OSA Network Order 19 

      :            OFFICE OF SPECIAL AFFAIRS NETWORK ORDER
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: OSA NW ORDER 19                               18 February 1988
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: OSA NW
:  Execs
:  Invest, Legal
:  PR Staff
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:                           _Secret_
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:                   _WILLFUL_FALSE_REPORTS_
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:        (Originally written by LRH on 21 January 1975.
:         Issued as an OSA NW Order on 18 February 1988.)


        This Hubbard directive was written at the height of the Snow White operation against the US Government. The reason behind the Secret designation is unclear - was it to limit distribution inside or outside Scientology? 

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: [Hubbard begins with the premise that governments have "stupidly accepted false
: information" into their files, and act accordingly.


        The US Government may be surprised to learn that they have stupidly accepted "false information". The premise of Snow White was to find an purge this "false information" from Government files. Much to Scientology's chagrin, the US Government disagreed with Scientology's opinion of the content of their files and the methods used to "correct" them.

        Note also that Hubbard does not single out the US Government. This Hubbard doctrine applies to all governments which may harbor information that Scientology deems to be "false" or the basis of an "attack" on Scientology. 

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: [Hubbard raises a more sinister possibility: could these "false reports" have been 
: deliberately manufactured against an "enemy"?]


        Hubbard puts forward his well-worn conspiracy theory that a Suppressive may be using their position in government to spread lies in an attempt to smear Scientology. Hubbard failed to recognize that Scientology's actions outside the law were the source of these "false reports" and that one of government's functions is to have a long memory of past transgressions. 

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: Hubbard, who notes that "by all standards modern governments are not sane,"
: calls this a "lie factory", where the insane "covertly execute hidden destructive 
: intentions."


        "DAing" refers to "Dead Agent"[ing], the Scientology practice of attacking the source(s) of information critical of Scientology, rather than addressing the criticism itself. The term comes from Sun Tzu's Art of War, a book Hubbard used to fashion his paramilitary Sea Organization. (OSA is staffed by Sea Org members). Tzu describes a method for discrediting an information source to the point that people no longer believe anything the source says, or in the best outcome kill the source (a dead agent). Hubbard took Tzu's description to heart, using it as the basis for dealing with virtually all criticism of Scientology. 

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: [According to Hubbard, it is not enough to simply Dead Agent the false reports.]


        The Church of Scientology was a factor behind getting the Freedom of Information Act passed. The Church uses the Act to investigate government files for "false reports", sometimes suing to have the records "cleansed". The Church has probably filed more FOIA requests than any other organization. Under Hubbard's "Exchange Policy" (See Principles of Government), Scientology should rightfully bear the burden they have placed on taxpayers with their aggressive investigations. 

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: [It will also be necessary to develop a system that will allow the retrieval
: of "unrevealed additional documents."] 

Editor's note - This, then, is the soul of  Operation Snow White.


        This is Hubbard's "Filing System from Hell". He proposes getting all documents in the Government's possession through the FOIA. This single sentence from Hubbard is responsible for an enormous burden on the US Government and the taxpayers.

        While it is reasonable to ask for documents directly relating to Scientology, Hubbard's directive goes a step further. It's akin to an information witch-hunt in the Federal Archives. These are investigators gone mad, looking for chimeral "unrevealed additional documents". 

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: [By collecting the data, hidden intentions will be revealed.]


        Hubbard often used a style of single-sentence paragraphs. Perhaps Hubbard used this style to e-m-p-h-a-s-i-z-e   e-v-e-r-y   t-h-o-u-g-h-t. Perhaps Hubbard, in a holdover from his previous career as a penny-a-word sci-fi writer, couldn't be bothered to back up and edit for readability. Another possibility is that Hubbard had difficulty grouping his thoughts into a coherent paragraph that didn't meander like a small stream on a flat plain - putting one sentence in each paragraph solves this coherency problem.

        Hubbard applies more of his "Organizational Tech", treating the government as an insane person. According to Hubbard, insanity is caused by false intention (for example, someone wanting to investigate Scientology) held by one person. Hubbard is instructing his followers to find the one person in the government that is responsible for the suppression of Scientology. Apparently Hubbard didn't learn enough about government bureaucracy in the Navy. :)

        Hubbard is having trouble grouping his thoughts into coherent paragraphs. All of these one or two-sentence paragraphs may be showing that his mind is not very disciplined or at worst, schizophrenic. Another explanation may be that he always scribbled notes on a notepad. Editting those notes once they were written down was difficult. One can only wonder what Scientology may have been if Hubbard had a notebook computer with a backspace key. 

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: [Hubbard notes that confrontation of government usually leads to an 
: effort to back down, despite reticence to provide information, noting: 
: "this is an insane attribute - to fear disclosure and greatly value their rickety
: PR." .

Editor's Note - Again, this sounds - somewhat - familiar. Hmm. 

: [Hubbard says that at the end of the wild goose chase will be the source
: of the hidden intention, and to expect insanity in all aspects.]


        Hubbard states that Government is insane. Hubbard also declares Government to be insane in OSA Network Order 17.

        Standard Dead Agent Tech states that a criminal, once confronted with adverse information, will cease attacking Scientology. This is the basis of the Scientology smear campaigns against its critics. To see examples, the reader is directed to alt.religion.scientology, where such antics are fairly commonplace. Scientologists generally do not refute the facts of an argument, they refute the person making the argument. In polite circles, ad hominem [arguing against the man] is frowned upon. 

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: [Hubbard criticizes the lack of logic behind those with hidden intentions, noting
: that it, too, shows the insanity.]


        Hubbard invents a strawman to make his point. The effect of the strawman is intended to raise the righteous indignation of his followers.

        Hubbard wants his followers, using the Freedom of Information Act, to search backwards in time for the earliest example of an attack on Scientology. This is similar to Hubbard's hypothesis of "auditing" a chain of "engrams", only in this case applying the idea to government documents.

        By labelling the documents "crazy", it gives followers of Scientology an excuse for whatever means is necessary to purge these documents from the government archives. The purpose of Scientology is to create a world that is free of insanity. 

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: [Hubbard explains that if they keep looking for damaging or false information
: that will reveal the hidden intentions, they will find it.]


        Hubbard's "File System from Hell" is to be used to cross reference "crazy" documents held by the Government. Once these documents are found and Dead Agented (publicised - see the Black Propaganda ), Hubbard says the false reports against Scientology will cease to be a threat. Of course, Hubbard does not consider that the documents may contain the truth - Hubbard fights the source of the information, rather than the information itself.. 

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: [Some false reports, Hubbard stresses, are deliberately manufactured.]


        Hubbard again claims that a government worker is willfully manufacturing false information against Scientology, due to some nefarious intent that Hubbard has not yet found. Hubbard's faith in his "technology" is evident as he predicts that they will find the source of this government conspiracy against Scientology.

        It should be mentioned that many employees of the US Internal Revenue Service were "investigated" for "crimes" by Scientology. In the IRS/Scientology settling agreement, Scientology agreed to stop investigating IRS agents, so harrassment of government employees was a factor in the settlement. 

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:                                      L. RON HUBBARD
: 				     Founder
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: 				     Adopted as official
: 				     Church policy by
: 				     CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
: 				     INTERNATIONAL


        It is official "Church" policy that:

        1. A government employee is creating false information.
        2. This employee has a hidden intent against Scientology.
        3. The Freedom of Information Act is to be (ab)used to find this false information.
        4. This "false" information is to be found and Dead Agented.
        5. The government employee generating this "false" information is to be Dead Agented (attacked) as well. 

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: LRH:CSI:jk:


        This line describes the Scientology management hierarchy:

        1. L. Ron Hubbard dictates to the Church of Scientology International.
        2. CSI dictates to Jane Kember (?) [Worldwide Guardian or head of G.O.].
        3. jk dictates to "ta", who is probably the person charged with typesetting this OSA Network Order. Note: typographical errors appear in the original.

        Hubbard is clearly controlling the actions of the Guardian's Office, despite Scientology's claims to the contrary during the Snow White trial. Hubbard also controlled the Office of Special Affairs.

        I'm unsure of the meaning of the final colon. Perhaps there was someone else in the chain.

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