I'm posting this here as an add on to Ricks Blog Post:
http://atlanon.ning.com/profiles/blogs/scientologys-history-of.
What is fair game and what does it have to do with scientology?
this is the definition of it according to the cult of scientology
ENEMY: SP Order. Fair game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed.
— HCO Policy Letter of 18 October 1967, Issue IV, L. RON HUBBARD (See scan of original at SPDL)
For more information on this please look here:
http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/fairgame.html and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_%28Scientology%29
Many instances of fair game cross my mind. Belwo is one of them:
Gage Cazares opposed the cults move into downtown Clearwater. You can read his story of fair game here: here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe_Cazares
Part of it is here:
As a result of his questioning, the Church of Scientology made plans to smear him with sex allegations and a phony hit-and-run accident.[5] Cazares questioned the church's motives, its purchases of downtown property using fictitious names, and the way its security guards carried Billy clubs and mace.[1] At the Church of Scientology, federal investigators found internal memos outlining plans by church leaders to control public opinion in Clearwater, concoct a sex smear campaign against Mr. Cazares and infiltrate the local media and other institutions called the "Mayor Cazares Handling Project"[6] and "Speedy Gonzalez."[7] These Scientology documents also revealed that church members had staged a phony hit-and-run accident with Mr. Cazares in an attempt to discredit him.[1]
As a result of the harassment Cazares and his wife sued the Church of Scientology for $1.5 million. The church decided against a public trial and instead opted to settle with Cazares in 1986. It was one of several suits between Mr. Cazares and the church over the years.[1]
Although legal action can be brought against the cult getting them to follow the law and pay out is difficult at best:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Wollersheim and
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/05/11/scientology.htm
This thread is not being started to scare any one. Its just a reminder to be careful. Any organization that would infiltrate the US Government to clean up its name will go to great lengths (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White).