After reading about the death of Scientology’s legendary spymaster Jane Kember here at the Underground Bunker, former standout Scientology auditor Bruce Hines was motivated to write about what it was like to be an operative in the outfit Kember ran, the Guardian’s Office. Once again, Bruce has outdone himself.
"fruitcake world of that “church.” Well said Bruce, well said. I wonder how many of the drafted Clams actually did crimes? It is easy to demonize any enemy, just call them an enemy.
Looking back in it now, all the subterfuge and cloak and dagger seems like child’s play or something someone would do under the influence of drugs. At the time, Hubbard had us all convinced it was a “deadly serious game” and we all blindly followed him, lying and stealing for the sake of clearing the planet. What a scary realization it is that one megalomaniac can influence so many people to do his twisted bidding.
The criminal organisation known as the "church" of $cientology definitely continued to deploy plain members of the Co$ as "OSA volunteers," as part of their overt and covert operations. One example, in France, was Remy Petit who was set the task of infiltrating (as a patient) the office of a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist, Dr Abgrall, was an expert witness in the case against the Co$ following the suicide of Patrice Vic.
The various OSA chiefs, including the head of OSA in France, got criminal convictions after Remy Petit turned state's evidence. Sadly, on the eve of the appeal court case, Remy Petit died and the police decided not to investigate the death. (The assumption is that the death was pretty obviously a suicide.)
So, I'm glad that you didn't have to do anything that got people, or yourself, into any real trouble, by the sounds of it. But the Co$ doesn't always stay with the harmless amateur stuff, sometimes people get hurt...
"fruitcake world of that “church.” Well said Bruce, well said. I wonder how many of the drafted Clams actually did crimes? It is easy to demonize any enemy, just call them an enemy.
Looking back in it now, all the subterfuge and cloak and dagger seems like child’s play or something someone would do under the influence of drugs. At the time, Hubbard had us all convinced it was a “deadly serious game” and we all blindly followed him, lying and stealing for the sake of clearing the planet. What a scary realization it is that one megalomaniac can influence so many people to do his twisted bidding.
Thanks for this happily mundane story.
The criminal organisation known as the "church" of $cientology definitely continued to deploy plain members of the Co$ as "OSA volunteers," as part of their overt and covert operations. One example, in France, was Remy Petit who was set the task of infiltrating (as a patient) the office of a psychiatrist. The psychiatrist, Dr Abgrall, was an expert witness in the case against the Co$ following the suicide of Patrice Vic.
The various OSA chiefs, including the head of OSA in France, got criminal convictions after Remy Petit turned state's evidence. Sadly, on the eve of the appeal court case, Remy Petit died and the police decided not to investigate the death. (The assumption is that the death was pretty obviously a suicide.)
So, I'm glad that you didn't have to do anything that got people, or yourself, into any real trouble, by the sounds of it. But the Co$ doesn't always stay with the harmless amateur stuff, sometimes people get hurt...