And now for the truth
One of the neat things about the Federal Investigation Bureau (FBI)
in the united States is that the law enforcement agency has raided
the criminal Scientology organization from time to time. During the
raids of the past, documents have been seized and many of them have
been made public domain after having been introduced into the court
record.
Among those documents is a June 22'nd, 1970 internal memo written by
Scientologists within the organization's "Guardian's Office / Office
of Special Affairs" (GO/OSA.) The intended recipient of this memo
was Mary Sue Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard's wife, one of the convicted
ringleaders in the infamous "Operation Snow White" terrorist
campaign against the United States. This document (which has been
reproduced in extract below) is enough to debunk the fibs of the
Scientology spokesperson you just read.
GS-C Comm
GS-G
22 June 70
D/G Intell U.S.
Dear Mary Sue,
COMPLIANCE REPORT
RE: MANSON, BRUCE DAVIS
There have been numerous new developments on this case
and they are as follows.
An individual by the name of Steve Grogen appeared on our lines (PM).
I received word that he had made statements that he was a member of
Mansons (sic) family and therefore started some intell. action, which
at first consisted of talking to the girls he had been in contact with.
By the time I had finished talking to them Grogen had been put away
in jail for car theft. In spite of numerous efforts on our part it
was impossible to get together with him. I had the girl he seemed to
be most in comm with, journey out to the valley on four different
occasions to talk to him and in spite of our best efforts he was never
made available.
He was either "in court" or the jail was undergoing extensive
re-decoration. Of course we did not want it known that a member of
The Church was trying to see him. At the same time this was going
on we received word that two members of the Manson Family "squeeky
Frome" and "Sandy Goode" were staying at the Viking Motel
on 3rd and Alverado which is in close proximity to the org. We made no
efforts to contact them.
On 18 June 80 the following report was received by me. Report of
interview with Raul Morals, Re: Charles Mansion. According to Raul:
Raul arrived in prison on McNeil Island, Washington in 1962 and became
a cell mate of Lafayette Raimer allegedly a trained Scientology auditor
(about Level I in Raul's estimation) and was introduced to Scientology
at that time.
Raimer was auditing in prison at that time and in one 10 man cell had
managed to gather a group of about 7, all in Scientology. Charles
Manson entered later and studied, did TRO etc. along with his cell-mates
and received approximately 150 hours of auditing from Raimer.
Processes used were CCH's, Help processes (Who have you helped-Who
have you not helped) and other Dichotomy processes (Rauls terms, such
as What can you confront, what would you rather not confront),
Havingness (Such as "What can you have?" "Look around
and find something you can have. Look around and find something you're
not in."
Rainer kept records of his auditing. Manson got super-energetic &
flipped out when he'd been audited and would, for a time, talk about
nothing but Scientology to the extent that people avoided his company.
After a while, however, Manson was screaming to get away from his auditor
(in Raul's opinion, he'd been severely over-run or something). He
eventually managed to get put in solitary confinement to get away from
his auditor.
Eventually prison officials got suspicious of the groups strange
activities and broke up the group. Subsequently, Raul was released
from the prison in 1965.
Raimer's wife was in training here at the L.A. Org in 1965-66; she had
disconnected from Raimer. Raul just found out yesterday that another
friend, Marvin White, later sent Manson books (after the Scientology
group was broken up) on hypnotism and black magic,
http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/orwell/93/scimans.html
http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/CoS/docs/manson.html
Perhaps Scientology's spokespeople would like to claim that this memo
is a forgery -- maybe even contrived by the United States Government.
It's certainly embarrassing enough on its own however the fact that
Charles Manson was a Scientologist (even though it may have been for
a short period of time) has been reported in books made the public
relations nightmare even more embarrassing.
In "A Piece of the Blue Sky," the author notes:
The last straw for McMaster had been the brutal murder of three
teenagers in Los Angeles. Two had been Scientologists, the third
was disfigured beyond identification. The mutilated bodies were left
a hundred yards away from a house where Scientologists lived. McMaster
felt that this was an act of retribution for Scientology's duplicity.
A few weeks later, The New York Times revealed that Charles Manson
had been involved in Scientology. Internal Scientology documents show
that Manson had actually received about 150 hours of auditing while
in prison. There was a cover-up by the Guardian's Office, which
successfully concealed the extent of Manson's considerable involvement.
Or maybe not so successfully.
"The scandal of Scientology" by Paulette Cooper also notes
the fact that Charles Manson was a Scientologist:
"One famous, in fact infamous person interested in Scientology
that they do not boast about, talk about, or probably even want is
Charles Manson, the convicted murderer of Sharon Tate and her friends.
"The New York Times stated that Manson first got interested in
Scientology while he was incarcerated in the McNeil Island Penitentiary
in Washington (Scientology' has programs for prisons). After his release,
The Times reported, he went to Los Angeles where he was said to have met
local Scientologists and attended several parties for movie stars,
possibly the July 18 dedication of the celebrity center.
"Scientology literature was also said to be found at the ranch
when Manson and his family were captured. But for reasons unknown, it
is claimed that Manson may have been made a ''suppressive person'' by
the Scientologists, and there have also been hints that he may have
joined the Process, the sex and satan group which originally broke away
from Scientology."
Vincent Bugliosi -- the prosecutor in the Manson case -- wrote a very
popular book called "Helter Skelter." In that book we read
on Page 635 in extract:
"I knew too, both from his prison records and from my conversations
with him, that Manson's involvement with Scientology had been more
than a passing fad. Manson told me, as he had Paul Watkins, that he
had reached the highest state, ''theta clear,'' and no longer had any
connection with or need for Scienology."
On page 647 we also note
"On November 21, 1969, the bodies of James Sharp, fifteen, and
Dorren Gaul, nineteen, were found in an alley in downtown Los Angeles.
The two teen-agers had been killed elsewhere with a long-bladed kniife
or bayonet, then dumped there. Each had been stabbed over fifty times.
"Ramparts division Leutenant Earl Deemer investigated the Sharp-Gaul
murders, as did Los Angeles Times reporter Cohen. Although the two
men felt there was a good possibility that a Family member was involved
in the slayings, the murders remain unsolved.
"Both James Sharp and Doreen Gaul were Scientologists, the latter
a Scientology "clear" who had been residing in a Church of
Scientology house. According to unconfirmed reports, Doreen Gaul was
a former girl friend of Manson Family member Bruce Davis, himself an
ex-Scientologist.
"Davis' whereabouts at the times of the murders of Sharp, Gaul and
Jane Doe 59 are not known. He disappeared shortly after being questioned
in connection with the death of Zero.
"On December 1, 1969, Joel Dean Pugh, husband of Family member
Sandy Good, was found with his throat slit in a London hotel room. As
noted, local police ruled the death a suicide. On learning of Pugh's
demise, Inyo County DA Frank Fowles made official inquiries, specifically
asking Interpol to check visas to determine if one Bruce Davis was in
England at the time.
"Scotland Yard replied as follows: ''It has been established that
Davis is recorded as embarking at London airport for the United States
of America on 25th April 1969 while holding United States passport 612
2568. At this time he gave his address as Dormer Cottage, Felbridge,
Surrey. This address is owned by the Scientology Movement and houses
followers of this organization.''"
Perhaps you noticed Scientology's two-step with the truth. In their
official claim, they quote the prosecutor who says:
"...nor have we found any evidence that Charles Manson was a
practicing member of the Church of Scientology at the time of the
aforementioned murders."
The prosecutor states that he doesn't have evidence. He isn't saying
that Manson wasn't a Scientologist at the time, only that the State
prosecution lacked evidence to prove it. Discussions with Manson
after he was imprisoned for the murders yielded the fact that Charles
manson was a Scientologist, having attained "Clear" while
he was locked up.
Now obviously the fact that Charles Manson was a Scientologist would
be embarrassing and something that the Scientology organization would
not want people to know about. Any real religion would have
ejected Manson and publically admitted that he was once a follower.
Scientology, on the other hand, together with their "Volunteer
Ministers," have made lying a religious sacrament.
