to real medical
personnel and began "body routing" victims in to deliver Hubbard's
spurious "touch assists." By positioning themselves next to legitimate
services, they hope no one will notice that they are merely untrained
cultists seeking good PR and potential members.

The Scientologist then goes on to boast about how appreciated and useful
they are, how they are one of the few groups allowed through the
barricades (having sneaked in to begin with) and what wonderful things
the Scientologists are doing to further their own agenda.

After Fox News was made aware that they were referring people to
Scientology they removed the crawling banner from their broadcasts.
Scientology was able to fool them by promoting themselves as "National
Mental Health Assistance," very typical of them to form a front group
with a similar sounding name to a legitimate organization. The National
Mental Health Association was not amused. This is also done with their
Narconon front group, which is often confused with Narcanon, a
legitimate group.

Copies of the Scientology emails were circulated to the media, resulting
in several articles in newspapers and online news sources today. When
indications that this was happening was noticed by Scientology on the
alt.religion.scientology newsgroup, a site mostly critical of
Scientology and its abuses, a further email was sent by the
Scientologist pleading for silence.


"This is just going to be a quick communication to the group!

As part of a briefing given to a group going to ground zero this
evening (some folks from LA), we were informed not to give
out any information about what is going on down there via the
internet.

However, we are allowed to call people to share the good
news, or news in general.

This restriction was communicated as being necessary in that
the internet can be infiltrated, and possibly this information
could be gotten into the wrong hands, altered, etc.

Therefore I am afraid that I can not give you all the kinds of
detailed messages as I have been in the past, and I am sorry
for that."

This information did indeed get into the "wrong hands," the hands of
people who know the true nature of Scientology and are not afraid to
expose them for the fraudulent criminal organization that they are.
People who speak out against Scientology have been harrassed,
intimidated, and stalked. They have sometimes lost their jobs thanks to
Scientology interference. Their pets have been killed. Before the
Internet was widespread, Scientology was very successful at suppressing
its critics. Today, news of every move the cult makes is quickly spotted
and distributed around the world.

The really awful thing about Scientology using this tragedy, is that
they are targeting people who have survived a horrible experience.
Unlike looting the dead, they are preying upon the vulnerable survivors,
people who are seeking help to try to recover from the shock and regain
their lives to some extent. The stories that come out of people who
finally manage to leave the cult are terrible in their similarity. Years
of coercive mental conditioning. Thousands of dollars wasted in pursuit
of a fabrication developed by a drug addicted megalomaniac. Years
wasted, families torn apart, souls and minds shattered by the relentless
totalitarian control of this evil, greedy cult pretending to be a
church.

To compound the survivors' suffering by snatching them off the streets
for Scientology processing in New York City should be a crime.
People have been warned to beware of scam artists using this tragedy to
their benefit. Mayor Giuliani has warned that such hucksters will be
prosecuted. Scientology and individual Scientologists should be first in
line. That they have inserted themselves into this disaster with such a
large-scale operation, including deceiving a major network into
unwittingly promoting them, establishing a fraudulent "mental health
assistance" front, and interfering with real rescue and assistance
operations should not be overlooked when it's time to prosecute those
who tried to take advantage of a terrible, tragic event.

--
Barb
Chaplain, ARSCC
http://members.home.net/bwarr1/index.htm
http://www.geocities.com/bwarr_2000/ mirror site

"Every week, every month, every year, every decade and now
every century, Scientology does weird and stupid things
to damage its own reputation."
-Steve Zadarnowski

"Comparing Scientology to a motorcycle gang is a gross, unpardonable
insult to bikers everywhere. Even at our worst, we are never as bad as
Scientology."
-ex-member, Thunderclouds motorcycle "club"

"$cientology sees the world this way: One man with a picket sign:
terrorism. Five thousand people dead in a deliberate inferno: business
opportunity.

$cientology oozes _under_ terrorists to hide."
-Chris Leithiser

Steve Zadarnowski

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Sep 18, 2001, 12:54:06 PM9/18/01
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barb <bwa...@home.com> wrote:

>In the past week following the WTC tragedy, we have heard amazing
>stories of heroism and acts of selfless courage and generousity. Sadly,
>it has become necessary to warn people of the small number of hucksters,
>jackals, and scam artists attempting to profit from this terrible event.
>Recently, one such scam came to light, perpetrated by the Church of
>Scientology.

Scientology always outs itself in the end, its true intentions
masked temporarily until the gloating started...

>By presenting itself as "National Mental Health Assistance," they
>managed to deceive Fox News into running their number across the screen
>on their broadcasts for five hours.

The bastards.

>That they have inserted themselves into this disaster with such a
>large-scale operation, including deceiving a major network into
>unwittingly promoting them, establishing a fraudulent "mental health
>assistance" front, and interfering with real rescue and assistance
>operations should not be overlooked when it's time to prosecute those
>who tried to take advantage of a terrible, tragic event.

Indeedy, a stain upon them that is guaranteed to stay for a
very long time, and a lot of us here with very very long
memories to make sure that the public never forgets either.

S
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"The Church of Scientology is as generous as the members are stupid.
Constant giving is the price of membership, nothing monetary rolls
downhill. No disaster so great, no human suffering so profound that
it causes money to roll downhill." - Ted Mayett

Rev. Fredric L. Rice

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Sep 20, 2001, 9:36:09 PM9/20/01
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galac...@blackvault.com (Galactic Rebel) wrote:

>Same old shit, why dont u go to another country or shut the fuck up you
>stupid fool. You got nothing better to do than bark up the wrong trees and
>shit in the wrong grass.

>Reverend, go to hell, suck Jesus' penis, fuck Satan in the ass and I HOPE
>YOU FIND YOUR IMAGINARY PEARLY GATES TO HEAVEN WITH GOD SITTING BEHIND THEM
>WAITING TO CUM IN YOUR FACE.

This is your mind on Scientology, folks. Any question?

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Send information concerning incidents of racketeering and
terrorism by the Scientology cult to the Domestic Terrorism
Task Force at nor...@fbi.gov http://www.skeptictank.org/
Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard: http://www.RonTheNut.ORG/
PGP Key: http://www.skeptictank.org/frice.pgp

Chemehuev

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Sep 25, 2001, 1:08:23 AM9/25/01
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I have sent the following document to several newspapers, as well
as human rights organizations.


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"Faith doesn't move mountains: it levels buildings." -- David Rice

Chemehuev

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Sep 25, 2001, 2:38:20 AM9/25/01
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2001 01:36:09 GMT, fr...@NOSPAMskeptictank.org
(Rev. Fredric L. Rice) wrote:

> galac...@blackvault.com (Galactic Rebel) wrote:

> >Same old shit, why dont u go to another country or shut the fuck up you
> >stupid fool. You got nothing better to do than bark up the wrong trees and
> >shit in the wrong grass.
>
> >Reverend, go to hell, suck Jesus' penis, fuck Satan in the ass and I HOPE
> >YOU FIND YOUR IMAGINARY PEARLY GATES TO HEAVEN WITH GOD SITTING BEHIND THEM
> >WAITING TO CUM IN YOUR FACE.

> This is your mind on Scientology, folks. Any question?

Yes: was this raving pile of shit like that before Scientology
happened to him, or was it caused by Scientology?

> ---
> Send information concerning incidents of racketeering and
> terrorism by the Scientology cult to the Domestic Terrorism
> Task Force at nor...@fbi.gov http://www.skeptictank.org/
> Scientology's L. Ron Hubbard: http://www.RonTheNut.ORG/
> PGP Key: http://www.skeptictank.org/frice.pgp

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