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- In 1975, Clearwater, Florida
was chosen to be
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the international headquarters
of Scientology.
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The plan was to turn Clearwater
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into the first Scientology city.
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- Slowly, it's coming out,
this town is being taken over.
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They have chosen us to be
their spiritual headquarters
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and they are going to buy up
our town.
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- And anybody who spoke out
against that
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was going to be neutralized.
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- And these orders,
very clearly,
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stated, "Find out who your
enemies are. Destroy 'em."
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The orders, in effect,
were occupation orders.
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- What's really interesting is
that it is the only city
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that actually had hearings.
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- The city of Clearwater
was fighting back.
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- We can't deal with
this mafia-like organization
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in our small town.
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- It was a continuing
fraudulent enterprise.
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It still is to this day,
as far as I'm concerned.
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- You had people willing
to stand up and fight
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and they were fighting.
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- The city then tried to enact
an ordinance
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designed to get Scientology
out of Clearwater.
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- Unfortunately,
Clearwater lost.
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- We would start hearing about
additional properties
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that they were buying,
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and they stated cherry-picking
the areas
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so they could control,
you know, the... the entire area.
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- Today, Scientology has
almost achieved its objective
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of complete subjugation
of downtown Clearwater
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of taking over vast tracts
of the city
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and turning it into the first
Scientology city on Earth.
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- I am the writer of
the textbooks of Scientology.
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The aim and goal is to put man
in a mental condition,
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uh, where he, him,
can solve his own problems.
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- Without any
Scientology organization,
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things are not gonna change
on this planet.
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- After years of slowly
questioning Scientology...
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- Leah Remini
and her very public break
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with Scientology...
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- Scientology, what they do.
Trying to destroy people,
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trying to destroy their
families when they leave,
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they create a lot of people
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who are willing
to fight against them.
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- Scientology takes
tax-free dollars,
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and ruins people's lives.
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- This is not the life
that I want to live.
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I wanted to end my life.
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- Some people, it takes a year.
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Some people, it takes ten years
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of just peeling that onion
of how you were manipulated
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and made to think.
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- This season,
we really needed to focus on
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the reason why Scientology
is able
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to do the things that they do
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is because they have
tax-exempt status.
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- The people who have
bravely come on
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and told their stories
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have not told
those stories in vain.
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They are having an impact.
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- We're presenting
our case to the world,
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to the FBI, to the IRS.
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- The most important thing
that has to be done
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is the persistent telling
of the truth,
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and that's what you're doing.
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- You have to continue to fight.
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You have to continue
to fight for what's right.
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- You've heard the history
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of how Scientology
got to Clearwater
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but what's really interesting
is that it is the only city
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that actually had hearings
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to deal with the problem
of Scientology.
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Then the city, unfortunately,
overreached
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and lost...
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To Scientology.
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And that was kind of the end
of this battle.
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That all changed in 1995
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with the death
of Lisa McPherson.
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We've always wanted to tell
this story, Mark,
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'cause I was just
so always touched by what
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you and Bob Minton had started
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with the death
of Lisa McPherson, and...
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you know that I've been
hounding you for years.
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Like, how do we tell her story?
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I'm so emotional today.
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- Yeah.
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- Sorry.
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I was crying on the way here.
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- I know.
- Yeah, it's...
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Yeah, yeah, you've shed
a couple of tears too.
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- Yeah.
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But I'm glad that
we're finally telling it.
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You know, originally we...
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You know,
we got so many messages
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on social media about
covering Clearwater
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as a, uh, you know, "Hey
they're taking over our town,"
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and there's long history, but
it's turned into something else
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which I'm very thankful for
that we are able to kind of
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stop and tell Lisa's story.
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- Lisa McPherson was
a devout Scientologist
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for 15 years.
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She had been recently
reconnecting with old friends
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and saying that she had doubts
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and she was thinking
about coming back home,
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and shortly after that, she
got into a minor fender bender
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in downtown Clearwater.
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And by the time the police came
and the ambulance,
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she had stripped off
of all of her clothes
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and was walking down
the street naked,
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and a paramedic
came up to her and said,
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"Why are you doing this?"
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And she said,
"Because I need somebody
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"to pay attention to me.
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I need help."
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So they took her over to the
nearby Morton Plant Hospital
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and they checked her in there.
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Within an hour,
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ten Scientologists came
to the hospital
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and talked her into leaving
and going back with them,
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against the doctor's wishes.
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They had to release her
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and then Scientology took her
back to the Fort Harrison Hotel
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in locked her in a room
for 17 days.
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On Scientology's introspection
rundown,
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where if somebody's having
a psychotic break,
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you don't talk to them,
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you don't respond
if they're talking to you,
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there's all these rules.
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- Unfortunately, Scientology's
rules also don't include
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having anybody trained to deal
with someone in Lisa's state.
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They literally grabbed anybody
that could be spared.
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They had no training;
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they had no idea whatsoever
what they were doing
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and had no ability
to effectively
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deal with someone in her state.
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- Every day, the caretakers
would take logs
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and you can see in the logs
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that her condition
is getting worse and worse
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and worse every day.
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The last three days of her life,
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those records were destroyed
by Scientology.
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Marty Rathbun confessed to that.
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He ordered them destroyed.
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- Well, hang on.
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David Miscavige ordered those
documents to be destroyed
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through Marty Rathbun
who, in fact,
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admitted to destroying them.
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- Yes.
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- You ordered those days
of logs to be destroyed.
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- Right.
- All right,
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could you explain, you know,
why you did that?
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- To protect the organization.
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One of them was talking about
the witness in the case
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pleading with the doctor,
who was on staff,
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to get Lisa to a doctor.
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That was like a smoking gun
incriminating
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in terms of people knowing
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that she was in a deteriorated
physical condition.
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- As a Scientologist
at the time,
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I never even heard
of Lisa McPherson
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or her death.
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Scientology is so genius at
having parishioners
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not look at the news,
not read newspapers.
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- This was a huge story.
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- And then, uh, when they came
down with the actual charges,
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when our medical examiner,
uh, Joan Wood,
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uh, came up and... and found out
that the cause of death
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was... was, uh, not natural,
it was not an accident,
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um, but it was criminal
in nature,
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then Scientology once again
showed its power,
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showed its, uh,
capabilities so to speak,
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and they went after Joan Wood.
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- The fact that Scientology
was charged with
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criminal neglect in the death
of Lisa McPherson
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was of enormous concern
to David Miscavige
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because it was
the biggest threat
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to the tax-exempt status
of Scientology.
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You cannot be engaged
in illegal activities.
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Miscavige spared no expense
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to challenge the findings
of Joan Wood.
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We, Scientology...
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- Mm-hmm.
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- Hired the foremost criminal
pathologist in the world,
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three of them who came
and lived in Clearwater...
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I mean, these were the guys
that had just finished
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the O.J. Simpson trial...
To find credible explanations
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that would place the findings
of Joan Wood in doubt.
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- And they went after Joan Wood
and... with a vengeance...
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And... and took her down,
and ultimately she changed
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the autopsy to cause of death
as being an accident
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and that gutted
the state attorneys'...
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- The prosecution?
- Yeah, the prosecution,
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state attorneys', uh, case
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and they had to drop
the charges.
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- It was money to hire people
who have great influence.
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It was David Miscavige
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personally contacting
Joan Wood's lawyer
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to persuade Joan Wood
that she had no choice
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but to change her testimony
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based on the information
that was coming forward
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from these medical examiners.
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This was a major catastrophe
in the Scientology world.
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It threatened to expose
Miscavige's involvement
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in Lisa McPherson's life.
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Scientology literally spent
millions and millions.
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No expense was to be spared
because David Miscavige's ass
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was on the line.
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- There was also a civil case
that was funded by
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soon-to-become my boss,
Bob Minton,
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who was a retired
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international investment banker,
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and he started look back into
this in 1995,
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and the more Bob started
looking into it,
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meeting former members,
he decided he wanted to help.
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And one of the things
he did was,
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in 2000, he opened up an office
right next to Scientology's
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Office of Special Affairs
in the bank building,
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and he gathered a few of us
to stand up to Scientology
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because the city wasn't.
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They had made peace with them.
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- The Lisa McPherson Trust
was both, uh, an insult
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and a threat in the mind
of David Miscavige
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and in my mind
and everybody else
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who was in
the Office of Special Affairs.
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That this avowed financier
of anti-Scientology activities
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had moved into town
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and set up an office
right next door to Scientology?
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This was, uh, seen as a...
A massive failure
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that he had been able
to do that.
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- This space now belongs to
the Lisa McPherson Trust
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and we are going to change
the face of Scientology
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and Clearwater forever.
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- Scientology doesn't respond
to slaps in the face
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by turning the other cheek.
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The full force of
L. Ron Hubbard's philosophy
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of attack the attacker
and destroy your enemies
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was brought to bear
on Bob Minton
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and the Lisa McPherson Trust,
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and I know because I did it.
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- So Scientology has been,
um, harassing and, uh... uh,
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attempting to silence people
for decades
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and now the Lisa McPherson
Trust comes into town.
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People were saying,
"An injustice is happening.
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We're gonna stand up
for Lisa McPherson."
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And, of course,
Scientology says,
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"That's not okay.
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Attack."
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And that's exactly
what they did.
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Here's this wonderful man,
Bob Minton,
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creates a trust,
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gets good people like you,
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and you guys are just doing this
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'cause it's
the right thing to do.
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- Right.
- And you set up shop
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in Scientology territory,
which also takes some balls,
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and they are sending
Scientologists there
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to harass you guys.
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That footage is so creepy,
Mark, that I saw.
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- We quickly recognized
what a problem
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the Lisa McPherson Trust was.
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Miscavige believed
that the Lisa McPherson Trust
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were there to be in his face,
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so he wanted Scientologists
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to be back in their face
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and make their life
uncomfortable.
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- It got... kind of got ratcheted
up when Bob Minton came and...
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And then decided to have
an organized protest.
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Go in front
of the Fort Harrison,
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on the sidewalk,
hold the signs like you see,
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and what happened next was,
uh, chaos in a way.
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Somebody came up to him
and stuck their camera
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right in his face,
and Bob pushed it away.
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It had hit the guy in the head
and, of course,
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with great dramatic flair,
he went to the ground
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and, uh, Scientologists all
went around him
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and stood there in silence
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and the police were called
and, uh, Bob was arrested.
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- For assault?
- He was arrested for battery
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on this... on this...
On this fella.
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We went to court over it
and explained why he was set up
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and to do that, we had
to explain Scientology,
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fair game, and what it was,
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and that became discussed
in the trial.
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When the case was over,
he was acquitted.
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- It's just remarkable
the lengths that Scientology
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will go to.
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You talk about the chaos.
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There was one night
that was really bad,
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which we called The Mad Picket.
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If you look at the full video,
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which I've put out raw
and unedited on YouTube,
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you can see it starts off
quietly
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outside the, uh,
Fort Harrison Hotel
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and after about five minutes
of that,
295
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down the street comes
the O.T. committee.
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- Loser! McDonald's workers!
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You guys are losers!
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That was sad and pathetic.
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- You should go back
to your Nazi friends.
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- Move along, move along,
move along.
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Cult member.
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- Chop chop! Chop chop!
- Move.
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- Come on, Mark!
304
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- So, we're there
quietly protesting
305
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and then Scientology comes
to get in our face, literally,
306
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trying to provoke us
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uh, and they had orders
to do this.
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I caught them on tape.
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Like, one guy shoved
Bob Minton, I believe it was.
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- Watch out!
Hey, hey. hey!
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- Hold-hold-hold-hold-hold...
- Who's that?
312
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- And another Scientologist
came up to him and said,
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"Let them come to you."
314
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So they wanted to provoke us
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so that so that we would
do something against them
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and have us arrested.
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- Sure, sure.
- That's their whole goal.
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- The problems that we're
having with the pro... protesting
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got so out of hand, uh, that
the... the police
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and the politicians
and all that said,
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"This has got to stop."
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And so there was
an injunction filed
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by the church against the
people that were protesting
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and we had long hearings
in... in front of a... a...
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A circuit court judge
in Clearwater
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where he took testimony about
what they were doing,
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whether they were violent,
and so on and so forth.
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And, uh, the judge ultimately
issued the injunction.
329
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- And unfortunately,
my... my comrade here is named
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in one of the injunctions
331
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to stay away from,
uh, anybody that's...
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I think it says that's
a Scientologist.
333
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- Yeah.
- And you live in Clearwater!
334
00:18:00,705 --> 00:18:02,391
- Well, wait a minute,
how do you know you're a...
335
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They don't go around with
a T-shirt...
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- Right, right.
- Saying "I'm a Scientologist."
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But he supposedly
has to be clairvoyant
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and find out that he has
to stay a certain number
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of feet not only away
from Scientologists,
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but anyway from any buildings
341
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that were named
in the injunction.
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It was a one-sided debacle
that was, uh,
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really a sad... a sad time
for Clearwater.
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- We hit upon the idea
of hiring off-duty
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Clearwater police department
officers
346
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to guard the building
347
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to protect against
the Lisa McPherson Trust.
348
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This had the effect
349
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of turning many
Clearwater police officers
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into de facto employees
of Scientology.
351
00:19:00,473 --> 00:19:03,474
They were schmoozed
in order to make them
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00:19:03,601 --> 00:19:07,061
more favorable toward us
353
00:19:07,188 --> 00:19:10,731
and less favorable towards
the Lisa McPherson Trust,
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who were positioned always
as troublemakers
355
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who had been imported from
out of town
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to come and cause trouble in
beautiful downtown Clearwater.
357
00:19:30,086 --> 00:19:32,378
- Today, many in the
Clearwater Police Department
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work for Scientology
on their days off,
359
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and they're supposed
to report of Mike Rinder,
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the head of the Office
of Special Affairs.
361
00:19:40,054 --> 00:19:43,181
The Clearwater Police watch
as the O.S.A. agents
362
00:19:43,308 --> 00:19:44,974
videotape our every move.
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00:19:45,101 --> 00:19:47,935
Scientology Pis follow us
everywhere.
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- The police had just stood by
while these protestors
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have been assaulted by
Scientologists.
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The police had been absolutely
unwilling to do anything
367
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to protect the protestors.
368
00:20:03,661 --> 00:20:05,203
- The day that injunction
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was put into effect
by the judge,
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00:20:07,415 --> 00:20:09,895
he was out on the street using
it trying to get us arrested.
371
00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:11,834
I've got tape
of the police officer...
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You saying to the officer,
"Look, they're named here!
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00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:15,087
They're named!"
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00:20:15,215 --> 00:20:16,775
- That was another life.
Leave him alone.
375
00:20:16,799 --> 00:20:18,360
- Well, Mike...
Mike is fully aware
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00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:20,176
that we're going
to find that stuff
377
00:20:20,303 --> 00:20:22,720
and we're going to air it.
Sorry, Mike.
378
00:20:22,847 --> 00:20:24,527
- Oh, Mike!
- We're gonna find that stuff.
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00:20:25,975 --> 00:20:27,786
- So it appears as if they've
called the Clearwater police
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to complain of the, uh, prior
peaceful picketing activity.
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I'm concerned that Mike Rinder
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wants to stop peaceful picketing
383
00:20:35,777 --> 00:20:38,027
under the guise
of legal process.
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00:20:38,154 --> 00:20:39,528
- Mike Rinder is the chief
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00:20:39,656 --> 00:20:41,467
of their dirty tricks department
386
00:20:41,491 --> 00:20:44,533
and there is nothing
he wouldn't do or say
387
00:20:44,661 --> 00:20:49,622
to try to keep this,
uh, criminal
388
00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:52,750
at the helm of Scientology,
David Miscavige, in power
389
00:20:52,877 --> 00:20:57,004
because Mike Rinder's power
comes from David Miscavige.
390
00:20:57,131 --> 00:20:59,632
- Have you been served
with one of these injunctions
391
00:20:59,759 --> 00:21:01,487
as an agent of his?
- No.
392
00:21:01,511 --> 00:21:03,948
You were in court, Stacy,
when that was issued.
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00:21:03,972 --> 00:21:06,532
You were test...
You were sitting right there.
394
00:21:07,517 --> 00:21:09,620
Because you're saying that
you're... you're not on notice.
395
00:21:09,644 --> 00:21:12,204
Or you're trying to say
you're not on notice.
396
00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:16,315
- This was just a tactic
to try to stop protests.
397
00:21:16,442 --> 00:21:17,722
- You're not allowed to protest?
398
00:21:17,777 --> 00:21:19,610
- Well,
that's the entire injunction.
399
00:21:20,738 --> 00:21:25,241
- That injunction,
issued in 1999,
400
00:21:25,368 --> 00:21:27,785
even though
the Lisa McPherson Trust
401
00:21:27,912 --> 00:21:30,538
ceased to exist in 2001,
402
00:21:30,665 --> 00:21:33,582
Scientology still drags
this thing out
403
00:21:33,710 --> 00:21:35,251
at every opportunity.
404
00:21:35,378 --> 00:21:36,836
They put a red cover on it,
405
00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:38,462
they make it look all official,
406
00:21:38,589 --> 00:21:40,401
they hand it to the cops
and they say,
407
00:21:40,425 --> 00:21:42,611
"Here, we got an injunction
against this guy.
408
00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:44,260
He's just a troublemaker!"
409
00:21:44,387 --> 00:21:48,848
In 1999, like 20 years ago?
410
00:21:50,310 --> 00:21:54,437
It's absurd,
but the theater of the absurd
411
00:21:54,564 --> 00:21:57,982
is the theater of Scientology.
412
00:21:58,109 --> 00:21:59,962
- Scientology realized, like,
413
00:21:59,986 --> 00:22:02,820
"Oh, Mark can't be within
ten feet of us."
414
00:22:02,947 --> 00:22:06,490
So then they started staging
Scientologists every ten feet
415
00:22:06,617 --> 00:22:08,457
so that you couldn't even
walk down the street.
416
00:22:08,578 --> 00:22:09,994
- Yeah, I... I went to one event
417
00:22:10,121 --> 00:22:11,704
across from
the Ford Harrison Hotel.
418
00:22:11,831 --> 00:22:13,711
- Yeah.
- And there's a woman
419
00:22:13,750 --> 00:22:15,811
talking with a police officer
and they were talking toward me
420
00:22:15,835 --> 00:22:18,753
and she, uh, saw me coming
and she shouted,
421
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:20,713
"Ten feet!"
422
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,674
And I had to stop...
423
00:22:23,801 --> 00:22:26,260
and the police told me that I
could not walk down the street
424
00:22:26,387 --> 00:22:28,346
as long as she was there.
425
00:22:28,473 --> 00:22:30,890
I said, "Well, can I walk out
around the cars in the street?"
426
00:22:31,017 --> 00:22:32,516
"No, that'd be breaking
the law."
427
00:22:32,643 --> 00:22:35,644
- Wow!
- That's crazy, that's insane.
428
00:22:35,772 --> 00:22:38,230
- The next event where
David Miscavige was speaking
429
00:22:38,358 --> 00:22:40,691
downtown at a, uh,
opening ceremony
430
00:22:40,818 --> 00:22:42,943
for one of their new buildings,
431
00:22:43,071 --> 00:22:46,989
I arrived and they stationed
Scientologists every ten feet
432
00:22:47,116 --> 00:22:49,325
around two blocks
around the event.
433
00:22:49,452 --> 00:22:51,494
Precisely ten feet,
434
00:22:51,621 --> 00:22:54,163
and she was waiting
as I approached
435
00:22:54,290 --> 00:22:55,790
with two police officers.
436
00:22:55,917 --> 00:22:58,959
- They tried to get Mark
kicked out of his condo
437
00:22:59,087 --> 00:23:02,088
because his next door neighbor
was a Scientologist.
438
00:23:02,215 --> 00:23:04,340
- I got a knock on the door
from my neighbor.
439
00:23:04,467 --> 00:23:05,925
Very excited to meet me
440
00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:08,052
and very chipper and happy
and "Hi, come on in..."
441
00:23:08,137 --> 00:23:09,470
"come on over to my place!
442
00:23:09,597 --> 00:23:11,158
"You need some furniture?
You want a chair?
443
00:23:11,182 --> 00:23:12,598
"How 'bout a table," you know?
444
00:23:12,725 --> 00:23:15,059
And we sat and talked
for about 15, 20 minutes
445
00:23:15,186 --> 00:23:17,520
and she was very up
and very positive
446
00:23:17,647 --> 00:23:19,980
and then, uh, I noticed she had
a big bookcase
447
00:23:20,108 --> 00:23:22,316
full of L. Ron Hubbard
Scientology stuff.
448
00:23:22,443 --> 00:23:24,693
She would, again, was trying
to force furniture on me
449
00:23:24,821 --> 00:23:26,757
and I said, "Well, that's...
That's very kind of you"
450
00:23:26,781 --> 00:23:29,698
"but I think you should know
that I am an SP
451
00:23:29,826 --> 00:23:31,659
"and I've been making
a documentary
452
00:23:31,786 --> 00:23:33,577
"about the Church
of Scientology and
453
00:23:33,704 --> 00:23:35,579
"I just wanted to be upfront
about that
454
00:23:35,706 --> 00:23:37,415
and I hope we can still
be friends."
455
00:23:37,542 --> 00:23:40,626
Uh, how'd that go?
456
00:23:40,753 --> 00:23:43,629
- Her face just went
to a glower.
457
00:23:43,756 --> 00:23:47,550
"In that case, I'm going
to have to ask you to leave."
458
00:23:47,677 --> 00:23:50,177
I said, "Well, I... I... I think
still think we can talk..."
459
00:23:50,304 --> 00:23:51,971
"Leave now."
460
00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:54,598
And then the next day,
the condo association
461
00:23:54,725 --> 00:23:55,994
were getting threatening letters
462
00:23:56,018 --> 00:23:57,601
from Scientology attorneys
463
00:23:57,728 --> 00:23:59,687
saying I had to be evicted
464
00:23:59,814 --> 00:24:03,649
because I was ten feet away
from this Scientologist
465
00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:05,359
and breaking the injunction.
466
00:24:05,486 --> 00:24:07,945
And the condo association
thankfully said,
467
00:24:08,072 --> 00:24:10,781
"No, we ran a check
on this guy. He's fine."
468
00:24:10,908 --> 00:24:12,219
- Wow.
- And they didn't like
469
00:24:12,243 --> 00:24:13,637
Scientology trying
to pressure them,
470
00:24:13,661 --> 00:24:15,222
so they... they...
- They stood up for you.
471
00:24:15,246 --> 00:24:16,486
- You know, they stood with me.
472
00:24:16,539 --> 00:24:18,706
So it... it's... it's just nuts.
473
00:24:18,833 --> 00:24:20,541
- Nuts.
474
00:24:34,015 --> 00:24:36,348
- Talking about the...
The injunctions
475
00:24:36,476 --> 00:24:39,852
and all of the hoo-ha around
the Lisa McPherson Trust,
476
00:24:39,979 --> 00:24:44,732
the real issue is
what got done, ultimately,
477
00:24:44,859 --> 00:24:46,692
to destroy it.
478
00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:48,527
Which was not the injunctions
479
00:24:48,654 --> 00:24:50,048
and not the people
in their faces
480
00:24:50,072 --> 00:24:51,697
and that sort of stuff,
481
00:24:51,824 --> 00:24:54,992
but the investigation
and the harassment
482
00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,203
that was conducted against
Bob Minton.
483
00:24:59,957 --> 00:25:04,001
And I am extremely familiar
with this because I ran it.
484
00:25:09,342 --> 00:25:10,903
- If ever there was
a critic of Scientology,
485
00:25:10,927 --> 00:25:12,510
it was Bob Minton
486
00:25:12,637 --> 00:25:16,180
and, I promise you,
no expense was spared
487
00:25:16,307 --> 00:25:19,683
when it came to hiring
private investigators,
488
00:25:19,810 --> 00:25:22,770
hiring people around the world
489
00:25:22,897 --> 00:25:28,484
to investigate Bob and
his finances in particular.
490
00:25:28,611 --> 00:25:32,196
It was his money
that we were interested in.
491
00:25:32,323 --> 00:25:37,159
We knew that Minton had made
a considerable amount of money
492
00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:39,828
selling Nigerian bonds.
493
00:25:39,956 --> 00:25:45,376
So Dave Lubow went to London
and managed to persuade
494
00:25:45,503 --> 00:25:47,461
the Nigerian government
495
00:25:47,588 --> 00:25:50,756
that Bob Minton and the people
he had worked with
496
00:25:50,883 --> 00:25:55,177
had scammed them out of tens
of millions of dollars.
497
00:25:55,304 --> 00:25:58,389
And the Nigerian government
498
00:25:58,516 --> 00:26:01,600
officially requested
a prosecutor
499
00:26:01,727 --> 00:26:05,229
in Switzerland to open
an investigation
500
00:26:05,356 --> 00:26:08,148
and to freeze Bob Minton's funds
501
00:26:08,276 --> 00:26:10,234
in his Swiss bank accounts.
502
00:26:11,821 --> 00:26:13,821
And he had no money.
503
00:26:13,948 --> 00:26:16,134
He didn't have any money
to pay his bills,
504
00:26:16,158 --> 00:26:20,119
and that was the real pressure
that was put on him.
505
00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:21,890
- Now why are
you getting emotional?
506
00:26:21,914 --> 00:26:23,234
'Cause you're making me
emotional.
507
00:26:24,292 --> 00:26:26,083
Bob was my hero.
508
00:26:26,210 --> 00:26:28,961
Uh, he was a flawed man
but he was a good man.
509
00:26:29,088 --> 00:26:31,297
- Yeah.
- And he really cared
510
00:26:31,424 --> 00:26:32,901
and was really trying
to make a difference.
511
00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:34,194
- Yeah.
512
00:26:34,218 --> 00:26:35,676
- And he helped a lot of people.
513
00:26:35,803 --> 00:26:37,845
It was not a... a pretty ending.
514
00:26:37,972 --> 00:26:39,972
Um, I saw the pressure on him.
515
00:26:40,099 --> 00:26:42,641
Every day I would...
516
00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:45,769
I would walk into his house
and wonder, is this the day
517
00:26:45,896 --> 00:26:48,188
that Bob's gonna shoot himself?
518
00:26:48,316 --> 00:26:52,610
And it was horrific,
519
00:26:52,737 --> 00:26:54,945
and Stacy went through that too.
520
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,158
They were trying to get Bob
out of this
521
00:26:59,285 --> 00:27:01,827
and one of the things they did,
522
00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:04,455
uh, was try and sit down
with Scientology
523
00:27:04,582 --> 00:27:09,209
and work out
some sort of ceasefire.
524
00:27:09,337 --> 00:27:11,754
I believe they, uh... uh,
were you at those meetings?
525
00:27:11,881 --> 00:27:13,233
- Absolutely.
- Yeah.
526
00:27:13,257 --> 00:27:15,507
And... and from my understanding...
527
00:27:15,635 --> 00:27:17,468
Thank you.
528
00:27:17,595 --> 00:27:19,803
From my understanding,
Bob and Stacy
529
00:27:19,930 --> 00:27:21,722
wanted to go in there
and just say,
530
00:27:21,849 --> 00:27:25,601
"Okay, we'll... we'll stop all
the lawsuits.
531
00:27:25,728 --> 00:27:28,687
We just wanna get out of this
because it's too hard."
532
00:27:28,814 --> 00:27:32,566
And at the first meeting,
my understanding is
533
00:27:32,693 --> 00:27:35,486
you said, "Not only are... are
you not getting out of this"
534
00:27:35,613 --> 00:27:37,905
but here's
a $10 million lawsuit."
535
00:27:38,032 --> 00:27:42,326
And, I was told, a detailed
$30 million RICO case
536
00:27:42,453 --> 00:27:44,662
that you were preparing
against Bob
537
00:27:44,789 --> 00:27:48,457
and they came home from that
just shell-shocked.
538
00:27:48,584 --> 00:27:51,710
- Bob called me and asked me
if I would be willing
539
00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:54,421
to meet with he and Stacy alone.
540
00:27:54,548 --> 00:27:56,256
I said yes.
541
00:27:56,384 --> 00:27:58,153
Miscavige insisted
that Monique Yingling
542
00:27:58,177 --> 00:28:01,970
go with me and we met at
the Johnson Pope law offices.
543
00:28:02,098 --> 00:28:05,015
He eventually just went,
"I want out.
544
00:28:05,142 --> 00:28:09,269
If you can get my money
freed up, I'm out of here."
545
00:28:09,397 --> 00:28:13,232
And that was sort
of the sad end of Bob
546
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,735
as a crusader
against Scientology.
547
00:28:16,862 --> 00:28:23,492
He was effectively terminator
as an attacker,
548
00:28:23,619 --> 00:28:27,413
which is the objective of the
Office of Special Affairs.
549
00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,957
- He was neutralized.
- Neutralized.
550
00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:54,457
It is something that haunted me
551
00:28:54,525 --> 00:28:56,275
for a long, long time.
552
00:29:09,331 --> 00:29:11,915
- Stacy and Bob called me
when he was in Zurich
553
00:29:12,042 --> 00:29:13,375
going to get his money
554
00:29:13,502 --> 00:29:15,294
and he was suicidal
555
00:29:15,421 --> 00:29:17,441
and he was threatening
to jump out the window
556
00:29:17,465 --> 00:29:18,745
of his hotel room
557
00:29:18,841 --> 00:29:21,633
and Stacy called me to help,
558
00:29:21,761 --> 00:29:24,428
to get me to talk to Bob
and I ended up talking to him
559
00:29:24,555 --> 00:29:26,074
for, like, two hours
on the phone
560
00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:29,057
and... and talking him out
of committing suicide.
561
00:29:29,185 --> 00:29:32,102
And I was still in
the Office of Special Affairs
562
00:29:32,229 --> 00:29:33,979
at that time.
- Right.
563
00:29:34,106 --> 00:29:38,192
- And I ultimately had a lot
of conversations with him
564
00:29:38,319 --> 00:29:41,570
and Stacy and I was going
to go visit them in Ireland
565
00:29:41,697 --> 00:29:43,489
when he moved to Ireland,
566
00:29:43,616 --> 00:29:47,075
but he was still so scared,
he said, "Please don't come."
567
00:29:47,203 --> 00:29:49,119
"I'm afraid that if you come,
568
00:29:49,246 --> 00:29:51,057
the Pis are all
gonna come again,"
569
00:29:51,081 --> 00:29:52,581
and he couldn't take it.
570
00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:54,708
And then he died.
571
00:29:59,548 --> 00:30:01,715
- And I never got to see him,
572
00:30:01,842 --> 00:30:05,844
to have the... the real personal
one-on-one conversation.
573
00:30:10,142 --> 00:30:14,812
What I directed to be done
against Bob Minton
574
00:30:14,939 --> 00:30:19,525
and what I did to Bob Minton
has haunted me for a long time,
575
00:30:19,652 --> 00:30:25,614
and I am sorry for what
I did to destroy him
576
00:30:25,741 --> 00:30:27,199
or to seek to destroy him.
577
00:30:29,328 --> 00:30:33,664
This story of Lisa McPherson
really touched him
578
00:30:33,791 --> 00:30:36,124
and it's what motivated him.
579
00:30:36,252 --> 00:30:38,585
He was not motivated by money.
580
00:30:38,712 --> 00:30:41,588
He wasn't even motivated by
a hatred of Scientology,
581
00:30:41,715 --> 00:30:44,258
and you know the way
that I know that?
582
00:30:44,385 --> 00:30:47,719
He was willing to have me
as a friend
583
00:30:47,847 --> 00:30:51,223
even when I was still
in Scientology.
584
00:30:59,733 --> 00:31:02,234
- But you got to finally say
you were sorry to him?
585
00:31:02,361 --> 00:31:04,361
- Oh, absolutely, and to Stacy.
586
00:31:04,488 --> 00:31:09,199
I mean, to this day, Stacy is...
I consider a good friend.
587
00:31:09,326 --> 00:31:10,887
- Yeah.
- And the only reason
588
00:31:10,911 --> 00:31:13,078
that she is not on this show...
- Yeah.
589
00:31:13,205 --> 00:31:15,664
- Because she desperately
wants to be...
590
00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:19,209
Is because of the settlement
agreement that I did with her
591
00:31:19,336 --> 00:31:20,711
that prevents her from talking.
592
00:31:20,838 --> 00:31:22,963
- Non-disclosure.
593
00:31:24,508 --> 00:31:26,444
One thing I didn't realize
was that he had no connection
594
00:31:26,468 --> 00:31:27,759
at all to Scientology
595
00:31:27,887 --> 00:31:30,095
or Clearwater or no relatives.
596
00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:32,472
He just came down to make
our city better.
597
00:31:32,600 --> 00:31:35,976
- That's what's so insane,
is that they talk about
598
00:31:36,103 --> 00:31:37,853
freedom of speech
and freedom of religion,
599
00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:42,524
but they attack and destroy
those who are...
600
00:31:42,651 --> 00:31:44,045
- Exercising?
- Speaking.
601
00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:45,463
- Yeah, exercising
freedom of speech.
602
00:31:45,487 --> 00:31:46,673
- Exercising that right.
603
00:31:46,697 --> 00:31:48,717
- Yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
604
00:31:48,741 --> 00:31:52,868
- I hope that the...
605
00:31:52,995 --> 00:31:58,874
the memory of Bob is
as it should be.
606
00:31:59,001 --> 00:32:03,170
That people understand
that he was doing something
607
00:32:03,297 --> 00:32:05,047
that was selfless
608
00:32:05,174 --> 00:32:10,677
and I, you know, I genuinely
have great, great sorrow
609
00:32:10,804 --> 00:32:12,512
about what happened.
610
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:16,767
The only... the only mitigating
factor is the fact
611
00:32:16,894 --> 00:32:19,686
that I was able to... to speak
with him and Stacy
612
00:32:19,813 --> 00:32:22,373
afterwards and kind of
make peace with them,
613
00:32:22,399 --> 00:32:25,567
but that's not made peace
with the world,
614
00:32:25,694 --> 00:32:29,154
so I hope that to some extent
this will accomplish that.
615
00:32:31,909 --> 00:32:33,951
- Yeah.
616
00:32:34,078 --> 00:32:36,161
- Sorry.
- It's okay.
617
00:32:36,288 --> 00:32:37,888
- This is going to mean
the world to her.
618
00:32:37,957 --> 00:32:39,539
Thank you.
619
00:33:18,914 --> 00:33:22,624
- Mark Bunker,
when he walks down the street,
620
00:33:22,751 --> 00:33:27,254
suddenly, the Clearwater Police
Department appear in force
621
00:33:27,381 --> 00:33:29,461
because Scientology
calls them and says,
622
00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:31,883
"We have an injunction!
We've got a trespasser,"
623
00:33:32,011 --> 00:33:35,804
and they are there in a flash
624
00:33:35,931 --> 00:33:38,348
even though that injunction
is 20 years old.
625
00:33:41,395 --> 00:33:43,164
- So tell me
the history of this park.
626
00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:45,313
It was built
for the purpose of what?
627
00:33:45,441 --> 00:33:46,835
- This used to be...
- I mean, it's lovely.
628
00:33:46,859 --> 00:33:48,739
- I'm not... I'm not...
I'm not begrudging them.
629
00:33:48,777 --> 00:33:51,528
- This for the longest time was
a drive-through Checkers...
630
00:33:51,655 --> 00:33:52,487
- Mm-hmm.
- Drive-through.
631
00:33:52,614 --> 00:33:53,905
- Oh, that's right.
632
00:33:54,033 --> 00:33:56,241
And Miscavige...
His office used to be
633
00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:58,535
up in that corner.
- Mm-hmm.
634
00:33:58,662 --> 00:34:00,996
- And he hated this being here.
635
00:34:01,123 --> 00:34:03,832
It attracted people to...
- His area.
636
00:34:03,959 --> 00:34:05,645
- His environment.
- I...
637
00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:07,794
- And this was his little zone
over here.
638
00:34:07,921 --> 00:34:10,380
So... like they bought this park.
They bought that one.
639
00:34:10,507 --> 00:34:12,883
That parking lot,
this parking lot.
640
00:34:13,010 --> 00:34:14,612
Then when this became available,
641
00:34:14,636 --> 00:34:16,344
they bought this
642
00:34:16,472 --> 00:34:18,074
and they didn't have anything
to do here with it,
643
00:34:18,098 --> 00:34:19,514
so they just made it a park.
644
00:34:19,641 --> 00:34:21,266
- Mm-hmm.
645
00:34:21,393 --> 00:34:22,454
- It gets used
one time a year now
646
00:34:22,478 --> 00:34:23,598
for Winter Wonderland.
647
00:34:23,687 --> 00:34:25,062
There's nowhere that you can go
648
00:34:25,189 --> 00:34:27,939
to even take a photo of someone.
649
00:34:28,067 --> 00:34:29,707
- Mm-hmm.
- Right.
650
00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:34,674
- These cops don't know
what to do.
651
00:34:34,698 --> 00:34:36,259
They brought them
the injunction.
652
00:34:36,283 --> 00:34:38,241
- Of course.
653
00:34:38,368 --> 00:34:40,263
- And does the injunction say
that he can't be at a park?
654
00:34:40,287 --> 00:34:41,473
- Nope, nope.
655
00:34:41,497 --> 00:34:42,954
- Here's another one.
656
00:34:43,082 --> 00:34:45,624
Here you go, Scientology
using the resources...
657
00:34:45,751 --> 00:34:47,562
- They've called
the Sergeant in.
658
00:34:47,586 --> 00:34:48,586
- Uh-huh.
659
00:34:51,090 --> 00:34:52,734
- Somebody in the car.
- Yeah.
660
00:34:52,758 --> 00:34:55,634
That's probably
the O.S.A. people.
661
00:34:55,761 --> 00:34:57,281
- Sorry, they just took
pictures of us.
662
00:34:57,346 --> 00:34:59,282
- Oh, here's another one.
Now there's four now.
663
00:34:59,306 --> 00:35:00,847
- Yup, there you go.
664
00:35:00,974 --> 00:35:03,100
This is a big crime.
665
00:35:03,227 --> 00:35:04,996
- I don't really get this
shit, Mike.
666
00:35:05,020 --> 00:35:07,229
Am I overreacting to this?
667
00:35:07,356 --> 00:35:09,189
- Not at all.
668
00:35:09,316 --> 00:35:12,067
This is why we're doing
a show about Clearwater.
669
00:35:12,194 --> 00:35:18,281
When it comes to Scientology,
this is insanity HQ.
670
00:35:18,408 --> 00:35:21,118
- Well, I'm sitting my ass here
until these cops leave.
671
00:35:22,788 --> 00:35:24,162
So it's gonna be a long night.
672
00:35:42,349 --> 00:35:43,765
- Thank you!
673
00:35:45,352 --> 00:35:46,810
Thank you!
674
00:35:46,937 --> 00:35:49,396
- What are you... what...
What's up?
675
00:35:49,523 --> 00:35:50,981
- We're sitting here.
676
00:35:51,108 --> 00:35:53,066
- We're sitting here at a park.
677
00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:56,403
- Okay.
678
00:36:01,243 --> 00:36:03,410
- We're sitting here talking
679
00:36:03,537 --> 00:36:05,120
and Scientology, of course,
680
00:36:05,247 --> 00:36:07,247
doesn't want us sitting here
talking.
681
00:36:07,374 --> 00:36:08,665
So.
682
00:36:10,961 --> 00:36:13,128
What are... what shall
you report back?
683
00:36:13,255 --> 00:36:14,921
Hi, O.S.A.!
684
00:36:16,842 --> 00:36:20,844
- You... you know that injunction
isn't applicable to him here.
685
00:36:22,472 --> 00:36:24,181
- I'll... I'll explain it to you.
686
00:36:24,308 --> 00:36:26,286
- They're the complainant,
you guys are the subjects,
687
00:36:26,310 --> 00:36:28,288
we're just here to get this
whole thing sorted out.
688
00:36:28,312 --> 00:36:31,271
- That injunction was
gotten actually by me
689
00:36:31,398 --> 00:36:35,108
when I was in the Church
against him and 13 other people
690
00:36:35,235 --> 00:36:37,777
that used to work for
the Lisa McPherson Trust,
691
00:36:37,905 --> 00:36:41,448
and it requires that
he and those other people
692
00:36:41,575 --> 00:36:44,409
not protest in front
of the Fort Harrison
693
00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:47,370
or the flag building
and a few other places.
694
00:36:47,497 --> 00:36:49,434
That's what
that injunction says.
695
00:36:49,458 --> 00:36:53,835
This isn't any of those
locations
696
00:36:53,962 --> 00:36:55,648
and he's not,
as far as we know...
697
00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:57,192
- Hi!
- Hi.
698
00:36:59,384 --> 00:37:01,321
- Oh, my gosh. Yeah.
- We appreciate it.
699
00:37:01,345 --> 00:37:03,385
- Thank you.
- Hold on. Juno, come on!
700
00:37:04,848 --> 00:37:06,431
- As we're standing there
701
00:37:06,558 --> 00:37:08,453
with the Clearwater
Police Department,
702
00:37:08,477 --> 00:37:10,371
we have people who are
filming us from Scientology,
703
00:37:10,395 --> 00:37:12,562
but also we have people who are
screaming,
704
00:37:12,689 --> 00:37:14,064
"We love you, Leah and Mike!
705
00:37:14,191 --> 00:37:15,649
"Keep going!" You know,
706
00:37:15,776 --> 00:37:17,378
"Can we take pictures
with you?"
707
00:37:17,402 --> 00:37:19,297
Like... and it's just a... such
a weird dicho...
708
00:37:19,321 --> 00:37:21,488
It's just so weird.
709
00:37:21,615 --> 00:37:24,950
It's like, what world
are we living in?
710
00:37:25,077 --> 00:37:26,660
- So this is
my normal life here.
711
00:37:28,872 --> 00:37:30,247
- Mark, you poor baby.
712
00:37:30,374 --> 00:37:32,207
- I didn't do anything.
713
00:37:32,334 --> 00:37:34,251
- Okay, here comes the boss.
714
00:37:34,378 --> 00:37:35,658
- Hi folks,
I'm Corporal Wassmer.
715
00:37:35,712 --> 00:37:36,814
How are you?
- Good, how are you?
716
00:37:36,838 --> 00:37:38,463
- Hey, man.
717
00:37:41,176 --> 00:37:42,634
- No one has.
718
00:37:47,307 --> 00:37:49,224
- This is their
private property right here?
719
00:37:49,351 --> 00:37:51,579
- Yeah, the park and...
- So we can use the benches?
720
00:37:51,603 --> 00:37:54,163
- We're gonna stand there.
Is that okay?
721
00:37:54,982 --> 00:37:56,626
- Let's see if they... if they
have a problem with us
722
00:37:56,650 --> 00:37:57,650
standing here.
723
00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:00,527
- I am.
724
00:38:03,949 --> 00:38:05,699
- Uh-huh?
725
00:38:05,826 --> 00:38:08,186
- I don't think this is part
of the injunction though.
726
00:38:13,583 --> 00:38:14,769
- They didn't even own
this building
727
00:38:14,793 --> 00:38:16,396
when this injunction was done.
728
00:38:16,420 --> 00:38:17,711
- That why we all just...
729
00:38:17,838 --> 00:38:19,438
There's nothing wrong
with us being here.
730
00:38:24,678 --> 00:38:27,137
- Well, and that's why
we wanted to document it too.
731
00:38:33,312 --> 00:38:35,020
- Okay.
732
00:38:38,442 --> 00:38:40,044
- Bring 'em on, bring 'em on.
- Please do.
733
00:38:40,068 --> 00:38:41,568
We will stand
on this public street.
734
00:38:41,695 --> 00:38:43,236
- We will wait here for...
735
00:38:43,363 --> 00:38:46,656
For her happily.
- We would really love it.
736
00:38:46,783 --> 00:38:49,242
- It's ostensibly a public park,
737
00:38:49,369 --> 00:38:51,745
and they even have a big sign
which lays out
738
00:38:51,872 --> 00:38:54,998
that everybody is welcome
to come in here.
739
00:38:55,125 --> 00:38:58,877
It has a little line
at the end that says
740
00:38:59,004 --> 00:39:02,213
and we reserve the right
to remove anybody
741
00:39:02,341 --> 00:39:04,799
should they be harassing people
742
00:39:04,926 --> 00:39:06,843
or something like that.
743
00:39:06,970 --> 00:39:12,474
The truth of the matter is that
this is Scientology property
744
00:39:12,601 --> 00:39:14,142
and if they don't like you,
745
00:39:14,269 --> 00:39:18,563
they will call the police
to get you thrown out.
746
00:39:26,782 --> 00:39:30,325
- This injunction
is almost 20 years old.
747
00:39:30,452 --> 00:39:34,037
They will never give up.
748
00:39:34,164 --> 00:39:36,748
A whole ruckus is being caused
749
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because Mark Bunker is sitting
in an empty park.
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00:39:42,005 --> 00:39:43,755
Still going on today...
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00:39:43,882 --> 00:39:46,424
Using the
Clearwater Police Department
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for these criminals
sitting in a park.
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00:40:03,026 --> 00:40:05,235
This is what the IRS
should be looking at.
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These fake buildings
that have nobody in them.
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- Right.
- What is this?
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00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:12,470
- This was the L.M.T.
- This is it.
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00:40:12,494 --> 00:40:14,775
- Oh, this was it!
- This is where the L.M.T. was.
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00:40:20,252 --> 00:40:22,919
- My office was in the back
half of that space there.
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00:40:23,046 --> 00:40:25,463
- It's been heartbreaking
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to walk through
this adorable community
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00:40:29,302 --> 00:40:33,012
and see nothing but empty
Scientology buildings.
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00:40:33,140 --> 00:40:35,432
What a waste of a cute town.
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00:40:42,190 --> 00:40:46,359
- If you look at the big view
of Clearwater,
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it is the perfect microcosm
of whether Scientology,
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in fact, provides
a public benefit or not.
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