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DISORGANIZED AND ALMOST POINTLESS. IT DID CONTAIN A LIST OF

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THE DEMONSTRATORS. AT NOONTIME THEY BOARDED A CHARTERED BUS

T0-RETUR*rTO-StIEHTQLOGY HEADQUARTERS IN CLEARVATER.

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INDICATED THAT THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY ANNOUNCED THE FORMATION

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SCIEKTOLOiY HAS FORMED THAT 6ROUP IN RESPONSE 1 0 THE RECENT

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Scientology members dramatize FBI

Chureh of Scientology 1Snarled inLegal Disputes

Described by ihual alternative '-to mere ....churches. Scientology b a i l e e s eai-broiled for y«ars in legal jSiMSepvftr-sies tavolri&g tax, fenmigpatiOD kfttadvertising questions, cenieri&f dowhether it is feaBy a r*Ugioa ormerely. aS some critics claim, expen-sive Bjoosease.

Scientology stems from a bookcalled "Diasetics," by former sciencefiction writer L- Ron Hubbard. «bofounded &.e cburcb in the 1650s.

ScientoJogy Is based on a belief thatthe human spirit is immortal, flawedby memories of painful experience*that can be removed by remembering-.them.

In seeking the "dear." or un-troubled state. Scientologists use elec-trical devices called E-meters, whichchurch members say indicate feelings.About 15 years ago, the Food andEru2 Administration seized iozeasof the me:ers. charging the Scientd-oSisu with falsely advertising sup-posed Emeter medical benefits.

Ultimately the meters were ruled

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A» & last year tfeeVe mtt %i Scietat$gy^burcbes ia.the Uftited States,and 73 around the world. Tbiyclaimed a-rtotal of more than 3 amionmembers. " , ; •

Income conies from paynients^madefor toe churcBes' courses and counsel-ins, aimed at reaching the "clear."Federal investigators say they have,been told by informers that gross re-'cetpu of aj| the U.S. churches may bemore than S10O ttaOion a year.

As of last year only 13 of*be U.S.churches held tax-exempt status, andgovernment investigators have saidmuch of their interest in Scientologystems from tax questions.

Scientology also has faced legal•snarls abroad. As of last year, /orexample, Hubbard was excluded fromEngland, home of the "motherchurch," by government decree.

Hubbard, who makes frequent tripsabroad, was sentenced in absentia inFebruary in a Paris criminal court tofour years in prison on a fraud_ciirge.

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Church "of Scientology documents seized bythe FBI indicate-that the church has been wagingan extensive, sophisticated campaign to iden-tify, attack and discredit its "enemies," includ-ing Justice Department investigators, other pqb-lic officials and inquiring joanialists. . < ~rv~:i

Tb» >attack and destroy" (ampaigo "carried ;

out by tht Cbuxcb of Scientology's "Guardian>Office" to sDence critics has involved iilegai,surveillance, burglaries, forgeries and man?forms of harassment, according to sources dose'to an intensive federal investigation of the*Scientologists' activities. . . - '-. Sources said the "covert operations" docu-mented in the Scientologists' own internal mem- •oranda and directives, which were seized by the'FBI under court subpoena last July, include tb»'"f o l l o w i n g i n c i d e n t s : "••"- ••'"••-.• •••'•• • " ••-?<

ieat6i©gi^<obt|iae3t|e personal sta .of a wtoaafe, typeia bomb thfiit oo iOit to a S&ejJtology office and repotted

^ i t to police. JElie wosiaB, who had writ-.ten 4 book critical of ScienMogy, wa» arre$.f«d,charged With making a bojnb threat, and thencharged with perjury wheo' she denied doing it'She suffered a nervous breakdown before the

i<ase eventually was dismissed. £....', j . \ - ''' r^Scientoiogy.agtnts.staged.a fake hit-and,nm accident designed to compromise a former;^ mayor of Clearwater,. Fla., who had criticized. tbe Scientologists' purchase of a Clearwater jboteL A woman Scientology agent driving a car Iin which the Clearwater mayor was riding here jran into another Scientology ageOt posing as a \pedestrian in Rock Creek Park, sped awayfrom^the scene, and urged tile mayor not to

.-report the "accident" The Scientologists thentried to use the incident against the Clearwatermayor in a political campaign. ';. - ;

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^Scientologists, attempted todiscredit a aearwater rej»rt«|:.byforging,-the rough draft" of- a- news-paper story under ofe. name! 'parport-edly linking Florida politicians to the

[ Mafla.They then passed the. fakedI story to state legislators whom the

reporter was covering. Earlier, thereporter had written^ storier critical

. of .tha Scientologists. .j^* $?<£& s „ • ••••'. • »j5cientoltfgV Cfcoitiyjtfenpenwere placed in at least three govern-ment agencies, t&eausticeJDepartaenVInternal Rev«|iB# g e ^ e , aad Dnpi

-."Enforcement AdmiOistraaon,.to gath- ?/ er Intelligence- and ste'al documents' dealing with agency actions relating^ to tbe Scientology Church. •;>--< .

• A 'campaign was mounted toharass prosecutors who bare beenhandling Scientology cases,- includ-ing calls and background investiga-tions ranging from grades i s schoolto personal habits, •"•*• - | . - .".'.

Asked last night about these al-leged operations, Gregory Layton, aspokesman for toe Church of Scien-

- tology, said the government evidenceis a compilation of "false reports"put oat by the government as part of"20 years of harassment/* Layton saidthe church has extensive documenta-tion to refute t i e exffisBfee, of tbe in-cidents descried in this story. 7 .-*'•

Layton accused th* key federalsecutor in the gcientojoty,tion, Raymond gtnoan of t.»J^wuu«f-

. ing false information i n retaliationfor a demonstraUon yestirday byScientologists against Banoun thatwas staged in front of the Justice

• Department. The demonstration, Lay-ton said, was to protest Banoua's

•'•'•blatant misrepresentations in court,"Banoun yesterady declined to com-

> * ment oh details of the investigation.' Layton said the allegation that theI. Scientologists framed tbe New York' woman with a bomb threat" is typical

of outrageous false statements tbat-some people feel they seed to passon regarding the church." He said •In u i inn had written "many false

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5 The former mayor of Clearwater,Ho. "bar lost some of lgs_aa#Mes,wLaytoo said, and the allegation tbatthe Scientologists fabricating ft newsstory "is ridiculous." ..... "..-,-C:;Tbe ScieiitologisU have contendedin court documents, in press releaseshand UJ interviews that they are theLvictiBu of extensive harassiBent by{•the federal government, %hjoh is at-f^mp^;te--*9Ppre^^ek4fifeB«ion.';. if fa iey 'ha^l i ied *om»»»ts against!;federal inyesttgaiors working on tbep^caie, repeate|& accused the FBI of 1•r€?estaf»rtr*lai^cs • -S&f«c*ffyi»g out#3r»lis,-ial »»ed "rt«ua% evjry federal

o(Sciai;ttey have identified as beinginyolv«|^p>#e^ase. •'.;, .">, * ' ..;* „.

The ^j i to logists ' broadest jnii|* pending a p t e r a l court aerie accuses•nttmerous^goVerriaeBt agencies "merous*: g&VemaeBt agenc

nducting a 20-yes* campaign Mtrate and harass tpe reUgtons grovbUttofe of the tint ASjeBdmeej^sa; «jt jjuTrent federal

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saSon into alleged fllegal breakipsfcnd beggings by the Scientolojiitsbn*y tbe latest aad most visible act

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^ . , . . ^ . . « w aatttfe, anindividual must rid himself of emo-tional constraints through counselingconducted by members of a t church.

The fee* foe this and other servicessustain the church, which is fightinga continuous battle agaisst tbe federaland local governments to preserve itstax-exempt status. .'The. church'swealth Is such that it paid cash for a$23 inillion headquarters.buBding inClearwiter. _ . - • . . - ..-..-. . ..

FBI agents seized truckloads ofScientology document* in simultan-eous raids on church headquartershere and in Lo» Angeles last July 8.

Tit* warrant was bated on informa-tion provided by a former church offi-cial who claimed the church had heav-%y infiltrated'the government andfiat be himself had broken into" gov-ernment offices here and copied docu-ment*, and bad seen copies of a trans-cript of an • IRS meeting1 that theScientologists bad bugged. •• "**

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here and -J L& Aaseies that immed-iately pre »r iri prosecutors and FBIoiSaals f r tj^sg the documents in

U.S. Disrlr Chief Judge VRlliamB. Bry-si *__«_ that the warrant wastoo broad arc _ie search was there-fore illegal. Hi *%s reversed by theU.S. Court sf >.=?ea3$* aiid that appel-late rulics -r_» ej ield by the U.S.Supreme Cocr_.

The Scie_=.a»s_?t$ then began a newlegal assavJi mzhe sanner in whichthe searches' aers and in Los Angeleswere execsi*-. A tos Angeles judgeruled aboct . =;yr_t_> ago kj favor ofthe 2over__vtc: coocernieg the Los ,Anjeles n_6 tsi investigators began "freriewin. i ^ C—icraia documents in ;

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in which "dbe- &_*cjok>gi$t be*di)ttajFSters here _*sf Dttpoot Cifde w»3raided is. S#s? i -a iS 'by' *wlg.#:|5rf i-ant The Lass .earing .in that pro-ceediag is afei-'ssled for te*#?' "•

The docmsesis io joverament pos-session inciat* otaroal meo>oran-uums aile^*_jT u j e o from IBS. 'Jus-tice Depansett ax* Bnruj E6i$»-ce.rsent Ad_9issSfsS&a..Sle*/anff tetailso: covert '•' .stapes- -• Is" *$o#B«ojogymemos attd -ari_«v according so io-fortced sesames, ' . •'

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lone was a ft_i5«!» s M the ©%er'.lln:iideinea_cr. T;e docameot tbeillcondude# _ _ B t » tSm&fr mSst sac]Itessful ••*ac ©esf ^ | . i * e e a Moaies?-,

tead of misdemeanors, one sot )

. According Ho the testimony Ht aformer Scientologist, the church has a'-fair game" doctrine that requiresthe church to attack and destroy itsenemies, - -;• ;

The government's principal inform-.ant. who sought to leave the church,believed that he, too, bad become,fair game, according to government']sources. . •

The Scientologists' confidential pa-pen, according to sources, are filedtr«a the words "identify," "attack,"''destroy" and "enemies," and projectsagainst government agencies -weregiven code names like "Snow White,""Hooter*" and "Witch." '

Asked whether these words wereused in Scientology documents. Lay-ton, the Scientology Church spokes-man, said, "I haven't seen them so Icaj't sty." -^% Esytoja also said that the term'fair game," in the Scientology lexi-con, is sometimes laisitode'cstood.iTbe chart* hat its own Judicial sys»

tern to handle iutersa^-aratters.hesaidWhen ,a ©ember leaves Ibe church he nolonger* hw % "protection" of theScientology judicial iy*tem, .Layton said.'That's what 'fair gameVroeant," he said."We canceled H <tbe term,) years agobecause people wete mitcotbttraing it"

Gabriel Cazares, the former mayorof Clearwater. Fla^ said, ia a tele-phone interview yesterday that be be-came involved with the" <J&urth ofScieatotogy when, he tried to find outthe identity of a group Chat bought a50-year-old hotel it> hi* town.

XVheW he found out thitjthey werecientologists, "I let it be knownat they had lied to public officials.!!ad) had deceived our ministers in It

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. ' "They iu«d me isr * a^lion dol-lars to start with/-C&tates said. Thenne gave more interviews and the Sci-«9tolegist$ sued him for Mother $2jniHioB.hesaid. * " .

"Instead of running for cover asthey expected me to, I sued them forS8 million and my wife sued them forSI million," he said.. Each sidedecided to drop its suitsr Cartressaid, but he is trying to recover $25,-000 he said he spent defending him-self against the Scientologist*.

Cazares, who is now a stockbrokerin Clearwater, spoke at length andin detail about nit involvement withthe Scientologists, but he would notcomment on the hit-and-run Incidentin the District of Columbia that wasdescribed in the Scientologoy docu-ments seized by federal agents. t

The documents-and testimony of thegovernment's informant, according toinformed sources, indicate that churchmembers carefully rehearsed staging

.a- hit and run Occident in the Districtand then executed it in the Sallowingmanner:

When Cazares was in Washingtonfor a mayor's conference in May 1878,»»» m invited to an interview with a

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SCIENTOLOGY, FaropiScientology -publication at arest»M--rant off DuPoat Circle. Cazates ac-cepted, and during the interviewcaught flirtatious glances from a wom-an nearby.

Afterward be aod tfae woman began,conversing and be left with her in hercar, according to {be sources.

As they dnrt* Otfougb NorthwestWashington tee Komat). who w*s her-self a Scientologist apparently Strucka pedestrian at roadside.

The woman then *ped away, ex-plaining 3f>e W2S too scared to stop,hi fact the pedestrian was a Scien-tologist, according to informed scr -ees, and was uninjured.

The mayor, apparently unaware ofthat the driver was a church mem-ber, returned to Florida,, and Scien-tologists theft auem'pted to useagainst him reports &at he had keenin * tofe a«d run aecjdwrt % t mdnot restated it, t ie sources

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C&zattei. who confirmed that he wasin Washington for the mayor's coft-fererce, said t&at the Scientioiogists

l ' hist caused citizens of

-iCJearwater to rally around him'and„.. had. aot&ing Jtfjjp. with, Jhe, fact, be

i». o&w out ot public life. - -Layton, the cburcb spoJcesroan,

denied the.whole account. "That ispretty t«id; he said, "ft sounds like.a plot for a movie."

. Mark Sabteman. a former reporter. for the Clearwater Sun, was identi-

' -fied^in the docuoieats as another tar-* get~bf attaefc. accfenliug to tources

elos* to the invesngftioo. .. .SSbleman bad written newspaper

stories investigating the Scientologistspurchase of tfce old Port BarrisonHotel, and later cootrlbuted to a seriesof articles scrutinizing the church.

Aceordifig to documents in govern-ment possession, when $ableman latercovered, the Florida legislature, tfaeScientologists planted a forged roughdraft of a story^ purportedly by Sable-matt lifting Florida politkiaos to the

. Mali*, ®m$ sex, and other cr&3e$,- ^abJeffiaw, contacted yesterday, W d

Wn ererfieilitr was iueb that he washardly damaged by tbe plant and thee«$et of the plant "was minimal," butbe said he "could aot believe" whathad been done. .

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Author• CriticdFof Scientology Harassed^_o« Shatter >

Inthe OB of 1»S as-tar Paolett-Cooper .'wrote'a {wok: _____ *!__Scaad_} Qf S—~_K—00* 4x1 Hf*otaccort___,to her p_b_s_e_ triesdttamfly _od- lawyeh, _ _ * C ih

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people feel they aee&sto pa_i~onregarding fbe cb_re_,*'?_reg Lay-to_,-j_but_h of SdeotdlegySjpoke*-;

things hjppened U b e rSb* reeetred wpea-srj __epho-t

threatened to ifii; _«I c t t e n . WC p

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Cooper** friends, family, !a*?ersand publisher have alleged in iater-

"•views asd-in a l o o t $utf that it.. was.tbe ScJeniolcfcst* wbo __>t_ited

th<« campaigs. /Tyr allegatloft tbecburcb1 ^ebenexuy de_les>

«a berhebe

Her pob-dxr - » » saed ttidbirassed to tfrewfe* a * bevttb-drev the b ^ 1 & 8 & (

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. records evfdeaee that t_e S«i_oW-' - IogisU JSraffied Cooper; by steajins 'o ber jfSta-onery and seadiat" tbe- bomb threat to tbeiaselves. ~- ...-' t b e Scientologists deny they were

•'::• i&vohred to any tucb.scceme. I t ' s -'- totally ridiculous thd Epical ^fcput-

jjtatenjeDU that tome

federal agents, according to in-formed sourcei, have rushed . t ie

discovered evidence on tbetfereat to tbe Ffi! offices in

p-To^t City, and a fi«p> %ye»tt-•Lo has been started.' ^ '• - • *

.„_* vbarassitfent^ the . criminalcharges, tbe austerous- court* suitsbrought against her . ber«'-; and*bT9Mi by &£: Scientologists* >eftlColder "*tt«iw- depressed;* ac-j'C^nJisg to one or^ei laifyejui. Sheicould no longer

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i ^ , ^ -< Scientologists claimed the raids-Ttiey did a lot -to destroy this -were illegal and sued for return of

Eirfs life," said virpl Roberts, her": the materials. But earlier thisattorney i s Los. Aogeles. .^-"^. i i .month tte bcUoj i ser ies of court

'Pntlette 'was-" «t_ajuuaal persons-decisions against them enabled fed-h h h l ' eral agents to fcegia examining the

v f i l e s . . . - ••.--. • ••g -:-^' Scientology is the product of I*'

limited Beaas.'-Pul D. Rheingold,,'.: 5 o n Hubbard, a one-time scienceher lawyer in New Tort, said. -.-.%> fiction

"She jok e*r»xgs and b e c a m e 1 ™ *

«tajuu p r o nin that the harascoent nearly de-stroyed her. but rather than stop,-it made her fight back with herl i i d ' P l D R h i l d

writer who founded the

C a e t o fighting back. I would havegiven Op and I consider myself astrong person," said Rbeiogold

Cntrecsity.and, now in her early &*,was reportedly natefing in Europeyesterday and co«ld not be reach-ed for cqataeot , a . •:' '-..-

The evidence discovered by fed-* iatestisstors 1$ contained &

boxes' of/SdentoIogy documents

negative thoughts. The church pro-vides such a cleansing, ...through

critics',have maintaifiedScientology is not a religion, butrather a business and should notenjoy tax-exempt status. Tbe Su»

.-. preme Court 'of Jiissouri, i s a re-' cent decision, denied the church

tax-exemptjosi ruling that it was. "more a philosophy than a religion.

Many of Cooper's suits with* theScientologists have been settled out•of court, according to her lawyers,but a $USL4 million damage suit shebrought against,the ScientologistsIn New York is pendisg>4he plansto press that suit in light of theMW evidence received by the FBI,according to Bheingold.Add nine Scientology—L 13 full

The pending suit, filed in NewYork State Supreme Court in 1972,accused tbe Church.of Scientologyof "intentional-interference" withher constitutional freedom of speechand press. Cooper alleged that theorganization had intimidated pros-pective publishers of her book andhad subjected her to obscene tele-phone calls, threats and electronicsurveillance.-. r..' '•.-"' 'v ..-.-. The charges that she -had madethe bein> threat and had comnut-ted periury erentuaily were dis-miwed after she discussed deta£|sof th,e situation under the effectsof a truth seruln administered byprosecutors. •••'. •«

By Timothy S- Robinson-'. - ^•Wmtrnttm *««• auir Wtiur '- -•'•' -

A federal Judge roJed here yes-terday that a Washington post re-porter eooJd sot be forced to tufa,over to the court materials rentingto s-Pott artisi* published y « 'is? eooeejninf the Church of

H.pr*jtiby attorney__ church;

of thePlrrta subpoena-

" would..

[Boo Sh*|f*r, wroW: that documents

seized by the ¥B$ fit a raid on thechurch'* headquarters revealed anelaboirate "TffT ifff by the churchto attack and discredit its enemies;.

Bid for• - Biwhkop argued that the docu-ments were improperly leaked toThe post, by igovernment agents.who have been rviewing them. Mt

'said he did not wast Sba&er to beforced to reveal his. sources, anddid sot seek to enjoin The Postfrom writing future art!said that h<

topossesi^n ofsuebsdocuments be turned,the *«irt and be destroyed.

- Joltn'B. Kubm, represeot&g t it*PosUsaid the request by Stfilikopamounted ?to a©.^direct 'way ofgagging the press." Pratt agreedwith Kunns «hat a "qualified" re-porter's privilege could be invokedby Shaffef in connection with ques-tions about the documents, should

he be forced to testify about them.-C.. Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond

Banoun said the VS. attorney'soffice would conduct an investigation (ft an attempt to'determinethe source of The Post story. But

.: be also contended that the Sciento-logists themselves.may have leaked

•' the materials to make an issue in» fteariftg in progress before VS.Vlsmcl Chief Judge William' B.

iBryant . f t .' Bryant is conducting lengthy

'• 'proceedings to determine whether..: FBI age&ta who carried out the

'' search of tbe church's headquarters~ -here last July t acted properly. To

do so, he is asking tbe agents,document by document, bow theydetermined whether certain mater:ial should be selxed. •• •> V .V^-J