------------------------------------------------------------------- F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. (Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network, Incorporated) a non-profit computer bulletin board and electronic library 601 16th St. #C-217 Golden, Colorado 80401 USA BBS 303 530-1942 FAX 303 530-2950 Office 303 473-0111 This document is part of an electronic lending library and preservational electronic archive. F.A.C.T.Net does not sell documents, it only lends them according to the terms of your library cardholder agreement with F.A.C.T.Net, Inc. ===================================================================== ,lATent Fox II1.~.~ co..smuT, ~OM: ~ J. ~i~ ~ ~ ~7-~ ~: July 3fi, 1~ ~ ~ ~.,/~ ~ng ~r Sheet) ~E D~ TO: N~ F~ No. V~ No. ~o~ M. ~. ~. 31~-27~ 31~27~ ~r N. ~g~ ~, ~91-7~ 41~391-~4~4 ~ ~ ~ 7oS~s2-8~4 7o~38~ To~ E~. ~. ~1Q~78~-8~ 310-7~-8~ ~.~ ~i~-~.~7~ ~1~-~4-4s~ ~n L Ro~ ~, 21~.7~-~8 21~0 ~ Wolle~ ~-2~-~181 303-279,~11 ~ ARom~ Nmb~t: ~36 ~t N~be~ ~1~ ~d ~ Sent~ . Yes x~o --- ii i i Ii ~ i ~ ~ ~a ~ ~at ~ ~r ~ur ~ts ~ ~ ~ w~. More to ~11~. ~ ~~ ~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~ ~~ ~ fi~ ~~ ~. ~ ~ ~7~ ~T~ ~A~~~T~. 5~~FA~-~ ~~ ~~~~ ~ ~~ ~ Plm~ ~ll A, ~a As hsslb~ ff ~as~n Is Not ~m~: ~$7-~1t9 A~nt Fox ~er ~t~ & ~n ~ ~mt ~K ~.W. ú W~, D.e ~ .'., DRAFT - 3o. Report ~ the CrUZ D~vision, ~. ~. Dspar~t o~ ~ustl~e FOCUS C~ DESTI~CTIV~ CULT ISSUES Augus~ __, l~g3 ~b~xDavid J, Betdin Arent F x Xin~er Plotkin & K~n Washington, D.C* 20036-5339 Ob~ective This paper e~lores, l~ ~ight o~ n~velo~nts, useful and pro- per activities for t~ Cr~inal Division with regard to "destruc- tive" or "totelist" oul~s or groups unaer existing federal laws ~s well ae possible n~ legisla~ion.~ It asks w~the~ the Division could better res~nd to u~et ~eds of cult victims and the co~u- ni~y. I~ ie mos~ i~ortGt that~ de~lop strategies for criminal law 6n~orc~en~ ~hat aze~r~ble~ l~ ha~ywith our Consti~ution and national cherauter~ an~ address t~ crying ~ede~ including threats to ~eople's ~ives and safety. ~ver~ent's concerns go to a group's conduc~ not i~8 bellera. Wl=hout questioning the validity or sinceri~y ~= any belief, or the believer's right to adhere ~o ~nd prate his ~lief, ~ver~ent should qui~e ~operly ~oncern itself with ~estions of homicide, fraud, invol~=aEy 8e~ltude, child ab~ee, exto~ion~ blac~ail and other law violations of ~ny kinds. This paper will e~ine ~he ~ckg~und of ex~rience, the limited utility of private litigation and~por~ence of Criminal s~nctions, and the crabbed andout~i~ed provisions of the Uni=ed State8 Attor- neys' Manual as =o ~!igious" cults or sects.~ I= suggests the ~ This paper eo~erns ~totalist" or "desnnc~i~" groups that vio- late rights of =hei=~ers a~ d~ge them ~hEough abusive tech- niques of u~thiCal mifid control. Such group~ ,,viola~e in the mo~t profound and fund~ntal way~hecivilli~rties of ~he~ople they r~ni~ .... NO~ ell gr~upewh&ch migh= be called ,cul=s' because they appear to lnoo~orete s=range beliefs and practices are neces- sarily 'deet~ctive.* A destructive cult dietin~ishes itself from a flo~mal social or religious ~oup by sub~ec~ing i~s m~bere to de- ception or other d~ging influences to k~p t~ in the group." Hassan, C~TTING CULT MIND CONT~L (RocheSter ~ Park Street Press 1988) at 3~, 37. ~ Appendix A for s~sral definitiune, ~ne deeigned~ it ehoul~ be no~ed, in a orl~l lzw con%ext. ~ TiEle 9 (C=~ina! Division), Chapter S0 (Pro~e~lon of =he Indi- vidual), ~ 9-60.112 (Allega=io~of "~ntal Kidnapping" or "Brain- washing" ~ligioue Cul~s} and 9-6~.113 (*'Deprogr~lng" of~li- giuu~ Sec~ ~ere). These 8eG~lo~8 ~re.adopted in 19 ?? in their preeen~ fo~. [~t~en 1970 Ed. and 1989. ~o~ fNO~] DRAFT xe~,=t to= u~ c=~lnal u~v~s~on FOCU2 ~ DB5~I~ c~ ISS~S ~a~ 3 cult-related lssuesc~ng out ~ attsntio~.~ Crimes ~elated to demt~tive C~l~m Society ~aoeS n~e~eus~ destzuc~ive groups which say that t~y are above the l~w and act ~eordingly. Such groups use techniques o~ deception andmind control to recoil, hold and a~se thai= follo~- ere, ~ persons within the group and, l~ 8~ Cases, endanger outside third pe=~ies ~ unlawful means. Th~s year'e B=a~h Davidjan ex~=le~e tn Waco~ Texas~ dramatlses that phenomenon. I~ r~i~ed the ~rld of the 19~8 mu=~r of Con- gressman Leo J. R~an and suiCi~ ozmr~r of o~r 900 ~artici~ants In the Feoplee' T~le inkyaria. O~mey also recall a ser~ss of 8malleE-~oale horrible events over ~he !n~e~en!ng 1~ ~t ~n~ Of ~h~lnvolving ~lpl~s uhil~en~ ~me pa~n~m ~=e also under grOUp control in~ny lnmtances~ and~ny ofthem involving multi- state operations.. For a few examples: ú ~978f In Philadelphia, Penneylvenia =~ee ~ members were convicEed of ~hird degree murder. In 1985, police efforts to dislodge~apons-wimlding group~e=s wheats intimidating the neig~re resulted in a UEa~lc f!~and ~he death of group ~ers, i~luding children. This groups r~ainm active. $ 1979-82~ In~!sona~ ~d~rs of t~Chrfet~racle Heal- ing Center and Church threatened eherl~f's deputies. A mem- ber's pipe b~ac~ldentally bl~h~up In his van. When~- lice lateT tried to sere an ernst w~rant on account of traffic v~la=lonm, t~lice offioerm~re eeriously~unded and t~ ~zoup m~rs killed in a s~oteu~. ú 1983: In~ehigan~ ~he leader of a Black Hebr~House oE JU- dab cult was Oonvie~ed of enslaving children and causing the ~ath of 13-year old Jo~ Ya:bzough. ~ ~ ~erican Bar ~;~iation Workhg Group on t~ U~et'Legal Needs of ~riCe's Chlld:en, .. (August 3~ 1993). ~ ~ographic knowledge lseketchy. 8ee~pandix B. Estimates Of the total n~ar of 8uoh groups =ange from one =o four thousand. ~ershlp ran~s frM tw to many thousands per group. ~rations of~ership range fr~ye ~odecedes. Estimates of ~omer mem- bers go as high as ten to t~nty million. Estimates of present Mbers =ange fr~ one to several m~!l~on. ~eport for the C=~iM1 DlvisJ~n D~AFT ~US ~ ~S~C~I~ C~ !SS~S Pa~ 2 following broad issuees ~ow ~o~s ~he Cr~nal Division infom i~self abou~ probl~ posed~n~rous destructive grou~s -- probl~s posed for re- c~ite, for f~ilies and friends ou ~he outside, for children on the lnsi~, for ex-~rs and for the o~unity at large? ú ~a~les do the Criminal Division and~he U.8. Attorneys now perfon~ a~wha~ roles~ ifan~ shou!d nhey ~rfon7 ú H~do the FeStal Bureau of Investigation and state and local law enforcement a~ieS ~d prosecutors coordinate with the Cr~inel Division, U.S. A~o~ys ~d o~ another? e What l~lts should t~par~nt set for the Cr~inal Div~si- on and ths U.S, At~or~ys in light of t~ Constitution and lab of ~he United 8~a~e8~ ana alo~a~es o~ prudent ~licy? ú W~t should be the relative roles of U.S. Attorneys and the Division in Washington as regards t~ee issues? ú H~can the DiVision, the U,S, Attoneys a~the F,B,I. bette~ relate to the u~t ~eds of ~ople, including (a) children and adults who have left cults~ (b) children and adults who are still un~= ~ntal (or hysical) restraint, fear and deception imposed ~ cult lea~re~ (c)relati~s and ~riends of children and adml~e in cul~s~ (d) ~he po~en~ial victims of federaland state crimes to be c~itt~ ~ cult-influenced people~ {e) ~uld-~ infomn=s? s When cult-influenced people eosit erimee~ what are ~he conside=ations a~ly asto appropriate charges to bring, guilt or innocence, ~d senteeing a~ sentence? ú ~at legal ~d~hevioral ~eearch should ~he Division conduct or sponsor ov ~te within other c~ponents of the Depart- ment of Justice, o~r governfit depar~nts or p=iva~e enti- ties? The Supr~e Court's ~identiary holding inDanbert v. Martell Dow Pha~ceuticale. Inc.~a challenges the Cr~ina! Division to reexa- mine issues related to~etruetive cults in re__of current under- standings. ~d grave risks ~rne ~ ~zic~ child=an include s U.S. , 61 LW480'~ (Ju~ 28, 199~](re~eC~ing "general accep- ta~e" tes[~or a~lssibility of exert tes~ony in favor of a re- levant and "reliable" tast). .~. ~~,.,~ :~ Report fo~ th~ cr{.m__.~,na! Divialon DRAFT FOCUS ON I~EST~UCTIVE ~ Z~S~S Pa~ 4 198S, In ~SaS, ~ter a ~ur-~y l~a~off, federal and state law ofEicers ~ok over the c~p oE The Covenant, The ;~rd and The ~ o~ the boz4~ seising wea~nl~ bo~s and cya- nide. Indiot~nte Charged m~re, arson~ a~d =obbe~. ~o leaders ~ four fOll~rs ~=e esntene~ ~ federal prison te~s on rac~tee~ifig and illeqa1 ~a~one c~rges. 1906; I~ Wee~ Virginie~ Th~aa DragtheE a~re Xrishna splin- ter group de~tee e~ hit man for the leads= of the group was convicted o~ Elrs~ degree murder in the slaying of a ~ell~ devotee at thelee(er's be~et. 1986~ In Nebras~, =he leader of a white eup=emaciat cult was uonvicge~ o~ firs~ degree murder ~or t~ torture-killing of J~s Thl~, who doubted the leader's divine ~eeagee, and of second degree ~de~ for t0r=~re-killing 5-year ~ld Luke 8tice~ b=~d t~'*Seed of 8a~an" and abused ~o= weeks, ph~- sicall~ and sexua!l~. ú 1987~ In O~gon, =he le~erof~od Shepherd Ta~rnacle, Ari- el ~en She~, ~e fo~nd~llty of criminal miwtreatmenc re- lated to abusive~nis~nt of children in 1984 and of tamper- ing with a witness in co~ection with a 1985 Juvenile court hearing. ~e sus~ded chlld~n for three days froths ceil- ing of a storage EQ~. ú 1988= In Oregon~ m~rs of Ecc!esia Athlet~e Association, a group from the Los ~geles Watts ~igh~rhoud tha~ recruited inner-city African-~ricans, brought the dead, batdared body of 8-year-old Da~ Lores Broueeard (~ugh=er of the group'e leader w~wae away in Los ~gelee) to a fi~houee ~or resus- citation. As a resul=~ aut~ritiee disconrad and took custo- dy of 53 children, aged 1~ months to ;6 ~2. Most h~d lived for t~ months~ u~ekn~st ~o outsiders~ in a house with shades drau and ~e toilet. Children over 5 were routinely beaten with 100 to 800 strokes while o~her children counted. Yet ~hers as~d f~ily cou~ ~o res~ custody O~ their chil~n to t~ group leads=.' Seven group ~ers ~e indited for ~=dl= a~ 29 counts of involunt~ servitude (enslavement of Children ~ eho~aaing a~ ~rketing to attract cQr~rate contributions), but entered into plea bargains after the leader died of a heart attack. ú 1989~ ln bn~ana, arrests o~rso~ the Church Universal and TEl~p~nt invol~dt inter allat se~n~ .SO-caliber ma- chine~ns ~nd a~r-piercing bullets. T~g=oup remains am- ed end the lub~ec~ ofinvestigations~ Itep~rt for ~he Cziminal Division FOCUS ~ D~STRUCTIVE e~ ISS~S Pa~ 5 ú 1990~ In Ohlc~ JeffEe~ Lundgren of The F~il= was sentenced to death for killing a f~ily of five, bound and gagged, be- cause they ~re a~ut ~ ~Eec%. Foll~re got prison sen- tchosE.~ e 199 1 s In 0~egon, a ~o~ ~naeeh ~0!10~f ~!eeded ~ilty to a 1985 plot to k~11 t~U.8. Attorney for Oregon. The Justice ~par~n= is see~g ex~E~n of ~ o~heE ~11~r, ~rom the U=.K. in co~necticn with that charge. In other cases, Shella Sllvem, the second in c~to Rainsash, wee con- victed of at~t~m~deT, arson, ~igra~ion fTaud and ~oi- soning of 750 people. RainMob i~er ci~le m~ers were ac- cused c~ introducing salmonella bacteria' into food at local restsuture aM illegally taped pbnes oE opponents. e 1992~ In Indiana, a ~ud~e $~deredf6ur ~hildr6~Nmev6d ~re custody of their ~ther, a fo110~r OZ ~he leader of Church Universal a~ Trimphant, finding that t~ ~ denied schooliW and spent much of each day in "intense, repetitive chanting of p~scribed prayers of a ee!f-h~notic nature." There are uny more exiles, all o~r the COGn=Ey, including a~ed and violent groups, child abuse, ~lne~ial Zraud, ~lgration and l~or violations, attMpts to poiso~ driving water, and psycholo- gical ha~.~ Confusion as to nature of deBtmotiVe cul~n Yet the~nature of SUch destructive groups generates debate and confusion. 8o~ aca~ics, ministers of religion, ~d media people 4 The father of one oZ the follo~reunsuccessfully sought F.B.I. inte~entlon before~e killings. [~ Cynthias Can we back up?] His SOn is n~ i~rkso~d =or li~e. [DO~ have citable s~rces as to this ki11~'s r~rse 73 6 ~ etatents to Health SubcHirPs of the House Ways & ~ans C~ittee of Dr. ~rgaret Singer (Appendix C) and of the ~erican Folly Foundation (~F) and Cult AwareMesNet~rk (C~) jointly (Appendix D). Evi~e of psychological ~m appears in a recent evaluation study, Martin, Langone, Dole & WlltEout, "Post-Cult S~ptcms ae ~aSured ~ the EMI ~fore and After Residential Trea~ent," Cultic St~les J.. ~, 2, page 219 (1992). Evidence of medical ham is =o be fo~d in Profesor Per~'e [~lse rate ?] aberrations ~ng children who Md lived int~Branch Davidian c~pound at Waco, Te~s. [. ~<~ CITATION ?] ~i__..T-i- ......~ ~ ~1.~_ ~.~N.I~.B..B.~..~~ ~'~ ~~ ~B~I, ~ ~ &rtz~t8, I~ (bUt ~ ~0 mtl~l ilj) ~n rI~J~OUB ~iH, Zn ~c~t the~e a~ bo~h.a ~ ~ religions a~ o~he: unconventional ~roups ha~ litt!e or no~ o~ the deceptf~mani~ulative~ and law- less features that this ~aper concer~s Unconventional ideas and doctrines may ~se~ ~ate or ohall~nge~ and s~e may deserve censure in the eyes of any raasOnabln ~opl~, yet freed~ of though~ ~ speech are o~r count~'s gloW. Therefore, ~ must presage and p~tect these freeze while considering claims of ~hese ~used or ~f=a~ded ~oon men cloaking t~selves as reli- giOus or s~uul~r l~n.? 0he sh~u~ nG~ ~n ~he n~ of belief pre=ect evil conduct ~ a ~structive groups or ~=poses to ha~ ~hat ~e~eln~ a ~enul~e =eli~ious pu=pose''s -- whether ~he la~ br~kin~ le by groups tha= a=e se~lngly religious or secular.~ ~ See Lango~ (ed.])~ ~C~RY FR~C~TS (N~Yorks W.W. Norton ~ Company 1993){in p~ss), especially Introduction. ~ ~United ~tates v.~ticls or ~vice. ~tc., 331 F. Supp. 357, 359, 360, 361 (D.D.C. 19~1) (scientific cla~e e~ear to be "devoid o~ any religious o~rley"~, United 8~etes v. ~oh, 288 F.Supp. 439 ( 1988), Foundinu ~=ch of Scientolo~ v~ United States, 412 F.2d 119~ (Ct..Cl. ~969)~ s ~lko v. ~lv ~ui~it ~s,~, ?~2 ~.2d 4~, 5~ (Cal. 1988), cart. denl~d~ 490 U.S. 1084 lt~89). ~stioe ~sk's opinion e~tene~vely discussed a~epplied tests set for~h~the U.S. Supreme Cou~t in s~rb~t v. vems~, 374 U.S. 398 ~19~3), and Wisconsin v. YodeT, 406 U.S. 20S (1972). ~ ~, 748 F. Supp. 695, 699 (W.U.~k. 1990), ~. 924 F.2d 143.,(8th Cir. 1~91), ~~1 U.S.L.W. 3643 (~rch ~, 1993). T~ cou~ can conceive of no higher du~y incurant on it than t~ protec~ion of uhild~n ~=~ outrageous batteries like th8 one that ~he avidanus here 8o plainly r~eale. NO feeling per- son could fail .., to~revoltedbythe cold-bladed and calculat~ ed ~nner in which =he punishant Uf ~stln M~lleT was carried o~t." 748 [. Supp. at ~98. ,0 Patricia Campbali Hearst was ki~ap~d in 1974 and held An a closet by a secular, ~litical cult ~oup, the S~ionese Libera- tion Amy. ~e PATTY ~STx HER M 8TORY (Avon 1982). The Lyn- don LaRouche organizat~n is a~ther secular, political cult. Sec- ular cul~s also lnclu~ raciallet and psychotherapy groups. ~ Bolend a LiMbloom, "Ps~hotherapy Cultss ~ Ethical Analysis," Cultic studies J,, ~, 2, page 137(1992). z, ~ ~ ~ iU, ~, j .~ ;'~ ~, ~,~~,~ ,, DRAFT nsp:r~- fO~ the Crisinal Divlelon FOCOS OII D~STROCTZVE C~T ISS~S Pa~e 7 Recent p~blic opin!on~lls sugges~ ~hat ~s~Elcnns ~hink ~hey recognize brainwashing at~=k, H~ver~ it ee~ ha~d for s~e ~dia people and aead~ics to accept that a lea~r may tyrannize (no~ inspire) min~ of follo~Ee -- e~ dO it so cunningly that they ~il ~o ~rs~and w~ is he~ening. ~issibility of these psychological vl~ o~ "mind ~on=rol" as expert opinion~Ee chal- lenged wi=h s~ s~cess in a ~ew p=e-~caees~ and the issue genretee acri~nywithin the mental health c~unity.~ S~e aca- d~ics ur~ that~re proof ~e nee~d to d~onetrate the existence Of "mind ~on~rol" outside ~ ex~r81y coercive con~sx=s of ~he ~ulag or prisons= of war c~, notwl=hst~ding s=udies of thought refe~ in ChinH~ uni~rsi~y ~r0~r~s and s~erie~e with destruc- tive groups in~e=lcaand Europe. S~ 8cad~ic8 se~unawa=e of t~t research. T~ref0r~ ~lG~e ~d rero~oe statemen=s of early Eesearc~rs Lifton and 8chin ooTrecCing inaccuratel~ narrow chirac~ize~lo~s of their ~zk.~s ~ ~nited States v. Yis~n, 743F. Supp. 713 [N.D.Cel.. 1990) (tes- timony of asserted $~rt on "~nd control" nnsuceess~ully offered by criminil case de=endanC)~ Kropinski v, World Plan E~cuCive Coun- cil--US, 853 F.2d 948 (D.C, Cir. 1988} (disputed Cest~ony o~ as- se~ed exit= on "mind control" unsuccessfully offered by civil case plaintiff)~ buc ~ Dau~rtv. ~E~llDow Pha~aceutiCals. Inc.~ 61 U.S.L.W. 4805 (U,S. June 28,1993) (rejecting "general ac- ceptance" of conclusions o=~thodologie8 In ~pmfeEred expert's scien~ifio field as prers~isite ~o a~lssiblity under Federal Rules o~ Evidence, and~sing ~ JudgH~nietered rule of reason as ~o "reliability'). Fis~n fo11~d and Kroplnski daCe=Ted to Fr~ v. u~ited States, 293 F.2d 1013, 1014 (D.C- Clr. 1923), which Dau~t reJeetl. t t~a=et T. 8~er v. ~rican Psvcholooical Aeeou., No. 92 CIV 6082 8.D, N.Y., filed~st 31, 1992. ~s ~reover, experts ap~a~ing [or groups such as the Unif~catlon Church, the Church of 8olentolo~, Lifespring e~ Transcendental ~edi~etion (TM) h~vecontended that "though~ refo~" and "mind control" a~ unp~en concepts. Also, echo!are who vi~ ~eligion =tom a~etile or wholly~litivistio perspective may overlook cri- tical diffezencH batten ~reditional re~igious mov~nts (both "m~instrel" and "noel") a~ ot~r g~ups that ~ceive and abuse those they ~uld recruit and ~nipulate, A g~up which openly preaches s~rict obedience to discipline before u would-be novitiate applies se~s very different f~m one which pretends that its lead- er simply wan~s eve~one to ~ kind e~ do go~ -- nntil after the recruit is ~o=oughly insnard, only to discover ~hat this leader stands above eve~ law e~ep= for his o~ wh~. , ,, ,,~,i_,~~ Repo~:t ~o= the C,r.'Lm.'m~X, Division DFb~FT F0CU5 ON DESTRUCTIV~ C~LT !221rg~ Page i) Influenc~ and lntimida~n~ tactics of de!~uctive cults Moreover, destructive groups ~nd their apologists have influence. A few groups have become extremely wealthy or locally powerful.is SOme !au~ch fuve=ish propaganda a~tacke {0~ worse) against %hei~ critics. some have tried tO silence critical press accounts. 13 The Unification Church has purchased academic institutions in Connecticut andMew York, owns a bank~ a New York City hotel, fast- ZO0d restaurants in the Northwest, e~n~ll Indust~ies in Korea, a PR service and a newspaper in washington~ D.C. TM, its leader now re- sident in the Netherlande~ is said to hnveamaesed over $~ billion and to have acquired valuable real estate inOrlande, Florida, New Yor~ c_~_t_y~ L~ An~e~C~ ~leg~r~ Felle~Onta~lo, New ~elhi and Lan- don as well ae businesses in India~ a university In Iowa and a Kib- butz in Israel. The Church of Scientelogyoounte prominent Helly- woc~ personalities ~ongits advocete~s and maintains a Washington~ D.C. office on Capitol Hill. It is said to gross over $500 million a year An Charges for its courses# books~ ~enagemen~ services and %he like and to have an estimated $1-2 billion of total Worldwide assets. See Reply to Petition for Writ~ Appendix ls 8eientology's Fast Financial FraUd end Their Current Alleged One ~alf Billion Dollar Fraud in the Wollersheim Cnse~ filed June 19~ 1992, in Wol- letshelm V. chtt~eh e~ 80lentulcer ef Califernis~ 832 P.Sd 898, 10 Cal.Rptr. Sd 182 (1992), ACcording tO the Ariscnal~epublic (June 29, 1991), the Church of 8Uientology enlisted SenatOr John~dcCain and Representatives John l~le, John Rhodes, Bob Stump and Morris Udall to ask the I.R.S. why it was targeting $ciento10~y. ~ In 1988, an initiative by CongreSsman Lantoe to pass a resolu- tion commemOrn%ing the Jones=own ~8secre's anniversary as "Cult awareness Week' collapsed when ob actions protesting an attack on freedom of religion inundated ~rs. Of. Cockburn, "From Salem to Waco, byway efthe Nasis" Los ~elea Tidies, April 27, 1993 p. Bll, for cruel attacks on Attorney General Reno and cult Awareness Network (CAN) president, Pat~icia Ryen, a daughter of the murdered COngreSsman. CAN in ~aot is a non-pro~i=, volunteer organization with some 15 years* experience in collecting accurate information on destructive groups# makin~ it available to thepublic (answering over 16,000 inc~niriee a year), ~d ~OStering support networks for ex-members and for ~amily and friends of present ~roup members. The LaRouche or~anieat~on floods Capitol Hill with newspapers de- nouncing Jndgee and prosecutors and, especial!y, the prosecution of Mr. LnRouche~ as Well as CAN and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith. The Church of 8cientelogycampaigns relentlessl~ to discredit UCLA Profese0~ of Psychiatr~ Louis Jolyon West. See Sln~er & Addis~ "Cults# Coercion end contumely~" cultiC ~tudies J. ,:,,n,m,,T ~ l ~ lespc~ ~:~-bs C:imAnal Division ~2 ~ ~S~TI~ ~ ISS~S ~a~ 9 ~d e~e ~ve ~orqed allAances with ot~rs, who 8incerel~ want to ~r0tec~ f~ee~ o~ religion against parceled threats.~ S~e ha+e intimidated ~tential contri~te~S to ~n.p~it groups that re- Weakn~sleB ~{ cult ~ern o~animations Thenon-profit private sector which co~er~ itself wl=h cult prob- e, 2, page 163 a= 172-178 (1992~ his is ~=tra~ed ae "a man who killed ~n ele~han=" -- in a~ ~ ~ ~2 ~!~l W~h~n~ ~ofi ~r~ Consultin~ she of ~zlca's {cruet ~ntal health re- sea=chars SS tO hi8 c~rent ~rk o~ cults onaccount o~'a wholly unrelated article, published ~0 ~ars ago in t~ prestigious Jour- nal, S~e~e. which ~scTi~d an unintentional experimental out- come. C~DaEe L.J. Wes~ C.M. Pierce, W.D. ~s, Science 138, 3545, ~ages 1100-1103 (DeCe~r 7, 1962),wl~h L.J. Weet~ "PSt- chiat~ a~ 8olen~o10~" (1992), t~ invited ~Distinguished Psy- chiatrist" lecture at t~ !992 ~ual ~etingof thee=loan Psy- chiatric ~soc~tion. ~s See Lancaster Fou~'n. Inc. v. 8kolnick, 1992 E 211063 (N.D. Ill.)(aenying prel~a~ injunction ~tion to enjoin print and video Jou=naliste fr~ "enga~ing in any activity which disparages an alternati~ health care cysts" pr~d ~ ~), dismissed without D=e!udice~rch 1~ !9~3~ for a~=~pt tu supp~eee, by liti- g~tion~ ~11ega~lons of deceit s~h as those documented in "Ma- hariehi A~r Vedaz Guru's~rketing 8che~P~iees the World Eter- nal 'PerfsC= Health,.~ journal o~ th8 ~erican ~dical Associa- tion. ~66(~3), 1741 (1991). ~a12o "A new tackle% Print our d~t~ o~'11 sue," San Francisco Ex~i~r (April 16, 1993, ~t p.AS) re- garding C~plaint by general co~ee! of ~M~ishi International university about ~icle efititled~ "Cults Book AIDS P~tients." ~e The Uni~ication Chu~h helps ~und the ~riuan Con[erase on Re- ligious ~v~nts. ~e ~ bo~d has i~luded ~se DuEst o~ the Unific~tio~ Church~ Here Jentsch of t~ Ch~ch o~ ~len=olo~, and Ray. Dean Kelly cf t~NatiOnal Council of Churches, who has sho~ s~peth~fCr such cu!t~oups. The Church of Scien~olo~funde the DeprogZ~ing Su~i~rS Network which has 8ough~ I.R.S. inves- tigations of donors to the ~erica~ F~ily Foundation. ~ [Prosecutor's statmnt in ~ ~88 'F]. 2d 1288 (D.C. Cir. 1980), cart, ~niea, 4~6 U.8. 926 (1992). ~ FROM~EEy'S paper] ~ ,. ~ ~r~ ~o~ ~ Crh.~l D:Lv~,.lcm ~AFT )~gg ~ ~R~X~ ) Z~)8 Pap 10 1~ l~ ~ ~l~anciallyla an~ in ~her ~r~ent ~es~c~s (save, perhQps, public e~at~)l understaffed and Consequently unable ede- quete~ to lnterpre~ ~ts riuh Bto~ 0~ r~w ~t8, dies~inate ln- fomtion tu the pub!l~m help ~cruits aM reaoh the pople who leave s~uh groups with aid end counseXling senices. Support se~- vices foe f~ly ana f=iends of recruits while ~ remain inside alms need strengthening. Research e(=~rt~ ~e un~rflnan0ed and lulte !~ited. )re of a single, ve~ aggressive gToup have aunch~ over 4D law suits against ~ (~ note 11, a~ve} Tab D at 1]t its officers or ChapterS. Al~hough these suits are based on novel and legel!y-dubl~s ~eo=les, defense ls coetl=, distracting and, pezha~l, debilitating for Bush l~-~et, organizations.~" Weaknesses o{ cult v~t~ aeeess to ~he Dm~nt o~ JuStice ú he Uepa~nt ~8 nut yet derl~ o~ QZ ~re points of ~ontact for cult vlct~8 in~Yldually oE through thel~ support organiza- tions. Th~ the~tio~office ~f 3~ which Eece~es s~e 16~000 cult-related phone calls a~er, lncl~ing~y involving a~se of children and adults inside c~ts~ d~s not have a point of ~ontact ~e The annual bedgets of ~ aM ~F are ~11 under 8[~]00,000 a piece. O~er, ~re e~ialised cult co~ern groups are even small- er. [[ ~~ ~th~a ???????? ]] ~ Members O~ the ChurCh of Sciento1~have~ded, for ample, to participate in activities of the~chapte: in Los Angeles or to fo~ M~ehapte=s In areas which already have ~chap~ers. ~ Ha=t v. ~ et a!], 13 Cel.A~.4th 777, 16 Cal. Rptr.2d 705 (1993), (~t. fo= =~ denied, Sup. Ct. Cal. April 21, 1993), affixing Su~rior Co~t~dge's ~enial of a prel~inary injunction against ~-Loe~geles for N~using~e~ehip toScientologists, avoiding constitutioneX issues (e.~., freed~ of association) by concluding that ~-~ ie ~t a "business" subject to a duty to open its mCership to all who wish ~oinl Beginning in JUly 1gO1, [the shelfmen of~-~] bega~ to Peasire e to~ll of 486 letters fro~ mcgn~ledg~h~e~toLoulstt r~Ueetl~to be ndmltted ne members of OAN-LA, purpoP=edl ~o e~gege ~n r~i 10Us d~el~ue with other members; ~he letters Were remarkably eleazar lfi OOlpOaLi~tOfi, [The chairman] believed the ~am- litsP~UPe defines as One ~het eut~velV seeks te %uppPeee nP d~ige S~ie~tclo~y .... ' AcooPding to OhuPch ~lterature ú eUppPeeltve person oP group beoomes "fa~p am& "end a person or group ~1oh te ~8tP gels "~y M d rll d p~y or in- ~ur~ ~ e~ l~ne by any 801entol~lSt WLthO~ any ~ieotpllne of the So~en- rolegist. ~y ~ tr~ ~ ~P lie~ to sr ~yed." [Emphasis supplied,] [.Slip opln, at 6,] . ;,(r', ~ DRAFT aspoft for v, he C~lmSxel Dlvfslon F0C~ 0NDESTNETXVE CULT xSS~S Page 11 !fi the CrYins1 Division or t~ F.B.I. {~