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<h2>scientol</h2>
<p>
From TIME Magazine, May 6, 1991:</p>
<p>THE THRIVING CULT OF GREED AND POWER</p>
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<p>By Richard Behar</p>
<p>By all appearances, Noah Lottick of Kingston, Pa. had been a
normal, happy 24-year-old who was looking for his place in the world.
On the day last June when his parents drove to New York to claim his
On the day last June when his parents drove to <span class="GPE" title="GPE">New York</span> to claim his
body, they were nearly catatonic with grief. The young
<span class="NORP">Russian</span>-studies scholar had jumped from a 10th-floor window of the
<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Russian</span>-studies scholar had jumped from a 10th-floor window of the
Milford Plaza Hotel and bounced off the hood of a stretch limosine.
When the police arrived, his fingers were still clutching $171 in
cash, virtually the only money he hadn't yet turned over to the Church
@ -303,7 +302,7 @@ lawsuits against Lilly.
Another Scientology-linked group, the Concerned Businessmen's
Association of America, holds antidrug contests and awards $5000
grants to schools as a way to recruit students and curry favor with
education officials. West Virginia Senator John D. <span class="PERSON">Rockefeller</span> IV
education officials. West Virginia Senator John D. <span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Rockefeller</span> IV
unwittingly commended the CBAA in 1987 on the Senate floor. Last
August author Alex Haley was the keynote speaker at its annual awards
banquet in Los Angeles. Says Haley: "I didn't know much about that
@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ Narconon, a Scientology-run chain of 33 alcohol and drug
rehabilitation centers - some in prisons under the name "Criminon" -
in 12 countries. Narconon, a classic vehicle for drawing addicts into
the cult, now plans to open what it calls the world's largest
treatment center, a 1400-bed facility on an <span class="NORP">Indian</span> reservation near
treatment center, a 1400-bed facility on an <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Indian</span> reservation near
Newkirk, Okla. (Pop. 2400). At a 1989 ceremony in Newkirk, the
Association for Better Living and Education presented Narconon with a
check for $200000 and a study praising its work. The association
@ -341,7 +340,8 @@ turned out to be part of Scientology itself. Today the town is
battling to keep out the cult, which has fought back through such
tactics as sending private detectives to snoop on the mayor and the
local newspaper publisher.</p>
<p>FINANCIAL SCAMS. Three Florida Scientologists, including Robert
<p>
<span class="ORG" title="ORG">FINANCIAL</span> SCAMS. Three Florida Scientologists, including Robert
Bernstein, a big contributor to the church's international "war
chest," pleaded guilty in March to using their rare-coin dealership as
a money laundry. Other notorious activities by Scientologists include
@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ whose officials have implied that Hubbard's successors may be looting
the church's coffers. Since 1988, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld
the revocation of the cult's tax-exempt status, a massive IRS probe of
church centers across the country has been under way. An IRS agent,
Marcus <span class="PERSON">Owens</span>, has estimated that thousands of IRS employees have been
Marcus <span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Owens</span>, has estimated that thousands of IRS employees have been
involved. Another agent, in an internal memorandum, spoke hopefully
of the "ultimate disintegration" of the church. A small but helpful
beacon shone last June when a federal appeals court ruled that two
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their lawyers are evidence of a plan to commit "future frauds" against
the IRS.
Foreign governments have been moving even more vigorously against
the organization. In <span class="GPE">Canada</span> the church and nine of its members will
the organization. In <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Canada</span> the church and nine of its members will
be tried in June on charges of stealing government documents (many of
them retrieved in an enormous police raid of the church's Toronto
headquarters). Scientology proposed to give $1 million to the needy
if the case was dropped, but <span class="GPE">Canada</span> spurned the offer. Since 1986
if the case was dropped, but <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Canada</span> spurned the offer. Since 1986
authorities in France, Spain and Italy have raided more than 50
Scientology centers. Pending charges against more than 100 of its
overseas church members include fraud, extortion, capital flight,
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<p>
MINING MONEY IN VANCOUVER</p>
<p>One source of funds for the Los Angeles-based church is the
notorious, self-regulated stock exchange in Vancouver, British
<span class="GPE">Columbia</span>, often called the scam capital of the world. The exchange's
notorious, self-regulated stock exchange in Vancouver, <span class="NORP" title="NORP">British</span>
<span class="GPE" title="GPE">Columbia</span>, often called the scam capital of the world. The exchange's
2300 penny-stock listings account for $4 billion in annual trading.
Local journalists and insiders claim the vast majority range from
total washouts to outright frauds.
@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ Baybak appeared in 1989 at the helm of Wall Street Ventures, a
start-up that announced it owned 35 tons of rare Middle Eastern
postage stamps - worth $100 million - and was buying the world's
largest collection of southern Arabian stamps (worth $350 million).
Steven C. <span class="PERSON">Rockefeller</span> Jr. of the oil family and former hockey star
Steven C. <span class="PERSON" title="PERSON">Rockefeller</span> Jr. of the oil family and former hockey star
Dennis Potvin joined the company in top posts, but both say they quit
when they realized the stamps were virtually worthless. "The stamps
were created by sand-dune nations to exploit collectors," says Michael
@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ Steven McGuire, president of Western Resource: "His is a p.r. firm in
need of a p.r. firm." But McGuire cannot laugh too freely. Baybak
and other Scientologists, including the estate of L. Ron Hubbard,
still control huge blocks of his company's stock.</p>
<p>THE <span class="NORP">SCIENTOLOGISTS</span> AND ME</p>
<p>THE <span class="NORP" title="NORP">SCIENTOLOGISTS</span> AND ME</p>
<p>Strange things seem to happen to people who write about
Scientology, Journalist Paulette Cooper wrote a critical book about
the cult in 1971. This led to a Scientology plot (called Operation
@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ Freak-Out) whose goal, according to church documents, was "to get P.C.
incarcerated in a mental institution or jail." It almost worked: By
impersonating Cooper, Scientologists got her indicted in 1973 for
threatening to bomb the church. Cooper, who also endured 19 lawsuits
by the church, was finally exonerated in 1977 after FBI raids on the
by the church, was finally exonerated in 1977 after <span class="ORG" title="ORG">FBI</span> raids on the
church offices in Los Angeles and Washington uncovered documents from
the bomb scheme. No Scientologists were ever tried in the matter.
For the TIME story, at least 10 attorneys and six private