Noisy investigations are used by the
Church of Scientology
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to intimidate, harass, and attack their enemies. The Church used to openly label such people as
Fair Game. The goal of a noisy investigation may not be to find out anything, but to harass the person being investigated. The procedure is to contact friends, neighbours, co-workers, etc. and inform them that they are investigating crimes by the targeted individual.
[Atack, Jo]
A Piece of Blue Sky, Chapter 5: Hubbard's Travels
© Jon Atack 1990. (convenience link provided by Xenu.net)
A 1966 Hubbard Communications Office Executive Letter entitled "How to do a NOISY Investigation" described the practice as:
The investigation may also be undertaken by hired detectives.
A memo, reprinted in the British paper "People", said: "We want at least one bad mark on every psychiatrist in England, a murder, an assault, or a rape or more than one.... This is Project Psychiatry. We will remove them."
Some
Scientologists claim that their policy of "
Fair Game" is no longer in effect, but critics of the Church maintain that whether the rule is still written in Scientology policy or not, the policy is still adhered to today. Some ex-Scientologists have claimed that the cancellation of the policy only cancelled the use of the words "fair game" and did not change the actual policy.
See also
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Dead Agenting
Since its inception in 1954, the Church of Scientology has been involved in a number of controversies, including its stance on psychiatry, Scientology's legitimacy as a religion, the Church's aggressive attitude in dealing with its perceived ene ...
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Suppressive Person
Suppressive Person, often abbreviated SP, is a term used in Scientology to describe the "antisocial personalities" who, according to Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard, make up about 2.5% of the population. A statement on a Church of Scientolog ...
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Fair Game (Scientology)
The term Fair Game is used to describe policies and practices carried out by the Church of Scientology towards people and groups it perceives as its enemies. Founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, established the policy in the 1950s, in respon ...
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R2-45
R2-45 is the name given by L. Ron Hubbard to what he described as "an enormously effective process for exteriorization but its use is frowned upon by this society at this time". In Scientology doctrine, exteriorization refers to the separation ...
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References
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