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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Seattle, Washington
December 28, 1978 y
UNKNOWN SUBJECTS;CHURCH OF SCIENT
INVOL'
On November 27, 1978, V H B H B " was contactedby a Special Agent of the FBI concerning a telegram that hehad sent to the FBI in Washington, D. C , concerning inforraa-tion that he might have about the Church of Scientologyharassing members andcoss^ly not allowing them to leavetheir organization.-pHH^-stated at this time that he hadoriginally contacted the FBI after reading of the Jim Jonesgroup in Guyana.
On instructions of FBI Headquarters;contacted on December 27,
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j|cientology, Having jojftedi^asa result of __iership. He t o l < } f l H | H p h e had given the
land had attended several meetings,,and decided toget out. Upon deciding to get out, he was told that i t wasnot advisable to leave and started gettincy>hone calls and visitsfrom people in the church. He t o l d j B j B ^ a .visit from someone in the churchpmMHHIHIHHHHV and
that this jgyrsonha^^dvisedhiffi»©i^6 get out because of"Rule 45. *^|^HmH^HH|flHflHfl[Hfl[[Hbelieved thtft the *45"has to do wT^^^^^cal^Berautos^^ic pistol *flBHHj|Bias nodirect knowledge ofthreatsbeing made againstaH|^Hp how-ever, he advises flHBHHHH|is afraid of theXhurch of.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS NEITHER RECOMMEN-DATIONS NOR CONCLUSIONS OF THE FBI. IT ISTHE PROPERTY OF THE FBI AND IS LOANED TOYOUR AGENCY; IT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE NOTTO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE YOUR AGENCY.
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persons interviewed that ^he investigation i s being conductedat the specif ic request of the D. 8 . Department of Justice.
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^^Jand it is assumed that the Bureau will want to discuss_.is with Deputy Section Chief DANIEL F. RIH2EL, CivilRights Division, Department of Justice. Also, no distri-bution is being made tpuJ). S. Attorney locally since thisnatter is being hand^i^^y the
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cUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Seattle, Washington
December 28, 1978 \ - ^
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RE: UNKNOWN SUBJECTS;CHURCH OF SCIENT
On November 27, 1978, w H H H H H P * w a s contactedby a Special Agent of the FBI concerning a telegram that hehad sent to the FBI in Washington, D. C , concerning informa-tion that he might have about the Church of Scientologyharassing members and»©ssM>ly not allowing them to leavetheir organisation .-fHW~stated at this time that he hadoriginally contacted the FBI after reading of the Jim Jonesgroup in Guyana.
On instructions of FBI Headquarters]contacted on December 27, 1978, at which til
information he has coiivii
[was again
lhejwas:a former member of:j5»f Scientology, having j# |ned^U^sa result of _srship. He t o l & B H H H H p h e had given thehad attended severar'meetings, and decided to
get out. Opon deciding to get out, toe was told that i t wasnot advisable to leave and started gettin^>hone cal ls and v i s i t sfrom people in the church. He t o l d j B H | ^ avisit from someone in the churchpimHHHHHHI^HlHV andthat this person had advised him not to get out"Rule 4 5 . " ] ^ — — — — — b e l i e v e d that the "45"has to do with a .45 caliber automatic pistol . •••^ft ias nodirect knowledge ofthreatsbeing made againstaHmi^ how-ever, he advises flHHHHHHB is afraid of thexnurcnof.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS NEITHER RECOMMEN-DATIONS NOR CONCLUSIONS OF THE FBI. IT ISTHE PROPERTY OF THE FBI AND IS LOANED TOYOUR AGENCY; IT AND ITS CONTENTS ARE NOTTO BE DISTRIBUTED OUTSIDE YOUR AGENCY.
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FD-263 (Rev. 4-30-85)
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONREPORTING OFFICE
Los AngelesOFFICE OF ORIGIN
Los AngelesTITLE OF CASE
UNSUBS;CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
DATE
11/8/91
INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD
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REPORT MADE BY
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INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE & SLAVERY
REFERENCE; TelepjyM^^^yj^grga±^nbetween Supervisory Special.*>A Agenti^imiimimim^Lo^^nae^^F^^^ Office,b' to Supervisory Special Agent^mmm^F'BIHQ.
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEFederal Bureau of Investigation
Copy to:
Report of:
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Field Office File #: 5 0 - L A - 1 2 9 4 3 7
Title:
office: Los Ange le s
Bureau File I :
UNS0BS;CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY,
Character: INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE ^SLAVERY
Synopsis:
individuals' iiidiewted that members of tn$particularly members of the COS lead organization, theSea org a&pse their children. This abusi takes the formof total neglect of" th,e children's physical needs andexposure to sexually 4^plifi| material.
SAC, Los Angeles is-placing this investigationin a Pending Inaotive status witil the Department ofJustice and FBIH& make a detepBiiiation -as to theviability of further investigation. When thatdetermination is made, this investigation will be placedin either & Closed>or Pending status.
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referred tois report and
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During yciur time in the EPF a person is required to do -numerousaaftual labor duties vhile also mastering a tody of knowledge.You graduate from the EPF when you have Successfully completedexaminations concerning the entire body of knowledge.
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youngsentences'to the REDEMPTION PROJECT FORCE, also known as theREHABILITATION PROJECT FORCE (RPF). The purpose ?of the RPF wasto take people who were not following Scientology doctrine andare therefore "Out Ethics" and bring then back to "In Ethics,"through a series of activities including hard physical labor,sleep deprivation and food deprivation.
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_ ._ . it is standard doctrine for the COSto overthrow the Governmentestablish a new world order. j | H H H V V V f l H H H H H ^
will participate in any activity xopursueTnis goal,rcould not state any specific illegal activities beingited in to pursue this goal.
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ansig"that all other
s are misused by people as,e COS misrepresents that it is
which accepts all creeds,'the COS only accepts their creed and that L.
. _y declared himself to be the "Messiah."These statements can be found in the training course known as"Operating fhetan V$tl,n also lenom as 0f Vtll.
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are trained to follow all orders. These peopleare also trained to never incriminate the COS if they are caughtcommitting an illegal act. These people are trained to eithercommit suicide if captured, or to state that they defected fromthe COS and are committing criminal acts on their own. ThirdClass Mission Trained SEA ORG members are trained to"terminatedly handle** situations and people. "Terminatedlyhandle" is defined in the Modern Management Technology Definedbook as follows: "When I say terminatedly handle, I meanfinishedly handle. T h a j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ a ^ ^ a t t s all, boy!(HCL PL 4 May 68) • n 4 | ^ H H H H H H B H H r u i i s definition meamsthat a SEA ORG memberTs^aKewhatever action is necessary totwmdle a situation. These actions would include actions to "endthe cycle" of enemies of the Church. Ending the cycle veans tokill the people.
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___ irhen a mission trained SEA ORG•ember receives a "mission order," it is written. A personreceiving the mission does not communicate that mission withanyone. A person receiving the mission then goes to an areawhere hit does a "clay demo** of the mission. A "clay demo" is anattempt to manifest verbal orders into physical form through themaniptiIation^^Ql|^^£^d^y^ftndard technique used inScientology. H H H H H H H H ^ 3. t *8 common knowledge that ifany person fails to accomplish a mission, they are automaticallyassigned to the RPF.
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to SEA ORG membersare issued by the HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS
OFFICE (HCO). When an individual is given a mission/ all recordsconcerning that individual are then pulled from the files andtaken to an unknown location. Therefore, if an individual isarrested during the mission, $$& COS can deny that the person isin any way involved with the
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_ of six, UK6 fcrfe l*ft byparents to sit in the hallway until someone comes by to
attempt to care for them. These kids are left in tatteredpajamas with little or nothing1 to eat. They are given inadequatesanitary changing*, and are basically ignored. This conductresults because L. RON HUBBARD taught that children are simply
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^•thetans*1 in small bodies, Thetans are fully operational beings.fccarry their own weight in the COS.
ildren of the COS are not educated attate law mandates four hours ofildren are often bussed to and from
the "ranch." This is a three-hour round trip. This three hourscontributes to the four-hour education tine. The remaining houris taken up with eating and craws*ae.^ Most children in the COSare functionally illiterate! _when children live at the ranch foractually just put -to physical Itthe child reaches the age of six, he"is then p]ORS" if his parents are SEA ORG members.
forcedcomplex
iople assigned to the RPF arein the basement of the main COS
it is common Jcnowledge within theSEA 0R6 that while you cannot order the death of a SEA ORG•ember, you can order that member to participate in activitywhich deprives them of food and sleep, and requires constantexercise until that person dies. SEA ORG members believe thattheir seniors hold this power over them. This HUBBARD directive
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Is allegedly contained within nemos, books, and policy of theCOS.
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while you are a member of the EPff you ©am receive no mail ortelephone communication from sources outside the EPF. Your onlycommunication and contact is to be with your "Seniors."
[the goal of the COS is to "Clear"the entire pjLai? t. fo^CHSF^the entire planet means that theentire planet would become Scientologists. To "Clear" the planetalso means that it will clear all the myths on the planet. Thesemyths include the beliefs that national governments and leadersproperly exercise authority over various groups of citizens.Members of the COS believe that only duly authorized Sea Org•embers can execute proper authority.
_^________^^^___ children within the COS aretreated with criminal neglect xn many instances. COS philosophydictates that children are fully operating individuals in smallbodies. Therefore, children must pull their own weight. Quiteoften children are abandoned by their Sea Org parents]
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seen children sitting in hallways in their pajamas withof dry -Cheerios feefore then or-Jio food at all. This is
where the parents of the children have left them while theparents perform their duties.
Children of Sea Org members receive virtually no formaleducation. At the age of six, these children become part of the"Cadet Org." Members of the Cadet Org are taken to a placecalled the "ranch" where they do hard physical labor^Jbut they donot study.
^ j j j j j j j j j ^ P ^ H H ^ purpose of the "ranch" is tomove chilarenou^oxthepubrac eye so that the COS cannot bedisciplined by government agencies for their treatment ofchildren. It is another attempt by the COS to maintain a goodpublic image regarding something the public would perceive aswrong, but the church does not believe is wrong.
as been sexuallysexually abused
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__^______, fbefore someone goes on a "mission"for the OSA US, that all the files in which this person appearsare gathered up and taken to a place not connected with the COS.Therefore, no record exists connecting the person to the COSthey fail in their mission.'
also
escribed the private investigatorsas follows:
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vestigatioa on FU«# SO-IA-129437
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COS.,SCHacademic progress ^mm^mm^sends positive reports to _no true standardized evaluation to
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ont r ol led by the COS. Two otherq ^ p p P P n t r o l l e d by the COS are VISE
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Whest/ direction ©r sponsorship of ttie COS,here is a centralized chain of command vii
organizations to ensure that the public sector organizations"adhere to COS directives11.
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(\VCOMMODORE MESSENGERS, vhiqb is one of theTi&ost powerfvuorganizations within the COS. You must, be a SEA ORG member tojoin the COMMODORE'S MESSENGER ORG.
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Memoranc9
To : Assistant Attorney GeneralCIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION
From : Director, FBIUNSUBS:'CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
Mjeet: ISS . . .f00: LOS ANGELES
Attn: Criminal sectionD«te 3|3J92
Field Office File Number
DOJ File Miimh«r
50 . 129437
Reference:
Enclosed is one copy of: Los Angeles report dated I l | 8 j 9 1 .
D Also enclosed is an Internal Affairs Report
D A . This Is the initial communication in this matter:
Type matter (Initial communication only)D Brutality - Law EnforcementD Brutality - Nonlaw EnforcementD No Brutality - Law EnforcementD No Brutality - Nonlaw EnforcementD Racial Violence ,DISSMatter J~Q ~C f-i - • / " \j IS '/ " - \
D DeathCase
E B . FBI Status-Pending
D C . FBI Status-ClosedD D . This covers the receipt of a complaint and no further action will be taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
unless specifically requested by the Department of Justice.
O E . Due to the nature of this matter, ft should receive your expeditious attention. Please contact the Civil Rights Unit,1, Attn: . ..."
Enchl
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Memorandum
To
Subject :
Assistant Attorney GeneralCIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION Attn:
Director, FBI
OF SCIENTOLOGY
00: LOS ANGELES
D«te 7 / 2 7 / 9 2
Field Office File Number LA 50
DOJ Pile Number 50 H E
1 2 9 4 3 7
13
Reference: FBI • memorandum d a t e d 3 / 3 / 9 2 .
Enclosed is one copy of:
D Also enclosed is an Internal Affairs Report
3 A. This is the initial communication in this matter:
Type matter (Initial communication only)D Brutality - Law EnforcementD Brutality - Nonlaw EnforcementO No Brutality • Law EnforcementO No Brutality - Noniaw EnforcementO Racial ViolenceD ISS MatterO Death Case
3 B
3 C
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FBI Status-Pending
FBI Status-Closed
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This covers the receipt of a complaint and no further action will be taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigationunless specifically requested by the Department of Justice.
Due to the nature of this matter, It ahould receive your expeditious attention. Please contact the CMI Rights Unit,FBIHQ. Attn:
NOTE: Kindly advise FBIHQ of further investigation is required in thismatter. Los Angeles has placed thia matter in a pending inactivestatus awaiting further directions from DOJ.
FD-410 (Rev. 4-16-87)t
AIRTEL
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DIRECTOR, FBIkttn: Criminal Investigative Division
Civil Rights Unit
SAC, Los Angeles (50*-IA-129437) (C)
1. Title: (ute*ddilioMlp«(eifac«eu«iy)W S U B ( S ) ,
JCHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY;INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE AND SLAVERY;0 0 : LOS ANGELES
BUDED: PAST
RE: Inves t igat ive report of Los Angeles Di
2. Office of Origin File No: SOA-IA*> j . ? $ 4 3 tioch.de ttoh»)
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4- X initial submission Supplemental submission
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BrutalityD Law EnforcementO Non-Law EnforcementViolenceD Racial O ReligiousISS MattersO Migrant Victim O OtherKnown/Suspected Extremist GroupD Wan QOther
No BrutalityQ Law EnforcementQ5 Non-Law Enforcement
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Use to describe above (che<* «ii «ppik«b»e>O Arson QlnjuryDjDeath ® No Injury
O Property damageQ Cross burning
(. Date of incident8. Synopsis of
iiaitnown 7. Date of comftaint
Date: 7/30/92
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t is alleged ythat •particular* Berbers 6t the Cburbh "of^CTWfRWogy • s
organization, the Sea Org, have a tendency to abuse theirchildren. The aouse takes place in the fora of total neglect of thechildren's physical needs and exposure to sexually explicit•aterial. /
•- :-. . : - _ ; - V9. Significant case: O Ves E f N o (if yt», provide re»»on)
Remarks/Administrative
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Memorandum
To
From :
Subject ;
Assistant Attorney GeneralCIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION Attn:
D.te 2/12/93
Director, FBIUNSUB(S),
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY-iINVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE AND SLAVERY0 0 : LOS ANGELES
Field Office File NumberLk 1 2 129437
nn.1 Fite MumfaPr 30 . HE . U
Reference: FBI memorandum dated 7 /27/92.
Fr-<~!csed is one copy of:
D Also enclosed is an Internal Affairs Report
O A . This isthe initial communication in this matter:
Type matter (initial communication only)
O Brutality - Law EnforcemerttD Brutality - Nonlaw Enforcement :,D No Wtoiality • Law EnforcementD No Brutality - Nonlaw EnforcementD Racial ViolenceC ISS MatterD Death Case
D B
KK C
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FBI Status-Pending
FBI Status-Ctosed
This covers the receipt of a compiaint and no further action w * be taken by the Federal Bureau of Investigation»Uw MniMtarf hu ttia 1*1 Mliiiaul rd .t§Mktir>a
This covers the receipt of a compiaint and no further actionunless specifically requested by the Department of Justice.
O E . Oue to the nature of this matter, It should receive your expeditious attention. Please contact the Civfl Rights Unit,FBIHQ, Attn: :
NOTE: FBI Is placing this case In a closed status, pending any further request byDOJ,
rai/ooj
Memorandum
Srtpct
Notice of File ClosingCIVIL RIGHTS MATTER
Due
0 1 JUL 1993
To FromDirector James P. Turner, ActingFederal Bureau of Investigation^fCip Assistant Attorney General
O r Civil Rights Division
Reference is made to your field office file captioned as on
the attached closing fora and numbered L,ff 30 ~ Ic. IT-JJ .
This matter has been closed as of the date on the attached form.
SO-1/4-
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tU.S. Departm ; of Justice Notice to Close File
Case Titla: Data:
UNSUB(S), 7/1/93church of ScientologyInvoluntary Servitude and Slavery
File Number:
50-11E-13
YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE ABOVE FILE HAS BEEN CLOSED AS OF THIS DATE.
Remarks/Special Information:
Federal jurisdictional element not satisfied because insufficient evidence ofinvoluntary work being performed.
To:
Files Unit Civil Rights Division
Signature: Division:
Civil Rights DivisionFORM OBD-25-A
MAR. 61
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT:
CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY/L. RON HUBBARD
FILE NUMBER: 62-5-33853
Inference t»for laiormttloa
to your request ofcaptloaod
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0«r flW» co«t»l» no l<S#ntifliblt 4at«.' • - -"5.--. ';-.-- •• V"— » i ~~
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cootali mo ideatiflftbl* data concerning an orgaaizatloa ofthat naa*« Sovor#r» oar fllo« do oonttla Inforaatioa oouc«rnlafaa organltattoo %&&n at Toundint Cbarch of Scientology. So -iftve*tigaUoa lia* feoeft oo&duotod by tb# FBI concur*l»f this •-latter croop. Bo#er«r« oer filea do indioat* It aa« be«a th« ~•«*.*««* «* laT««tlgaUo« by too rood aad Drug Ad»lai«tr»tioa,tlw laUrmal Revenue Serf to* and the krmy. lorn «ay d««ire to«&ie Inquiry of these organisatloos la tbe ertnt yoo determia*taa% tb« organleatloa of mterott to yo« !• actually ta« ^ :f d i Caurca of foioatology* ^ • ^ ^ < f e ^
_ For yoor additlocal lafonutl-oa, the routing Charofcof Scientology •»» Involved la litlgttioa is the f.§. Co«rt of*»-'— faahlngtoa, B.C», during 10«T la coaaeotloa vita as
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The following iuforsatioa ! • lurniehed for yourofficial lnforaatien and *ay action you ^oeg aricrorTlat^ iflvi>-» of vouf s^cxi
Os r3--<-r 15, ISc-G, t«?o Icdividualstha.t tceir idaatitiea be protected, turnlshed. thosfiii-tstivo to this office!
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rs-stirsiS o j a r , : r = t oreas irat ion" kaora as "SCfE>iTOU>OT ofDAU.AS", 3510 Oak L---' Avenu«f Da l las , TCTt3i5, sic-ce sbcat April«*• liny, I36C%
A similar orianixktlca, "SCIENTQLOOY 0? fCET ,is allejadiy Iiet©d ia tb$ Fort "orth tdl9pbon« directory as a
^physical", xnd ia naa^a-j ty th« «lf« dl » Sellpilot.
nl?ht at 7:30 P.H., and ccs^^^JggHT<phcnetlc) acd OaoI, not otber*is© ideatixi^c" appear to be xh* leaders o
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of this organization allegedly study *fiusslaa textbook oc "braicwsjefclag", and are asked to discussa l l their problems with tha leaders of the group. It isallos^d also that an uaitiactiflad sarua is administers* to th*aastbera and that hypnosis is practiced during; tbdsa
alleged to hara becose so engrossed iathis orgasias-tioa that be turns over to the leaders the bulkof his salary, and aieses "a good deal of tis*e" froa bis work
of his
inforj«aa.t6 expr#£*sd Coicera thit t t i s organ 1-zatloa eight be * front for Ctfaarjatfits and that ta« "braia-•»as!iisg sod fejrpaosis used fcifcht b* ft »eana of obtainingclassified ioforajitioa, altbougli th«y tad no specific itfor-
iaiicaticg acy cocxiectioa b«t*'& a SCIKNTOIXX/Y acd any
fi le* of thi4 offic* fal l to reflect arsy iufor-taation idantifiable vitb th* iiadividu&ls aestioced herein; now-over, ths*O fil?-5 refJ*ct fifct tcforsatioa regsx^ing SCXENTOIXOYv&s previously £ur2t$&a<3 *o this office, together *tta a aiseo-j»ra S*4 pa*saj.et astitl^d **BrJ.IK fASKl50, » Syr4the*i« of theHussisa 'Xsrtbook oa Psfch^poiitic*". T»Jt« p&a&blet cpsyc&opo!ltics fis "Ti:* strt *cd science of assart ing
over t&$: t&ou&feis *sd loyalties of individuals,, y aud cs iBses a»d the effecting ©f t&ft cos^ueat
of eaesy ajttioss titrougLli 'aeatal t?-i2iag*n.
th*t areceived OB fc'ay 9t 195$, to tba eff&ct
?3ligioa had beea fors^d la Dalits Ktons as 4i$CX£i?-rba inforeaticva cosing to our attestioa icdicated that
this orjisi^Atioa &ad held a Easting on© Suoday i« ISSs i t t^el>rCA iaDallas, An informant advised tii*t tbis crsanizatioa »i»forssd by L. BOB Bubbard la TasMngtoa, P.C., and is knora ID
i s the First Churc& of Scientology. As of 1956, i t vanto bold i t s caeti&ss oa Sundays la RCK>* #1 of the Y£Ci,
v^th Ervay Streets ia Dallas. It «as r«port*d thatwas in charge of this group ia Pallas and
i:«a ccKirsss could ba received lg ^g.3blrw?t:>nt D.C.. by r>iYt ga.% report
A^cai Er5vJiIios,"» ic OaTlas eachiz yas tbe laforis&nt's belief that a l l persocs praseat
at the Be^tisg iBfora aJtxt attended appear6d to be atheists, be-lleviog in Katerlalisa, Znfona&at stated that the group appearedto believe th&t al l pover Is in a RSLQ'S aind. It vis lcforsfULt's
that the vhole Koveaisat eight bd Ooxsunlstlc because of
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NO. othftr portiacnt inforcati^a ftpp^ar* ia thisoffic« cooceroing this organization* Xt ia noted that otherinSorsixxts vho ara f&siiiar with soae phases of ths CossunietParty activity In th# C*llaa area hftv* tiot reported any infor-aatlon cosc^riiing thie orgnaijtatioa,
criteria for ir.stit«tiO2 of security£u?eao, Cv£ Hj3u$»tiy iio investigatioa io. this eatt^r ieconducted by ' i l ls office. • Thsre is EO objection to artygatioa by your office, or any other aetios 'tisich yo*j s-.xf feelappropriate.
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TSsi* coCxia eat coatiiii* aeither recoaaasdations norof aay kind. It i s th# pr^^rty of tb« F3I§ a d
your ftgeacy; It aad it» costeata are cot to bo dis-tri&ctid outside your egaacy*
T«ry truly yours.
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CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY/L. RON HUBBARD
FILE NUMBER: 62-95972
WlJfrJAssistFederal Bureau of InvestigationWashington, D.C,
My dear]
Yesterday I got the «nclosed letter which has "
*11 the earmarks of being prepared fey a jperaon *fao is certainly
far from cultured. It has such * peculiar slant in the wording
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3SRONIOUS, r t ADVISES TELEPHONE KEYSTONE JDMX* F I V E / N I N E THREE INST/
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UNOUOTE. THE LOCATION OF VKICH WASNOTDISCiOSED. KANSAS CITY-VlLL Kt7OlSCRetTUV DETERMINE ACTIVJTJES mtUtKBB - ! ^ v Z&$ . -LOOKING TOWARD FURTHER — * \ ^ i ^ - T - , y c - ^ i ^ " ' ^ Q
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rted thatn v i ^ , wx itenver, Colorado, ASS been Attempting to so l ic i t funds -frosAcadeny, within recent Booths* this requesting of aonies i s not -V,
raratual but i t i s unuoual that the organisation ha6 not previously beenl i s ted with the Acadeny* Hone of the scientists and professors ofAcjdey have heard of Allied Scientist! *nd evidently, According to
__ aembers of the Acadesy in Denver, Colorado,^reno^aware ofistence since no information has been reported* flHflHH questions -
-the objectives of the organisation which Are anknownancTalso «as «f itiutopinion that this inforBation Bight be of sane iaterest to tbe JEI* -.;;.••
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I t i s requested that the Btnreau Indices be checkedany c la s s i f i ca t ion of th i s organisation*
Enclosed I t the complete mailing sent t o «ne of» d e n t i s t s employed by the ab^^mentioned organisation*Encl.
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For your information the saptionad organisatianlias recently aoae to tha Bur a an1* attention and i t presentlytha subject of dlseroet inqulriai by tflaa Danrsr and Kansas '"City Of fie at in an of fort to determine tha aims and purpoaaa<af thia organisation mo& whtthar i t i s possibly tngagad in •;;•;"•any aotiritiaa aoctrary to tha bast intarattt af ^ba Xnltsd -y^6 t a t a s . . . ; ._ . . / • .:- •- •-. , ;•••; ,; ,- ,- .:: . .^ • • - ^ ^ • : . } , ' ^ ' : ^ : , . ^ : ^ ^ . ^ ^ ^ ^ :
Tha Danrar Offioa has advissd that this organisationi s also being ahaekad by postsl authorities for M poaaibla :..- .
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Dearer Cffloe hat a l s o mdvisod that i t iias ?;f~bean date mined teat thi» organisstlon i s a f f i l i a t ed withth* Hubbard Dianoetlo Foundation of Wichita, lanaai , nhiah .vaa founded by one Lafayette lion Bubbard for ^ie purpose 1^of teaching the practice of dianoetlo a *<hioh i t allegedly *a new approach for the treatment of any phytioal and mentalJlllneta withowt the nse af 4rugt or aedlolne, -• ,;: .•••_•..;• :'.c^
Bureau f i l o s raflaot Hist sataral indiridtiala i ntha past hara allagad that Hubbard i s aantally in«o^>atant.
"For lnfori Laa f»afaranoad 'Lattar
Llei the Hlnnoapolis Offio t and inforai*al employeet in that organisation had reoaired l a t t e r t
froai the oaptloned organisation, "da Minna spoi l t Office i-Taqoetted that the Bureao indices be aheoked for maj ts-^'^.alaat i f loat lon of this arganlsatlon* ,•;-.; •^r-:^:r->^h>.\<±$"f&^
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DEAR SIRS:
INCLOSED IS A LETTER WHICH^OAME TO MY HUSBAND TODAY,CANNOT UNDERSTAND UtfBT WHAT THE^ALLl ED SclENT(MBTS-XLF^JUiE.^^^^Its NOR WHY THEY SENT THIS LETTER fO" US. THEY SENT A CARD ALONGWITH THE LITERATURE AND LITTER - MADE OUT TO MY HUSBAND — WHICHSTATES HE HAS BEEN MADE A FELLOW-MEMBER. IkSO fc FORM WHICH HEHAS BEEN ASKED TO FILL OUT AND RETURN TO THEM ALONG WITH $25.00IN DUES. .
THE ORGANIZATION MAY BEHIVERFECTLY ALRIGHT BUT FROM THE EN-CLOSED LITERATURE THEIR PURPOSE CERTAINLY BEEW6 RECONDITE. *fOUHAVE UNDOUBTEDLY HEARD OF THE ORGANIZATION BUT IF NOT IT MIGHTSEAR CHECK
IF IT ISN*T ASKING TOO MUCH I WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TOUEARI-V^FROM YOU REGARDING THE STANDING OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
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To furn i sh you information concerning the A l l i e d ".S c i e n t i s t s of the World, 9i|2 - 17th S t r e e t , Denver, Colorado,In response t o Mr. TOlson's inquiry "Shouldn't we know about t h i s•group."
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received from the captioned organization and thought ±tmight bear checking. In connection with this letter, Mr. Tolsonmade the afore-mentioned inquiry*
For your information, this organization has recentlycome to the Bureau's attention and the Denver and Kansas City Officeshave been instructed to conduct discreet inquiries to determine yits aims and purposes and whether it is possibly engaged in any AA*sactivities contrary to the best interest of the United States* +
The Denver Office has advised that this organization isalso being cheeked by postal authorities for a possible mail fraudviolation.
With regard to this organization, Its current goalaccording to its literature i» "the furnishing of maximal protectionto the people and culture of various countries against the threatof atomic war.11 It is self-described as a non-ideological, non-denominational, and non-racial organization.
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It has been determined that this organization is affiliatedwith the Bubbard Dianetlcs Research Foundation of Wichita, Kansas,,jrhieh was founded by one La Fayette Ron Hubbard for the purpose ofteaching the practice of dlanetics which is allegedly a new approachfor the treatment of any physical and mental illness without theuse of drugs or medicine. Several individuals have alleged thatBubbard is mentally incompetent. - • . . (100-381+196)
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RECOMMENDATION:
Hone. Tor yoto? information. ;,
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Office Memorandum » UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
T o .'-• DIRECTOR, FBI
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SUBjBCTi AHIED SCIENTISTS OF THE WORE)INTERNAL SECDRITI - X
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Rebulet December 7, 1951.
had considerable information regarding LAFAYETTEle'r or the H'ubbard Dianoetics Foundation of Wichita which i s the organiza
which i s sponsoring the Allied Scientists of the World. : - V" : i. •"
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and th^mTBSARD hadorganizationi..«,.- *
'ormation regarding the subject
Hubbard Foundation had a half million dollars to spend on this sew. .organization.' It was planned that al l Members of the subject organization would
pool a l l their information and data regarding science in one central repositorywhich would be available to each and every member of the subject organizationand would be of assistance to the civilian defense of the Ifaited States* - ^ - —
This information that they secured from scientists would includeinformation regarding atomic energy, and the scientists contacted would not onlybe scientists in the Ihited States but would represent various nations of theworld.
The leaders of the Hubbard Foundation besides HIEBARD ares :
DON H. fORCEH., -wealthy Wichita contractor; ^ ' r - ; :
JOHN W. MALDNEI, General ifcnager (some dictaphone companyin the eas t ) ; - - .-
. • - ROSS JDMEREAUX, American Psychological Association;DANIEL McLEAN, Wichita, Kansas.
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HUBBARD explained that •Dianoetics" Is a semi-psychological curingaid for physical and mental sickness.
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further advised that he learned that HIBBARD had operatedthe state of New Jersey but was charged by the New Jersey Ifedical
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association of per for mine medical services without a license• JHUBB1RD then..•soved his foundation to Wichita, Kansas. BELL said that the purpose of • ':;-establishing offices in Denver was because printing costs and labor were :
• cheaper in Denver than in Wichita. .' ;'i?":'••','• \,:~£:'•>.;",".':/"
[further advised that be learned that this *Dianoetlcs11, Sa •weeping^'),like fPfiloro through California and In Ms opinion, i t . I s a new *r«lLgi«us .;-
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_ ^advised this date that that departmenwas s t i l l conducting "Investigation to determine whether or not this subjectorganisation has -violated the postal laws by Baking certain mlsr*presentationst h r o u g h t h e a a i l s * '. • .-- . ; . . . • ..•; •"-*•.-'... - -'• p s . - - - ' ^ *• " " J . - - ' • ; • ' " • - - . , v • " " ; • ? ' • , " ;
[also advised that ^ ^ • • m U s B n t i o n e d above, -*ad stated that n ;HUBBARD's second wife had been^nSemberofthe Communist Jartyand that this ;information came cut during a divorce proceeding in Wichita, Kansas« ~ . ^ v.-,.—-
City Office aar desirefor more information
ect organisation.
. - The Bureau and Kansas City Office will be kept promptly informed of any-Information this office obtains concerning subject organieation. -----/ -•;-<-.•.-.•*.•«.
In accordance with Bureau instructions set forth 1A referenced letter,this office will continue to conduct a discreet inquiry to deteradne thepurpose and aims of subject organisation* .
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SCIEJJTISTS OF THE
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DENVER, COLORADO
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The Bureau files reflect that according toliterature of this organisation, its current goal is"the furnishing of naximaiprotection to the peopleculture of various countries against the threat of aibar." It is self "described as a non-ideological, non-denominational, and non-racial organisation.
According to information received from -the yDenver Office, this organisation is being looked into bythe Postal Authorities in view of a possible nai^frau^^^
on. The Denver Office was advised byflflflHHHIV^^^ Post Office Inspector, Denver, that henad receivedpixone call from one R. X. ffeddard, Wichita, Kansas, who
claimed that the Eeddard Dianoetics Foundation, 211 WestDouglas, Wichita, Kansas, was the parent organisation and thatthe instant circularization of the Allied Scientists of theWorld is a membership drive*
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Bureau files reflect that B. X. Meddard isidentical with Lafayette Ron Subbard. No active investi-gation has been conducted of Wubbard by the Bureau. Bureauindices, however, reveal the following information concerningthis individual: -
Ee established an organisation known as theMubbard Dianoetics Research Foundation, Inc., which waschartered under the laws of the State of New Jersey. Thepurpose of this organisation was to teach the practice ofdianoetics, which is allegedly a new approach to the treatmentof many physical anddrugs or medicine.
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The Denver and Kansas City Offices are making inquiriesinto the activities of this organization at the present tine.(100-384196)
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Mr. J. Edgar Hoover,Federal Bureau of Investigation,Washington, B.C.
Dear Mr. Hoover:
The enclosed literature and letter from the^Allied Scientists of the World"
were received* unsolicited, by mm on Monday, November 26, 1951*
I had never before heard of that organization* The literatureseems to me to suggest that the organization may be a real menaceto the safety of the U.S.A.. You will notice that the only personnamed is the "secretary."
The back of the envelope was blank.on It, I have retained It.
Having made some memoran
It Is my Intention to Ignore this communication from thatorganisation, In the expectation that It will be followed by anotheIf that expectation is fulfilled, would you care to have me sendthat to you also?
Tours truly.
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Federal Bureau of InvestigationUnited States OorernnentWashington, D. C.
bvember 29, 19J
Gentlemen*
/) Please refer to letter dated November 19th, attached, fromthe Allied Soientists.of. the. World and papers attaohed. I know nothingabout this organisation. Are you in a position to give me any infor-nationf
Yours
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MR. TOLSON
SCIENTISTS OF THE WORLD§ Information Concerning
as you Jtnow he is antelephone j
n receiptpondence from, their members in the very recent vasthdj>e—b~een contact* hu the njjtd ffp
M itoted tha_t the literature put out by the Allied Sden ,j World .was auapfcfious to aav the least to Aim and he was f*ar
ful iiUat it might be «one sort of xi subversive organisation in *hemaking. Be said according ~to the literature it was organised nfterthe first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima but according to hisinformation the inquiries in connection with recruiting started inthe.recent past. Be mondered iff there igfi ^ » ^f^r'mn+i.nr, ««* *»,T*give htp^tthnTefipec^^p^fhis^rfaj^ ' . ' .. ....... -
I checked with the Internal Security Section of "the DomesticIntelligence Division and nM£mr^if\ed we, do not have
Particular!]/ one mfroml the Atomiq ffpfisglfhadn>een receivedthat ±hm'nirrjnnis^r^ii^^
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energy. We are in the process now of tnves-" stated thai the Communication
Secretary of "the or ganisatiWfmff^UTIe' Agnes Dobs on and we have mo in-formation in our files or the files ©/ the Denver Division concerningher. The Denver Office has advised the Bureau that they have had noprevious information with respect to this -organisation, Jis indicated,an active investigation is presently being conducted to as certain -thesponsors and the people behind this organisation,
value to him in c _ _ „recept information with respect to this orgar^isg^ign eon-prarv to theinformation he had \furnJshed that it was organised after *>je ftTB* **"**"
liQmb on Hiroshima, ^/////f/^fJTtdted it was his impression that it wasa recently organised group and as indicated Jie is suspicious of i t be-,cause of some of the terminology in the literature. The organisationappears to be for peace/ personal security, economic welfare of itsmembers and th^cctll^tton of scientific information for the benefit of
.its members* J |HHHHP**a*a c i *^ot he would mend the Director mome of\the literature^WiTchnis office has received with respect to the -organ-\isation, I thanked htm for his thoughtfulness in this regard, ." __
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TO nsr-i D. J. PARSONS
*OTJBCT: ^ALLIED SCIENTISTS Of THE WORLDMen ue\i% Col or adoAgnesy6obson, Secretary
Tes: ,1 received a caJi /ro»J
advised that he had received a letter whichwas a type of prospectus and headed as follows: ';:•.•-
\Allied Scientists of the World\CoMMunicat ions Office America\ 941 - 17th StreetV Denver, Colorado"
This letier is signed HAgnes Dobson, Secretary to the Board ofsolicits his membership at a fee of $25, but
it was the strangest prospectus he had ever *een,. were ffumerous general statements which raised a big
question 4n his istind even though they-mere not definite enough tobe of any specific value. The letter stated that the first stages6
of the program had .involved planning and selsction of -sites; thatwhile the plans cf the organisation were mot in conflict with theU. S. Government, they took into consideration things which hadbeen overlooked by the Government; that the organisation was nowready to activate the second stage and that they had relaxed certainselect requirements in increasing their membership. It went ento state that as an outstanding man in his field, he had been -
\selected as a potential member.
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We have made a check of the files and fineither the organisation or jflggVfr fjfl» RECORDED • 51
Because of our knowledge o / | ^ H ^ |relations with him, there is attache da letter tcourtesy, J^sJJ^ £•:-,• -. *. "- - * « £ r i * &
SECWlSMMH'fDir: That the attached letter be forwarded toand that'this information be forwarded t. ...._
Domestic Intelligence Division for their consideration, tfj^ DJP/mek
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November 2g, J.951
Federal Bureau of InvestigationWashington 25, D.C.
OGentlemen:
The enclosed material came to ne by rnseveral days ago.
I had no previous knowledge of thisorganisation, and reading their literatureleft me with the thought that possibly Itmight be of interest to you.
Very truly
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INTRODUCTION
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Confidential Infoncan^E^of known reliability, reported that beginning /^vt;./•bout Koveaber 19, 1951, the subject ©rganitatioc began p i l i n g out letters l-u-^free Denver, Colorado, to scientists throughout the United States and i t sterritory enclosing literature on subject organization and advising recipientsthat they were elected to "fellowship in o^r •.^Sanitation.* Informant re- .?x>rt«d that such letters were signed AGNS j BSOf., Secretary to the Boardof Governors, Enclosed with the letters was a brochure describing the pur-poses and history of the subject organization. Also included was a aheetof paper entitled *'A Message From the Board of Governors'* and a sheet of paperentitled "Please F i l l Out and Return for our Directory" which i s *n ap-plication for aeebership in the subject organization as a fellow and enclosing$25 for irembership.
Information received to date froo F.B.I» Offices and other investigativeagencies reflects that these letters had been mailed to scientists re-isiding in the following states and territory: . _• -_
MaineOhioMissouriOregonKassachusetsMarylandAriftonaKev Keltic©
Bew TorkCaliforniaHawaii
Ifashington, D. C.KashingtonConnecticutKev Jersey
Confidential Informant^^^of knovn reliabil ity, reported that a tan who gavebis naae as DEAIJCARKAHAK representing subject organisation signed certaincontractual agreeDsnts to establish an office of subject organisation in.Denver, Colorado, such as telephone and office space at 941 East 17th Ava.Denver, Colorado, this informant stated that CARKAHAK was in Denver aroundthe early part of Koveober, 1951, ffiftVing the above-©entioned arrangenents.
Confidential Informant^j^of kno>m reliability, stated that the f irst >es$)loyee known to this informant at their offices at 9A1 East 17th Ave.,Denver, Colorado, was a young wooan nam&d MARrJ OSS who subsequently re-signed and returned to Oklahoca City. ^
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Confidential Informant^^Jreports that i t has been impossible to clearlyidentify DZfdi CARNAKAN who made the original contacts in Denver, Colorado,for the establishment of subject organization in this city. Thi*
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Informant stated that i t i s his belief that DEAK CABKJJ21K was * »aae «»»d "fcjROfc&UBBAHD, Wichita, Kansas. -
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th is informant advised that HTB3ARD i* the president of the Bubbard Diane t icfoundation Inc., 211 West Douglas Street, Vichita, Kansas. This i s the sameaddress as the headquarters of the ALLIED SCIENTISTS OF THE WORLD.
In the brochure furnished by Confidential -Infonaant ^ subjectorganisation reports that the ALLIED SCiaTCISTS OF THE WCPJJ) was f irs torganised shortly after Hiroshima. MIt i s the feeling of theorganisation that science, having produced the maans to destroy mankindhas accepted two new responsibilities: The f irst , the development of additionaltechnology by which a world could be se cured fro© the weapons alreadydeveloped; the second that cankind east learn to use science in i t s true l ightfor the bettenaent of Ban's survival.•• l l . . ^
"In 1951 the organisation becaoe of the opinion that the needed tools andtechnologies approached the point of bare adequacy. The organisation thenaccepted certain grants and properties which had been offered to i t and theBoard of Governors announced a future prograa. •••' . ^ "
Confidential Inforaant%*fcJc>f known reliability, reports that the boosoffice of the organisation i s in Wichita, Kansas, and has an office at941 East 17th Avenue, Beaver, Colorado, .
Confidential taloraaLii^^Jr teportn the subject organisation i s sponsored bythe Bubbard Diane tic foundation of Vichita, Kansas, and that organisation hasfollowers in Californii, Kansas* and Sew Jersey.
Confidential Inforaanl^^reports that the activities of this organisationthus it* has consiste^Tofinerely R&iling out letters to scientists through-out the United States *a& territories for the purpose of soliciting support
financial aid. - •
Confidential Infoncantit ^reports that the organisation has been Bailing<yut a letter froc the «blfice of PATRlCli S JAaKSR, Assistant forInforcation." This letter i s quoted in part: - >' _
"The establishment of chapters for public education "and the -f:>
interests of fellows oeffibers and associate wcibers i s scheduled "- to take.place formally in a few months, >•-.":
"If you wish to start a chapter at this time, however,- we will qualify you with proper credentials on our further "
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published by the organisation as supplied by Confidential'contains the following information:
survey of c iv i l defense efforts in the United States and '—* VTelsewhere has demonstrated that existing technology has not been - >Adequately #n>ployed or re-adapted for atonic war. The Board -therefore eoEcdssioned a scientist vei l schooled in disasterrelief with the African Red Cross and with European and is iat icareas of recent w&rtioe disaster as well as with American dis- ...aster and governmental probleos to survey and adapt c iv i l planslor defense against the possible atomic attacks. Coordinated withfovemaent efforts and uti l i t ing the technology ©f the gove recenti tse l f , a basic aanvial has been prepared for issue. Having thoroughlyresurveyed these findings and plans and having had tbea passed uponby other eoEp&tent authority, the Board has authorised the releaseof this tsarmal. It i s not in conflict with govemaental planningbut, according to authoritative cooaent, uti l ises vuch data which hadbeen overlooked.
"JL second stage of this plan but a separate operation in i tself i sthe establistoent of the scans of collecting and safeguardingagainst destruction a l l existing scientific technology. This i sfully understood to be a very large undertaking and has not been begun\mtil adequate funds eould be found for i t s execution. I t requiresconstruction for considerable extent in a non-target area and a , , .eoopetent staff* The ares i s now under eurvey. ...
collecting and safeguarding of scientific technology has a .wider purpose than the preservation of tbe texts necessary to aculture. Scientists have inadequate information services in theiro*m activSiits atnd the cestralieed and cross-indexing of a l lpertinent data to any field should in-itself serve at an itcpetous .to science. .^ ; , ,
^Additionally, assistance can be given in resolving existing con-f l i c t s with corporations of patent and copyright for ecientists.
"Future goals: The ©rganitation has under survey at this timeprojects which include the increasing of food supplies to :.populations and the rehabilitation of territories not oov in use. ;
••The organisation has several technologies under survey and test ~:which have not been othejvise released." . . "
Confidential Infomant^^Jreports that Kr. KQaf OORE who i s presently•cployed in subject ©rganixation office in Denver, Colorado, reports thatthe office wil l be closed on January 10, 1952, and moved to the hoae : ,office, 211 West Douglas, Wichita, Kansas. -*.
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Confidential Infonaantf^advised that the organization intend* to ©oa-~ -r bX"*struct and stock a library to be knovc as the International library of Arts andSciences in an atomic proof area. Informant stated the «ite of this libraryla ttatei to be under «urvBy in Arisona. - -_. -.J:.-*JX-;' -
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IS? *** a u r m SCIENTISTS <F THEbb&rd Diaoetlx Foundation, 211 West Douglas
Confidential Inf©raant^^J reported that the Bubbard DianetieResearch Fouadatiou was incorporated in the State ©f Kew Jersey April 17,1950. In June, 1951, the Kew Jersey Board of Ifedical Examiners institutedproceedings against the foundation for ^conducting a school, teaching Bsdicinelor ««rgery without a license.•' A sucmons was served ©n that organisationIn January, 1951, tad the case was to have been tried ©n June 5, 1951»In the EeantiJK the foundation closed awi left the State of Kev Jersey.Infonaant stated that the bank account and office furniture of thefoundation was attached for an unpaid printing b i l l of $2728.
Early in 1951, the Hubbard ©ianetic Eesearch Foundation was incorporated inthe State of Kansas and subsequently went into receivership. The receiver- ;ship petition alleged the corporation was originally set up in California;that after incurring debts there i t was noved and a new corporation forcedin Sew Jersey, the fcichita District Court upheld the receiyrrship and t&e *«ase i s cow pending before the Kansas Supreoe Court.
this informant further reported that the Hubbard Dianetie Essearch Foundation*$Ublished the AIMED SCIENTISTS 0? ffiB WCR1D for the purpose ©f »ecuriagfinancial assistance. !
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This individual i s identified as the President of the Hubbard DianetieEesearch Foundation and author of the book ••XJianetics - The Modern Science ©fIfental Health.** - ... ----.._._.
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Confidential I n f o r c a n t t j r e p o r t s that an individ^ial using the name DEAH .CARKAKAK icade the various contractual arrangeDents regarding the rentingof off ice space a-^jfAWi^ing » telephone for the subject organisation at 9U.East 17th Avenue. l£v^r«ports that from a description ©f D£AK CAR2CAKAK i t i sthis infontant«s opinion that CARKAKA1\T is an al ias used by UPA30STTE BON _HU33ARD mentioned above. .- . . .
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TtiB person i s a l isted bember of the Board of Governors of the subject ' - _-•organisation and the vice-chalrs&an of the subject organisation. PUSCELL i s *IftLcbita booe builder and i s stated to be an official also of the BubbardDianetic BA search Foundation. -
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this individual is listed as the Secretary and Treasurer of subject .=.--•organization and is stated to be employed by the Hubbsrd Diane tic Foundation.
• - 0$Confidential inforBsants^^ancff^^report that K&FJ BOSS was the f i r s tof subject organisation atTits ©TXxces at• ,©$! East I f th Avenue. Inforcasit statethat KAKJ fiC^S l ived at the IWCA in Denver, Colorado, and around Deceiri er 1 , -•returned to her booe in Gklaho&a City and has not returned to Denver.
the cotaciunications referred to a1x>vet vherein nuaerous t-eientists ware advisadthat they were elected to fellowship in the subject organization were signedby AGTSS DO3S0K. the letterhead of subject organisation also contaiaed i o -
that AGJSS DCBSC»J tr&s Secretary to the Board of Governor*.
Confidential Ihfonaanti^J.advised that DO one by the mm JM3K2S DCE50K workedat tbe auk*££t ©rganitavj-on off lee in Denver, Colorado. ConfidentialInforeant ^^^repprts that 4it i s his opinion that NARX B3SS mt4 the came r
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pfidential Infomant^^lr^ported that on __Kr. CH PDELAIKE, 466f1jSk Street, WicMtt, Kaasas. CKAPISUDE advised
at he was now in eharge of the Denwr Office of the subject organisationand that he did not knew the identity of AGK3S DC63CK and DEAN CARKAHAfi. -
Confidential Infonnant^^^dvised that CHAPDSUINE resigned from the "*-;-•organitation around January 1, 1952, and left the c i ty . - " . ' ' :
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Confidential Inforte&nt^J^tsported that PATR1CU GAUAGKER worked i n V* ,.Denver Office of subject organisation, having been hired by KARI BOSS. la-*fonaant stated that PATRICIA GALLAGHER lived at 125 East 18th Avenue, - -W:-Denver, Colorado. Infoncant also advised that PATRICIA GALLAGHER resignedher position with this organisation around January 1 , 1952. . ... „ . . ..= -:
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It is to be noted *V"*LL|i\—*'"*" received about this organisation froa ' ' -'yConfidential Inf onaantE^e fleets that PAIR1CU GALUGHSR Is l isted ^pt 1-VQ ias the "assistant for information." .-- "C-..r'-- "\\- '
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Confidential InforBantf^Treported that BU2ABETH E. CLASK, 132* OgdenStreet , Denver, Colorado, was employed as a stenographer i n the o f f i ce s o fthe subject organisation but has subsequently resigned her posi t ion witht h i s organisation.
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Confidential Inforoant^^^reports that HEKKX ICOSE arrived in Itenver aroundDecetaber 26, 1951, ar*d aovised inform^, he was sow, in charge of the Denver ""office «f subject organisation. Inforaant f^Hher learned free KX££ that hc#1400HE, intended to close up the Denver Office, ftell the furniture, and aove .the organixation's office tc Wichita, Kansas.
Confidential Infonsant ^^reported that froc a review of the literaturedistributed by the organisation, the following appears to be i t s stated
and objectives:
"A MESSACE FfcOK TH£ BOARB CP OCWEBUCaS "
«In 1945, wi th the a t o d c at tack ^aBiroshi isa , Kankind entereda new- e r a , an era p o s s i b l y as different froo the l a s t a s the p r e -
civilisation differs trm op«# "; . - .
«0ur tools, weapons, technologies and ovferncients each one i s this *-'-"present system depends vpon fire. Tomorrow's society Kay depend uponanother thing: atomic fission, tihat that society will be like few ofcan predict with accuracy. . , - .
"Just now i t seems to Bean unlimited weapons against which there i s DOdefense in the hands ©f an anarchy of fcations. - -•-.-- - .
"The economic systems, the social orders will undoubtedly change, " :"
"Science has furnished the ueans to destroy al l eivili*ation. Jhatwas not its purpose. Science can furnish the Beans to build a .,:_-;higher strata than has ever been built before. That is i ts purpose.Through lack of organised regard for its goals, science has been ^euberned. '-'-- . - - - . _ ^ ^ - . - .
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-The E»abers and fellows of the AUIED SCIENTISTS CP 1HE WOKD J ^ - .recognise that science, disorganized and chaotic, «*y i t se l f ' ~ *perish. I t i s tine to abandon destruction of Kan and to use the ful lpower of science for a conquest of the Biaterial universe. -' -:••-'-
•'The Allied Scientists of the fcforld i s not an empty altruism. I t -ia true that the oeabers and the fellows of this organisation . i -_••benefit fully in terms of guaranteed ftEplqyt&ents, av&il&bleinf^raation f i les on their subjects and a higher plans of lfor th9iiselvesf but i t i s also true that this ie only the right ofthose who know and bold the advancing technologies of a better vorld.An3 i t i s equally true that only tbose who have these technologiesehorld persuade their usages les t Man destroy himself.
**No govormsent, no individual has anything to ITear froc this ~\organiaation except peace and persoael ©ecurity. _ .'
*»Science as a tea© can build a greater vorld, a world with .plenty, a world without war. .
•The Allied Scientists of the Vorld, as an organisation, answer* toand obeys the responsibility inherent in a l l ecience: to aidKankind, not to destroy him.* ^
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Confidential Inforffiant^-^.^reported that in one instance an Individualin Seattle, Washingtonr*tio ha«i forwarded $2$ to the organisation hadreceived a letter returning his $25 advising that the organitation at the
jjresent time did not need the coney.
This • inforcant also advised that PERR^H^PDSUIKE had atated that when .the original correspondence was eent out, the officers had «ade a mistakein requesting money from recipients of the letters. . . - ^
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-Foundation had taken loyalty oaths to the ttoiUd States. -iK«tat«d that the word "diaaetic" Is a nev vord and that be did t»t *ant
- organisation, knewn aa the Katioaal Council of Arts, & t o * a & ?ro- t o get bold of the i
The Kation&l CouDcil of Art* Sciences and Professions "hasfront by tbs Congr«»sional Coacittee oo na-toericaa
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Confidential infors&tit^^J^eported that fee bad beard that vhen '•"" *- -----:* ATF TP- HUB6ABD divorced his »*cond wife in California in 1949,;*IBBABD
stated that the reason be divorced his •ocoad wife was because •he^tasCocsauidst. ftels iaforEant stated he bas cot been able to -verify this " M
^ ^ are cognitant of Cocnranist Farty azS^ooaunist directed organisation*the State of Colorado, a l l have, been contacted and advised that they bs.v*^__lafonsation «^ardiug the subject orgshitation. these eUted that there' ; ^bas been BO discussion of this organisation by any of the officers and leadersof the CoEGBifciat Party of Colorado. „_. „. * * '
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Copies of thi* report are being furnished tbose F.B.I, Office.* wfcich • l t h e r ^ ; ;-1urci*hed inforeation or raqaetied inforcation regarding «mch ©rganiMtioa^-^
-^ten copies ©r this *«port are being «AinUine.d in the Denver tiff ice--order that oopies «say be furnished other -offices •hould inquiries b-regarding the organisation. . V :-. .""^~~i*~~^yJ*^~-"
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Mil tl»o oofitact fost Office Inspectors to ascertain tne status of the ; | g ^ -investigation being coMucUd by that organisation regarding a possiEU ~ ~ -
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December 5,1951
Federal Bureau of InvestigationWashington 25, D.C.
Gentlemen:Or / < / Me.
I iave Just discovered that I did not Include Inmy letter of November 2gth the material to which theletter referred. It is enclosed herewith.
For convenience I will quote the body of the letterof November 25th:
The enclosed material came to me by mailseveral days ago.
I had no previous knowledge of thisorganization, and reading their literatureleft me with the thought that possibly itmight be of interest to you.
Very truly yours,
I trust that the situation now be comprehensible.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation,Washington, £• D.
Gentlemen;
I am enclosing papers which were sent toana affixing copy of my letter of reply.
This may "be a thoroughly worthy organization,but the absence of names of executives and the rathervague purposes toward the atom bomb, prompt^ Be to send tiiepapers to you.
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t information ;:and<iat^to^hem for the preservation of this data in the case^3, "of atomic i c a r f l H H H H v a d T i a e d that this scientist contactad him for 4°
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;-* This literature is being furnished the 3ureau, hos Angeles, andDenver far information.
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Honorable J. Edgar Hoover, DirectorFederal Bureau of InvestigationWashington, D. C.
Attention: Inspector H B B Lb)h)[C
Bear Mr. Hoover:
Yesterday I conversed -with Jnspecto:Allied Scientists of the World. TheWorld were brought
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enclosing certainch they requested that
This may or may not be a reputable organization, but it Iscertainly one that we would like to have some information onso that our members would know what they were getting into ifthey desired to Join it. The anonymity of the Board of Governors,Regents, etc., arouses «y curiosity.
jhalf dozen other letters that have been forwardedd I am asking him to please send those to me
orward them to you.
I would sincerely appreciate a call If and when your Bureaureaches a conclusion as to any information you feel I should have.
for VoVenber 19• you wrote about "the Inter-«***«an ef science, ffobably you IE&OV *f an organisationis called "Allied Scientists pt the Vorld,*^iith U. .$•carters in Denver, i had not neard of the roup mntil .
yesterday vhen 2 «as Informed that I had been fleeted to stem-
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*ffieer or somber. The only person irtiose name occurs *nyi%re in the printer matter aent to me is a woman, pnes
«ho is comaranlcatioae secretary* Ihe anonym arouses
I t nould M a ifalaiable fawr If you neuld siaply te l l^^hetier you taov the nawd outfit to t>e c -reliable mnd whetheryou respect *feeir imrposes. ; « t l l yfeu flease return -the enclosed«aperst <1> atateaent ©f orfanization and coals,' t2) Message.from the governors, and <3) Mreetory blank. £ S ^ £ & '
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.Berewith I am -enclosing 41 l e t t er with l e a f l e t s.from Aftnes^Sobaon. «ecretary x>f the BO-called"Allied Sc ient i s t s o f the World" and any mnswer totier, which ia ae l f explanatory.
**. m ^^,\wrons' hvLt i;hia "^"•d Scientists of ', * *the World" lias all the Indicatione -of Jbeing acommunist ifront,- .It already has funds as the * ~.
; phamphlet states, <«nd it follows the usual pattern - *©f getting a communist or fellow-traveler who becomessecretary of the organization, «nd then uses theorganization for undermining the American -system*nd tor the peddling «©3f military aeerets, *
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Gentlemen:
She enclosed literature was delivered to ay addressrecently. In looking it oter X thought J deteoted a ratherbad "smell". It may be that my t nose mislead me late sur-aiBing BOB*thing was wrong with the outfit - - - that theyhad something to eorer up. On the othervfeand, It aay bea perfectly goed and patriotio organization.
i.t any rate I as sending It en to you for sonsign-•ent to the waste basket or to any ether use that seemsappropriate.
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Honorable J . Edgar Hoover, DirectorFederal Bureau of InvestigationWashington, D. C.
Attention: Inspector^
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fticlosedciate 1 Btion to Jalthough no name of any person Isto the Board of Governors.
ceived by «y friend and asso-JHBVHBaaBV This purports to be an irrita-of the World with headquarters in Denver,entioned except Agnes Dobson as secretary
an able scientist, has done valuable work in^ — — ^ en books, «tc.t BO that such an invitation is _ w
ncenelther of us has heard of this organisation and alnoe it aaty be;
1. Just a crackpot idea by some guy vt$h a lot of2 . 1 food racket t o collect $25.00 per year froa gullible scientists,3. A Coawuniat front organisation for recruitment and perrersion#J>. Soae other nefarious activity*
ve decided to send it on to you. Hayb% you know all about it and sight veilendorse or condemn it publicly for whatever it i s .
your other aenice ^ ^ ^ display at the*Ings excellent handling and reporting,highly «ucces9ful year.
ping a good job yesterday at theTcu folks gave the September Beet-
Congratulations on an arduous and
Sincere!
HLD.-3M
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Hovember 30, 1951
Allied Scientists of the T/orld
Dear!
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your position you have the opportunity to get acquainteda l l kiwi of scientific organizations• Therefore, I think you
are the nan who might be able to give mo some information on anorganisation tsalled *AHied Scientists of the World*w A few daysago thiP ^ygftnlaatAdf^ or more precisely i t s uomminicirtion Office,America %9itl Seventeenth Street, Dexwer, Colorado), surprised ne witha letter anaouncijJG that I have boon elected to fellcnrship. Thel e t t e r *»ras accon5>anied by a panphlet 4n which the purposes of thisAssociation twre «ot very clearly defined and the ways and neana in
•ntirely Prague aonner.
-. - Xhat puisleS w$ mroet about the let ter «nd the pwaphlet i sthat the ©rcanifcation apparently' shuns publicity *rift does w>t «venpublish a l i s t of their offic«rs«
. ~. If you know anything about the "Allied Scientists of thet/orld," please l e t me know.
Uith best regards, •
Sincerely yours,
DEC 3 1951
Borwbtr 29, 1951
Do you think th« •aoloatdae, calls for any action
It app««rt %h» x*ai purpof • of thi» ©rganl»mtionj«•ither of tubvcrsiv* or fraudulent wittore, «nfl aitfit « xcertain »or« cr«duloua •«%•« of oar prof«»«ion.
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Mr. J. Edgar HooverFederal Bureau of InvestigationWashington, D. C.
Dear Sir;
Recently I received the enclosed material throughthe mails. From this material I judge this to be moreor less of a secret organization since no informationis given concerning the menibership. It occurred to methat possibly this outfit should be scrutinized byyour organization.
Very truly yours.
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Tederal Bureau of InvestigationsWashington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
( 3 1 are In receipt of certain conm&unications froaAllied Scientists of the World, which are enclosed
I am not aware &f the existence of this --, nor 4t& I ftoliclt election to s&se.
IThe tenor of the descriptive literature rent
us by the Society and enclosed herewith la #uch thatI feel It necessary to seek your advice regardingthis organisation* .._.;- _"._'.
Thanking you for this favor,
truly yours,
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%f^Mestr£xig |>osition and ief lppee lor biraself. --'..• 'tfaOBBARD req-oired that:«11 l«s&©y&es bl - •"-.*.-^»</ Dianetics Foundation take "lie-detector, t e s t 8
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contacted this office And volunteered infona=tion concerningsubject organitation. Be stated that he had received a call fron hit
Office and was requested to locate information *bout that organisation.,Y.e informed that be bad determined that t ie subject organisation i s to beinternational in ecope, with plans for organising about 3COD physicist* :;."-- Jthroughout the world ftnd exchange •c&y£y^i£w££t* »bout utoede energy. Beinforaed that he bad deterained thatEiSk_J • who was with the brg&r.isst<<y|s fros Tulsg* Oklahora.
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r»cerran£ we euiject organxtavionS i n prIysxcTchecked referencenegative results.
stated -that U EOK 8UBB&RD ---»£presently rents the bouse located at 910 K. lale , and has rented that placetince earlyXj\},jfcL^.fffi -,» S h e Informed that «he does i ot know Of «cyone bythe mae of • ^ ^ ^ E ^ T S l i v i n g at thaV4*idress,
m advised that he has located coafi«der&bl«HuoDsro Dianettcs Foundation, Inc., 211 'IK, 'Ik>ugiatt lia.eili 'wasincorgoratea in Elizabeth, Kew Jersey «i»8 aored to ¥|chil«» l&ntaa io theSpring^ of 19§1. Be informed that^the Kansas Corporation, ifeich i« icnown «.s
^^jb^rd Diane tics Joundatioo, Inc., is being largely financed\Wichita contractor, who is reported to have invested between
$&$t0d0 in the organitetion and i s president. Be inforaed thata «"uit i s pending in the Kansas Stipreae Court on tehalf of creditors of the '"-Hubbard Pianetics Foundation, Inc., claiming that i t ia the earn© org&nitstion •that •*%& formerly incorporated in Kew Jersey. Ee reported that the Eubbard ~~~'Dianetics Foundation, Inc. offers a cix week course for 1500,00, trhich resultsin ft graduate becoming an •awiitor11 «ho can go out And practice dianetics, \jrf
tT that he does not have very ouch infornationthe eubject organitfttion other than that i t is a result of i^jtgu (pS handiwork, and that be i s the guiding factor behind the org&nitattoo.
d t h t h d t d t h t th of the subject organitatio ^He reDorted that he understood that the purpose of the subject organitation ^'•'?. -V
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finder the.United Nations to assist civilian defense and construct and stock v• library in Aritona ©f all scientific technology ix> ©rder to preserve itagainst atonic attack. ' -
nation. Be infCraeo uisv th is?ts^ btft <lid not have any further iraoraation concerning h ie .
»pp©a.rfl t o have •delusions of gr&*deur% afor hiaself•
©rgaiiite the subject ©rga.nl-fonaerly free _
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i-Si therestated that ©nWichita »f*sjpEper &T®&ff i t e c «Mcb stated that.}irs.age 25, wlfe-ctf V.KOgTTTuF -RD, alleged,that the l a t t e r i s "hopelessly insane,*/-leo in thi% Be*s i t e c *^y 'inforeetion that BUBBARB a&rriefi her on 6-lQ-lt6, '.'..__and 4id ttot Obtain his divorce froa his f i r s t wife unt i l I»icesber ©f 19U7« - ~~."His f i r s t «lfe nas l i s t ed as M'RG'KE^JSUBS^BB-'JU) of Fart Orchard, Washington,and that he has two children by his t i r s t iftfe. She alleged that HUBE'JID <Jid .
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Subject organisation reportedly directed by L. ROW HOBBARD,sponsor of the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation, Wichita,lansas, and purpose i s oatervsiblj to unify science sopublic may be educated 1A use of sc ient i f ic data for benefitrather than destruction of ftanjcind* Board of Givernors1
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Wichita, Kansas, a lso kndwti as L* RbN/\ J3BASD, i s the actual director of usubject organitation, IRJBEAI©rs naase was not associated directly withsubject orgarutalion because i t was believed that sc ient i s ts would Dotreadily accept the organieation If HUBBARD s'naae was associated withSubject organiiaticft contemplate6 closing i ta Operation i n Denver,Colorado ia the la t ter part of January," 1952 *M «?uld »jo8t probablymove to Wichita, The ostensible purpose of the subject organisation i sto unify science so that the public »ay be educated in the use ofsc ient i f i c data for the benefit rather than the destruction of aanklnd*
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There la. a situatio» of "grave threat to the constitutional ri«hts .of United States citizens which I wish to bring to your attention.Xecent investigations have uncovered the feet that there are currently -•-modem day domestic intelligence operations being carried out by both theIRS and the F3I with cooperation from individuals within the Departmentof Justice. • ..
It was recently reported in the New Tor_ Times and other media that -the 133 and 131 were involved in harassing certain individuals and groupsinvolved in Central Aseriean sctivities. It has been alleged that federalundercover agents are engaged in disruptive actions similar to thoseconducted in the no\* discredited COINTSLPac operations directed -by the F$| in the 196O«s and 1970*s.
Kore recently, the Church 6t Scientology has revealed videotapesof an undercover "sting" operation involving a disaffected ex-ecployeeof the Church- In the tases it is obviously seen that there is amulti-agency plan to disrupt the Church internally with hopes of gettingr.id of current Church management and replacing it with individualsunder the control of the government agents involved.
The P3I falsely clained in 1971 that it had ceased all C0INT3LPR0operations. However, the Bureau allowed that counter-intelligenceoperations could be approved by National Head quarters. No one seeais tohave thought that the IRS Crioinal Investigations Divisions would run
. covert operations against American citizens as seems to fe# the situation inthe Scientology matter and has been alleged in the Central Americangroup's harassment.
jjf i I strongly urge you to support a call for hearings into agency•^domestic intelligence operations. I don't want us to go back to the daysf of recklessly destructive agency actions taken against American citizens
and groups for ideological purposes. Please write the IRS and F3I anddemand an explanation of the cases cited above and for a full accounting ofall their current domestic intelligence activities.
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Dear Congressman Bilirakisi * .
The purpose of this letter is to call to attention -violations of the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens andgroups by the domestic intelligence operations of theInternal Revenue Service and the FBI. -~ ™-
The IRS and FBI have again been harrassing citizens andgroups as well as engaging 4n disruptive actions as they didin the 1960's and 70 s under Cointelpro operations, run bythe FBI. These "operations" were discredited.
The Church of Scientology recently disclosed videotapes made during an undercover sting operation in which aformer church employee, now turned government agent, revealeda detailed multi-government agency plan to oust the currentchurch management and replace it with people under control ofthe government agents involved. The video tapes tell thestory. . -
The FBI in 1971 made it broadly known that it cancelledits Cointelpro operations, and vowed to no longer undertakethese broad programs of unconstitutional assault on U.S.citizens and groups. The FBI left a loophole, in thatcounter intelligence operations could be continued as long asnational headquarters gave first approval. Mow what hassince occurred is that the £ft§ Criminal InvestigationsDivision has busied J.ts*lt *n running covert un-Americanoperations aginst U.S. groups, as seems to be the situationin: the Scientology matter.
'•:, Please, fir. Congressman, I urge you to support a callfor hearings into agency domestic intelligence operati-ons.The United States simply cannot and must not take anymorebackward steps into ill founded and reckless pursuits 'againstits own citizens and groups for some uncertain ideologicalpurpose. . «
In addition, 1 am requesting that you write the IRS andFBI to obtain from them full explanations of the cases citedand, asking for a complete up to date accounting of ail theiractive domestic intelligence activities.
^ . ..___1 isif ncy which does its 3obv yn^il it treads on the toes of, .
- «nd ultimately attacks the law abiding citizens of the .country. When such threats occur, it surely is time to takenatters in hand and guide those government agencies out of.the swamps and. into the «ain channel, as outlined in our ^constitution.
• Yours sincerely,
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Dear Mr. Chiles,
la a staff sember of the Church of Scientology X haw been briefedconcerning the recent undercover attempts by U.S. Government agencies tocovertly underains our Church's operations* This Is the video tapedsurveillance of Gerry Armstrong advising how to plant false documentsinto our Church »s staff information system. He i s wanting to get into ourcomputer system to *ka i t workablft, to put phoney ataf f nemos on our linesto confuse staff and Mislead then concerning the atabllity of the Church'acurrent leadership and thereby perform a one kind of take over* This i s•xtreoely wild, and extremely i l l s gal .
Baligioos freedom i s a basic ingredient of the American society andwhy the country was started la the f irs t place. I t i s the basis of ourConstitution and B i l l of Rights. So, of course, when a Church gets Oovernmsntattempts to do away with i t one can only start to wonder «ho i s protecting theConstitution. .
Scientology dec Is directly everyday with what every religion hasthroughout history* And that i s the spirituality of man. Svery aingla dayand every hour throughout the world Scientology ia advancing and helpingsen attain higher and higher understanding of his spiritual nature. By doingthis sen becomes happier, saner and more productive.
• . I need your help in taking this issue up and seeing to i t that thiskind of Governsnt abuse of the Constitution and B i l l of Rights ceases*
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Dear Mr. Chiles,
As a voting American citizen, I am demanding an Investiga-tion Into the illegal and unconstitutional COINTELPRO-styletactics that have been and continue to be taken against theChurch of Scientology. „.__._ ._ _-. .-.___
Such tactics as are currently being carried out by agenciesand officials of the U.S. government, including the FBI andthe IRS'a Criminal Investigation Division (CID), are illegaland were expossed by Congress In the 1970's as such, y atthey continue against the Church of Scientology.
I believa that this lawless COINTELPRO c*a2itolg%, Jjxposedby FREEDOM Hews Journal in its April/Hay 1983 spec!S *kStJtfnstory, "Videotapes of Federal Informant Reveal Bizarre Govern-ment Plot to Destroy Church," poses the greatest threat Inour nation*s history to the right* and freedoms guaranteedto every American. . .
You have it in your hands to do something about this.Call for a thorough and public investigation into the IllegalCOINTELPRO-style activities.
Sincerely,
Member of theInternational Associationof Scientologists
US. Senator Lawton ChaU.S.'Senate .^^**=*
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Dear Senator Chiles,
A situation has com* to «y attention Indicating that the .Constitutional rights of Americans are being assaulted and denied.by 4th* ~xmry agencies which have been put there to -ensure that —these rights are held inviolate. Z am referring to the latestflap'-in the Church of Scientology's ongoing investigation into --ill***! and criminal acts on the part of the FBI, .IRS CID, _andthe US At tourney's Office.,. It has come to light 'in -an.investigation by the Church the, results of which were presentedas evidence recently in litigation occurring in Portland, Oregon,that a «ulti-agency J'pl ot": to».- AJ.,,;;XS^~«gc^.. ••1jJW;mJBtJ.ia.a.t.jx.^«rar
1. recruit disaffected church staff ' »»mbers to ..use -asgovernment egents, „' " . . « . . .
2. have these agents then originate false incriminatingdocuments duplicating the format of usual cr.urch documents andp o l i c y d i r e c t i v e s , ...,.- . ..... .-•--._. ,-.--..._ :r *- ;_-,:.- _-.-- •--•-•-• .'
3. have these agents plant thesein church files.
incriminating documents
4. then have these agents allege publicly various criminalactivities on the part of the church and its executives settingthe stage for legal action by the government agencies,
•,5. the government agencies would then be "informed" where theincriminating documents were (those originated *nd planted as In• 2 1 3 above), and using search warrants etc issued based onthis "inside information", "find" the incriminating documentsthereby giving grounds for indicting the current executives andBoard Members of the Church. . _
6. The next steps were for the agents to declare themselvesto be the new management of the church and with variousgovernmental and private legal maneuvers, the assets andManagement of the church would be placed into the hands of theseagents ousting current church Management and bringing the entirechurch under full control of the IRS, FBI and some privateIndividuals helping in this takeover for personal gain.
These Activities are thoroughly documented including* videotapes; of the "recruiter" the names and phone numbers of theactual government agents. This entire scene brings to mind anearlier similar practice of the FBI, called COINJELFRO, (CounterIntelligence Program) banned over 10 years ago as a result ofCongressional hearings into these practices. Such practices wereused against Or. Martin Luther King Jr and many other individualsand organizations and-are now a matter of public record due to
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th>-i excel lent «#ork of -the US Congress a.t the. time. -•- These"Activities were, as X Mentioned btnnmd^ however a loophole was,left and this recent revelation leads as to believe that thepractice of COINTELPRO (possibly under a different name) stillexists and is still violating the Constitution of this greatnation while professing to uphold it. _ .. • , v _JL. .,_ .
I % TM-s data Is well documented and being covered by newspapersand -television news currently, so X will not try to document the•ntire issue herein. X have kept myself abreast of thissituation and find that the basic problem here is that thegovernmental agencies usually'expected to handle such Matters *rmall involved to a greater or lesser extent. The level to whichthis criminality extends is hot known and a resounding "NOCOMMENT" is so far forthcoming from the senior officials of theseagencies. To illusatrata, in Los Angeles, California, wherethese facts were uncovered, the govermental action currentlytaking place is Mainly in the form of reprimands directed at thelocal police department for their inadvertant cooperation 'withthe private investigator who uncovered and videotaped this plot'sand character assasination of the privmtm investigator himself.Rather than an investigation into the documented criminalactivities of the government employees themselves the victims andtheir agents and the local authorities ikrrn being attacked forexposing them. . . . . ... .....'. .
X am writing to you to get your assistance in getting aCongressional Investigation underway which will expose tha uecriminal activities and clean up these agencies so that Americanscan live with certainty that our basic rights, guaranteed by crSrCanstitution, mrm valid and will not be ignored, indeed trample'd,in an attempt to destroy us or our organisations, by the vex;ygovernment on which we the people depend to safeguard *nd upholdthj " '
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Dear Faul«s
There is a Matter I'• gravely concerned About that threatensthe constitutional rights of all American .citizens. '... '*
Newspapers, radio, etc., including the N.Y. Times have beenreporting tl*C*I»MQt by the 1R§ Ic Pgl of groups and personsInvolved in Central American activities. ^
There are reports that federal undercover agents are engagingin actions similar to actions run by the FBI in the 60's It70 s, that is, the discredited COINTELPRO operations.
Now, there is a videotape available showing a formerScientology church employee, now turned government agent, Mhooutlines a multi-agency plan to disrupt the Church andreplace the Church management with persons under CSDfcrfiX. ofthe fiay££f*st&l iatO.tl involved.
1 understand Counter-intelligence operations mrm legal aslong as approved by the National Headquarters, but no onethought the IRS Criminal Investigations Div. would run covertoperations against American citizens and groups as seems tobe the case in the Scientology matter and the CentralAmerican group's harassment. ......
What we want, I and my friends, is for you to support a callfor investigation and hearings into agency domesticintelligence operations.
Also, I ask that you get in touch with the IRS and FBI anddemand they explain the cases mentioned above and given anaccounting (in full) of all the current domestic intelligenceactivities. ; -,*
I trust you will stake America a safe place for its* honest •eit'izens! • > • - ••
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Congressman Bilirakis1100 Cleveland StreetClear water, Fl. 33313
Dear Congressman Biliraklsi .-..*-..
X just became aware of a «atter which X fCnd. quitealarming. There is a strong threat posed fey certain internalintelligence operations to the constitutional rights ofcitizens of the United States. It is being conductedcurrently by the IRS nd the FBI. There mrm Department ofJustice people in cooperation with this operation. This isy/mry undermining to the well being of the American people.
2 am sending a copy of this letter to all the peoplementioned below and am especially mppmAlinQ to Don Edwards,Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil and ConstitutionalRights, to have his committee look into this.
o need your help as e,y key congressman of this district.is what has happened! A former Church of Scientology
X alsoThis is what has happened! A former Church of Scientologyemployee has released video tapes made during an undercoversting operation. The video shows a *ulti*agency plan todisrupt the Church internally and in the confusion, to oustcurrent executives, replacing them with government picked,government controlled persons. You can see the effect thiswould have on the Church. Xt is also blatant infringment onreligious freedom. If this is let to occur, what indeed isnext?! The lion dens? X just have even reading books with ay8 ysar old son of those first Americans who came to thecolonies so they could fallow their religion in peace. Xdidn't *afce the stories up - they are our history.
For the reasons stated above, X am requesting that you cometo.-the Church's aid and to ether Americans as well, bysupporting a call for hearings into government domesticintelligence operations. X am afraid that this may just bethe tip of an iceberg. Heaven forbid! Xt is harmful if you or2, as citizens, just sit back watching constitutional rightsgetting whittled away. Its like being a spectator to a severeaccident and watching someone who needs an ambulance butdoing nothing about It, but on a much grander scale.
Could you «l»o MTit* the IRS and the FBI f«qu«stino «n'•*.*...,..explanation for th« abov« «>ulti-ag«ncy plan? - ;':
So that you hav« no missing information Z suggest you writeFREEDOM magazinvi 1413 N. Berendo St., Los Ang«l«s,California 90027, or call them so they can send you theirApril/May 1985 issue in which the video tapes have beentranscribed. . -
Z await your letter advising; «e o-f what you have discoveredand o-f what Z am to do next as a concerned (frantic) citizen.
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A certain Matter has come to my Attention which X thinkis important enough to bring to your attention. There' is avery real threat to the constitutional rights of everyAmerican citizen, including yourself. Specifically there areinternal intelligence operations being conducted right now bythe XRS and the FBI with cooperation from certain Departmentof Justice terminals.
For * fact, the New York Times recently reportedharassment by the FBI mnd IRS of various citizens and groupsinvolved in Central American activities. Outrightallegations have surfaced that federal undercover agents are .engaging in COINTELPRO which are the exact same operationsthat the FBI engaged in and said it stopped in 19711—
Another fact is that the Church of Scientology hasreleased video tapes made during an undercover stingoperation. The subject of the video tape is how a former .-Church employee, who is now a government agent, is planning,as part of a multi-agency plan, to disrupt the Church of -Scientology internally and then oust current Churchmanagement, replacing them with persons under the control ofthe government agents involved. This is the truth, and whenyou see the tapes you Mill believe it too.
For the above reason X request that you support a call•for hearings into government domestic Intelligenceoperations. You and X cannot afford to sit back and have ourconstitutional rights taken away from us. Also, X requestthat you write the ZRS and the FBI demanding an explanationof-the cases above and a full accounting of their domesticintelligence activities including their actions in presenttie*. ..-..- •
*• X believe in American rights and X believe you do also.Please let me know what you are going to do in this matter.
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As a citizen of the United States and living in yourarea of responsibility, I want you to know that I want anInvestigation into-the affairs of the various agencies attackingthe Church of Scientology.
This is a disgrace and wasteful of our country's money.I cannot stand aside and allow this blatant violation ofthe Church and my own first amendment rights. It's moredisgusting than the Watergate incident and I'm sure youwouldn't want to allow First Amendment rights to be trampledupon by your neglect.
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There is s one thing J vould llks you to look into.
The Church off Scientology has recently exposed (by my of videotapes of«n actual instance) the existence of domestic "COXmSUSO" operationsinrol-rlng the IBS and the FBI with a link to the Sept. off Justice.
As Incredible as this way sound, • fanner church nesfcer-aov a governnentagent-was conspiring with IRS CH> agents along with an individual fromthe FBI to overthrew the church Management and to somehow bring thechurch under the control of the government.
If this sounds insane, you're right. That's just what i t i s .
Vho else and what other group is being subjected to this kind of thing?
HLsase support a call for hearings regarding such activities being con-ducted by these agencies of the U.S. Oowrxaant.
Thank you, ~ ~
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•IRSEDCK" an independent journal released a shocking storywhich claims that a videotape vas xade which cought Gerald irastrong* key witness in a Portland trial against the church of Scientologyrevealing his true identity as a government agent. He infiltratedinto the church sad later pretended to be disaffected. In thisvideotape he reveals his connections with the IRS, CIA and TBL.
Z demand an isnediate Congressional investigation of this»atter. Ihia govemnent was founded on principals which protectreligion net attach It , If those tapes are authentic the guiltyparties sust be brought to justice. .
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, —,~ I received your Hay '31st correspondence forward ingetters yon received fron a nnxber of your constituents
•^pressing their concern over allegations that the Federal!^overnaent Is attempting to disrupt the activities of the
orch of 8£ifto±ola«u_ *be interest which froapted ytna _;"1 1 ?n* liave"received Mother inqulries^on thiLnm^^
and 1 want to stress that the FBI is not involved in anyatteapt to destroy the Church of Scientology, zn thosecases where a violation of Federal law falling within the -FBI's jurisdiction has occurred, we always strive to investigate such'situations with complete fairness to all partiesInvolved.* The facts are then presented to the appropriate _*United States Attorney's Office which determines the pros-y
- - . The videotape referenced by aany of those who'-'wrote to you on this subject has been provided by the Churchas exhibits to various pleadings filed in litigation withthe Department of Justice, and it fails to substantiatedaias of a counter intelligence program directed againstt h a t g r o u p * • •*-*---'*i.--'g!r* ••.. — ;••%•--•--•• ••/*. - . • . • • » - . : . • - > : ' • « —
^_i,-_i: x ~hep* this reply will assist you in respondto yoer constituents, and I aa returning yoar •nclosuras you requested. .. . „
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Enclosure Froa:
kc:Please respond to constituent's concerns re thecontinuation of COINTELPRO activities by the FBIand IRS. The constituent understands suchactivit ies were terminated in 1970.
I forward the attached for your consideration.
Your report, in duplicate, along with the return of the enclosurewill be appreciated. • -——--—----———--———
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Senator Alan Cranstnn112 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510 •
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Tour-July 11th "Inquiry on behalf ofh I d b t l l i______ "ho Is concerned about allegations thatr^ne Federal
Government Is attempting to disrupt the activities of the"'of Scientology, has been received.
We have received other inquiries on this subject,"and I want to assure you that the FBI is not Involved inany attempt to destroy the Church of Scientology. In thosecases where a violation of Federal law falling within the - _FBI's jurisdiction has occurred, we always strive to investi-gate such situations with complete fairness to all partiesinvolved. The facts are then presented to the appropriate -'-•-•---United States Attorney's Office which determines the prosecutivemerits of the case. •.. '•-.•---- -.-^^..,. ... ..
' • ' ~ The film referenced by _ H _ H H h n a s been providedby the Church of Scientology as an exhibit to various pleadingsfiled in litigation with the Department of Justice, and itfails to substantiate claims of a counter intelligence program ""*•"directed against this group.
X hope this information will assist you in correspondingwith your constituent. Tour enclosure i s being returnedas requested. ...
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William M. BakerAssistant DirectorOffice of Congressional
and Public AffairsEnclosure1 - Sacramento - Enclosures (2)1 - Congressional Affairs Office to JUL 25 1985
wrote to Senator Crajafifcpp i»d a number ofMOTE*other members of Congress expressing her concern that the FBI and IRSare engaged in a COINTEIiPRO based on her viewing of a film and readinga story in the 'Freedom News Journal/, which is a publication put outby the Church of Scientology. 8he requests an investigation of thisalleged action.; The film was made by the Church of Scientology itselfand transcripts of it, which were provided by the Church as exhibits tovarious pleadings filed in litigation with the Department of 'Justice, ifail tp substantiate the claims of a counterintelligenceprogram directed "against them. Above response has previously beenused in reply to similar inquiries from other citizens tomembers of Congress and was coordinated with SA J B B s V CID, and
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Mr. William 8. SessionsDept. of Justice/FBIJEH Building #7176Washington, D.C. 20535
^ Mr. Sessions,
i I'm writing to you concerning INTERPOL, the International• '. Criminal Police Organisation. The glorified image of INTERPOLi 7 portrayed oft TV and in movies is that of an inter-governmental5 ^police force using the most Bodern Beans to track down the world's~ most sinister criminals. It may come as a surprise to you that
INTERPOL is actually a private organisation whose efficiency, .usefulness and reliability is currently being questioned by law'enforcement officials in the U.S. and abroad.
As your agency has representatives in INTERPOL, I want tobring to your attention the information in the enclosedpublication, yNTljRPOlf j Private Group, pu,b.jlic Menace.i
INTERPOL has accumulated hundreds of thousands of dossiers oncitizens, without their Knowledge or consent, resulting in abusesof their
The 1988 t?.S» Department of Justice Manual states,is something of e legal curiosity... It is founded on aconstitution written by a group of police officers who did not «*submit it for diplomatic signatures, nor have they ever submittedit for ratification by governments." .,„- 19 ^
The General Accounting Office has conducted twoinvestigations into the U.S. branch of INTERPOL, call«d;ithe-tnfi€feif^States National Central Bureau (USNCB). They found that INTERPOL-DSNCB does not verify the accuracy of the Information it transmits,and has set itself up to be almost entirely exempt from thePrivacy Act.
•-.iAThe GXO also found that "foreign police and National Central
Bureaus make extensive use of non-Interpol channels in dealingwith U.S. matters" as these other channels are "considered faster,sore flexible... and more effective."
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and widespread recognition that INTERPOL is not a needed entityhave resulted in investigations into INTIRPOL internationally.(See Chapter 6.)
Our government pours over $5 Billion per year into XNTERPOL,including the financing of INTERPOL headquarters in France andvarious substations in the Caribbean.
As noted in a January 21, 1985 memorandum from the RoyalCanadian Mounted Police, written after review of earlier Churchpublications on INTERPOL, "The church's various studies read welland show extensive research. They, in turn, indicate thatInterpol is employing ex-Nazis, running on clandestine financingfroa interested governments end being utilised to acquirepolitical information."
Is INTERPOL, with its many liabilities, really necessary? Isit worth the risk to the rights of citltens of this country whenthere are parallel law enforcement agencies that can do the jobmore effectively and without these risks?
Please read the enclosed booklet and let me know if there isany further Information Z can provide to you.
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A Police Ofganizauon Involved in Criminal Activities
"tn general, the fist ofpresi'dents and executive members ofInterpot reads like a Nazi who's whoduring.aswcllasafter.thewar. [And] ifyou then place a Nazi in charge of afascist organization like Interpol. theresult of such a crossbreed is dreadful tocontemplate."
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INTRODUCTION 1Interpol: Private Group, Public Menace
Bf officials of the InternationalCriminal Police Organizationhad their way, the lumc'laler-pot" would conjufc uppicturet
of Junes flood-type characters, usingthe most modemmcans lu track downike world's most sinister criminals.
Those familiar with tntcrpoT*history and activities, however, knowthat this fictitious i a i | e is jusl thai —pure fiction.
Many have described what thisprivate police group really i t tad howit actually operates
"liMerpol cannot be wed in anycourt in the work). As a result, theorganization i> completely above Ibelaw and answerable to no one,"
— UotumtOuiittkkFrtmk wormy ami
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"The peculiar thing is ihailnterpalhas immunity as an iMer-Covemnwn-fal Orgwiitation, white they t ie notsuch an ufgamuiion.
"This puts ihemabove the rules ofprivacy, especially those »n«laioniopolice. Thi> a dangeiou as if laysopeltthcpuuSbilMyofauiiucoflhcirsyj*pi».**
— frufriur Oouwt KurffDulik riprrl on
mttrmtiumui law
~ltncrpol's protective curuiaea-abies fugitive Nazis, including that*tried is absentia and convicted byvarious Member-nations of Iruerpoi. «oremaia at large, not only unmokuod,but actually protected and guarded bylocal police orgawutioos «• charge of
"iMcrpol consumly undertakesthat interfere wun the rights
of individual* (especially the eaten-live storage and transmission of per-
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—Uidiilas Fora toAmtritail author
"luerpol cannot be suedM a*y court in the world. As artttUl.Uuorganizationiiam-pUuty above the law amda*-swerable to Ha one."
pnot 10 hunt down tniematkwal crimi-nal!, but 10 other ends. They wuied(fcese iMerpol files of people formerlywanted or of people •nciteo'once inother countries inordcrtouseorabuatIttcae people for political ehdt..
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"... to many veteran law offtcerswho have dealt with Inicrpol. it it aslow-a*oving. archaic bureaucracywhich sekkM pcrforau useful work."
— Koben Waltersm Parade magazine
World leaden have potased outwhat needs to be done:
"a. The status of Inicrpol with theCouncil of Europe should be reviewed:
**b.Aninventoryof transgression*maun it iff! by Interpol should he d rawup;
"c. Effective ways to control theIntemalioiul Criminal Police Ogani-zation, Inicrpol, in a democratk fash-ion snouM be considered... so thai la-tcrpol hereafter will be accountable forUs acts...."
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CHAPTER ONE
A BriefHistory ofInterpol
• "flow what we do know is that the Nazis used Interpol's files, not tohum down international criminals, but toother ends, they wanted theseInierpol files if people formerly warned or of people arrested once inother countries in Older to me or abuse these people for politicalends...'*
• found the turn of ihe century.• European police began to en-I counter • new and difficultI problem A crime coutd occur.
in Paris, for ciample, anu*. * Aon limelater, the perpetrator could be nfclyacross ihe bordM in Germany. Thekpted of nit travel made this possible.
Beginning in M0«, French policemuiie xvcfitl attempt* 10 csJ»Wiv» ».European central puiict fofce tocom-ta ihe incicttsifigly (nobite c«imin*l.In «VU, ficncKtffofl» rebuked imheF C
Vienna, which became ihe ccMer ofmich of Europe'* cooperative policeactivity.
U mi. Ihe head of Vienna'spolice force inviicd the heads of Euro-pea*. Nonh Aaierican. and SouthAmerican police force* to an Interna-tional Polite Conors*, which openedin Vienna on September 3of Out year,
i 3 0 d k f a >count riet attended.
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p yIher ellon> w ceMnli/suion. Aflei ihewar, the balance of European powerchanged. The Aiiuro-Hungarian cmpire wis split imo «*ef»l >nultc>counrtet. each with IU own policeforce. All ccninUi/cd records of theoM empire, huwevci, remained m
'fiam-Ouytm liutrp.it. Siwhin.tbt-M.HuttmJ. VIW? ky Men fckwUKf> mi Va«
jing tocreaic the Imemational Cruw-•at Police Co«mi»»tun.-" Ihe fMup'iel up-anotlkc andhad acaUe detig-•aiionoSlnlcfpo*, ' :
It was decided at Ihe W21 CM-greu that the head of (He Austrianpolice would awomalkitty be thepresident ot InieHw*. Up until WorldWar II, the group continued to bedumiiuledby Austrian*, whopnwidedall of the funding ami matt of * ecxecmive personnel.
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In the IV2Us and early IVWs. In-ierpol lunciioned as a loose associa-tion through which police officialscould get to know each other and thanideas.
Cooperation among its memberpolice forces was informal. Few. ifany, of them had the authority to bind•heir governments to any arrangementsthey might make. Nonetheless, coop-eration occurred — as a former secre-laiy general of Interpol. Andre Bos-unl . staled ill IWS. "Hor »long timewe operated as a MM of prutcsuonalc h * . "
The coming to power of ihe Nazisin Germany changed this basis ofoperation.
As early as 19k.. the Nazis had aplan for using iheu Knairulpok/ei(or criminal police! fur coumerintelli-gence purpwiev As shown duringWorld War II. Inierpol, under HutGermany, was a vital pan of ihis plan.
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j amW.fteuint jlmtrpaljnm I9M »It*.Mifki. trmu "•-'-T'TMinri. tiMnaaiptult* fnm 1*4} ir. ike rmdcfikr *«r.» « kfitJal Nvrmkn «fur ««r .
In the July and August I93K issuesof Imtimuional Criminal fulur fit-Wn.. there were wanted notices forpeople dcurnbed a> "Jewish" or of we"Jewish type.*
According to Nazi hunier SimonWiesenirul. who spent yean mcarch-ingihi> subject, Jaterpol way slu> usedwobuuMhc ietvicesofcoumcifciien.(orgen and spies.* As pan of a Nauplan to counsnieii British currency.for eumpk. coumerfeiicrs and forg-c n were founded up. using ioforma-
At Mam. on March 12 . I9M. Naziy invaded Austria. By noon ofe day. Dr. Michael Sksml was
removed from his positions of Aus-trian chief of police and preside** ofIwerpol by Hcinrich Himmler, headofall of we German police and securityforces, and placed under arrest.Htmmlcr faced from prison one (meStemkausi. a Nazi who had bee* im-prisoned in Austria for several yean,and nude him the new chief of theAustrian police and me new lntri[inlpresident.
Ssnohausl was subsequently fea-tured on the cover of the July 10.194ft,issue of InterpoTs publication, theiiuermiiiumitCrimuuttolictMiYitWtm his full uniform at a Gestapo colo-nel.
BMM]g#JJjnrtaafWtMWtlM -'During me war. Instipol was pan
of the Nazi genocide machine and it*. resources were used to round up mi-norities, iorhiding Jews and Gysties.
' i were sent to death nmp» i n f o -I and elsewhere.l i e June 1911 issue of Imetma-
Cnmmul Potue Renrw m-chtded a discussion of sleriiualHjnj inwhich a Dr. Schuu of the Reich Minis-try for Health was quoted as wiyuig,"Only those should be Khatwtuastdwho are found naseucaUy beatalty as*woimy.-
pThe loll call of Natii involved in
imrrpol during the wat years sacludeisuck notoriouk figures as HeinnchHimmler. K«inhan« Heydrich. AnurMake, and Ernst KaHcnhrunnef.
€kief«f the Gestapofrom WUio. f*MVffe«ucf iMciJwt.- Slwko 22. M M ,t U M i * wn ttj <VM U M M ax VM
»: tmetpatt Artta- Nekt iMretm~miJnle tilling MHIII~ ihui mm Jrtediame4SMUpe,p4e. Mixki Atari ^f l l
l»45»Htminlerwasihe~faiher"ofi|ieNaiiriedlmerpol.Hefoundinlnieipol• vehicle to create and accumulatemore ol hit ciierished dossien. con-
Heydrich. president of tracrpolfrom 1940 through 1942. was knownas'theMangmm." Among other auoci-
l i n in his career, be spunsored theinfamous Wannsee Conference, dur-ing which l6wpNaus. including AdolfEichmana. gathered in Berlin'sWannsee suburb to map out the "finalanlulion to the Jewish problem."'
After HeydachwasfcilledbyCtechpatriots. Emit KaUcnbrumer, a Nazigince t932whohadbcentwiceimpria-oaed. hrfamf Imerpoi'a new presi-dent, While president, he reportedlyenjoyed going to extermination campsto view vinous methods of killing —including hangiag. shooting a i d msgMChwnber,
Artur Nebe. a vice presideM oftnierpolunderKalienbrunner.directedNazi'mubilc tilling umis"0iwbroiithlabout the deathof some 45iKK»people.and assisted in Nai i "medical etpcri-ments."
Nebe's deeds included the war-time destruction of the Czech town ofLidice. Despite (he denials of the Lid-ice inhabilanU.I4ebeii»<;ned they hadhelped those whohadkilkdHeydnch,He had all of the men and tome of thewomen in the commumiy wot; all ofthe babies had their throats stashed,-The surviving women and childrenwere shipped to two
•Mat UmmWtfAfter the fall of the Nazi regime.
iMerpobpresideM.tUkenbrumer. oathanged fat warcrimes in 1946. Laterthat yea/, (tjxesenmives of 16 nationsgaihered in Belgium al ihtctpol's funpost-ww meeting to anempt a «con-atfuciion.
Of the five official* in charge ofcalling the meeting, m kasl three hadbeen involved in one way or amxherwith the Nazis during World War l i .Thcar three were Florcni Louwage ofBelgium. Hany SouVrman of Sweden.a n ! Louis Ouciuui of France.
Louwage worked for loterpol be-fore the war. and continued to work (or
M throughout the Nazi occupation as amember of interpol't permanent tu f fin Belgium.
Sorierman. an eapen forger andcounterfeiter, worked closely-withInsefpohhroughihe war yean, becom-ing a permanent member of me Cnm-minirm in 1942,
Ducloui served during the warwith the Sires* Nuionale. • Frenchpolitical police organization whichcoUaborated with the Nazis and sup-pressed Jews, the French — * i " r r ~and "political undesirables "
The htm o{ $kt NatirytltmtocoevrolxKiety wasmem dossiers. Imtrpol to-day is built arotutdiutecrtttb$SMn,iialsomaiMakufilt*om Juukbeds ofihmumrit efprivate citizens from all overike world om its tlMt-cf-lhe-artcatapmer.
tUa*m* Heydr^ck,M»faua.~ wofteutet fom IMOnuuilkuy—timmitmm 1942.
nIn 1974. researchers for the Na-
tional Commission on Law Enforce-ment and Social Justice (NCLE). anorganiiaiionesiaUishcd by the Churchof Scientology to protectcitizeM* rightsagainst corrupt police actions, disco*-«>cdtruuPaiiiDickop(.Ullcrpol'spRsi-4cm from 196* to 1972, had been amembst « f me Nazi SS'during MMmm.
Oickoprspenonncirile containedhis S$ number (337259) and venficauoa of hu Nazi activities, including'T»* SS or Sckmuuflcl (tint !***>. w«« •ckM(t otMclliiacc. Mcouy. soko aciitap.
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mt Sicherkesl*-l (SD). me Nazi party's kecuniy
•erv ice. It also held* I 9 » photographaf Dickopf attired in kit SS track suit.
When mtse facts wctc ftm Bub-ady tekaacd in 1974. iaterpol deniesme uory ouangm. Hat gttua'a * * aMcmaty general, l e w Nepo*. wash 4 W r i i f f i
rated France under me Nazis aWiatWorld War I I . asserted mat Iht mfor-malina was false or thanhc miaWaa n had identified the "wrong man."
iaterpol subsequently changed «sbsry ia 1975 and admitted OickopftSS membership. Its new claim wasmat the membership had bee* invot-umary As kistnnant will attest, how-ever. there was no tuch thing a t j^Miaatary membenhip in Ihe SS.
According to a secret report of meGerman Federal Criminal Office, re-leased to the news media ia I 9 M ,Dickopf had pretended to be a Nazioppnarw. and used this position at acover during Ike war sndUiet,
The repon had been written byHelmut Pranu:. a former departmentchief wilh Ihe hakralCriminalOfIke.who had worked directly underDickopf.' Prame had examined thewritten records of hit host of manyyean and concluded thai Dicfcopfspersonal effecit clearly showed the SSmaaa.nl carefully contuMCttdhkcovraa a 'Nazi opponent."
Professor Armand Merge* staledia hit book. The B * V Slay, Today.I know that Dickopf was a doubleagent who never ouue dropped hitoawfromiheiimehewasanSSUiaef-alurmbandfuchrer |a high-ranking SSteaderl aad Abwehroflizjer (coualer-
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Rb»tedi»l9««.D»ckopfhad«tippOi-cdly gone into hiding in 1942. tx* m lauH iccciving his pay at an S$ oflioerand Abwchroffiiier in 1944.
la a later to FREEDOM Maga-lice on March M . 1975. Nazi burnerSimon Wietemhii wroic «*> PaulCickopf "«1way* KIUHU) to tupponthe Guam •uthoritiei of juilice infroteciMing Nazi criminal^. In me di-icciionofmt'Gcrmnii tcfriwntrflnter-aot. mere we ifao omw peraont wim
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Wiescntluil alto described animporunt atoea of me Mali takeoverodnterpol:
"Now wtuu we do taaow is thai theNazis used toicrnot't fihni,not to huntdown tMcnuiional criminals, bin toou^etidv They wantedihcxlmcrpolfilet of people formerly warned or ofpeople ancsted once in other countriesin order to use or abuse these peupkfor polMCMi ends,..."
The bean of Ihe Nazi system tocontrol society was secret dossiers.These were ntaiouined on all groupsand individuals who. for Maniple,might disagree wilh psychiatric iheo-fict on raceor who had lewishur inter-national connections Groups mat fell
into these categories,sue* as the Sevenk-day Advemisis, Bap-tists. Christian Scien-tists, the Tbeosopki-cal Society. Ihe OldC t n o l k Church, salothers, were prohib-ited by a secret direc-
I* live issued by Rein-I bard Heydfich on
february 15. l»3«.
Imerpol today isbuilt around its secret dossiers. Its fileson hundreds of thousands of privatecitizens from all over the world arenow maintained on iis siatc-uf-ihc-aitcomputer Information compiled bytmerpot headquarters is withheld fromall individuals. |fuups. and govern-ment*, including ihu of tu boil coon-
A Na/t menulity hat comitHiedtopervade ihe secret, closed world ofImerpol. Now awl again, however, Ihtcovering shroud slips up from aroundmis secret world.
Uthe June/July I9H6 issue of IkeImtrmaiiiniatCriminul fuliir Hevirw,for example, Secretuy General Jiay-mond Kendall nooicd the words offktfcni Louwa|e, Na/i coU»bontorandfooncrprrkMfcw of Intcrpol: "Theview expressed by M r loiiwaye, ikeIhWpwsidejMofthcttsyaaiaicdtnier-oal'ional Criminal Police Commissionin the 3rd (December 1946) issue ofour Kevicw still rings true today: "Notm e . . . state throughout the world mayassume the responsibility of retrainingfrom cooperation with our Commis-sion."^
CHAPTER TWO
Interpol'sStructure and
Operation• "Imerpol cannot be sued in any court in the world. As a result, theorganiuuion is completely above ihe law and answerable to no one."
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Dmcrpol is a privateqiu»i-police groupthai is not subject tothe direction, review
or authority of any govern-ment
The majority of Us workis done at Iht level of its Na-tional Central Bureaus
pthe member countries. As of
y ^ ^of Ihe national law enforcc-mcM bodies of 150 nations.
The l<*< U S . GcpanOKW of Jusiite Manual 'de-scribes Interpol ia the following
ner:"Interpol is something of a legal
curiosity. It conducts intergovernmen-tal activities, but it is not based on aniMenuiiorud treaty, convention, orsimilar legal instrument. It is foundedon a conMiiuiiun written by » group olpolice officers whu did not submit itlur il< pknialic signal uirs.nortuvelhc-yever subminvd it for ratilkwioa by
As noted by aU.S. court1 in a dela-mat ion action bruughl by an Americancitizen against Inteipol headuuaners,-Interpol appears to occupy a ratherambiguous mi shadowy existence iaihu country."*
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IMcrpol is constitutedin four echelons:
I The General Secre-tarial. Imerpol °s centraloffices inLyon arc referredto as the General Secretar-ial. This is Interpol's mostpowcifu! section and con-tains the group's perma-nent staff (numbering ap-proiinutely 260. includ-ing Wpolice officers fromit countries).
The General Sccretar-iai is administered by ihe
secretary general, who is the chiefe&ecuiive officer of Inlcrpol. He isnominated by the General Assembly(sec number 2 below) ana serve* afive-year term.
The General Secretariat maintain*massive volumes of information onprivate cituens garnered from aroundthe world ami transmuted to France.Us operations arc financially supported
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This i» when information as casesunder investigation is mem bar cattyIrics is eentraliied.
Hie M ice Division hat three mailsubdivision*, each of which deals wuhdinctct* types of crime: (caenl of-
pcnoat or propertyiMcnuiioiul terrorism).
by d m and other payments from a*NCB».
The General Secretariat coataatof four division*, at follows:
A. Oivitioa I (Gcaeral Admia*-tlnuoat. Tkii diviaioa jeafe wtm ft.
ten. tuppltn. logistics amt security.Bww U <Nto Qjiriiiwi
Thn Stnifititm aff laturnnl
General • M iceAdmini- I Division
(Elected member* from varigut
illicit drug trafficking. In addition lathese three subdivisions, ihcre U tsection thM handles the financial as-sets derived) (tarn criminal activitiesikal reports directly 10 ike had of miM i c e Oiviuoa.
C. Division I I I ha< tfcree ukdivi-tia«i,iM:ludinttkeafganaMk»'«lcgaldfpMimmi. I k i t diyuioa provide*legal wit technical reference tervkakotk for member countries and Oivi-ajsat H. The iMeipol joumil, Inurm-HOmal Criminal Folict Keyitw, itawWiihed by this 4i«uion.
D I k U i V lfilet, mi tan*
j2. The General Auembly. itepre-
•eaUUvct of the aaembei police (oicameet every year "m a General Aoca-fcjv, t ietc Kldi mauen at electio* ofolTken. deciiiona fe|trdtn< policy,aOfniuion of new taemben, and ap-proval oi budjelt occur. The CentralAuembly. according to Article 6 oti l ' Cauthority" of Imerpol.'
' 3.TheeieculiveCominitiee. IkeGetkcril Auembly elecu the I 3 * e a -ben of the Excculivc Committee: theprcudent. (our vice pretidenu. aadeight dcleguci. l u membenhip uderived exchwively from tklcfaict •>•h* General Assembly.
ll u requiredI thai the memben ofIhe Eiecujive Commiiiee be from dif-ferent coumnek. Their duties include•uperviiion of the dwi»io« of uVGeneral AuenMy. *|end* prcpara-lioo. lubmuuott of (vuooulk to IheGeneral Auembly for votek. and uiper-vision of the xcieury general's ad-•umstratio* of the General Secretar-iat. Basically, the executive Commit-tee i> the governing body elected byIke General Auembly.
4. National Central Bureatu. Eachmember police force allocate* ipacc.supplier and personnel to terve a» •liatMM psira for laterpsl conwnuniea-taMK and m^uckUMthaKsuunuy. Thia
operation u kaoiM at each member•atioa'a NauoMt Ctaml Biwmi. orNCB.
ilteiaformationtaiheredbyNCBsuthaietfwitlimeinbcrcouMrietarounittncworWtruoogh.iyuemofcomput-
R h dmof iafomtnoit from ihe»e
dowsierv gu directly frodioae country'sNCB to another country's NCB. andare routinely copied to Intcrpulhead-i)uancn m France.
Under wchasyuem. there i»«ocitemal control or oyenight cofteem-
f
Allltttmt if** uusiMMMa effdifim Irmkr Btmtmo A«mm> m Augtut ItU.tmttfol rrru+m JoUf Ugmnm Ikfi, « u Drml WH» • « * " M^ry m^mutkfur
'ufny *•-">•ml*"** He*»«• — " • * - c m r t t < * * * > " * * "*tm
gprivate cNHcn*. According to courtrecord* and aaedia accounts, <hi» hsuretuhed in m repewed in»ta»ces ofprivacy toiowMM, ft") dossier collec-tiotw. not (eiatedtowrongdutag.be ingkept on law-abiduig ciiizen», ami (c)tcnutive infoimalion falling into thewrong hand*, even at times whenpeople's, lives have been at stake.
An cumpk of sensitive informa-tion being give* to Imerpol and thenfinding its way to where it could haveearned serious toisof lifeis featured inthe 1977 book Eiurhbf Kesrut, by!n«eli iounulius Yeduyaoit Bcn-Fortt. Eitan Habcr and Zeev ScMff.
The book i» about the rewue by liraeUcommando* of u * hostage! seiied andheld at Entebbe nrpon, Uganda, byAnbtcrrortftt.
I k e authors stated. 'Israel askedInierpoliohelp. and forwarded ie>.reltaforaialioit to their Pant kcaduuur-ICK, only to discover that the Arab*had gotten ahold of it and they in turnhad passed it o* to the terronalorgaM-
nancial contributions from Memben;aiid«b)gtfu.btqiiests.sutMd>es.gra«sand other mourns after these havebeen accepted or approved by MatExecutive Co
imryitActording tu Article 3» of
Intcrpol'i Coiutiiuiion. me group'sare provided fey "(a) mt ft-
a budget "group." or status, baaed onpopulaiina. national standard of liv-ing, the use made of laterpoi's serv-ice*, the benefit derived thereffom.Md the country's fauacial anaufcea.
The budget group to which amember country is assigned is decidedupon by the country itself, althoughthe choice must be raufimlby Utttrpot*Executive Comma***.
I)
interpol's Structure and Operation
The Executive Committee pro-poses me annual budget which w rati-fied or not hy the General A iicmaly.
later became known as the "InternalHeadquarters Agiecmcat." or "scat
ury general implement • * * IMMM mtefoilowmg fiscal year.
Each year. Imcrpol« uttft hyas euenal arroimiing firm amm»upon goes 10 the pw riirw m l a t w -ury p u t n l . and it protein cd a» aktCeaeral Assembly. The report. Matother details of laKipoTsiiaol aude public — die group
a* aac oauidc iuctf.
Through ill negotiations. Inteipolh complete immunity under
Fieach law from all legal liability (oriuelf and its officers. It also sought toahicld its fiksftum any requirement ofditrknure. and lo make <» GeneralSecretariat "inviolate.*'tneti<:i:l.lnier-
U the laic 1970s. iMcrpoioccMWthe larfet of • number of civil rifhu-onenu^UwsuMs. la aft attempt totvoidliability, laiecpol began acgotiaiioatwith the French government oa what
fartUMcffamipnperty. ami]iamaxtivtfituanddostierj 'o* private citizens areshielded from legal tsam-
pel souchi u metier tuelf from * ewinnmihiltly of having to answer 10aay (ovcramcat oacanh.
The ac/eemeat (hat was finallyratified |ave tMerpol practically ev-e<yihM( i» had soH|ht. * weal into ef«fact February 14,1944.
lni>ieAphM<M5iuueofiuo(ri-t
xal Polk* It t view, tMapo\uinouncatihegraMinfofirieiieitttreeiMM.The
k
fTktm UM Stitelwr Gemtral KmnWaUktm (rig*) «u» *t*W Lewi*, ailferumml etde. ut 197}, Ikt year ike UM.frawnr Imerfel u lnsei^CuirrtmtrnfftOrt—uauamtieita. Lewimlaut became m
$ yto x tk im this iawmiiy w n .due tothctx«anuaiioabec«iMin|ihetubje>:iof a aumbrr uHawmiu m whkacitildaaucei; agaiml (atcrpot were kuuflM.
Thcaic»prim«rilyte>poiitibleicirptwhiac Ihroufh nis acreemeM werelaterpot't thea prcsidew, JuHy Buj-arin. ami at (he» itcrcury geaenl,Antkt 6o«ur(t. RcpretcMiAi theFrench government were Anttrt te-
muuuettftke fiemugmt4 ike laierpvt HttMitijmmritrtAgreemrm m ittJ2. Prett tuxtmmit im
mmrimeWarUWmrU.
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f nFraace'k Minutfy of External Rela-lioM,andCariiiUaiiNucci,niiauiierofcoopemiaa and development.
Bu|arin. laterpul's pmidcM InmIWO through I9H4, was chief of thePhilippines' Civilian National Bureauof Investigation ami head of the Fili-pino Interpol office under thea Pmi-deat Ferdinand Marcos,
The Civilian National Bureau ofInveuigalion was responsible for (heprotection of Marcos* outiiical oofo-I K M , jBenigao Auuino tr. However,Auuino was ihot on August 21, mi,ihe moment be stepped of ( a»airpuMecauoFilipuiosoil Xuuino'sKvimiai-lion started a chain of events that c»l-wiminf in Marcos* fall from power.
la IWK4, ftugario was unplicatedin an aiiempi to cover up ihe fact thaioneofiheassiuisinswasakflowncriau-nat who had been a member ofBugann's potiee bureau for 13 yean.
When asked by a panel investigat-ing the murder why he would hire aman who had admiuat lo killing mogethan 30 people, Bugaria. as reportedby *fm.-jHT** fress on February 7,IW4. Rsponikd, "In the %ht againstcrime, we also use criminals."
Bugarin left his government postwith Ihe rest of Ihe Marcos regime in1M6. after completing his four-yearterm as president of imerpoi.
According to July 4. 1988, wifesuxies by Reuters and United VttitI B 4gof his subofdinjtes to supprcu evi-dence uvt»erAo>ii«> nuMder c*tc.
ftriono Aadr* Lewin's tcmi ofservice with the French govcrameM,be icrved as personal aide lo UN.Secretary O n e n l Kurt WaUheun. IntW, Waldhcim w»s enposcd as afonnerNxaofficertiuring World WarI I . ' taler ihaj mm year, trwuv wasdented the fwsiium of French ambu-sador lo Waldbeim's Austria, on thebasis of his previous lies with WaM-hcun.
Prior to WaWheim's exposure as aformer Nazi, he was responsible inJuly I97S for the United Nations Eco-nomic and Social Council grantingtnteipul ihe status of an Imer-Govem-atcM«rOrgaiuuiioii(KJO). This statusfacilitated InterpoTs intematwnal up-enuiuiu and gave il a much-sought-alWi . K of legitimacy. In 19112, WaW-heim publicly reconfirmed this status,according to IntcrpoTi ImurmuumalCriminal Point Ktvitw.
The individual most instrumentalin gcuing «he Imerpol HeadiMwnenAgreement ratified by Ihe French leg-istaturc w»s Christum Nucci'. bead ofiheFrench ministry of cooperation anddevelopment, fat 19413, he maneuveredIhe legislation in such a way that onlyfive of 400 legislators were presentwhen il ww submitted for ratification.
The resultant "seal agreement"provides iMerpot headquarters withcomplete immunity for its staff and itsproperty, and its massive files anddossiers onpriviiecuizcnt • • • •from legal oaminmna
Mi, wko mat <o caiccal»" •K U I I O . *m a gVaucd Sum kv i»r U.S. Jwakx fttpuwiiai
ottm H
' la VH». Nucci wu chvatrt «uk fn«Mt a*4i 4 k 4
«Aftk fee «pM**yl
W«»1>Jtil)llIn a 19ttl internal memorandum. >
Larry Simtas. then deputy assutaru jU.S. auomey general, wrote thai "In- 'lerpol, as an orguuutioa. occupies asomewhat anomalotis position underour law, u it was not established bytreaty or protocol, and is not generallyaccorded stalw at a» iwrrnaiioailorganization.**
Simau' memorandum describedconflicu thai could arise because of•he differing rights accorded the pci-vacyof individuals undcrtlmied Slateslaw and uader ihe laws of other mem-ber countries of Interpol.
He concluded that significant dif-ficulty could be encountered by anindividual seeking legal redress agaimlfhierpot or a member country, as oneof the first issues to be resolved wouldtie which country't law, if any, couldbe applied.
The issue, the memorandgm slated,becomes even more complex if infor-mal ion about an individual itfiruinns-milted through Imcrpol's hradniuf-lers before being abused u> a membercountry. Hie document conchidrd."There are a number of possible inter-national conflicts of law issues raisedby the United Suuet* participation «aUterpof generally."
OespwcuVie forebodings, on lune«6. »4«}. then M.S. PrtsideM ftonaldKeagamuuedisxecutivi: Order 1242$.providiag Imerpol hcadu/taoers. «s
' offtecn '«ai emptoyaes. compkte
Ciriitirt Hunt mutraivrmf aW ImtrpvlHtutqmnm Agrnrnmi throat» larFnmM fmhamtm warn ami) fit am tfmere laaa 400 aanaferri wtrt petitm. Inim. fimri H I ikufltd wok fraud IUUemkezdeini uroiuniMMMWUVaau-ioeefMarelko*imiUiam/ia»tiafFnmk
immunity from any lawsuits in theUnited States.
•Mound Ousscdik. a noted French
attorney who has worked on Interpol-related civil rights cases for a numberof years, pointed out that the headquar-ters agreement "legally prevents anyoutside agency from examiningImerpoTs archives or any of the dossi-ers and information currently being•elained by the organisation."*
Ousscdik noted the dangers posedby the agreement, stating. "Any Na-tional Central Bureau can shelter itsrecords by sending them to headquar-ters, and Interpolcannot be sued in anycourt in the world. As a result, theorganization is completely above thelaw and answerable to no one." A* Ta<x t u m a i I n * M>. " ^•URdoiatMack/AiO0M M S J U M . pMmmmt ay tat ChMch af
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CHAPTER THREE
Interpoland Drug
Trafficking• "{Panamanian Interpol Chief} Nivaldo Uadrimn was receivingutexes in his Imerpot office in Panama from Interpol Colombia whichshowed him the exact drug trafficking roues. Madrihan would then gela kickback from the trafficker!, and allow the drugs to pass."
B
—u. Carts* * • * .
luspicioruoftnierpoJ's imwfcv-\mem in drug trafficking waneI fromobtcrvatioasof the group's•ineffectiveness in handfuif ate
problem.According to Interpat's own pub-
IkaiioMandpttmpMelsfram I989,lhecontrol of drug trafficking is IheOfjMi/jiion'tnumbtf one priority, yetthere has been no significant record ofanetuorciMUikaeMut Ihe world drugimK — eVea MI the 1970*. when the•Mior drug route* of (he wortdnrt putInicrpol's front door, ikrough the bcr-i t a b f M a i
w i a large vnlmr of drugs teiied,loterpot refined to do aayihusg.
DuiincidcM began in May 1971,when U.S. CUSIOMS agents ia NewJersey discovered °* pounds of pureheroin in U>c panels of a Volkswagencamper. A fttachinan named RogerOelouene was trrcsled when he at-tempted to aick up the vahick from
During this incident. Deloueueclaimed lobe working for the SOECE
l4r«t Wi0eter,
A 19960AOM«e«iigMionof US.•nvoivemeMinlntcrpolfounJiluiinoMInterpol WTCU cttci involved youngAmerictmorU S.servicemenirreKcdOvcncu with un»ll quantities of drugssuch u ourijuan*. Very few of ihewrests involved Major traffickers orsuppliers.
to M icani oae case wkere iken
tt dtt Cunirt-£ipwnutt, the Frenchintelligence and couoteiesptorugcagencyi. and said that he had beenrecruited (or the job by Paul Founuer.Foumier was Ihe cover ruune for PaulPerrere.wofficiiJof SOECE who hadworked in French Indochina in ihe1950s during ihe French takeover ofthe opiuat trade,
f>rhhrrHf slated thai he had runerrands ill o m ate wont for SOECEsince I'M*.
FrcskliolTictali.inchKhng*chcad
of Imerpol's French NCB, publiclydnsnunrrd Delouetie's story.
Nevenheless, an American grandjury indicted Fenere for his alleged in-volvement in the crime. Some limelater, a member of another French in-telligence department publicly admit-ted thai Founucr was indeed Fcrrcrc.and thai Dcloucae had been workingfar him.
U.S. officials sent evidence ofFerrere'scomplicily to Imerpol France,feu Imerpo] officiak rcfuand so tak<any action.
U January I9WI. the Central Po-lice Bureau of Switzerland issued aconiidetuul report showing that UatShakarchi Trading Company, a txba-aesc precious metals firm, had beenserving as a from for massive money-laundering activities, reportedly in-volving Iran/Coniragaie principalstichard Secord and others.
AvtcepiesidtalofShakaKaiTrad-
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Interpol and Drug Trafficking
iB|.HauuW.Kopp. quickly resignedtuspouuoa after newtof the operationbroke. Kapp't wife. Elisabeth. w*i theSwiss •iniiiff ofjusuce aad was alk*in charge of Swiueriaadt InMB-alNCB and C a u l Police h m i .
Shortly fteKafKr. whan alat-aa-luat aroae • « Mrs. Itoap had iiaaaItcrpouikaioakiihtihaahaadtoaia
lii i ^
In Latin Aatenca, clues coacera-: Inicrpol's involvement in the Of
up retideacc in Bolivia under rite aliuof Klaus Akmann la (he 1970a. hebegan • program of official coopera-lioa with lac Bolivian government andunofficial coopenuoa with Bolivia'*latarpol office.
Barbie « u protected by huerpolant only from cundiiioa to France forhi* wartime enact, tout abo from » -Mdiiioa to Pen* for post-war crimiaalawMrs tuch at cujwcajcy apactilalioalaa* ttmijling
la 1942. iMcrpalKjccitda Fnadifeuuest to Mtoy an «ntw warrant oa
SARlam 'to tmu for potf-i
Acconitag(ontiMcniwipRU*c-couau, fttrbic WM aciivc u ** m umflickcf aa* w u • A liachpia ia•ofcxia'i Ahviag dmg btaineu. He
.: gave advice oa tonuie aad ialenogav' m» metmit. » Bolivia1! ummaed
police farce wkile alto njaung * <et-roh« gfoupcaUnXtac Bridcgrooau ofOtaia, ake purpow of which ww 10ttfiekik aay araapacti** rivak ia * c
\OMcia-i
glut-
icnauaBaldruguaitehegaaMtwfacaateartyat 1970.
la April afcai year, lw»nea»ben ofthe U.S. Sute OeparUKM't Agcacyfor iMciuiional DevelopmeM (AID)iavctligaud *c fcaforceaMai ia Bolivia,aoaedlaaiiivo previous iMii
lor
Sarkie was « l» a ficqacai vitiaorto laicrpol't Bolivia office arcordiagto Serge Klanfeld, a aoted iaieraa-uonal Nazi huaicrtnd ike auompoa-siblc. perhaps more than aayone ebe,(ortanogiagtUrtutoiuucetCUnfckiuaicd." Accordin j w«ty tafomauon.ht(ewbic|v/w very <: low tothctaacr-
-. art Kpreumativc ta Solivi*."itiiow that Ke wat very oficaiat r d t r
They did not kaow at the time thatr discovery was Ike lip of the icc-I of Inerpol' t complicity with and
tavolv
woe vecy available fot hiaihi l d
j yto »ear». Ihii allowed him to fcaowabout a lot of catcie coaccnung. if acthiauelf. other perioat mtftmi oraccused of different wru of enact•uchataNgirafrickiag.-
Klaus Barbie, the notorious war-liatrOtnapiiihMfnll jrm hail tat aa
II
l aMy !9«).GeaeraJLui» Garcia
MezatuujedlhelWMi coup in Bolivia's144 years of independence. TkrMiumiHerald called it "the cocaine coup."and it was widely publicised at beingfinanced by one of the Bolivian drugcartels.
Within moMha of Carcit't cuup,Barbie was given a live-yem vecurnypats t> diiector of a company devotedto buildiat a navy for the landkKkaiBolivia.
The ligiuiure on Barbie' t put waithat of ihcntuustei of interiorfar€a>-enlCwcu. Colonel UuAice Gomu.Arce w u in charge of the Bolivia*latcrpoi office.
Afce wa» forcad to resiga hitpotts ia February I9HI because ofAaaerican pressure, and was indictedw April IM3 by a federal grandjury inMiami for conspiracy u> etpon co-caiac to the United States.
MaHptJCkMlIn mi, the then head of Imerpol
ta Bolivia, Fernando Banhtlemy, be-came thai country's fourth Inierpolchief to be lilted to drug traf ficking.
Banhelemy resigned his post iaFebruary thai year in the face of chargesthathcwataoihadrugdcakn'pty-•oil.
Another ciample of corruptionuader the aegilof Intcrpol fa the «Meof Luis Kivtdeaein of Ccuadof. Rivadcaein wm anrued in Decemaer1974 ia Ecuador with two kilo* ofcocaine* paste in his fnnv-pfiiitn
Oa April 21, i¥]i,T*rfitwtorkTimes reported that soon afterItivadenein't urtett, 6cu»dur> Ad-aural Alfnalo Puveda BMrtwno. hMdof law enforcement and in charge oflaterpoTs office in that country, calledthe police «u»J ordered them to »MCT thecvidaacc agaiaH lUvadcnein. Riva-
mf trfl uutnlaiim?Mluliriu$M\milMerfultkirfljiii Ane Came: (kmum kfii. gave Mu:i war irmimtl KkmiaW*k(akmy ,ul ail <rwf i« IV*7l tlearume u hmklu min Ja*rhir«1nwAf«u<rAVir» mjetelmt imrimmn't larit ia* man> rnalr
deneirt was a cloae fnendof one of theadmiial't relatives.
the police did m they were told,dropped Oat charges, ami ftivadcocuiwejufree, , : •- '
however, until April IVWI. tn June19*9. he was convicted and sentencedto IS years in prison for transportingcocaine, using-hn own yiicht. - '
From I-Mtl until It**. Generallose JorgeZaratewas the iMerpol chiefof Peru
During the time he was in thisposition, in IV«J. be was arrested fordrug trafficking. In I<W7. he was ia-d k d
Me remained InttrpolchielofrVru.
In July I <*6. U S nuliiary advi-.-ers and Oni-j enforcement Admini-stnitiun(OeAtagenls Undcd ia SouthAmerica lofadircctniililiiryassiHik ondrug bases in the Bobv'un mounmn-..
Although the raids were consid-ered a limited success. OEA agentslater doermincd Out in the days pre-ceding the r»i<i, there had been a a»»»-sive eiwdus uf iraKKkers and aitcral I
to Panama, controlled by Panamaniandictator Manuel Noriega, an acknowl-edged international drug trafficker.
Two years later, in February I9MM,Noriega was himself accused in a U.S.indictment of utiluing his official po-tman ' 10 raciliuic the manufactureand transportation of large utumilicsof cocaine destined for the United Statesand to launder narcotics proceeds."
Incredibly, in l<*7». Noriega, whowas then ihe Intcrpol delegate fromPanama, was appointed to head apbaerpul's Orst Drug Division.
He was ekcied Hi this position byInicrpol's General Assembly, andplaced ut charge of anadling the inter-
Interpol and Drug Trafficking
Madriaan had pcevioiuly beeaimplkaied in ihe IW3 awnkr ofSeraAa Miuoui, one of ihe iaou activeoponatnit of drag trafficking ia Paa-aau. Accordiag lo Botco Vallonno.ipnlrnami for Ihe ftnamajuaa era-bauy in Washiagtoa. DC , Coluael•obeno Dial Hencn.hVfurmcr chiefof uaff and Noriega's iccood- uvcoai-auad. hat coofimed thai Madri*aa«atercd thai Muroui be kitiedt «o »i-leapt hi» aMiHiiug eftons. O i « Her-a m alao wbMiiled a ligacd. iwoas
Ihe presidem of France, Franvois Hit-Icnnd.pruteuingMwinAan'kpreicatsm Ihe laicipot General Auembly.
As another example. Dr. MigadBcrnal. a coruuimional and iaiema-lioaal lawyer formerly wall the Uai-venily of Panama, but curreMly atLdugnUniveniiyinBelhlehcm.tam-lylvanu. sou aleiicf onNovemtw 27,19*9. io taierpul Execwive Commit'tec member fttehaniC. Snener4«h« italso the U.S. delegate to IntcrpoH whowas a> Cyon at the time anemlMg the
tm Jng VaJSitaf. jar M l
, tmimedmut kekeitded. tefaneSf m tkr
national drag trafficking situation. I *I97K. it had long been known thatNoriega himself had been heavily in-volved ia drug trafficking, and thiswtsaataucr of rccordm U£.aovaa>mcai files.
Accordiag to Noriega's formetcounsel. Jos* Blandoa. Nonega't In-lerpol chief. I trmmant Colonel Ni-valdo MtrtntMi. was one of Ihe twomea close to Noriega who actuallycontrolled Noriega's drug tnffickiatactiviiies.
lo his 191a1 lestiawny before theU.S. Senate hearings held by the Sub-committee on Narcotics. Terrorism andIntemaiional Operations. 8landonreported on MadrinM** involvementwith a team of murderer* usedby Nori-ega agaiast people who Opposed him.Mandun stated that Madriaaa was in-volved in several "unsolved murders.*
According to Guittermo Sanchez.
MiioU* aia*Mw|ir^» &*tmmtt*»mmm<iimiMtrpol tend, iswidtu turn nwiar»"•>'" mulubiUi/m-dolhr *»t umulixtt agtuilim and Ims keem Mflnoui m
J J i t l N Daw ar» chargedwUukag«a|W*WmmlmmfflwimirtMM v* a H U M mile.
General Assembly meeting. Dr. Ber-M l staled ialiisleiler:
"(E|vidcnce of MMHAan's criai-a l l nctiviiy «« i« i . . . MadruUn « per-sanally wonh ov« 17 million <fa«kiwori>«iiist jn.|h6poisessi«MSl vary
I to this effect io«he Organi-zation of American Stales (OAS),which was conducting an iavcuiga-
.lion into 4 * deaths of Spadnfora MaiMitrotu
' Panama who iavcsiigiaed one Michmurder (ihe sadistic claying of formerPanamuuwi Deputy Muuslerof HealthHugo Spadalora). an eyewitness coa-firnicdihai Spwiafonwtttonuredaadbeheaded ai Madnnaa'i farm ia Paa-aau. aflef being kidnapped at Ihe bor-ta haweca P i i a n aadCo«u »ica.
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attended a five-day Interpot GeneralAssembly meeiiag i r t tyoa. France.His allendaacc as the Imerpol delegatefrom Panama was heavily ptotesledbymanypanamaruans living irtlhe UnitedSiatet ia self-exile. For exsmple, theowner of Ihe Panamanian newspaperlu ftejtsu, who was living in self•exile in Miami at the lime but whoMccaUy returned to Paaimi. wrote to
>How <loeshch.vei>u»m«<:li money oa
De»piie ihe priMca* mi ww*i«g<from i>»narniaian> wllo lud Of"-tunil Itnowiedyt and ikiifings wiwMadrinw, he was' wcfcortwi* at theInterpol conveatiun m d allowed toatiead ilk cluied conference* on drugeaionxmeai activity and other matters
under rti»fimr» at ihe laterpol head-laiancn.
Maitritaa returned lo Panama.where he remained ia charge of altImerpot operation* in thai country,tackidiag the receipt of Imctpot'tWeekly Drug Intelligence Message thaiha* gone out lo all member counuiessince IWII . I M t publication u asiwvnvy of «ll drug-iclated polic*aciivity tnterpol was involved in dur-ing the previous week, l i covert tuchM*jct« as mcinods o f conceabnenl,
lncr*4ibfy.inl978.Nori^\e$a, who was then the Inter*
I delegate from Panama.f was appointed to head;
rabilia— including a statue and a largephotograph of Adolf Hitler tad a li-brary of booki devoted •» Naiism.HuicreadFatcism.
Buned ia the I9W US. iadict-ment of Noriega is this reveabngcharge: ~HMicga igreed to permitmemben of the cartel tad oaken ucoatirwe their «arcoticiDusinewwMruathe borders of Panama and lo notifyikemifumiwkfjiwifltiwei^arcrmrmleeiimmmiobr ititmmtwMiktm"<emanasi« added>
With easy access to tMcrpol daumioughMadnaan. Noriega woiudhaveaodifTicuhyk«piaghupromitc.
{ i M p f i n gAt that time U had kmg beenknown that Noriega himielfhad been heavily involved indrug trafficking, andlkis wasa matter of record in US.government files.
actual dnig trafficking mutes, and sia-titiics on seizures of drags.
in December 1989. when IheUnited Slates iavwled Paruma andwined NontgA, MMfettan ran forsarKluwy intuthe Vatican Nunciatureia Parum* City, either with Noriega,or shortly before rum ffer TheWatM-mtum Post, it was proUMy before (
After Noriegalumedhimseif overloU.S. forces, Madrinandidthe same.Madnnwi was hefal JM Fort Clayton, aU ^tu> been charged wnb murder by theM I I I O I I I family, and will face a Pana-awnuui «ial (or h» aciwwb.
Among the bizarre owapnemaliafound in Noriega's office aikl livingarea after his flight were Nai i memo-
Shortly aficr Colombia began usAugust IVHUwaroathcMcdellmorugcartel, the head of Panama's tmerpotofTice.Madriaaii. offered refuge tocw-lei members. I M S is accordiag to rc-fonmttomUSATixlaymiTktWaik-union Times, who were in Pamau atthe tiate tad who had interviewed au-thoritaiive sources with acceutointcl-ligence informalion.
I k e itfugc v i s allegedly negoti-ated at Panama Oty\ T«cumeii aitbase bciweca reoretenuiive* of thecartel and two Pwitmaaiaa officiaavIcdbyMadriAan.
FKfi£fX>M M»gaiine coadociede»clusiveinterview»wiihformerP»na-mtaiant who had detailed knowledgeof Panama's drug trade, aad Imcrpul'tiavolvemeM in it.
One ol these, iiewenant ColonelCarlos Worrel, who scrveafor 26 yearswith ihe Panamanian mttiaiy, toldFREEDOM ihM MadriiktAiad his as-sistam.tieutenantCalonelU»:inio Mi-randa, smuggled cocaine from • pic-ture frame business in Panama City bystuffing the drug iato hollow frame K
Uignel AldkuM Ibarra uta imditltd iaJam*ry I<MO u ike Uaued Slates lotjuriKifauaK ia ike Fthrtmry IVHSmafder4US. Drag tafontmeal Adauaimalimageal Emriqme Camaffaa Suhraf. Ai IkeHate o(ike murder, AUmm was kUtka'ilatertttlcaief.
then shippiag the frames to Spaia aadFrance.
FREEDOM reported. ~ U . Col.Worrel also charged that informaliondesigned to <uiii> drug smuggling hatbeen exchanged between the Interpoloffice* of Colombia and Panama."
Worrellold FREEDOM."NivtldoMaunnan was receiving icicles in hisInterpol office in Panama from later-pal Colombia which showed him theexact drug trafficking routes. Martnamwould then get a kickback from thetraffickers, aad allow the drugs to pass."
la I9<U, for example, while serv-ing ia the Panamanian Oefease Force.Worrel said he saw a telex arrive iaMadrinan't Imerpol office from Inter-pc4Colombu. notifying Madrutaflihata shipment of cocaiac washeadiaghuway by boat.
Worrel reported that Ihetelex staledColombian interpol agents had allowedthe shipment to slip through, tad thatsiace Madnnaa wouldgethiscutof theprafit. he should Ut'a gothmt«>.«no
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Jnterpoi and Drug Trafficking
Miguel AldaaalharrahadbecaahaInterpol chief in Mexico until IMS.He duappeared -practically awt*aight.- ia the WOMB of oat official.wht»US.agcnuievcaMlKMlt*M• hrite few drag trafficked.
Ot July a. I9«9. the Heiicajt «•»toricy general's office opened aa m-vcttigaiua imo Aldau tot corruption,drug trafficking, and pouihieuivolv*-
' cMiaiheasuidcrof*)Oum«uatialesico who was exputiag drugaMf-iing ui dte country.
0 » January 30.1990. AUaaa wa»iadiciedbyalederalgrMdturyintawAagefcs on charges of • " ' ' *ate murder olUS. OCA
Floicniino Ventura replaced Al-ds«asMeuco'sla»apolchicf ia I9US.tk served tiaul September I9«l.whcaat comauued suicide.
AAer Ventura's death, it was tt-vcakd thai he had been a member of adevil-worshipping group, the M oMayombt. that drew imcruuoaal no-toriety far its crimes of drug smug-gling aad ritual murder. Tfce jroup.
1 M i h M i t a ly (
. M anor «o hit Maicide. Imerpolchief Veawre auirdoad h« M * wifcMdMMkcrwomM.
In Jtawiy 1919, duw>| the SaaDiego ui*l of ieve* mca accuted of•aaimliag cocaiae iato Ihe U*itcdSlaief, * wiueu ia * e vial, OtvidWheeler, amed thai (he direcior of
'•mm of * e ilikil drug trafficking iaMeucoaadhacanoaMiaoVcautra.
While tmcfpoltutbccn completelyineflcctivc ia uopping the drug trade.the group t tecrcuty general, Hay-•uad ICeadall. has given internal•wanfc to <wo «Kn who have tkca-aeW« been coaaected with iMema-uoaai aarcoiici traf fuiiag on a Mat-Vive icale—Genera) Mohammad Ziatd rUq of Pakisun and Noriega ofPanaau—coauaeftilingtnemfor theirauepotedwork againu drug tnffick-iag.
In July l»?7, when Za scuxdpower ia Pafcuuo ia a auliury coup,heroin » n virtually vakaowa ia lac
By ISW4, Jtul seven yean later,pajuaua «ra* fumuking 70 ft net of
ttftittnm /WU IMKOII aawvrf akMMitH«ai 2M
mfuttktcmmt imreuifauom imt aViaj aaa*wkom ktvt kttm «w(mf M mvfM dragKtMtt.for Aiir tuffoud tgttmmtu m
Ihe worid'tuipply of ihe drug, accord-ing to European police lourcc* whowith to remain anonymous.
In January I9K6. tMerpol Secre-tary General Kendall gave Zia an In-tcrpolmcatKor "diligence infighiingdrug u»Mkkiftg" — at a lime whatImcrpolhadaumcnMu report* of Zia't.iavolvemett ia the mtwive herotatrade generated from his country.
A news media reporter who re-queued iruu nil ideality be protected•pent a conudcraole lime in Pakituaprpbing the heroin nude ami foundthat u wty at 1912, long beforetnierpol give Zi» the award, reports of2i»"« invotvement in drug inf Ikkiaghad reached Inuiqpol badi|uwKis.
t i ippthe rcpooci ipoke uued thai the rc-ponv had been ignored.
In April %U7. Kendall presemedPanama's Manuel Noriega with thegroup's highest award, ihe BronzeMedal, foe "international eflective-ae«s in combating drug trafficking.". the award was given to Noriega
•tot long before he wu indicted in IheUnited S u m (or hi* role ia drug traf-ficking.
Aa overview of latcrpot't ncard•hows thai:
• four Bolivian Interpol chiefshave been involved in drug traffickingor United to drug traffickers.
• A Nazi war criminal, while di-recting drug trafficking activities iaBolivia, was protected by Imerpol.
• A» Ecuadorian Interpol head isknown to ha vepovided favors to localdrug tra/ficken.
•lacPeruviaalMcrool chief from1911 to I9KS waa convicted aad «cn-•encedto I) years ia prison for drugIrafHcking
• An Imerpol chief in Panama wastied to the Medeliw drug cartel andwas also directly involved ia drug traf-ficking on a massive scale. He is nowbeing held m Panama by US. troops,charged with murder.
• Two Mexican Imerpol chiefshave been accused of ruaaiag the drugHade in their country.
One of these Mexican Imerpolchiefs killed his wife, another woman,aad then himself; the other waa re-
cently charged with involvement iashe murder of a DEA agent.
• The former dictator of Panamaand the former ruler of Pakistan, bothhaving Records of involvement ia theworld's drug trade, inctplicabiy re-ceived Imerpol awards for internalTinas!effectiveness in combating drug traf-ficking. The former Panamanian dic-tator has been extradited to the UnitedStates aad is facing drug mffickiagcharges.
John Aldcnon. an honorary re-search fellow at Exeter University'sCentre for Police and Criminal JusticeStudies aad a former chief constable ofDevon aadComwall in England.caUedia April I9t9 for an elite Euro-policeforce lo combat terrorism, arms rua-ning. drag smuggling and intern animalfraud when border coauols arc relaxed
1
IAccording to a Daily Ttlttraph
article of April S. I9D9. Alderson. at aainternational seminar on Europeancrime for the 12 European EroanmirCommunity (EEC) states, describedImerpol as an unsatisfactory body notproperly trrrmatahtr undemocraticprocess. A
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I CHAPTER FOUR
Interpol'sInvolvementin Politics
• "Interpofsprolectivecunainenables/ugiiive Nazis, including thosetried in absentia and convicted by various member-nations oflnitrpot,to remain at large, not only unmolested, but actually protected andguarded by local fotic* organizations in charge of aliens."
I year, tpokesmen for Ike World Jewish The resultis thai Interpol't pro-
I Her World War II. trials held iaI Nuremberg convicted manyI Nazis of heinous wat crimes.I Among those convicted wcte
Ernst Kahcabruaacr. Imerpol presi-dent from 1943 uaul hu deam feyhanging in 1946.
Many other Nazis fled Germany,adopting new lives and identities else-where, using the spoils of Europe iobuy safely and privacy.
The search for the most notoriousNazis became a priority for the West*cm world — but not for Imerpoi. .
As noted by many authors. Nazi' unicrs. and historians. Inerpol has
tly refused to assist with theI or apprehension of Nazi war
. The group cues Article 3 of ,m constitution as ike icasoa. Thai ar- *ucle states: I
"ll is smelly forbidden for the or-ganization io underuLc any interven-tion or activities of a puliticakauiiiary,religious, or racial character."
However, an whet ocraiinm. In-
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terpot kas chuun Io involve ibelf iapuliucal. religiou* and racial aaHcn.
Wrmng i» the September IWIiuueof WofUJevry, SIMintmua).-When it classified Nazi crimes »slallutg under these categories Ipotmcat.mil k»ry. religious ur(V(^l|.liucr>poi wa» hopelciity wrong legally **>l 4 i i l
INTERPOL:PRIVATE GROUP, ;PUBLIC MENACE .
| QUESTlONNAiRE AND ORDER FORM | I
charges as currency speculation aidIgluig. Interpol intervened tofthiseuraditionandiniupponof:fusal of ihe Bolivian]indue Barbie.1a a similar manner." he comia--#*c effont of federal judge Or.I Luque of Bueao* Aires. Argea-m obtain the eundilion of Or.
: aab ftom Paraguay were stavedty lha Imerpol orgmuauoM inMina and Paraguay."
Tnt adNon of luttrptt M m * Gratia fnUk Untrt am
rttaatwtaattw
Vkhough Imerpol has refused to•nek down Nazis, it has engaged; pursuit of political refugees,n 1930. Czech officials used thepol network to hunt down a groupI Czech refugees who had fled loGcrmanyfofpouucalKaaoaa.il
tan.**,.
T*aa«nsNam*t
Hc .noted, -tT(he world will bt *a to»s to understand why the policeshould be insensitive to crimes whichIhe govenuaenis of their rout nocondemn."
Hie World Jewish Congress*passed a resolution in 1961 asktagInterpol to slop classifying Hut • *crimes as poliiiealoWcnscs. Thai vwoe
Ntr.iiIrm" ikm utii mupftil urn i* a timntulkd h Imtifvt prrudm Htmhmd
•mint m wtjnn oauuul aai tmenuumd•MMCIIU* odhwHHI fl(M>,
M t U
I Co*
I. 'What do yo» ikt mm Itxm mmyi hum &*+ MOe
CHAPTER FOUR
iInterool's
• "InltrpoT.tried in abitmlo remain atguarded by Ic
I her World War I I . trials helI Nuremberg coavicttd atI Nazis of heiaous « « crii• Among ihotc convicted i
Kalieabruaacr. Imerpol piIrni hom m l aatil kit death
( a 1446.Many other Nazis fled Gem
I new live* and idealities <e. using the spoils of Europ
I safely aad privacy.The tcarcb (or the atost touts becaae a prioriiy for the *
world — but aot for lattrool.kau«ed by auay authors, I
, anil huturiaas. laicrpolI refuted lo I U U I wul
I or apprehcuacM of Naiitit The group cues Ankle
1.1k*
"ll it kindly forbidden for ih>S|muation lo uadenake any interir lion or aciiviim of apolitical, aiili\ (CIIJHJUJ. or racial chancier."
However, oa other occauens>
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yev, ipokctmen for Ihe World JewishCuftgreu alto aiiked Inlerpol lo bringIku mailer before Ihe Iraerpot GeneralAucaibly. The Congren wa» lumed* w a on both rcqueut.
ll hat been documemed irut liuer-pul hat actually gone beyond the poiajof •erelyaolcoopeniMl tttonearchci
i
"The rctull is thai inierpoTs pro-tective curtain enables fugitive Natis.including those tried ia absentia aadconvkied by various memberaaiionsof Imeipol, to remain ai large, not onlyunmolesied,bui actually protected tadguarded by local police orpaiiatiossM charge of alia«."
Author aad Nazi burner LadislatFiragoWNcd in l»76 that during hispursuit of Martin Boaaajm ia SouthAiaeiic*. he established comacu withUcipol oHicnU lit well Csunif teg asBrazil, AtgeNina. Peru and $*f tguay.
"ia connection with my project,**he said, "I had ample opportunity ofuceruining thai they were... actuallyprotecting Nazi fugitives in SouthAoienc*. pie venting «athenhanf»i;ili-wiag aodyor ctpediiing their apprc-htarioa aad curadttioa.
UiMfiJwtl
mniu
charges at currency speculation andsmuggling, laterpol intervened lotfiwan hit ulradilion and in support ofihe refusal of the Bolivian governracatto euradoe Barbie.
"la a similar aumer," he contin-ued, - * e efforu of federal judge Dr.iora« tmf» of aWam Aires. Aigca-tiaa. «o ohtaia a>c cundiiioa of Dr.Mcsvgck feat raraguay were slavedoff by the latfrpnl orgaauauoaa isArg«auaa aad Paraguay."
AM ennipks. Fango cued thecases of losef Mengele and KlawBarbie, aliu Klaus Alunirjn.
In t tenet ia 1976. f t e f o wrote."Evenwhea, the eHnduionojf Barbie-alict-Almami wa$ demtaded, aot byf ranee on war cruaiaaKh*fges.buibynctghboriog fait tftt'bie-alias-Altaiann was liviag ia La f u , Soiiviaat the tiaicl... oa such purely criauaat
Although inlerpol has refused tohelp track down Nazis.« has engagedia llae punuil of political refugees.
la t<MO. Czech officials used thelalcrpot act work lo hum down a groupof lOOech tefugees who had fled toW i n firnaaaj for poliiical feaioaa. k
Member Countries of InterpolThere are l70<*ouBi|>eSin*c world. lS»of«hea»<cotor«dtedH»ea»aaoersof latopol.
CHAPTER FIVE
Interpoland Individual
Privacy• The peculiar iking it that Inlerpol hat immunity as an Inter-GovernmentalOrganization, while they art not tuck an organization.
"Thit put them above the rules of privacy, especially those in relation tok T h i 4 h
BnJuiy l97S.lkeUMlcdN*lMMi'iEconomic awl Social Councilofficially approved (ruerpoi a*an later-CnvaamcatalOrgajai-
U U O H I K J O ) .
With this speciaHOOtlaim.lmet-pot w i iblc locuabUsbtclaiiottthiptwith governments around the world.This facdMated obtaining sensitiveMlc«ruiian on pnvaic individuals fromODvcnunenl filet.
ThtnU.N Secretary General KurtWaldkeim. whose Kile at » footerN u i officer became Ike subject ofinternational controversy in recentyean, was instrumental in trlpingImerpol obtain us ICO status.
A^neMioae<liaCkaplcf2.iAlime~I W 3 meaUS. PKiideMftoMM ttea-
'»an issued an csecuuve order whichprovided Imerpol headouiulcfs. iuofficers and employees completemimimiiy from any lawsuits in meUntied States.
Thit grant at immunity was ikeduccl mul l of an intensive lobbyingcflon by Imcrpul aimed « shielding
itself from liability in VS count forviolation! of ate rigan or privacy ofAmerica* cititcns.
wl944.lntcrpolheadquanenwasgranted ciimplcic immunity by IkerVench govrnwacm mroughthc Inier-MHeadquananAgittmtat.detawcdin Chapter 2.
Thu "scat agreement" protectedImcqpol from having to disclose thecomentk of its files, and »t*> shelteredthe organization and iit offkxA fromlegal accountability for their action*.
w k of a (orceful effort ky l«erpo».wcl«di«| • ifcicti to move ««eor|awuuo«> hcadqutnert out ofFrance 4 wch bUnk« tmmuntiy W M•dfonkroming.
AccantiOftoanOctobcr I ) , I9« l .•nk le m Ike Cermaa aew«|Nvcr,Frankfurter 'uatta •««, tmerpol hadtrmateocd to move 10 a oaikw M W didnot Iwve tinct <bu pfowciiuti laws,ie. , MMiewkcK outwde Weticn £11-Hipc.ifitiMrrcnolocludnifcumwcktow by tcint yven immumiy.
At a rcsuk of these agreements,Interpol has managed to put use If abovethe law, so that an injured party hatvirtually no recourse.
The NalionalCommissioBonLawEnforcement and Social lusiice4NCLE) has documented numerouscases of utdividuab claiming to havebeen jailed, harassed and even phyii-ctlly abused by foreignpolice offKialibecause of false report! circulated byiMerpol
One of these ca>e» tftVOtved fir,M,S:. m X«gru» econoiriis) wilh iketMemtlioml Monetary Fund who, in1973. was working « Wukiagiun.O C . and living in MwyUnd.
M.S., who asked that nitn
divorced, atnd » Marylwid cowl totgiven him custody of hu t * o youngchildren.
Lale in IV7J. ilcspue the counorder, hik forma wile took ike ckil-drtatoFlofRla.
Two years Utei.afler along periodof fnutleu negotiaiiom u recover h uduldren. M.S. took maucn into hiaown hands. In May 1975. be traveledtsAindaandlookmcchildicabackloMaryland.
M.S. then decided to fly with Ikechildren 10 Afghanistan. The three ofmt» caught • (light to rneir homeland.
Meanwhile. M S ' ei-wile hadcalledInterpoliU.S.NC6 Basedo*utvcfirwd and untrue «|Mmiti<mprovided by kcr. tfcen U S Inlerpolctuef Louis S « x teat out requestitMM.S.'afresia»dfi»r»rtilinno»»idnan
"Recently such a request resukedin the arrest of an Afghanistan! inGermany ... and the offense of wkich
ggAsansuHOflkeserco/ieus.M.S.
wu arrested when the plane made a' u o p « Wiesbaden, West Germany.j He wat held agiintt tut will in
solitary confinement for nearly four' day« before ike US. Stale DepartmentI could intervene and gel him feleased.
Meanwhile, hit children were takenaway from him and handrd over to hite.wile M.S. w u branded a kidMp-per in Inlerpol files.
In addition to forwarding unveri-fied and untrue information. Inlerpolchief S i m had bypassed the c o m adiplomatic channels in requestingM.S.* arrest. Circumvention of thesechannels renders any arrest faqucslinvalid.
H a s « n tudoulclearly i n * telexabout the case that the Stale Depan-
U i ye-AS EMBIASSYI AWARE A HE-QUEST fOk PROVISIONAt AR-«EST MOT SEW VIA OUtO-MATJC CHANNEL IS NOT VAUDUNDta TREATY "
The Stale Ocpartment's assistamlegal adviser, ICE. Mabnborg, subse-uucmlywroiootheU.S.lmcrpolctiief.CMsunng him for Interpol't actions.'From time lo lime in ihe piist." hesaid, -we have had difficulty wilkpeople being arrested abroad forcMra-•Nitionanwstructions irun Imerpol.
In another example dpriimrttdby NCLE. an American butineaunanaiTrtPstrreOupuywotioaCentralAmericanportinearly I976inorderiopurchaw* ship and bring it back to theUnited State*. Akhougk he and hitcrew h id brake* no laws. Interpolagqm tntertogatcd urmarn «f M»crew.
Theom la* Enforcement mi
t•pHi«|Mt«NaCWlIn Mimhrr iitvianrr. FREEDOM
Magaust obuioed an affidavit from •former US. Imerpol agent worluiujabroad, declaring mat is 1963 Imerpolagents ptaMad drugs on individualsamt m * e w homes s* order 10 matsanssu amttoast people up for imsns-
\mlt claiming to havejailed, harassed and evemphysically abused by foreignpolice official* because offake tepom circulated byInlerpol.
Hie agenu falsely accused crewmembers of pastpon violations andhad oac crew member arressed for noapparent reason. H i t * t * d oner formaofharatsaaentfromthelnierpolancnuCHiaed the ship's sailing tote delayed.
The businessman was eventuallyallowed to take his ship to San Oiego.butiDedeUysandproblemscausedbyInterpol's harassment coil hsm a y q ldeal of lime and money.
Accord u\gioh»wnaensuscmesit."I have commiued no enme yet wathounded .,. by Imcrpot agenu andagents of a foreign country, my crewhcldiajailfornoappaicMtawviola-
: agent, whose name wat with-held a! hit request, included isumrmuidetails in hissii page affidavit, signedin September 1976. of illegal aciivuktand violations of individual rights bymtcrpol agents and officials wiik whomhe kad worked. Hoe ate ikon u -cergo:
• "(Name deklcd| then gave meM 0 t i re and told me to go downtownand buy some ... jugs ... used for meillegal manufacturing of hfmin ... sowe could leave them around the houseand make « look at though we hastbutted • heroin manufacturing facil-uy. We had not caught a mannfanur-ing facility."
•"(Name delctcdlkncw that I knewa person named El Haras. IName de-ietsdttold me that he wanted to bust ElHaras very bad.|Namedeleied|wanled10 set El Hans up..,. I said I would notset him up. IName deleted, then askedme if I would invite El Haras to myapartment to that be (Name dekicdicould talk with him, t wlrt him I woulddo mat.
T h a i tame day. {Name deleted,told me Ihu he had acquired 33Ogramtof heroin. When £1 Haras came over 10sec me. before he got in the door, l O uIS police jumped on him. Ikey thensaidiSKyfound3Mgramtofheroutoahtm.Hcdwjmxhsv*n.... kwataat*-
In another case, involvmg murderand dissemination of false informa-tion, a British protestor. M m Caw-
Interpol and Individual'Privacyviduaii
land. « u lulled ia France ia March1973. Hit 21-ycar-old son. Jeremy,who kid beta invclmg with ku (ante,* M iajund by ike aaacaen,
Yout^ Cantaad wm intcmgatedby rrenrfc police fat t u h—rt at mthospital and for U K kourt mat* • a
sdbyi.
Ufcagku father' TWBnuihCbasttUMi
aad Cartlaad was heed.Jeremy Ibea lauarhw) kit own
iavcstigaiioa iaio ike attack on his f«-- raadluattcil Heckar«ed<)«*ia»
kMicc.actia|Qalatefpal'(itltt
He icturncdio France for hcantgtH he kjied 10 an 10 ate bottom «f t i ttamer's murder.
Although ike search for *e«Mr-dacn was fruitless, oft oae of youngCanlaad't trip*, a magistrate toldoatof kit lawyers ikM kc kid docvatcMt-uoa (tarn laaerpol ihatCanlaad was •bar.
At Canland described ii. "Theiflemooa session had tuned and ftet-au» like magistrate) reached dtamali-cally MHO kit desk drawer and readoutIke message from Inttrpot ia whtcbftlProfcuur Pamcroa wa> saidjio ktvcdescribed me as 'a liar who could hotbe inisied.' He (ike aufuiraiel evenokuacd ike laterpoi a>M iA ou< a m -cacc 10 coaTira Ike amhcaticiiy of ttm
-
Canland't Uwyert. however,reached Paofetsor Camrroa. who ia-_
taiad writing any tach'
k was eventually revealed thatJeremy's father had worked with sheFrench Resistance as pan of Britishintelligence during World Wat i i . Heharl ahobecathe first intelligence taaaan eater Gestapo headuuanen in Brut-tels. where he located • list of Fatacbana Bclg>aa hkii coHaboawrs.30
According to * special reportpublished by FREEDOM ia IMS' ,"Officials ~f»"*«^ A M Cartland'swttiimt activities auy beMhamyaeriout * • * _ "
hewa«lutoahitwnuB«fr.eir»jrt iada Tfce consequeiKca of Intcrpol's• o k a * are such lhat the privacy rightsafmany peoptecnbeviolairi) through
faruamptc.ia Aug usi Ittf.lMerpoTsUS. N C t mistakenly K M wvciatcomputer tapes compiled by U.S. law
tht to*uqtiemcti of /»-lt*rpoft actions «v» tuck Uun•ikt privacy ngku of many
• f o r m a t i o n . ':'••:'•" ' 'Human rights advocates
have pointed ml -how easilysensitive daw oMprivtue citi-unseam fall imo the wrong
mpua|cacic« to » private
Mpaay ia Otuwa calledAdvanced tofommioa Tackaologir*< AIT) Corporal ion.
Ike tapes (cpaneiMy containedienaitive infwmaiioa. 0* irabviduala.thM bad OKoe iitom ike Imroigftiioe
Spntf>«af for Uicrpol aad AITdownpUyed Ike iacident. However,kuiaa rigku advocates pointed outk k f f y•eattltvc dau a t private ckuea> caaf t t i h
Today, tkrougk tu computerItokupi wiih (he U.S. NCB. iMeipolhat acceu lo iofunuiion comaiaed athe Hid of the latcmal Revenue Serv-ice. US. Cuuonu. the Dru| EafoKc-• e n Admiaiiimioa. ike FederalByrraii nf lnvntj|aiina mt wfcrr fadant atencies.
la fact. thcK ageacic* have rep*,araiilivet workiag dutcily al l*ttrpa(hcaikiuanen in tyon. fiance, mipti ing infonaaikMbacttMdfonhtoIke Intetpot General Secrttarui. iadiiect violaiion of OS. privacy U*s. Itakould be noted agaia Ikat tnteipol it tprivaieorganiiaiina,nntago»«ra«ira-Ml body.
la addition, Menbcn of oikerNC8t and govcratcnii around * cworld are raiptoyd at Uterpolhtad-«>unen.
A> described in Chapter 4,laierpot't leaden have claimed thaiIke Interpol General Secieunai "con-suu of imemational police ofHcenwho have ^ivenuptheit »Wegi»nceto•heir individual couMfiet for BV term•aaignetf to Irucrpol."
Funhermom. Mroiigk iK SiatetiauoBfrogntra ia Ike Untied Suto'.Interpot now auy be provided withinformation directly froatlhe law ca>forcemeMriloofiadividualU.S.aalc
, Wti.
This opens the door to whotctalcabuse of individual rights and <n*>uveiavatioa of privacy, m infoanitioaheUby the Maiesori individual. c*» tiecarelessly ^iswminated » laterpoFsIJOmerrSbcrMHiniriev
1 % problem is. an iMcaumoMlone. According to * November 30.!9W.anicleinibe(jermMnewsptper.BieWek, the heart of lalerpol's « •headquarters in Lyon is a massivecomputer, one of the world's fastest,laaerpol admits the computer bat
' A> 14 OnciKbn » . 19»i. m t»U M WM
f i m oarage capacity to hold de-lailtd information on 250*00 people.
Die Well reported thai the Interpolcomputer can receive and procesa
Uubt| t f t f j yMg * e iaformatioa at oace after aroc-otmg to aay number of laterpol of-fice around the world — 3.000 met-lago a day rnaniaing iwiniaw dalailtaf private
The accumulation of hundreds ofmoutands of dotsien on private citi-jeat withoul their knowledge m con-sent leads itself to abuses.
The caae of Susanne ft. fromMunich; Germany, provides an e i -aaspte As reported by the Munichnewspaper. AV/trfwuiuf. oft lanuary>.!9l9.Sutan«e.whoseUstnamehashee« deleted from all press account*.luHcnd no leas am* shrec false ar-ttsu.
la each intunce. her identity wasconfiued wiih that of M iruemaiionaltemrisi. Suwnne Albrecht. On eachoccaskm, Susanne 8.. who bean norcsembunce to the terrorist, hat been•ppraheAdedby police with drawn aadjanded weapons, Each tiane. she wataaholiday u» Italy.
According to Abemkeiumg, in1911, three ctrabtweri .armed withmachine guns bunt into Suunne'sVicetua hotel room in the middle ofme night She' wat taken to a poftcesu«ion«wrtvtJtoul»derjo«veolriounof iaierrotaiion.. at well m aumrrout •hodysearcnes. -
h was found thai the problem hadoriginated in die German police com-puters of the Federal Cnminat Office•m Wiesbaden, the teat of the laierpotNational Central Bureau in <
him thai Ike might be Suaanae Al-brecht.
When the filed a complaint withthe Federal Criminal Office via herlawyer, ike nceiwa the calming m-ply. -All concerned *earcfcyiave»uga-•ory measuret have been canccUad.*
Her lawyer wm informed. -Thekauaa oHicialt were alao mojueatadvia lelex to cancel the aamc of yotarclicatiaaUmcirdau>yucma.-Hcwataltotold. -AtlpcnoaaldaWKprdiagyour client have been cancelled fromcw domcttic dau banktMau collac-tkmi"
. _ _ , cam JtU" manyptopteartiMjailimanyof the ISO member countriesof Interpol, havingcommiaed
Jav»crime, just because load' police received an momymomor unverified report on them.
"Interpol headquarters \Mas continued its refusal lo 'submit itself to an independ- 'era control of its data flow.There is only one remainingalternative: that the variousmembercountriescancelmtirmemberships."
Sutarme had no reason to feelcalmed, however, upon her neu viwto Italy.That came u» June IMZ.whcashe was lunouadcd by • (warm ofpolice ia civilian attire iaaa open pi-tii* ia Viccaua and anettad * gmv
her hotel room. The "repair crew" hada machine- gua and outlet-proof jack-•u.
i i*rf»«-ianrlaMy very "Pf*i by dhiaatnagof falte anetlt. Suuaac potaatdC M how catily a bullet might haveham find by i r f i l ia l during any ofto m*ee iacidcau.
AfcraWuuiMj reported that Italianantic* affinals even told Sutaanc B.,a*ar aw rntid iacidem, thai ma couldlanaea agaia, at aay time.
ftaacoit Bonnet, eduonal contiih.ant to ike Church of Sciemology'ttokique A Ubeni in Paris, stated. "Thernamplr of Sutanne B. tkowt riatdaaarn of uncontrolled penoaal danflow via Interpol While * e false ia-fnnaalinn from the Federal CrimiaalOffice could be conected in Germanydye lo ike domriiic data prwtniaalaw*, dut did not occur in Italy.
"NobodycaDtcllhowmanypeopleare ia jail ia any of ihe ISO membercouBtrict of latcipol. having mmmii-ted no crime, just because local policereceived an anonymous or uavenfiadnepan on them.
"mtrrpol hf aiKyiarrrf* KM rttmt*ft-tied iu refusal to submit itself to anindependent control of iu dau flow.These is only oae winning ihrrntlive: ami the varwus(rici caned their i
Uierpol he«duuarten in the huaiiagdowttof lerruruu.
Suwnne had gotten imo ihe policernmpinrrt hated on tome anonymous
la November 1911, while stayingia a hotel in Grotteto. t u police, dis-guising themselves as » heating Mailrepair crew, appwatiVd S u n — ia
Western European nations havetakes the leadia providing protecnoaofn*c privacy rightt of iadividuakv
One major step to kelp privatecitizens wat taken by Ihe Council ofEurope •alanuaryl'MI.when kpataadthe Convention for the Plctcclioa ofIndividuals with Regard lo AtaomnaicPaxcssiag of Penuaal Data.
This conveatioa tutet in Article6. "Personal dau revealing racial on-gia, political opinion* or itiigiout orolhar belief s. at well at pcnoanl dau
Interpol and Individual Privacy'uall
coacenung health or sexual life, mayma be processed automatically unlessdomestic law provides appropriaMsafeguards. The state dull apply h>personal t to ictauaj ta i
Attack 7 t u r n , -,cumy T U M I C I shall at itkaafarthtarotecuoa of aenoaal tea atgaed m•ta^asMteti dau files afaiasi acadnsjalof pggmtarijgj detiruxiMNt ar acci*a*aialtoiiaiwcUatagtia»''»»'' |kai
lion of Imerpol a holding itself abovethtuwsoadauproiecuoai.
Writing u lac taw journalDtmtckn Vrn«*luMfiMur, Dr. ftiefh> Mated:
T h e dubious legal position oflaicrpolauiu be considered very qucs-tioaaaie from the viewpoint of domri-lic tow is regard to <rarjerauo»oa theexchangeof informal ion bet wee* thefederal Crimicul (XCK-T wwj Inrc
"a. 10 establish ihe ciiucace of aaunnamed personal dau fife, iumaiapurposes, at weil at dtt idenwy a a ikabtual ariirtrarr or priacipalfiiaceef'k f k U f * A k
"b. to obtain at reasonablevalt aad without excessive delay orexpense coanrraaiion of whether per-sonal dau relatsng to hua are stored ia ;!the automated dau filet at wit) M
s
f inammm aii<m so him of titdtdau.ja>
"c. to obtain, as the case may be.rectification or erasure of such dau ifthese have been processed contrary tothe provisions of domestic law, livingeffect to the basic principles sel out iaArticles J and 6 of this convention.
"d. lo have a remedy if a reujueMfor confsrtnaiiaaor.as the case auybe.
r era-
felOMf at tttmtt nfHmieh Ctrmumy.wat mtucto* ftutt 4igrttk l i t
coauumkalioa. icclirKMua ofW R at referred 10 n pancnfht be of ihit article n aot coKplied wiik.
Ifuerpof. however, is not coveredder lhi» coavcMwa. Since ImerpotI pnvue (foup, individualf aue aoi
^ . Jtccicd from imnuioM by Inierpolaad the coavcnuoii's ufefiuudi do• a prevcm laerpol from coaiotiiafaaddiueouaaiing lafonutioa.
la Auftui IWI2 in WeuGermany.Dr. Rcinhatd Ricfel. • (ovenuBCMcipen o* dau protection Uwt mti l ivirhul hfhu. cnucucd ike pou-
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CtmnlMartmmpnmmy.
m ike' one hand. a«d •• retard 10 ikefuoctio* of ate ((Merpoli GeneralSecretarial iafaru Maccami aftacyoaateotlier.
ydut IMeipot. accordiag » i h e correctview (since il u » private group), can-not be considered at an organinikmsubject 10 iatemaiional law. Moreoveraad decisive for this position is thei i fo iesied and indisputable fact thaithe euhanfe of infomuiioa aciiviiiesby the interput headi|uanen bas acthaca auHkioaily auaterued by law m
any respect. Inierpol consumly under-takes measures Ikat iocrfcre wita Ikerithu of individuals (especially ikeextensive slot ate and Innsmiisioa ofpersonal dau) and which rajutre legalauthuduiian under domcaic law.
"The problems indicated |abovc|arc further compounded by me (art ofmy imitpemltai control ofiheJmtr-pat kta&iwuim ana* JAW ihert u *loci of ofy rfffitivt itgotpnnniitm.the ckuea wnofcat several possikili-lies of control, ia and out o< court, over•olice activities in now practicallywithout any protections as soon as dataost his person reaches the ttMcrpullGeaeral SecrctariM in P « u
"Funher. (here u fWjtuanaicc atthis point lopreveot or cltirunc whendomestic pro4cctivc legal regulations(for examphK die prorubMion to useillegally obtained iaTormation...» getsubvened after a foreign NCO hasobtained data from me Federal Crimi-aalOffice-
|In I9«7, the OS. General Account-
iag Office (C AO> issued a report oalaarrpol. which staled in part:
- I k e O S NCB generallydoesauaueaspt to verify Ihe data il receivesfrom other law enforcement agenciesOt other auuwulcd systems, hut relieloa the colhxtioa agency 10 ensureaccuracy-
la other words, interpot does notverify l ie accuracy of the data that itreceiver, and.uwaldaucan be kern tolaw enforcement agencies in any offaterpot's member countries, policeaction can be initialed ba>ed solely oaunverified or false allegations frompolice officials in another nation,
the likelihood of police actionensuing would depend solely on thejudgment of ihe police official receiv-ing ihe information. There afe no otherchecks or balances.
Who!
'I?InMrportWMUvOua
M*ousliSout>4not yat a iMHifcat al1
MMporafiaa.
p ggme fact thai a U.S. citizen would haveno recourse in Ihe event that false InUT-pul infonuiioa enisled or was actedupon, l a c report noted lhal (he VS.NCft had exempted itself front moatprovisions of (he Privacy Act a* fol-lows:
"... US . NC8 aeednot provide aaiadividual with access 10 his/her owamorut.oriheupoonuMytoamcadorcamxt his/her records;
"... Aa individual hat no civilremedy for violation by the aatacy ofany of me act** provisioas;
"... U S NCB need aoi iaformmate who supply infamution of thepurposet for which Ihe infc—niinacaabe used."
to addition, m earlier ( iAO reporton U.S. involvement in Inierpol. re-leased in IV"J6. noted that in more thanhalf ofihe sample cases reviewed, theOS NCB had lacked she lull ducu-asnMtlion it needed to disscminaieJnfonaaiiiinvalidly.bulriad goat aheadaarlrliiiimiaatLj il aayway.
The uruation observed by the GAOin ihe Hawed Smetholdt true in everyluerpol member country in the Wflrld.f^ewifaayatiempisaremadetovarifydau received through Jmerpot.
The country sending the iaforma-ooa has no knowledge of the «ac towhichayissformaiioaitfut.
No civil resaedjes exist for iadi-vidwla abused by medissemiaauoa orother use of falselmerpolucvcathaughiaiomelnicn _ .countries oaewouldbe lucky toeacaa*alive once imprisoned.
Astnterr^membercouninessuchas Ubya. inn, lot). Syria, Chile aadCuba have access loiheaaassive Imer-pol dau bank, Ihe problem is a sigaifi-cant one. These countries are known 10be involved ia terronsi action* or anti-social activity, but yet are ia receipt ofinformation from Inierpol hradntur-ters, including the Weekly Ons} laMt-l iaeaccMrtiar
This poial was clearly showa ia a- * * ~ » — by Norman Jackson, ia aM f y Ttletnpk article of Decemhrt7.1M9. Jackson, the senior technicalduector for the International Air Trans-port Attorialina. located ia Geneva,staled thai a new imeUigcace ageacywaa urgcnily needed to tackle the riacof technology-backed lerrorisu.
He said that pan of the problemregarding Imerpol't exekaage of ia-farmalioa ia the area of terrorism itlhal slates imprord of prosaoling ttr-rurism arc oalnserpolcommiuees, thusitaiiliveinformaiina can easily be uaedfor ami-social or lenoriat actioaaagaianl Ihe rest of the world.
la a Reuters wire of Deceaaber 14.1949. il was anted that the signing ofthe Sdttngea treaty1 between Ger-many. France. Belgium, she Nether-lands; aad iMifmbourg was opaoaaa
). Inn.
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by the Belgian repinenutivc. whoMated be would only sign ike acaiy ifall partners «|iccd ihM ktfcrpoi wouWnot kc * e central kody chargad w i * .
fa * 4
Hat uead is away ima coaawa-uon with Intqpol. with mttmmm-
m <•*•*.
Won * c Imerpal HcaduuanersAgneaMM in effect since I 9 M , Ikegroup now enjoys nearly craaplfirinununuy Aon tetpnmihility or over-sight. This immunity was lauded by•ossantwdieuineanicle:"lcoasi<kr
unities provided
affMiv* liaa.
• f vital iatponancc."l a c provisions of Ha kratlosjar-
Aadrt Bouaid. h n w lecmaiyI of lM«pol. wme u> ike Aanid i < b t ' /
• Ankle 7. wkick uatct. "Ike•iduvct of ike oigaauaMMi aao\ iay e n j . all rtnr«nfn«rln«gia« tootkdd by ji m wkgKvcr ton*. tkaU be
The key whkk fira opened duonarauBdlkcwurtd«orlwcrpot,cubtM|it lo gain muwiaiiy and ibeicby opo-atc wiik impunity, is iu l«er-0ovcm-akcnul OrganiuitoD itaut (font afcUnited Nations,
In Ndveascf WK9. erofewocOouwe Korff. an international tcgdeipett in Holland and adviser wAmoniy tmemaiional. «otd ike poc-liskcn of ibis boaklei. "Die peculiarIking i» IhM iMcipol has immunity asan Iwer-Govfnuf M»l Organuatioa,while they ait not suck ani
Criminal Potict Meview that a l«72agitenwal with ike French govern-•eat had "Made no provisions for ateinviolability of die hcadquanenv forimmunity hum legal process, or lorprotection of Ik
• Aflick I I , wkick gives inunu-•ilyaMoaly«>lMeipolasanorgMuu-lioa. but also to ju individual staffaeatbtn. wkethet ikey aic cuneailyaaploycd by ta«yol ar kavc left ake
"Ulis puts them above uVnilet ofprivacy, especially those in relation topolice. This is dangerous *sit laysopen ike possibility of misuse of their
CHAPTER SIX
InterpolUnder
Investigation• "... Interpol (wasf organized as a private organization by police offi-cers, never submitted its constitution for ratification by any government,land) has located its headquarters in France where it has been grantedimmunity from the legal process by the Government of the French Republic,thereby placing the organization above the laws of any land, not beinglegally accountable for its acts;
"... 11 Individuals andorgaHizations have been unable to rectify the fileson themthat Interpol. while having conclusively proven they were false, hassent uncontrolled across borders, secretly showing them to judges, leadingin several cases to wrong imprisonment of the civilians involved; land I
"... Interpol insists that its highest priority is stopping the flow of inter-national drug trafficking, while in recent years, Imerpol officials have beenreported as being involved in drug trafficking in several South Americancountries and possibly others."
I umeroui »nve»tigalion» into In-I icrpultuvebcca carried out overl i ke yarn.I Intetpolwakinveuigaiedin
May »975 by a O S Senate panelctuind by Senator Joseph Momoya.Ihe Kiuuor was concerned aboutInttipoTs involvement in iajcHigriHTactivities. '.• _ ..
As detcntwd fl>Oiapiet 4, Inler-p»t is forbidden % I U charter fromengaging in nuiicr^ of a poluk J .auliiaiy, rcligiuiu or racial clurat'ier,I U e iiciivii'iek.bcinginhcKnily
political, would conuiuofthechanc.
Ouringiiuesiioning by the senator.InttrpoTs then tccittxy general, leanNcpotc. assencd. "We kavc never hadany aeason whatsoever evestio suspectany emptoyee of being an imeliigcacc
Hov ajucMtnlimonybyNational C m — m v m on Law
EnforccnMM and Social iusiicc
»NCLE> befure ike U.S. Hoiue ofttepfrsentalivcs' Siihronwmcr onTreasury Appropriations levelled thaiImeipot was involved ins intelligenceactivities.
DutumeMs provided lo Ike sub-conmutiee in 1977 by NCLE nude itclear Uuilnteipol perfunru intelligencewoii. The papen showed tfut ikeCrninllnieUigcnccAgency(CIAtwaiiusing Imerpul as a Trunt" in m katlone counuy where, according to thedocument. The govenmtew wouldbe embamsscu. M O uw iomga teU-
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Interpol Under Investigation
lions with that govcnuacal coasc-oueaUy disrapled, if ii were officiallyacknowledged aWa cooperated wtakme CIA."
Another eiaaipkof ihe iattnwm
publicly ctpoted a M y i « U . ZkwEauo of ate People't lUauhlir «fChiaa. a aatamtr of mteraoJ't Exacu-livc Cnmaniirir. wm a^tiatd entry •»ihc United Sum haasd m evidtaet• a i Eauo had served at me case ollircer for Lany Wu TaiChi*.*formatr i f l trtailawnhn
"Reoucsit nude lo the U.S. Bu-reau generally did not involve estab-lished international criaiaib or Urgecrime syndicates," their report slated.
Funher. alatosi half of the samplecats reviewed by ihe GAO ihowcdate* laterpoi jc<|uesied information oaMviduafebatedonmada|uaieducii-meauiioa of alleged offenses, this iaM A led to ihe creation of files a tprivate aiueas M 4 M agencies coa-
Ihu it ihe oaiy we nude of ihc mla•
The GAO MvettigNed lalerpol•twain !9t(7.and(ouiidih«t««e-U.S.NCB generally does not aueajoi toverify Ihe dau ii icceivo fraa otherlaw enforcciiteal ageaciei or otheraumamrd lyueaM. but icbai on the
agency to ewwicaccwicy."
la 1976. a IXS GeneraaujOITice(GAO)Mveiii(aiaaaofUj.iavorvcmem'ia mterpot watdoac «ate asouesi of Congressman John &Moat and Scaatoc Moatoya.
After a randan uaipliiu. of caaethandled by Ihe U.S. NCe.GAO*aves-
1 1 K GAO#tpon abo pouted owlIhe dthgen of a counuy'i 4au beingnaued into * e tandi of foreign tMd-lineace agimiii "In n a c countries."* c tcporl auieA ftm aUiaace of for-eign aolipe tyueaM with Ihe inltUi-frar* knmeket ccnaialy does awlawirlnda- < • ahafint of anch iafnnaa
involved iadividvala wife no frior
Ouring vitiu *» fuciga, NCB»,GAO ihvenigawn vcie awwrcdthntatomatton ppvided by ihe UnitedStale* M nafintrni couMnet « » «e>mnae4 an police fhanarli I * (heiricpoft. Ihnwf vrr» #xey ^ottolud^d,."IkeK <a a» practical way to <aw>e
Calls for taveuigMioru into latcr-polhaveimrra«rtf.a> evidence of tuplate root officials' wvolvcnteat ia drugtra/ficting aad other tUegalilici hatcoBtiaued «o svrface.
In I94t9 alone. iavckUgauow ofthis private potica group or as topofliciato were dramdrd inamnroiaCQiMne*.aadbya«iaicmaltaaalhody.tJatCoaacil of Europe*.
»n*Co~Ki>otbm+t.t2im*m*l*o4,«lemtfum cowiria. w« rmaliihnit w tmm« « • itky md c—fmtMnlm mam *» <*•i t tC i M k f
Maw. « M tM H« a*n in •iir^ naiini iri *—f to*Makie>a»•• * * • * « < « «
"iatmtOa July 4. 1989. 13 members of
me Council of Europe issued a motioacalling for aa tmaiivc mvctligauoaaJhuerpol.
lae atotioa tuted, in part:lauupol "operates intemalionally
wah no governmental oversight fromajty of ill member organizations";
•"uterpui provides dossiers, oa•cuuea. via coNtoulec imertiak. topotkeorgaruzjuioatinniembercoun-triettround the world, aatongti whichaie lr*» tad Ubya who have |btea|thowa to be mvolved ta iair ratiioailterrorism.
•"... bucrpol (wa*| Ofgtniied as •private oiganiuiioa by police offi-cers, never submitted itf constitutionfor ratification by any government,(and) hat located i u headuuanen iaFrance where m has teen grantediauMinilyfromihetegatpniceubytheGovernment of (he french Republic,•creby placing the organUtiionaboveate lawtof any land, aotoeiaglegallytccouauble for i u acu;
Atitirilim t4tm*ncfrml*mntUwu Ktm,
mHukutmtkimt. l»frtyt<m.Cotam*»>rteu+mll*coVviiu.ctmtT.lutdka
"c. Effective ways to control Ihe from his alleged activiiiei in proteci-iMemaiionalCrirnuul Police Organi- ing and taking moaey from drug traf-tation. lmerpol. in a democratic fash- ficken.ion should be considered... tothalla-
• . .irtndiviaualtaadwianiuiioinhave been unable to <cciifyihc(ile>oaIheat ihai Imcrpol, while having coa-ckuively proven they were fall*, hatseat uncoNrolloi across borders. <e-canly thowing themtoiudge*, teadiagia several iaan tot wrong imprison-•eat of the civilians iavolvol: f until
• "... iMcrpol iuiku thai tu higliesipriority it uopputgtlie flow of tntcma-
' Wntidruguafficking. while ia«ece»tyears, Uterpol officialt have beea•epurted as being involved <• drug•MlHiking in ievcrat Sown America*countries u d possibly others."
themotion calls fodhefoUowing;"». Ihe kuiiu of Imerpot with Ihe
Council of Europe Utou Id be reviewed;"t>. An inventory of trui>trct*ion*
foouninrdby taterpol Owuldhedrawa
itoacu;"d. Slria measures should be
elaborated and asewnauaded to en-sure that... * refusal by tatcrpol toreveal aad fccufy files onrequeu by anindividual or organiuiioa it tcruu-ma4 by aa mdependeai. deauxnti-cally chotea coauaiuec that comrcail l **
9tMtmmmm9mmt
mmttmmMeiica* Attorney Geaerat £ari-
queAlvarOdelCuiilloanaowncedonJuly 6.19W. IBM Ihe foraWbeadoTIntcrpot ta Meiico. Miguel Aidant;Iharra. was being tavesiigawd oaclwrget of corrupuoa aad drug anf-Ticking.
The chargcv sleauned ftoaiAtdwa'tcumpliciiy iathe murderof tproauacM jounwliu ia IVM.aad alto
Oa October 26.19119. Ihe Honor-able Lewi* Kent. Auuraliaa Memberof Parliament, demanded answers ofate country* attorney general regafd-ing Aiaunlia'iiavoTvemeat wuh later-
Among the pointk of his formaltatcnoguury were the following:
"Which Australian police taut ischarged with the mponsioiliiy ucooperate and/or to maintain caatactwith laterpoi?
"Mow many persons serve ia ate
"What it me coal of IIhc unit?
"What is Australia's!cial coatribwioa to Interpol?
"... how auny fonarr war crimi-aalt were tracked dowa after WorldWai II by buetpol. or with tigaiTtcaalattituaceby bucrpol; if so, it ha abk
Interpol Under Investigation
lo provide their names?"Have ike lajopol duncf and itsi h i f if
cation by Australia?Austral
and into reports dial be fiustraicd at-tempts 10 capture I wo of ike McdcllKcartel' drug lords ia Colombia.
Lyon. just a few weeks phor u hisi
gsupport «o«cs la bring IMCIBOI underate coturol of. Md sake it i
As covered earlier ia this hand-book, the former Iruerpol chief of
U N . or a t
Mr Kem also sought ifrom ate attorney general is rcgaat atike iavolvcaiem of Uterpolafracialtmdrug trafficking and Intcrpol's viol*lias of Article ) of iu contiuuuon —»
>U-. breaking iu own rule* m l inter-venmg ia auaen of a political, auh-tary. arliajiiai or racial chanoar.
pO ' unoh*m*M in drug''wifickiMg on* other iUegoti-
l Mes has comimmd to surface.
Oaiuuuiy 31. IvyO.nmembiaofIhe Chamber of Rcptnciuajivcf ofPuerto Rico. David Noriega (no rela-tioa to die fonnei Pwwnunuia dkla-loiK decried the drug uafficluag K-
' tivJtiet of lopj Imerpul uiiicub, m&called for an invcttitwiu* "•"> P*""far*regionat office of iMerpolonUic
On February 20.19», Taoritine repotted ikat Cneral loU Guilt'ermo Medina Saacbu. ColoMbia'aImerpol chief and headofibecounuy'iNauoiulhilice.ludbeenruidkyPMsi-dc« Virgdio Barco Vatjai aficr dac(caeral caate unort uupicionot bcui(o» ibe payroll of McdeUtadrug kia«-pm Pablo Ewobar G»vina
la March 19(9, Colombia's Su-preme Conn ordered • formal probeiau Medata't rok ia J
aad None«a"i «lote beach-awa.NivakfeMadrikia.watnUccdiajaU »y W.S. foicei ia laouaiy1990 alFor! Clayioa m Paaaraa, ami aMtrdercaa/tes were filed agaioil him.
Madrinaa had acceti» coafiden-lial drug iraffickiag iaformaiion froailalcrpol brartmmnetv and was ia t l-lendaax ai «ke Nuvembcf/Dcccnbcr>9«9 Interpol General Ancmbly ia
» m m l a a i n
A reiiotuiioa Rep. Noricg* inlro-duccd inlo ine Chamtef of Represen-tatives noted ibai "Recent report re-veal thai ihe director of liuerpol ofPanama w u involved in tne drug Inf-fickio» activiiics of Ccnenl ManydAaio»io Noriega in Panama."
A (borough probe was needed, hestaled, "considering especially thetamunuics that Inlcrpol demands ...and the abuses thai can be perpetratedwider such unmuaiiics.'*
As of early 1990, there were alsocalls for iavcstigations of Imerpol orlop interpot officials in Sweden. WestGermany. France. Switzerland, * eNrthrrliartt aad latOaind Stales. A
CHAPTER SEVEN
Is InterpolReally
Necessary?• *",., lo many velera* taw officers who have dealt with Interpol. it is aslow-moving, archaic bureaucracy which seldom performs useful work."
BntcipoTs slated aim is "To en-sure »nd promote the widestjposubte IDIMIMI i t i i t imff toe*iwcen all criminal police au-
ihuniies within the limits of ike lawse listing in Ihe; different countries andin the spirit of the Universal Declara-tion of Human Rights."
Raihcf than accomplishing thisaim, lop tnierpot officials have beenfouciirigaclimaie conducive jocrirne.IwningablindeytltHrieworld'Jmottserious, offenses, and iJtotoking ikeirpout km* unorder loproieict or forwardcnnunalaciiviitef. - ,
' Toe question arises to to whetherImcipotMseK wiihtis many liabir«ies,is necessary. Are there other system*that could provide ihe same services asInlcrpol, bul without Ihe risks aadviotuions of civil rights?
faMcilllaiH
nations already use other means of
functions.in Ihe United Stales, for eumple,
whercuxptyenpaymillions annually10 finance ibe Washington Inietpoloffice, channels ci iu for sending lawenforccmenKoiTMnuniraiiorno'
Whai is ayjtl significaM aboutlateipol's activities is thai
via the federal Bureau of lavesiiga-lion. ihe Orug Enfofcemcm Admiai-uration. the Customs Service aado*erlaw cnforcemeM agencies.
Ueurope.anypeMlpraiecuiionsand cxinduions between two nationsare normaHy c,6»ere^ W&t bilateralagtwmenu.1^ vaSSoss ££C coun-mes have- also patted • special coa-vcation in this regard.
Since artests i * Iruerpol amabcrnations are Made by national agencieswidtia Ihose countries—not by later-pol — no proper law enforcementfunctions would be kw if tmerpoldsdnoteiiu.
The U.S. Stale Depanmeni.through U.S. cmbauy officers, few a
system for reponing on the sutus ofAmericans arresied abroad. Tile UnitedStates also has a "Legal" (short forlegal attache t system as pan of IheFBI. FBI Legals are attached lo Ameri-can embassies around the world. Theirfunctions include liaison with foreignpolice and many of the other activitiesof an Imerpol NCB
A December 27. 1976. GeneralAccounting Office (CAO) report pro-vided evidence which demorutralcs•sat laterpoTs functions are superflu-ous aad thai Imerpol iucif is ineffec-tive.
After a careful study of Interpol.* e GAO noted thai "foreign policeand National Central Bureaus makeextensive use ofaoa-lmerpolthiaarliia dealing with U.S. matters. Our over-•cas discussions indicated that foreignpolice prefer Ihe cony* aural ma thanads of overseas US agencies la sat-isfy criminal information needs.
The Drug Enf orccatiatrauoa. FBI. Custoau. and. to a huaar
Is Inierpol Really Necessary?
eitcat, such agencies M ike SeemService Md Immignuoa aad Naw-mlumkmSwikt,lmt nlarwiaiaaiarettawofmeworia.
The tendency of faatiaa pohceaad ctaml bureaus it to ay M atom
bacause ary arf tmtidntd jmm.mtnftMitUtkn%lmrp»li»mmn(tkt ijawr €f rater ihry aaadV. amfaorr tgrcmt or Utl u m u w » M
iafnnailioarrgsriiiat'rTirnrisirniirlrdmctiy la overacts of&cc* of U4.
uvrsiiaaawy
MTM(IA leaaoa why lajerpot it not util-
tatd to a greater Client by member• M U M VM outlined to FREEDOMMigitintby »i«nBtrU.S. MarshalsService official who wqurtanl n >ayaiity. the fact it, he said, govern-
'**maty 4» « M « • »
The 49?6GAOrep<j(1 showed ih*
Local police fonxthivc ihckotuf.I of liiitim «>•> taafft polio.
l h F i rp |Section ia ae l o t j
Police DepwimcM <LAH» whichipecifically dcak w«h tncluH * » ••ad tppirhrnrtim CTMUMI* at «•>•pwu in (otcifo
Th
kt—fotUfUt m ctimou com-0 trim. mnun$ m
ttritm oBemut. and exploit-
or ihe LAf&'i ow» (tactcaaucu wiih foici|* polkt. A4£Oid-ia | 10 an officer m this wciio*. ahtLAPO only wed Uuerpol two ot4iiMl i a n betweca I9S5 «H> I9tt9.
TheUS.itauxDepwUtcniauM-Uiw offices in caUM ciuet whichhelp Mulkt police dtpuutenucooi-dinMC with (ORI|« police force* totrack dowa m
protect or fonmd criminal
o>nte c««tle»» m ir«riintb i h
:ipo| officet
•boul citacat ahroad wMhoui fmidfimni»i«t tf wcoid check* and i»-vcui i M
The Justice Department altoauia>Uiat a Law Enforcement Coordinat-ing Committee (LECCt Ueach of the
, t i^ pmAif^ dntnttt fafh rtwmiMsffi of representatives from the' weal, uale aad federal law
eafotcemeni agencies in • district: atwill if necessary help mne agenciesliaise with foreign law cniorccmeaiagencies to appreaead cnauaatt andpan-are esirndaioa pspert.
Adduioaally. at me IV76 CAOncpon aosnd. the vast aujoruy of for-
i a> Bkc liaised States for
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•lowandcumcenome. AncumpleirfIhii occurred foUowiag ihe anal iaMompelier, Praace, of a criauaalwanted by police ia Ihe Wetl Genuaoly of Munich.
The Muaich police ludtieca loot-ia | fot the ana for momha and had•eat a tele« to this effect to lateipuihcackfuanen ia Parii in Auguu I9WI.flench police wbteqvcMly WRUedthe .aa*, but Imcrpot bead^uanendida't contider it aeceuary to iafona* e Munich police of that fact
la December I9t>. ihe Gernuapolice cumputcr uilf lined the enmi-aal at bein» waaicd. Tfce Munich po-lice laterdikcovcicdIhe anal fraaa*catiiciy differcal aourcc of iafonaa-Ma.' Coamentint on chit ctae. Her-
axan f-gv, diurici chainaa* of theGerman tcdeiatioa of Criauaal Po-lice, ilami. "Unforliiaafely. thin in notale only caie. Sometime* Ki|uekU lakeyean and (onaer. Utcrpot it tauilbo*
AjoumaluifoiwGeimaanewspi-per wrote .nOecembeilS»Wt.-Ji»l"i>olia Pant, which «tuppotcd lo coordi-•MK the police work of mound 100)countriet. tiill woriu with ihe uylc ofatugecoach... at pensive and Uow M100 yean »»o. We get the bill i« Ihefarm of higher rater of cnmiailily,'
•ce cited by the CAO.latcipol't OS. NCB ttm ieasitivciafomauoa to » foreigii NC* coa-ccmuttaUS.citue»evcnthou(kihcState Ocpanatcat had uibmiiiedafor-aur dipjoaiaiif able to die countryfoaiplniaiag low the iadivtduat had
AnothericawMlaierpolunoiuscdubeciuuc. wheaii come* lo ihe job ofapprehcadiaf cnmiailv. latcrpot u
The perception of iMerpol at *(low IMI bungling oiiMiizauun i* HOInew. laao «nicle emiiled "Does Inter-aot Thretten Your PrivicyT', ia theNovember SI. 1975. issue of Parwk,Ruben Walters wrote; "In novel* ofintenuiicii*) intrigue. Inierpol is *»infallible, high-powered, worldwidepolice department whoce agenu niaiathe globe in scaicb«f MaMcf criau-aal*.
"But to many vetenm law ofrieertwho hive dealt with Inierpol, it is a
llow-moving. archaic bureaucracywhich seldom performs useful work.*
The September 22.1974. u u c ofme London Sunday Times ualedihailaierpol "is considered an irrelevanceby mmy police forces in the world."
Inefficient, ttow-aKwrng. archaic— if those words describe the realwterpol. then what u this group, wiafcm MtiiaiMina dnlltr budaa aad iu
worldwide network of amptoyati.actually doing?
As documented by iaf oraulion iaIbis fw**>~*; top laterpol officiakthroughout the world have turn Imtaa*to drug b-affickiag. complicity iamurder. pRMcciion of aujor drug car-ieU.brUiery.pc4uicalcon«ptwa.aa«awacy laundering.
Iwaipnl'i I I mhi a tm m i n it
uifpoud 10 handle are all but aoaei-itteat; the few arresu that do resultfrom its work aic ataialy of MsahVlianta-ugutcrs.
Meanwhile, drug cartels aad ma-jor drag anflickers cantiaue to •
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What Should Be Done About Interpol ? 1Ike effectiveness to handle this SMu-
') auua in Ike Europe of 1992.* Willy Hclin. spokcsataa for ike, Furopeaa Cnamiinilies' Executiveif OoflMUUlOA W i t fMHHfld M ikC SaMM
| article at follows: "We have tocaswcI Ifcat things lifcednigtcaabt cnnhnllii,I As we progrcu along ate pamtawaa*I political integration, we wiH «vaMu-I ally need a police force Mat caaja-1 tpoadt to thai son of iHawmina. *I Internal, the aruck pointed ow.I fj^M HMdaMIMHB 10 MMCt ilk
^Chaptcr6, it was described bow_ l^eCo—riiofEuropcpro-
tputed i tmnlmma lo thoroughly iavct-|ufue Intapol m iuiMd (ma tat mtki
The Couacil of Eurapc. • c a k mled.
'*. The tuiiu of liucipal wiikikeKilofE«niptikoulilbCfeirie>icd|.
~b Aa iavcaury of iraasfrcuiomk l k d
"c. EHcciive wiyt 10 conral the|iMemaiional Chnuaal Police OCMU-|uiion. Imcfpol. in a deaocraiic <Hk-lion should be coasidend ... so IkM|lMcipol kemher will he HfoiMMthlf
r iu acu....~la Aioiutli*. Member of Fwlia-i Lew/it Keni pmaned m inter
to ike ttumey gematt of{Aiuinlia recantiiu} lateipol. iu legal
Hautt. <«i"^-""-tf~ of infonMUo*,t involvement with drug Maffick*
_1 States Congressman DOB; teuuesicd that the General
- ™ i n g Office investigate iater-4 IB I9«7.andhasbccaiaieresiedin~ privacy violations caused by
J's rlnirmiaanon ot
Left: A •mm* elective Hwafttm •Uttmlii* to Imurpol aw been feepased by WenCermmCkmceUc Helm*Komi *.«*<r Im 19*7, VS. Com,reuma» Don btmurdtnmnrumMtmrnmel/S tnwnmtmftCtmtralAcfmu'iaiOffutuweutfuImermol
Dkcaawmey general for Mexico, • AftMcltMMC*Interpot is a private group that it a
public mftinT. out of control.It it not a guvemmeaul agency,
audit isnot subject to any government.It operate* in violation of iu own
ckaner and many of iu lop official*have broken the law.
Asnoiedby members of ihcCoun-cil of Europe, thorough investigationof tit transgressions is warranted.
laterpol has thowa by iu actionsthat it should not have the authorityaad immunity it cunenily enjoys.
if you agree thai Ikt Inler-Gov-ermmenlal Organization (IGO) statusfiveittolnierpol by ike United Nationsshould if revoked, your ooimonandvoice Im ikis regard skould be madeknowm to the United Nations' Bco-momic and Social Council, The ad-dress is in the Appendices Write andlet your views be kmiwn.
Ifyoucartaboutimdividuatriithls,privaty and freedom, support meat-.ures lo have your nation's member-ship in liuerpol withdrawn, andImterpufs charier camelled. A
actively wvcsii(»iw( foOMer iMerpolckief Miguel Aldaaa Ibarra aad hi.dr«(inflickiagaaiviuet while kead-tag IMerpol. As •*!« of this iavesiiga-lioo, wfonaaiioa it being diifloirdregarding latfraol krirlqiianew* dii-waiiaalioa of iafonaaiioa to theMtiican NCB while the put twoMe uc*s(i»erpoi chieft,IACfecipieau«f coafidemial drug oat*, have beatdrag«ra/ricUn.
The forawr IMerpol chief ia Pan-aau.NivaktoMadrinan.ww placed uajail by OS. anted forces m January1990, and «unlef charges wcM filedagtiasi him laterpol's aclioas irt tup*pon of Noriega «*dM«dnaaaaadiheucorrupt activities helped M tear thaicouatryapan. *' '
I* light of such actions, tuefpo! isunder scrutiay throughout the world,which is ike first uep — awaicnnathai soaeihing is wrong and needs tochange. Based oa these investigations,
, will be audc and
Appendices
• Where to Write: • Index:Hrictlmt* • * • fit* •
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Office of Special Affain20ICaulenagliSiiM«Sydwy NSW 2000Aim/alia
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Churcb of ScientologyNew Imperial SuiUatp,2nd Hoor44QMcenSllMIAuckland INew Zealand
|Cburclt«f Scientology3S
OAicc of Special AOainVialeR«aeaibranae.l220099 Sean San Ciovam<Mi}haly
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February 21. 1991
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Reverend Heber C. Jentzsch-^President
C^Church of Scientology InternationalSuite 1200€331 Hollywood BoulevardLos Angeles, California 90028-6329
Dear Mr. Jentzsch:
Reference is made to your letter dated January 15, 1991,addressed to me.
After receipt of your letter t learned that AttorneyGeneral (AG) Dick Thornburgh had received a similar letter fromyou.. Inasmuch as AG Thornburgh referred his letter to the U.S.National Central Bureau (USNCB) for a response, I refer you to theUSNCB's reply to you of February 4, 1991.
en
Sincerely yours,
raan S. SWilliam
Director
Mr. ClarkeMr. Revel1Mr. BakerMr, Davis APFROVMr. Collingwood 0*™Mr. Guido
AOO-ln»
MAR 2 9 1931
.OfT'o' uiison4 '.'.: Afis.
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Bonorable Don Kdwards
.various pleadings filed in litigation with the Daparfcttant of .-w.~"'.a r y i X have been.advised that these transcripts,fall to. Af t « clalaa of * oounterlntelligenos prograa flirectad
^if^^3»gainst the Church, X also understand that the anexpttrgated* i of those Videotaped Meetings do not'iupport anj«#s
• «
: ,r J t e ^ •»• • "»=". '• ••r^.T -, •
mr»^Vafcnd John ©ritandariji m r » & « e t o r , offlei^Tiirs, Church of Soitatology Xnbtrnational, .vrot* to R«pre»enta«^.
tive Roflino, Chairman, Hotwe Judiciary Cormlttea aliasing • --• ---<'-bisarr* axati-agancy plan to disrupt the Church of Scientology*,and requested Representative Don Edwards hold hearings on thisBatter. Representative Don idvards requested the FBI reviewReverend Standard*s allegations. Videotaped conversations ofa former Church s>eabert Cerry Armstrong allegedly establish thegovermnent'irlde conspiracy and have been utilised as exhibits invarious pleadings filed by the Churchi however, the transcriptsselectively omit a pertinent portion of the tape which conclusivelynegates any inference of governsent conspiracy. The context ofthis letter was taken; in pert, froB siailar replies to congres-sional inquiries. This reply was coordinated with SALegal Counsel Division. ^^^'^u^^
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION/PRIVACY ACTS SECTION
SUBJECT:
FILE NUMBER: 62-116523
•»«e. itMAT I»4J fBtnON»v» m . mn MO. t»
J
v - : UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
- v Memorandumi. AD A * *
A M I . t>lr.,
TX>
2FROM :
SUBJECT:
. JENKINS
RANCK
fOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY1812 19th Street. MJt*WASHINGTONf D^C.
DATE. 5/17/74fiw. h«. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ me at 2:30 p.m. todaythat he had just received a press release issued^by captionedorganization stating that *he Reverend Lynn yffiew^jl had fileda complaint in U.S. District Court, Washington^ JD,C. against theAttorne^General and the Director for wiretapping '€heir phones.Nr* W I H * t a t e d that, according to this release, captioned isxepresentedby Williams ,Conja6lly and Calif ano, Washington, D.C.and that the Reverend Pafoffieifner and one Terry Hibbs are alsomentioned in tlie'release.
.)
H**•BHBBPwante<3 t o kn°w whether we had received a ^ : )subpoena or other4egaX_dpcument in this regard and, after checkingXi7
with I n s P e c t o r f l H H B B ^ - n Mr* M i n t 2 ' s office and Unit ChiefJames C. Farrington^JPreedom oflnforaation Act Unit (FOI), Irelayed the information to tr. S p m f u ^ ^ ^ ^ y i a d not receiany legal document in this regardTMrTjflJ^BHJ asked if I couldmake any comment concerning the Founding Church of Scientologyand I told him, of course, I could not.
According to the Freedom of Information Act Unit, the, Founding Church of Scientology has made a request under FOI forinformation in our "files which i s a pending matter at this "J—
fas I understand/*,t. _,„, AOl-lUi
ACTION:
s
. For information.
-kr. MintzMr. FarringtonMr. Franck
3 B JUN 14 1974 '
RRF;jo
•ver
i\r^*-;*r *jr WOBam WDknghbjr A ; -^ •
Founding Church of Scientology yesterdayled a suit for SI million against the Federal Bureauf Investigation, charging that the FBI has been tap-
: sojne of its phones c^er an undetennined:
y Jr. abo filed in U.S.temporary restrainingtrict Court • motion i
to halt the ^i an affidavit,,cburcb at 181
teJy 7ilSp,m. «ft April 30 the «ttempted topUce aaf c»B from the^burch's headquarters.
Jbbs .personnel officer of, said that at apprari-
| After dalinV have made
Jy the first three digits, the teemedf connection, the said. A male wrice an-
answer to her <pie8tioas, gave theLand said he was a ipedal agent_ to the affidavit Jlis* Ba*s
; man asked who the was ^aod whether 1
y The Hibb. affidavit said. "I toW this man that I hadPieen connected to bis phone after dialing two or
I ifaree digits of a number. He said that he was operat-,I ing a switchboard for the FBI and Opt the caUi m.
telepbooewejne being inooimred. J - / I
XSKEDI H a d r^nettedikirt n y phone beV i ^ I krformedhuD that I had not,
I jT.Uphon. R».Dir*d*r S#e*y
o prize ftS e
t speaking J&wn my home telephone, fie explained/the «mitnrtag of the telephone Included tape tli of all conversations Vy aa automatic de- *
c had apparently malfunctiDoed and con-1him «o the call.Tfc did not appear ID knowdphone line I wassailing on or vho tbe«ob-1
ime, telephone wa*," she said. - - H - I. « ; srft names as defendants Widomore.two other 'JI agents, Atry. Cen. WHiiara Saxbe and FBI Direc- '••
Uarence M. Xelley. J3»ey are accnsed «T the-Lrtrfulandmandoas In vasloa af the
e faurch, Its ninisten, par
>wi (New York) _The New York Tiw»« —The Vail Str«*t Annul .The National ObMrvar_The Lo» An«el»« Tiawa.
MAY I B
62-//6523-
0-18 (R«v. 1-30-74) u
"Scientologists TappedfByDsvidPtke
/3he~Ttounding Church ofSdefltfllogy has keftBf
Ha*a court order to baitr WOT a court oraer w nan
% Immediately what it claim* Js the tapping of its shooes
y- Js the tapping of itsl i y t h e m* U.S. District Court JudgeCharles R. Rkhey "reluc-tantly denied" the requestlor such an order yesterdayafter the government pro-•oced an affidavit from
"tofan J McDenxxitt•gent in charge of fee FBI's
i JD.C. field office, statingf that the church's phonesI lave never tea tapped by
tf'FSL
r r also ttat-the cfieoed agent,
, as listed m.^asBage suit
wed P ITW - «e FBI lastt I*ridayljy the church, k oot-iaeFBIeanploye.
H»$t, W JUt? .'fUbertwii^yi '8rfiued Isat ^p view'
ufAe affidavit "there Is no^asis at *U fore temporaryrestraining order. . . t h efpurt woQld be ettjoming
WfW DMQD
JHQErepugnant to this court
_._„.© if there would be a^•riretap, ft would be Ttprt-
BUT HE SAID be had noin -view «f Me-'
t's statement, but tothe request Jar an or-
W .boWver, agree torequest by the attorneythe church, BarlCDivi-Jr., tttat court acliiMi onsuit be expedited, in-Ing the tabng of state-its from possible wit-
« e s . such as licOermstt '•Rankin bad objected,
ring that McDermottstated the £BTa fosi-tethe^ase.
beaaid/
mat aiurcn employe tries to:ice a telephone call fromchurch headquarters at19lhSt.NWocApril3O.was interrupted by a;who said be was FBI
Bob Wdomore. Theud the church's callsbeing rnoritored, jfae
The Washington PostWashington 8tsr-NewsDaily News (New Ytrk)
Tne Wall Street JOVTMI .The Nation- Observer _'The Los Angeles Times.
1 . Ifr. W . K1 - Mr. J . A .i . Mr. A . B . Fuiton1 - Mr. R. H. Homer^ DATE: 5/24/74 .
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A»t. Dlt.i
Ateta.
,WROM A. B. Fulton
SUBJECTL_ALLEGED WIRETAP OF^ f r PH JRCH OF
SCIEWrOLOGY
M.II
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The attached article entitledwhich appeared lame Vl8/74ed
„ Set Sues FBI Over PhoneTagJf which appeared la me V18/74 edition ot "The washingtonHBtarNews*,' Indicates the Founding Church of Scientology Has "filed a suit ""for $1 million against the Federal Bureau of Investigation, chargingthat the FBI has been tapping some of its phones over an undeterminedlength of time." The purpose of this memorandum is to advise thatBureau records and records of the Washington Field Office containno record of the Founding Church of Scientology or Miss Terry Hibbsas the subject of a wiretap. Further, electronic surveillance indicesmaintained in the Special Investigative Division and/or IntelligenceDivision contain no record of an overhear of a Terry Hibbs.
The attached article indicates one Bob Wiclomore identifiedhimself to Miss Terry Bibbs as a Special Agent of the FBI, indicatedhe was operating a switchboard for the FBI and that calls on Miss Hibbs*switchboard were being monitored. Bureau indices contain noreference to the names Bojiwiclomore or Miss Terj^rHibbs.
"With regard to the Founding-€ffaarch of Scientology,Bufiles disclose this organization and its founder, Lafayette RonHubbard, have been known to the Bureau since 1951. Hubbard has beendescribed as "hopelessly Insane" by his wife in connection with divorceproceedings. jj$*s theory of "Scientology" is that it is an alleged sciencewhich instills self-confidence and assists in removing mental A
Enclosure
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CONTINUED - O
|MAY06l975fe
SB JUN 14 1974 t" 4t/
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Memorandum to Mr. W. R. WannallRe: Alleged Wiretap of Founding
Church of Scientology
RECOMMENDATION:
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NOTE: In the complaint in this civil action plaintiff alleges that an illegalwiretap was placed on one of its telephones by the FBI. Plaintiff seeksan injunction and money damages. A motion for a temporary restraining &was filed by plaintiff, supported by an affidavit of an officer of plaintiff,who averred that as she was attempting to place a call she was interruptedby a male voice who stated he was Bob Wiclomore, a Special Agent ofthe FBI, and that he was operating an FBI switchboard and monitoringthe calls on plaintiff's phone. At a hearing on the motion, the Governmentsubmitted an affidavit of Assistant Director John J. McDermott statingthat at no time has the FBI conducted iany form of electronic surveillanceon plaintiff and that there was no past or present employee by the nameof Bob Wiclomore* 'The court denied plaintiff's application for temporaryrestraining order but indicated plaintiff would be allowed to take adeposition of Mr. McDermott to clarify certain points in his affidavit.Mr. McDermott was deposed on 6/21/74. Plaintiff has now filed a motionto compel answers propounded upon oral deposition. On 8/14/74, theGovernment will file a motion in opposition to plaintiff's motion and alsomove for summary Judgment.
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THTTRPH OPN^^r^ C, INC. v.
WILLIAM B. SAXBE, et al.(U.S*.D.C, D.C.)CIVIL ACTION NO. 74-744
X In the complaint in this civil action plaintiffalleges that an illegal wiretap was placed on one of itstelephones by the FBI. Plaintiff seeks an injunction andmoney damages. A motion for a temporary restraining orderwas filed by plaintiff, supported by an affidavit of anofficer of plaintiff, who averred that as she was attemptingto place a call she was interrupted by a male voice whostated he was Bob Wiclomore, a Special Agent of the FBI,and that he was operating an FBI switchboard and monitoringthe calls on plaintiff's phone. At a bearing on the motion,the Government submitted an affidavit of Assistant DirectorJohn J. McDermott stating that at no time has the FBI conducteany form of electronic surveillance on plaintiff and that therjwas no past or present employee by the name of Bob Wiclomore.The court denied plaintiff»s application for a temporaryrestraining order but indicated plaintiff would be allowedto take a deposition of Mr. McDermott fco clarify certainpoints in bis affidavit. Mr. McDermott was deposed on6/21/74. Plaintiff then filed a motion to compel answerspropounded upon oral deposition. The Government then fileda motion in opposition to plaintiff's motion, submitted asecond affidavit of Mr. McDermott and moved for summaryjudgment. — v n /> n£rr->\~ C
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of Washington, D. C.r Inc. v.William B. Saxbe, et al.(U.S.D.C., D.C.)Civil Action No. 74-744
On 10/29/74, Assistant United States AttorneyRobert S. Rankin, Jr., Washington, D. C , advised that on10/23/74, the court entered an order in this civil action,a copy of which is attached, specifying that the Government'smotion for summary judgment shall be continued until thecompletion of the discovery procedures set forth in thecourt's order. As to discovery, the order specifies thatdefendants* shall:
1. Make written inquiry of the person or personswho initiate requests for and prepare applications for electronicsurveillance under Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control Actas to whether a request was made or an application preparedfor electronic surveillance of the plaintiff, said inquiry toextend for a reasonable time prior to 4/30/74, and
2. Make written inquiry of the Agent or Agentswithin the Washington Field Office of the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation who were conducting electronic surveillance onor about 4/30/74, including any Agent or Agents who were then,but are not presently, with the FBI, as to whether any Agent,(a) was personally connected on a telephone line due to themalfunctioning of an automatic recordation device, (b) engagedin the following conversation, or a conversation similar thereto,as a result of such connection:
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Unidentified Party:
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Unidentified Party:
Agent:
"Is someone on the line?"
"Yes."
"Who is it?"
"This is Bob Wiclomore, SpecialAgent, FBI. Who is this? Areyou with the FBI?"
"I just dialed three digits ofthe .number and was connected withyou."
"I am on the switchboard monitoringyour calls. Did you request thatyour calls be monitored?"
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Unidentified Party:
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"All conversations on this lineare being tape recorded by anautomatic device which hasapparently malfunctioned, puttingme on the line. What line is this?
"I didn't order a tap on vytelephone.*
"The name I gave you was false."
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and, (c) has ever used the alias of "Bob Wiclomore," and it is
FURTHER ORDERED, that the defendants shall prepare andphrase the inquiries set forth in numbers 1. and 2. supra, insuch a manner as not to indicate in any way that a lawsuit ispending or that an affirmative answer by the individual willresult in any recrimination or liability; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED, that the defendants shall preparesaid inquiries and submit them to the court for approval withinfive (5) days of the date of this order, that said approvedinquiries shall be made, to the respective person or personswithin ten (10) days of the date of approval, and that theresponses to said inquiries shall be filed with the courtwithin fifteen 415) days thereafter; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED, that the proposed inquiries and theresponses thereto shall be filed under seal, and that the courtshall examine the responses in camera; and it is .
FURTHER ORDERED, that, with the exception of theplaintiff and the defendants, the attorneys and the partiesshall not make known to any person, or confer with any person,An relation to the substance of said inquiries.
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of Washington, D. C , Inc. v.William B. Saxbe, et al.(U.S.D.C., D.C.)Civil Action No. 74-744
Assistant United States Attorney Rankin requestedthat the Bureau draft questions responsive to the order andmake them available to him no later than 10/31/74.
RECOMMENDATION:
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On October 29, if 74, Assistant Vnlf& StatesAttorney Robert 6. HanXin, Jr., of yemr office aade arailablea copy of the court** order in this civil action antarad onOctober 23, 1174, asd raqQasted that %• proride questions :responsive to the order ft© later than October 31, 1974.
The order requires that defendants make written'inquiry af the person or persons who Initiate request*and prepare applications for electronic surveillance «nderTitle XII of the Oanibns Criae Control Act to detersdnewhether a request was *ade or an application prepared forelectronic surveillance of plaintiff. Tor your laforaatioa, ..there are approximately U C tpeolal Agents in oor Vashisoton "'Yield Office who are assigned criminal type investioatlons,and any one of these Special. Aaanta ocmld initiate a requestand prepare an application for electronic aurreillance widerTitle XII. All requests and applications for electronicaurveillanoe under Title III from these individual Agents, . -jbowevarr «ust «o to their ismartists supervisors before theyare referred to the Special Agent in Charge, 9BI •eadquarters,and the Department of Justice. It is not felt that the courtwould desire that we make written inquiry of ISO Special ~.Agents, Thus, it would appear reasonable to request theeourt to modify its order to direct the question to appropriatesupervisory Agents at our "ashington Field Office. Vote thatemoh applications are mot initiated or prepared at Ft! Beadquarte*'-~i': 'J^C. -.;•,>, •-.,"• i'Ct.'c'
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In the complaint in captioned civil action plaintiff allegesthat an illegal wiretap was placed on one of its telephones bythe FBI and seeks an injunction and damges. The Governmentsubmitted an affidavit of Assistant Director John J. McDermottstating that at no time has the FBI conducted any form of electronic^surveillance on plaintiff and moved for summary judgment.On 10/23/74, the court entered an order specifying that theGovernment's motion shall be continued until the completion ofcertain discovery procedures. Specifically, the order stated thatwritten inquiry be made of the person or persons who initiate requestsv
for electronic surveillance under Title HI, Omnibus Crime Controland Safe Streets Act of 1968, and of Agents in WFO who conductedelectronic surveillance on or about 4/30/74. Defendants were to preparethe inquiries pursuant to guidelines suggested by the court and filesame with the court in camera. Inquiries were subsequently draftedand furnished to the court. ijREC-Hhi y >• / / / / ~
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Rankin, J r . , Washington, D. C , advised that on 2/24/75, thecourt entered an order allowing plaintiffs to participate injthe
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formulation of the inquiries and requiring defendants to provideplaintiff with a copy of the Government's in camera submission.On 3/3/75, the Government filed a motion for reconsideration ofand relief from the court's order of 2/24/15. A copy of theGovernment's memorandum in support of this motion is attached.In this memorandum the Government asserted that plaintiffs canbe allowed to participate in the formulation of the inquirieswithout the necessity of seeing defendants' submission, which-was thought to have been for the use of the court only. Thus,the Government contended the court's order should be amendedto allow plaintiff to participate by submitting its own suggestionswithout requiring defendants' in camera submission to be released.Alternatively, the Government contended that should the courtbelieve plaintiff is entitled to see defendants' proposal, the Governmentshould be allowed to delete from their in camera submission severalmatters of a sensitive nature (the approximate number of Agents inWFO who could initiate electronic surveillance requests underTitle HI and the approximate number of Agents in WFO who wereconducting electronic surveillance on or about 4/30/74). TheGovernment then submitted an amended in camera memorandumwith the sensitive material deleted, a copy of which is attached.
On 3/13/71, Assistant tfafcted States Attorney Rankin advisedthat on 3/12/75, the court entered an order la this matter, a copyof which is attached, requiring the Government to submit to the plaintiffsthe Government's amended submission.
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OF WASHINGTON, b. c.,""' *~1"11 "WILLIAM B. SAXBE, et al.CU.S.D.C, D.C.)CIVIL ACTION NO. 74-744
In the complaint in captkraed civil action, plaintiffalleges that an illegal wiretap was placed on one of its telephonesin the District of Columbia by the FBI and seeks an injunction anddamages. The Government submitted an affidavit of AssistantDirector John J. McDermott stating that at no time has the FBIconducted any form of electronic surveillance on plaintiff andmoved for summary judgment. On 10-23-74, the court enteredan order specifying that the Government's motion shall be continueduntil the completion of certain discovery procedures. Specifically,the order stated that written inquiry/ should be made of the personor persons who initiate requests for electronic surveillance underTitle m, Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968,and of Agents in the Washington Field Office (WFO) who conductedelectronic surveillance on or about 4-30-74. Defendants were toprepare the inquiries pursuant to guidelines suggested by the courtand file same with the court. Inquiries were subsequently draftedand furnished to the court.
By memorandum dated 3-18-75 this Division advisedyou that on 2-24-75 the court entered an order allowing plaintiffto participate in the formulation of the inquiries and that on 3-12-75the coart entered an order requiring the Government to submit toplaintiff an amended copy of their original submission.
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On 4-2-75 Assistant U. S. Attorney (AUSA) RobertRankin, J r . , Washington, D. C., made available plaintiffsresponse to the Government's submission, a copy of -which isattached. In their discovery suggestions, plaintiff states thatall Special Agents in our WFO should be questioned and that thescope of the inquiry should be broadened to include any officers,agents, employees, or representatives of piahtiff and all typesof electronic surveillance.
On 4-9-75, AUSA Rankin made available the Government'sresponse to plaintiff's discovery suggestions, a copy of which isattached. Noting that the affidavit of Assistant Director McDermottstated that at no time has the FBI conducted any form of electronicsurveillance on plaintiff, the Government contends its motion forsummary judgment should be decided on the present record.Alternatively, should the court decide that discovery must go forward,the Government contends that because supervisors would haveknowledge of any surveillance activities conducted in the scope ofany Agents employment, the inquiries should be directed to supervisorypersonnel only. Also, because the identity of all officers and employeesof plaintiff is unknown to the FBI, the Inquiry should be restrictedto cover electronic surveillance of plaintiff only. Inasmuch asMr. McDermott's affidavit included all types of electronic surveillance,however, the Government is prepared to expand the inquiry so thatit will not be restricted to Title XQ surveillance. ,
This matter is being closelyCounsel Division.
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Attention; Office of Legal Counsel
,john C. Keeneycting Assistant Attorney General
Criminal DivisionSUBJECT: f\
Pounding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C ,v. William B. Saxbe, et al. (D.D.C.) Civil Action No.74-744
Enclosed herewith for your information and files iscopy of Defendants' Motion to Modify the Court's Ordersof October 23, 1974 and April 22, 1975 Directing LimitedInquiry with supporting memorandum and a proposed order,filed May 22, 1975, in the subject civil action.
There are also enclosed copies of a subpoena to andnotice of deposition of Earl A. Connor, Staff Supervisor,Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., on June 16, 1975 at-the offices of plaintiff's counsel, Seymour and Patton, 1Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C., filed May 16, 1975,in the subject civil action. We shall discuss this discovestep with you in the near future.
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The Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C, ,Inc. v. William B. Saxbe. et al , . Civil Action No. 74-744
Attnt James Robinson* Esq. . . , ' . . . •• . General Crimes Section •- " .. '; . . ' .„.-,
Pursuant to your telephone conversation with Robert Rankin of thisoffice on August 7* 1874* we transmit herewith a copy of the complaintand a motion to compel recently filed by plaintiff. For your Information*we will briefly summarise the history of mis litigation.
Plaintiff alleges in the complaint oat aa illegal wiretap was placedon one of its telephone* by the FBI* sad seeks an injunction and moneydamages pursuant 18 U.S.C. 3S20. A motion for a temporary restrainingorder was filed by plaintiff* supported by as affidavit of Terry A. Bibbs*an officer of plaintiff, who averred mat as she was attempting to placea call from one of plaintiff* s telephones she was interrupted by a malevoice which stated bis name was Bob Wiclomore. that he was a specialagent of the FBI* and that he was operating a switchboard for fte FBI
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At a hearing on the motion* we submitted as affidavit of Jdm M.ICcDermott* the Special Agent in charge of the Washington Field Officeof the FBI. The affidavit stated mat a search of the FBI files indicatedfeat Hataotimehas the FBI conducted any form of electronic surveillanceon fee Founding Church of Scientology. ••** and that FBI files indicate
' that there is no past or present employee by the aame Bob Widomoreor any phonetic variation thereof. We argued that this affidavit dearlyorercome the allegations of plaintiff supported by the hearsay* speculative*wad rather remarkable affidavit ot Tarry Bibbs and required denial «fthe motion for temporary restraining order as well as dismissal of themtit. _ . . - ' " • - > " - • • •. ••- • . / -
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Judge Richey denied the application for temporary restraining orderbut Indicated that plaintiff would be allowed to take an expedited deposi-tion of Mr. McDermott to clarify certain points In the "general" affidavit.One of the Judge's concerns was whether a wiretap would be encompassedby the term "electronic surveillance" as used In the affidavit.
The deposition was taken on June 21, 1974. Mr. McDermott un-equivocally confirmed the statements In his affidavit and further explainedthat any requests for FBI wiretaps in D.C. would come through hisoffice, that FBI index cards relating to plaintiff would reference whetherelectronic surveillance was ever conducted on plaintiff's telephone eitherIn conjunction with an Investigation of the Church or any Individual knownto use the telephone.
At tiie deposition* plaintiff's counsel attempted to make a detailedinquiry Into the Internal operations of the local FBI office* includingstaffing, details of processing wiretap applications, Investigativetechniques and the technical method of conducting a wiretap. %t ob-jected to theee questions a* being outside the scope of the depositionas we interpreted Judge Ridley's order, as being Irrelevant in lightof Mr. McDermott's testimony mat no wiretaps had even been placedon plaintiffs telephones, and. In part* on grounds of privilege. Onadvice of counsel* Mr. McDermott refused to answer these questions.
Plaintiff has now filed a motion to compel answers, a copy of whichis attached. Our response Is due on August 14* 1974* Ve hope to beto position to not only oppose the motion but also file a motion for summaryjudgment. Since most of the law in me area of alleged Illegal wire-tap* has apparently developed In Hie criminal field, w« would appreciateany assistance that you might be able to provide, particularly as to the•xtent of (he Government's burden in overcoming plaintiff's assertionsand any Information concerning plaintiff's argument to part 1 mt teein ymppyftdrHTv supporting Its motion*
Mr. Robert Rankfn of this office has been principally assigned toconduct the defense of mis case* and stands ready to discuss It withyou at your convenience. His telephone somber Is 416-73&2.
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DirectorFederal Bureau of Investigation
Attention: Office of Legal Counsel"*"" ' ichard L. Thornburgh
Assistant Attorney General«UBjECT£^riminal Division
\Found_ing church of Scient^olgy of Washington, D.C., inc. ,"v. William ~B.Saxbe, ~et"al . . (D.D.C.) Civil Ac'tion'Ko. 74-744
On August 29, 1975 the Court held a hearing on the motionsand oppositions pending in the subject civil action, copies^ofwhich .have been, forwarded to you with »y memoranda of May*3g,June//20, June 25, SFune So, July.18, and August.il, 1975, subjectas above. The court denied plaintiff's motior/for Rule 37 dis-covery sanctions and also denied* defendants'/renewal of theimotion for summary judgment. In\a modified/form it granteddefendants* May 22, 1975 motion to modify J:ts orders of Octpl23, 1974 and April 22, 1975. \ /
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As a means of resolving the difficult questions posed bydefendants' May 22, 1975 motion to modify the court's orders ofOctober 23, 1974 and April 22, 1975 it was agreed in a colloquyamong the court and counsel for the respective parties thatthe discovery directed by those orders would proceed by way of k ioral deposition, the transcripts to be placed under sealCounsel for the defendants may advise the persons to be deposed^of the pendency and nature of this civil action in advance of tntheir depositions. It was further agreed that defendants'counsel shall identify and designate the persons who may bemost productively deposed with a suggested sequence of deposit jtions. The inquiries set forth in the aforementioned Courtorders shall constitute the deposition questions, subject tosuch amplification as might be reasonably suggested by a depo-nent's responses to the inquiries. Although not set forth inthe written order, the Court did say to plaintiff's counselthat he would expect plaintiff to move to dismiss the civilaction if the results of the depositions lent no support to theallegations of the complaint. Plaintiff's counsel, accededthis request. . £•>--/'<• ~-*> 4 jfV
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A copy of the court's order of August 29, 1975 is en-closed for your reference and files, it is requested thatyou advise this Division of the identities and positiondescriptions of the personnel who were engaged in warrant-less (non-court-ordered) electronic surveillance of tele-phone communications in the Washington Field office onApril 30, 1974. Plaintiff's counsel appears to be approach-ing the details of handling the depositions in a spirit ofreasonableness and adaptability, and we do not anticipatedifficulties in scheduling the depositions in a manner leastdisruptive to operations of the Washington Field Office. Aprompt reply, however, to this memorandum is requested.
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FROM: SAC, WFO ( 6 6 - 7 7 9 )
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A revie * of available attendance records revealedthat of the SAs, Special Clerks (SCs) and Interpreter/Translatorslisted on attachment^ to referenced airtel, the followingdid not work,>ofr 4/30/74: _ ^ i U(,
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In this civil action, an officer of plaintiffsubmitted an affidavit averring that as she was attemptingto place a call on one of plaintiff's telephones, shewas interrupted by a male voice who stated he wasBob Wiclomore, a Special Agent of tlie FBI and that hewas operating an FBI switchboard and monitoring theon plaintiff's phone. Alleging that an illegal wiretapwas placed on one of its telephones, plaintiff seeks aninjunction and money damages. The Government proceededto move for summary judgment, denying plaintiff'sallegations and filing an appropriate affidavit of anFBI official.
The court then entered an order specifyingthat the Government's motion for summary judgment shallbe continued until the completion of discovery procedures.As to discovery, the order specified that defendants shl
* make wcittSPmfxixyot the Agent orAgents within the Washington Field Officeof the Federal Bureau of Investigation whowere conducting electronic surveillance onor about April 30, 1974, including any Agentor Agents who were then, but are notpresently, with the F.B_.I., as to whetherany agent, (a) was personally connected
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on a telephone line (specifically telephonenumbers 232-0223, 232-6296, 232-8602,367-6605, and 367-6606) due to the mal-functioning of an automatic recordationdevice, (b) engaged in the following con-versation, or a conversation similar there-to, as a result of such connection:
Unidentified Party: •Is someone on the line?1
Agent: 'Yes'
Unidentified Party: *Who is it?1
Agent: 'This is Bob Wiclomore, Special Agent,FBI. Who is this? Are you with theFBI?1
Unidentified Party: VI just dialed threedigits of the number and wasconnected with you.'
Agent: 'I am on the switchboard monitoring yourcalls. Did you request that your callsbe monitored?'
Unidentified Party; *Nof
Agent: 'All conversations on this line are beingtape recorded by an automatic device whichhas apparently malfunctioned, putting meon the line. What line is this?1
Unidentified Party: 'I didn't order a tap on my
telephone.'
Agent: 'The name I gave you was false.1
(Conversation terminated).and, (c) has ever used the alias of 'BobWiclomore'...."
CONTINUED - OVER
Legal Counsel to Mr. AdamsRe: Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C., Inc. v. Sax be,- et
By memorandum dated 9/9/75, copy with enclosureattached, the Assistant Attorney General, CriminalDivision, advised that on 8/29/75, the court entered anamended order, stating that the discovery directedby its earlier order is to proceed by oral deposition.The order specifies:
"....Plaintiff may take the depositions uponoral examination, pursuant to the FederalRules of Civil Procedure, of those persons whowere and presently are employed by theFederal Bureau of Investigation in theElectronic Surveillance Monitoring Unit of theWashington Field Office on April 30, 1974,for the purpose of propounding to them thequestions set forth or incorporated in the saidorder of April 22, 197{53. The deposition trans-cripts shall be placed under seal of the Court,and the parties and their counsel shall makeno disclosure thereof. Counsel for defendantsmay advise each deposition witness in advanceof his deposition of the nature and pendencyof this case...."
•The Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,then requested that we advise him of the identitiesand position descriptions of the personnel who were en-gaged in warrantless (non-court-ordered) electronicSurveillance of telephone communications in WFO on4/30/74.
By airtels dated 9/15/75 and 9/22/75,WFO furnished information requested by the Department.
On 9/21/75, Gordon Daiger, DepartmentalAttorney handling this matter, advised that plaintiff'scounsel is approaching these depositions in a spirit ofreasonableness and that the depositions will be scheduledin a manner least disruptive to Washington Field Office.
CONTINUED - OVER
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RECOMMENDATIONS;
1 . That t h e a t tached memorandum t o t h eA s s i s t a n t At torney Genera l /be approved and s e n t
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UNITED STATES GOVER^^ENT
MemorandumDirector
: Federal Bureau of InvestigationAttention: Office of Legal Counsel
©ATE: June 25, 1975
C. KeeneyActing Assistant Attorney GeneralCriminal Division
SUBJECT:./"Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C.,
Inc. v . William B. Saxbe, et a l .(D.D.C.) Civil Action No. 74-744
Reference is made to my memorandum of June 20, 1975,subject as above.
Enclosed herewith for your information and files is acopy of defendants' Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion forDiscovery Sanctions, filed in the subject civil action onJune 23, 1975.
On June 19, 1975, the District Court denied withoutopinion defendants' Motion to Quash Subpoena and to VacateNotice of Oral Deposition, a copy of which was forwarded wiand discussed in my referenced memorandum. Consequently, tdeposition of Earl A. Connor will be held at 9:30 a.m. onJuly 2, 1975, in the office of plaintiff's counsel, Seymourand Patton, 1225 Connecticut Avenue, K. W., Washington,An attorney from this Division representing the defendari1
will attend in order to cross-examine and make appropriateobjections.
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Directorfederal Bureau of InvestigationAttention: Office of Legal Counsel
>uJ-$ohn C. KeeneyActing Assistant Attorney GeneralCriminal Division
SUBJECT^Pounding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C ,Inc. v. William B. Saxbe, et al.(D.D.C.) Civil Action No. 74-744 •
DATE: June 30, 1975
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Reference is made %o my memorandum of June 25, 1975,subject as above.
Enclosed herewith for your information and filesare Plaintiffs' Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants' Motionto Quash and Vacate Third Party Deposition Subpoena and Notice,and the Court's Order of June 19, 1975, permitting the depo- Asition of Mr. Earl A. Connor to be held. As noted in ftreferenced memorandum, the deposition will take place on rilJuly 2, 1975. [^f
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MemorandumDirector
. Federal Bureau of InvestigationAttention: Office of Legal Counsel
uOfuofcn C. KeeneyActing Assistant Attorney GeneralCriminal Division
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SUBJECT:Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C.,Inc. v. William B. Saxbe, et al.(D.D.C.) Civil Action No. 74-74 4
Enclosed herewith for your information and files areplaintiff's Motion for Discovery Sanctions, filed in thesubject civil action on June 2, 1975, and defendants' Motionto Quash Subpoena and to Vacate Notice of Oral Deposition, whichwas filed on June 12, 1975. The Motion for Discovery Sanctionsappears to be an opposition to Defendants' Motion to Modify thfCourt's Orders of October 23, 1974 and April 22, 1975 DirecLimited Inquiry, which was forwarded to you with my memoraof May 28, 1975, subject as above. We have moved for an etension of time in which to oppose the motion for sanctions
There was a hearing on June 16, 1975, on defendants'Motion to Quash Subpoena and to Vacate Notice of Oral DeposSince it appears that testimony developed by deposition ofMr. Connors could be helpful in the defense of this civilwe believe that it is not in defendants' best interestsvent the deposition from taking place altogether, butto identify in advande the information *rtiich plaintifentitled to develop at the deposition and to Restrict thscope of examination by obtaining a ruling from the Court.Consequently, it was stressed during oral argument that it"isincumbent upon plaintiff to identify^the information whichplaintiff intended to develop through Mr. Connor, and to^obtain the Court's approval before doing so.
The deposition of Earl A. Connor of the Chesapeake andPotomac Telephone Co., which had been-set for June 16, 1975,was continmotion toJune 19
In ligpermit theto develop fthat there wa
pending the Court's ruling upon the aforementioned;h and to vacate. The Court,^ave plaintiff untille an opposition and proposed order', -j __ Iss x-
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descriptions of the personnel l*p %pre engaged inwarrantless <non-c<mrt-ordered) electronic eurreitelephone ooasmnications ia WTO on 1^pril 10, 1974
Enclosed i s a aocwnent which sets forth in-foraatioa responsiTe to your request.
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l^OTE: Based on memo L<fega 5Coiiiisel to Mr. Adams, 10/2/75,captioned as abo^,-GMLrjcr.
MATERIAL ATTACHE
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WILLIAM B. 6AXBE, At al.<D.D.C.)CIVIL ACTION MO. 74-744
drtels sated tAS/75 mad t/22/75.
Tn this civil action, an officer of plaintiffsubmitted an affidavit averring that as she vas attemptingto place a call on one of plaintiff'a telephones, shevas interrupted by a male voice who stated fee vasBob Wiclomore, a Special Agent of the FBI, and that bevas operating an FBI switchboard and monitoring the calls .on plaintiff's phone. Alleging that an illegal wiretap / /vas placed on one of its telephones, plaintiff seeks aninjunction and money damages. The Government proceededto move for summary judgment, denying plaintiff'sallegations and filing an appropriate affidavit of anFBI official.
The court proceeded to enterthat the Government's motion forbe soatinued until the completion ofAs to discovery, the order specified
an order specifyingjudgment shall
discovery procedures.it defendants shall
vpltten InquirJ^of tHe' Agentvita^n the Washington Field OfficeFederal Bureau of Investigation vho
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NOTE: Based on memo Legal Counsel to Mr. Adams, 10/2A5,captioned as abeve, GML:jcr.
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WILLIAM B« M A I M ,
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MemorandumDirector, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Attention: Office of Legal Counsel OATE: V^S 2l > 1 9 7 5
Richard L. Thornburgh^Assistant Attorney General
, „ Criminal Division
^pjandin^ Church of Scientology j>f_JfajBMngtpnj,__DJL_CJ,Inc. v. William B."*"Saxbe, et al. (DTD.C.) Civil ActionNo. 74-744
Enclosed herewith for your information and files is acopy of RENEWAL OF DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENTAND SUPPLEMENT TO THEIR MAY 22, 1975 MOTION TO MODIFY THEORDERS OF OCTOBER 23, 1974 AND APRIL 22, 1975, which wasfiled in the subject civil action on July 18, 1975.Exhibit A, which consists of 20 pages from the depositiontranscript of Mr. Earl A. Connor of the Chesapeake andPotomac Telephone Company, has not been included herewithbecause other arrangements have been made to provide youwith a copy of the entire 115-page transcript.
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S / - Richard L. Thornburgh\'s Assistant Attorney General£ Criminal Division
SUBE^- ^•* CT' Founding Church of Scientology of Washington,.!). C ,
Inc. v. l.illiam D. Saxbe, et al. {D.D.C.J Civil Actioni:o. 74-744
Enclosed herewith for your information and files is acopy of RENEWAL OF DEFENDANTS' KOTIOK FOR SUKMAFA' JUDGMENT
-' MW SUPPLE-^iNT TO TilEIR MAY 22, 1S75 MOTIOt,- TO MODIFY THEORDERS OF OCTOBER 23, 1974 AND APiUL 22, 1975, which wasfiled in the subject civil action on July 10, 1975.Exhibit A, vhich consistsof 20 pages from the depositiontranscript of Ilr. i:arl A, Connor of the Chesapeake andPotor.»ac Telephone Company, has not been included herewithbecause other arrangeTT>en|:s have been made to provide youv/ith a copy of the entire 115-page transcript.
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MemorandumTO : Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation DATE: August 12, 1975
Attention: Office of Legal Counsel
V9XM./T'. Richard L. Thornburgh^ s i s t a n t Attorney General
$ Criminal Division*UBJECT: The bounding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C ,
Inc. v. William B. Saxbe, et al. (D.D.C.) Civil ActionNo. 74-744
-ll Enclosed herewith for your information and files isa copy of Plaintiff's Reply to Defendants1 Renewal of :
Motion for Summary Judgment. A copy of defendants' notionwas forwarded to you with my memorandum dated July 21, 1975,subject as above.
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*ROM yi >*ichard L. Thornburghfit^Assistant Attorney General
Criminal DivisionSUBJECT: Q 'I " rounding Church of Scientology of V7ashington, D.C., Inc. / C
v. Uilliam E. Saxbe, et a l . , Civil Action No. 74-744 (D.D.C.) '
Reference is made to my telegram bearing date-time group161455S, subject as above, which authorized certain personnelof the Washington Field Office to give deposition testimonyin the subject c ivi l action.
The court order which occasioned the aforementionedtestimony posed unusual requirements in that it contemplateddeposing as many as approximately -4G persons who were assignedto the electronic surveillance monitoring unit of the V.'asliingtonField Office in April 1974. Uhile the court order did establishrestrictions on the scope of deposition inouiry by plaintiff'scounsel, the area of inquiry was nevertheless a potentiallysensitive and difficult one. Essential to the use of the testi-mony as an adequate factual basis for obtaining an order ofdismissal or suimary judgment for the federa^defendantEwas the j>\rcooperation of the Supervisor-Special Agent,fUHHHIPof the'Kashington FielS Office, liis cooperation and appreciation ofthe factual record that we needed to develop under the peculiarcircumstances of this civil action were instrumental in bringingthis case to the apparent threshold of a successful conclusion.
In preparing himsel^ana^diejaersojmel under his super-vision for deposition,t(HHBp|BBcapably grasped the balancebetween the security intSrest^oftiis office and personnel onthe one hand and the need for relevant information in the caserecord on the other. At the conelusic-nof^^n-depositions inless than two hours, including H H H f l H B H own, plaintiff'scounsel stated that he was persuauec^Sy^^^s facts developedin the testimony during the morning of October 17, 1975, that
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he had no basis for further maintenance of this civil actionagainst personnel of the FBI. Consequently, we anticipatefavorable termination of this litigation in the near future.
It should be noted that compliance with the court'sdiscovery order presented a significant problem of preparing
—several 4ozen persons to testify, some of them no longerassigned to the Washington Field Office, and the additionalproblem of having them later available on a standby basis in
an uncertain deposition sequence and schedule.__ >-handled these problems skillfully and with a
minimum burden either on the time of his personnel or on thedepartmental attorney's time. As a result, all potentialwitnesses were v/ell prepared for the depositions, and thosewho testified did so convincingly.
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Legal Counsel
JNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGYOF WASHINGTON, D.C., INC. , V.WILLIAM B. SAXBE, et al.(D.D.C.)CIVIL ACTION NO. 74-744
In this civil action, an officer of plaintiff .submitted an affidavit averring that on 4/30/74, as she was ,yj'.attempting to place a call on one of plaintiff's telephones, 'she was interrupted by a male voice who stated he wasBob Wiclomore, a Special Agent of the FBI, and that he wasoperating an FBI switchboard and monitoring the calls onplaintiff's phone. Alleging that an illegal wiretap wasplaced on one of its telephones, plaintiff seeks an in-junction and money damages. The Government proceeded to movefor summary judgment, denying plaintiff's allegations andfiling an appropriate affidavit of an FBI official (formerWFO SAC 3. J. McDermott),
The court proceeded to enter an order specifying //that the Government's motion for summary judgment shall be Icontinued until the completion of discovery procedures, i.e/,oral deposition of personnel at WFO who were monitoring on4/30/74.
By airtel dated 10/3/75, SAC, WFO, was furnishedpertinent background information regarding this matter andadvised that the depositions would be scheduled in a mannerleast disruptive to his office.
By telegram dated 10/16/75, copy attached, theAssistant Attorney General, -Criminal Division, authorizedcertain personnel of the Washington Field Office to submitto oral depositions on 10/17/75, at WFO.
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On 10/17/75, Gordon Daiger,Departmental Attorney handling this civil action, advisedthat ten monitoring personnel at WFO were deposed thatmorning. Mr. Daiger complimented the cooperation of WFOpersonnel and in particular, theableassistance and pro- , ,.fessionalism of WFO Supervisor Vjj[j|^^HH|Hflp Mr* Daiger bpalso stated that as a result of^ne^epos^^rons, the Govern-ment was able to establish the following: that no FBI em-ployee engaged in the activity alleged in the complaint inthis civil action, i.e., wiretapping or a conversation withan employee of plaintiff on 4/30/74; that FBI employeesengaged in telephone monitoring at WFO cannot speak or beheard on a monitored line; and that FBI technicians at WFOhave the ability to speak or be heard on a monitored linebut that in fact no WFO technician engaged in any of theactivity alleged in the complaint.
Mr. Daiger added 1:hat following the depositions,Thomas E. Patton, counsel for plaintiffs, commented that hesaw no need to conduct further discovery relative to theFBI. Daiger stated that in the next several weeks, theDepartment will file the transcripts and depositions withthe Court under seal. If plaintiffs themselves do not moveto dismiss this suit, the Government will renew its motionfor summary judgment.
On 10/20/75, f H H H H H j H J H r WF0 SuPerviBOr' l^jfi -advised that WFO will op£r^sninTer<5eption of Communicationsinvestigation concerning the activity alleged in the complaintin this civil action and asked whether the Department wouldObject to such an investigation, given the fact that this civilaction is still pending. This matter was discussed withMr. Daiger on 10/20/75, at which time he advised he would con-sider the matter and make the Department's views known to theBureau. On 10/28/75, Mr. Daiger advised the Department has nojection to WFO conducting an Interception of Communicationsinvestigation concerning the alleged interception in thismatter, provided that no one affiliated with plaintifforganization is interviewed at this time. Daiger explainedthat members of plaintiff organization feel they are thesubject of Government harassment and that interview of - • .
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WILLIAM B. SAXBE, et al. (D.D.C.) CIVIL ACTION NO. 74-744
individuals affiliated with plaintiff concerning this mattercould be so interpreted by them, thus causing possible prob-lems relative to the successful termination of this civilaction. Mr. Daiger feels reasonably certain that as a resultof the recent depositions conducted at WFO the suit will beresolved shortly.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
and sent.1. That the attached letter to WFO by approved
2. That the attached memorandum to the Departmentbe approved and sent.
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TO : Mr. Cochran DATE. November 10, 1975
RO\* = W. E. Harvard
SUBJECT: DEP' AND
FOUimiHG-CHURGll OF SCIEUXQL
WILLIAM B. SAXBE, ET ALDISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIACIVIL ACTION NO. 7 4 - 7 4 4
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This memorandum reports the tise onjLO/17/75, from SAs _^_____^_
Twho are now assigned to cne cryptoEngineering Section, Division 7,,but
who were assigned to the Washington Field Office (WFO)during the period of inquiry.THE CASE
This is a civil action in which one Miss Terry Hibbs,an officer of plaintiff, Founding Ch\irch *©f Scientology ofWashington, D.C., averred that in attempting to place acall on one of plaintiff's telephones she was interrupted bya male voice stating he was Bob Wicloraore, a Special Agentof the FBI, and that lie was operating a switchboard andmonitoring calls on plaintiff s telephone. Alleging thatan illegal wiretap was placed on its telephone, plaintiffseeks an injunction and money damages.
MOTION
The Government moved for summary Judgment denyingplaintiff's allegations and filing an appropriate affidavitof an FBI official. ThejCfurt order a stay of the Government's
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motion for summary judgment until the completion of discoveryprocedures. The taking of depositions from persons employedby the FBI in the "Electronic Surveillance Monitoring Unitj^h Washington Field Office on April 30, 1974," including
• • • [ was ordered by the court in this discovery
DEPOSITIONS . - 10/17/75
Deponents presented themselves individually onthe morning of 10/17/75, in Room 502, Old Post OfficeBuilding, Washington, D.C. (WDC). Present were counsel forplaintiff, Thomas E. Patton of WDC, counsel for defense,Gordon W. Daiger of the U.S. Department of Justice, and Clerkof the District Court for the District of Columbia, GeorgeOglesby who administered the oath to deponents, confirmedtheir identity, andstenotyped their depositions.
Being duly sworn, each deponent in turn was askedthe following questions by plaintiff's counsel Patton:
, 1. Did you, during the period January 1, 1974through April 30, 1974, initiate a request or prepare, approveor reject an application for electronic surveillance underTitle III of the Omnibus Crime Control Act or otherwiseengage In, approve, reject, or have «ny knowledge of electronicsurveillance of any telephone subscribed to by the FoundingChurch of Scientology of Washington, D.C, (specificallytelephone numbers 232-0223, 232-6296, 232-8602, 367-6605, and367-6606)?
2. On or about April 30, 1974, were you personallyconnected on a telephone line (specifically telephone numbers232-0223, 232-6296, 232-8602, 367-6605* and 367-6606) due tothe malfunctioning of a recording device?
3. On or about April 30, 1974 did you engage inthe following conversation, or one similar to it, whether as aresult of the above mentioned connection or otherwise?
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Terry Hibbs: "Is someone on the line?"
Unidentified Party: "Yes."
Terry Hibbs: "Who is it?"
Unidentified Party: "This is Bob Wiclomore, Special Agent, FBI.Who is this? Are you with the FBI?"
Terry Bibbs:
Unidentified Party:
I just dialed three digits of the number and vasconnected with you."
"I am on the switchboard monitoring yourcalls. Did you request that your callsbe monitored?"
Terry Hibbs: "No."
Unidentified Party: 'All conversations on this line are beingtape recorded by an automatic device whichhas apparently malfunctioned, putting me onthe line. Whit line is this?"
Terry Hibbs: tfI didn't order a tap on my telephone."
Unidentified Party: "The name I gave you was false."
(Conversation terminated)
A. Have you ever used the alias, "Bob Viclomore", or aphonetic variant of that name, or known of the use of such aliasby any other person?
To each of the above questions ,]^in the negative. Patton then asked if deponjsame positions, again drawing negations frcPatton, additionally, asked Wade his present positionWade replied he is now assigned to the FBI Laboratory.
^Defense counsel Daiger drew affirmative responses fromFandflHBHBto the question: "During the period of
Fanuary r^iw^^hrough April 30, 1974, were you assigned in theWashington Field Office under the supervision oi
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Concluding, Mr. Patton noted thatthe first deponent that day, testified that it isfor a monitor to speak on the telphone line withbeing monitored on that line. Fatton also quotedstatement that it is possible for a technically traineperson to so engage in such a conversatdeponent agreed that that was so. Bothindividually, confirmed the accuracy of bothstatements.
(End of sworn testimony)
You will be informed of any further development inthis matter.
ACTION: None. For information.
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MemorandumTO
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Director, FBI DATE: November 19, 1975Attention: Office of Legal Counsel RLTsRLK:GWDaiger:mlh.
L.'ThornburghAssistant Attorney GeneralCriminal Division
ounding Church of Scientology o f
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William B. Saxbe,etal., Civil Action No. 7*r7'WiDDTP:C.)
A transcript of the deposition testimony in the subject •,civil action taken on October 17, 1975 of the followin !>^F.B.I. employees is enclosed'
___ sign the trans-cript at the signature spaces provided at the concluding pageof each deponent*s testimony. It is not necessary for thesignatures to be notarized.
We have notified the reporting service of the follow-ing errors which, if not corrected, would appear to affectthe sense of a witness* testimony: "
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Page 8, line 17 — line^ However, there
Page 19, line 13 — would be heard
Please advise of any other errors requiring correctionexcept for typographical and punctuation errors that dnot impede the reader's understanding of the transcriNo changes or corrections should be made on the enclostranscript. ^ ^
Please return the signed transcript at your earliest'opportunity so that we may file Jft with the c
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'MemorandumTO : Director, FBI .
^•Attention: Office of Legal Counsel
*ROM ^-*^Lchard L. ThornburghAssistant Attorney GeneralCriminal Division
SUBJECT:
f-Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc. v.William B. Saxbe, et al., Civil Action No. 74-744 (D.D.C.)
Attached is a notice of deposition in the above civilaction of Officers Robert Condon and Lowell Duckett of the .Metropolitan Police Department, Washington, D.C. vBy agree-ment of counsel, the depositions have been adjourned to9:30 A.M. on January 20, 1976.
The rationale behind these depositions is plaintiff'sbelief that the F.B.I, procured members of the MetropolitanPolice Department to conduct warrantless electronic surveil-lance of the plaintiff organization's telephone conversatioPlaintiff's counsel apparently believes that the above men-tioned witnesses are capable of giving testimony regardingsuch an allegation.
We would like to have any information available to yobearing on the above allegation, including any information,explanation, or suggestions which would assist us in con-clusively rebutting it at the deposition, if the allegationis indeed unfounded.
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Mr. MintzMr. LaturnoFile
OP WASHINGTON, D.C., INC. V.WILLIAM B. SAXBE, et al.CIVIL ACTION MO. 74-744 D.D.C.BODEDt 1/12/76
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By memorandum dated 12/17/75/ oopy withenclosure attached, the AAG, Criminal Division, advisedthat Officers Robert Condon and Lowell Duekett of theMetropolitan Police Department <MPD), Washington, D.C.,will, fee deposed in captioned civil action on 1/20/76.Plaintiffs apparently believe that the FBI procuredof the MPD to conduct warrantless electronic surveillanplaintiff organisation. The AAG requested availableinformation bearing on this allegation, including anyinformation which would assist the Department In rebuttingthe allegation.
Please review appropriate files in your officeand furnish information responsive to the Department'srequest by LHM to the Bureau, Attentions Legal CounselDivision, by
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® m In this civil action, an officer of plaintiffsubmitted an affidavit averring that on 4/30/74, as she wasattempting to place i call on one of plaintiff's telephones,she was interrupted by a ©ale voice who stated he wasBob Wiclomore, a Special Agent of the FBI, and that he wasoperating an FBI switchboard and monitoring the calls onplaintiff's phone. Alleging that an illegal wiretap wasplaced on one of its telephones, plaintiff seeks an injunctionand money damages.
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FOUNDING CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGYOF WASHINGTON, D.C, INC.
v.WILLIAM B. SAXBE, et al.
CIVIL ACTION NO. 74-744 D.D.C. ,.
Washington Field Office of the Federal Bureauof Investigation has reviewed its files regarding theplaintiff and the defendant in this matter and there isIndication that At any time did Washington Field Officerequest the warrantless electronic surveillanceof the plaintiff ; organization by the Metropolitan * ,Police Department of Washington, D.C. Further there Isno Indication that the Washington Field Office has requestedany information from the Metropolitan Police Departmentof Washington, D.C. regarding eaptioned plaintiff. ,
Aehecl^of the Indices of theJfeshingtonField
several referencesregir^Hg^H^e namesnowever^here is-mot sufficient information available to determine if theyare identical' A review of the references shows no infor-mation which would Indicate any Information was requested ofor received from these Individuals regarding plaintiff
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TO / : Director, Federal Bureau ofInvestigationAttention: Legal Counsel Division
V1* Richard L. ThornburghAssistant Attorney General
SUBJECT: Criminal Division
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We are pleased to advise you that Judge Richey onJanuary 23, 1976, signed the enclosed order entering summaryjudgment against the plaintiff. This judgment includes twonegative findings of fact to the effect that there was noevidence that the Attorney General authorized electronicsurveillance of the plaintiff's telephone lines and noevidence that any employee of the F*B.I. intercepted telephonecommunications of the plaintiff organization. The negativefindings are therefore res judicata. The signatures indicatingconsent of the parties, while an unusual procedure, wererequested by Judge Richey and appear to preclude appeal onRule 56 or substantive grounds.
There is also enclosed for your records a copy of aninternal memorandum summarizing the depositions which werethe subject of my memorandum dated December 17, 1975,subject as above. The order of January 23, 1976, of courseconcludes the matter.
Please notify ithe appropriate personnel in your Bureauof the court** action.
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SUBJECT- Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D.C., Inc.v.William B. Saxbe, et al.. Civil Action Mo. 74-744 (D.D.C)
There veredepositions of two Washington MetropolitanPolice Department officers in the office of Seymour & Pattonon Jan. 20, 1976. ' The deponents were Officer Lowell Duckettand Officer Robert"Condon. ?hey were represented by Mr.RichardBrooks of the General Counsel's Office of the MetropolitanPolice Department. Mr. Terry Birkel of Seymour & Pattonconducted the deposition. Other counsel present were AUSAPeter Riley, Mr. Ed Kohn of the office of General Counsel, CIA,and Gordon Daiger of the Department of Justice. Thedepositions were in the nature of consolidated discoveryin civil actions numbered 74-744 and 75 -1048 the latterbeing the Church of Scientology's Freedom of Informationsuit against the CIA.
With respect to the wiretap case^laintiff^counsel askedboth witnesses whether they had any knowledge, either director indirect, of the Metropolitan Police Department's conductingany electronic surveillance on any of the locations inWashington, t).C. of the Founding Church of Scientology.
Plaintiff•$ counsel's questions were framed in a mannerto include electronic surveillance conducted by M.t.D.on its on initiative; or pursuant to a request by anyFederal investigative agency, including FBI, CIA, amd IRS.Both witnesses responded to all such questions negativelyand with a conclusiveness that preempted room for any furtherspeculation that the Founding Church of Scientology was atany time in the Washington, D.C. area a subject of electronicsurveillance,at least ijCsdOtar as these witnesses knew.(These witnesses appeared for deposition pursuant to subpoenacaused to be issued by plaintiff's counsel.)
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At the conclusion of the deposition Mr. Thomas Patton toldMr. Daiger that he would telephone him about the subject casebefore the status call scheduled before Judge Ritchie at9:30 am,Jan. 23, 1976.
Mr. Daiger did not order a copy of the transcript of thedeposition because it appeared that under Judge Bitchie'sprodding, the plaintiff had little choice but to dismiss civilaction number 74-744 if the deposition proved fruitless. Forthe record, however, the reporter and notary at the depositionwas Mr. James Oglesby of the fina of Stewart, Poe & Oglesby,Inc.,711 14th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005
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OF WASHINGTON., _!>, C.^ INC. v.WILLIAM B". SAXBE, et al.(D.D.C.yCIVIL ACTION NO. 74-744
PURPOSE:
To advise that the court granted the Government * smotion for summary judgment in this civil action and that theDepartment interposes no objection to WFO conducting aninterception of communications investigation concerning analleged wiretap on the telephones of plaintiff organizationon 4/30/74.
SYNOPSIS?
In this civil action, an officer of plaintiffsubmitted an affidavit averring that on 4/30/74, as sheattempting to place a call on one of plaintiff's telephoishe was interrupted by a male voice who stated he wasBob Wiclomore, a Special Agent of the FBI, and that he weoperating an FBI switchboard and monitoring the calls on>plaintiff's phone. Alleging that an illegal wiretap wasplaced on one of its telephones, plaintiff sought an in-junction ahd mopey damages. The court subsequently enteredsummary judgment In this civil action and found there was noevidence that the Attorney General authorized electronicsurveillance of plaintff's telephone lines and that therewas no evidence that any employee of the FBI interceptedtelephone communications of plaintiff organization. Inasmuchas the time for appeal in this civil action has been exhausted,the Department «ow interposes no objection to WFO conducting aninterception of communications investigation concerning this
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WILLIAM B. SAXBE, et al. (D.D.C.) CIVIL ACTION NO. 74-744
RECOMMENDATION;
1. That the attached memorandum to the AAG CriminalDivision be approved and sent.
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In this civil action, an..officer of plaintiffsubmitted an affidavit averring that on 4/30/7Af as she wasattempting to place a call on one of plaintiff's telephones,she was interrupted by a male "Voice who stated he wasBob Wiclomore, a Special Agent of the FBI, and that he wasoperating an FBI switchboard and monitoring the calls onplaintiff's phone. Alleging that an illegal wiretap wasplaced on one of its telephones, plaintiff sought an in-junction and money damages. The Government proceeded to movefor summary judgment, denying plaintiff's allegations andfiling an appropriate affidavit of an FBI official (formerWFO SAC J. J. McDermott).
The corart proceeded to enter an order specifyingthat the Government's motion for summary judgment shall becontinued until the completion of discovery procedtires, i.e.,oral deposition of personnel at WFO who were monitoring on4/30/74. On IJ0/17/7S, ten personnel'at WFO who were engagedin warrantless (iioa-co«r or<de£edi) electronic surveillanceof telephone communications in H§FO on 4/30/74, were deposedin this civil action.
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WILLIAM B. SAXBE, et al. (D.D.C.) CIVIL ACTION NO. 74-744
• On 10/20/75, Agent Supervisor^HHH^pof WFOadvised that WFO would open an interceptionofcommunicationscase concerning the activity alleged in the complaint in thiscivil action, and he asked whether the Department objectedto such an investigation, given the fact that this civilaction was still pending. Because of this civil action,Departmental Attorney Gordon Daiger requested that WFO holdin abeyance any interviews of individuals affiliated withplaintiff organization pending resolution of this civil action.
On 4/8/76, Mr. Daiger advised that on 1/23/76 thecourt entered an order in this lawsuit, copy attached,granting the Government's motion for summary judgment againstplaintiffs. The order included findings of fact that therewas no evidence that the Attorney General authorized electronicsurveillance of plaintiff's telephone lines and no evidencethat any employee of the FBI intercepted telephone communicationsof plaiiltiff organizations.
On 5/2/76, Mr. Daiger advised that the time forappeal by plaintiffs concerning this matter had been exhaustedand that he thus interposed no objection to WFO's conductingan interception Of communications investigation concerningthis matter.
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I advised that our Washingtlon Field Of fic« (WO) plans toconduct am interception of ooBBnmications investigation coa-ceming tbe activities alleged in the oonplalnt in this civilaction but noted that because of the request of Mr. Dalgerof your office, UPO Has holding is abeyance any intervievs ofindividuals affiliated vith plaintiff organization pendingresolution of this civil action.
As you are aware, on daaaary II, 1976, the courtentered an order erranting the Covernaent's aotion for snsnaryjudgnent in this civil action. On May 2f 1976, Mr. Daigerof your office advised that the tiae for appeal by plaintiffshas been exhausted and that he thus interposes no objectionto *F0 conducting an investigation concerning this ssmtter.
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