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Turha sitten jauhaa paskaa että asia on tapahtunut vuosia sitten. Sama kööri vaikuttaa edelleen Hubbardin kuorossa!!!!

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January 10, 1990 Helsingin Sanomat newspaper, Helsinki Finland


THREE PRESIDENTIAL GUARDS RESIGN BECAUSE OF SCIENTOLOGY

Two of the president's bodyguards resigned in order to devote themselves to the American-based cult Scientology. The third who was also involved in the church left his position, but seems to still be working for the police force. One of them has started a consulting business based on Scientology's teachings which gives personality tests to potential employees of companies that hire him. In an interview with this man, he said he left his job willingly and with no misunderstandings. Esa Tarvainen, a Presidential aide, refused to comment on the event. As far as he is concerned, this is all in the past. "I have worked for the President for five years and during this time no one has been fired but it is true that within the last two and a half years, three men have resigned." But he wouldn't say if the President's office ap- plied pressure on the men. "This is a security matter, and we don't want any public discussion on it." According to him, belonging to a religious group might be a security risk. It depends on the organization and it's goals. [Here is a short reasonably accurate overview of Scientology teaching that I chose not to include] The Finnish Scientology association was founded almost six years ago, and works under the Swedish organization. The worldwide organization is being led from the United States. It has been critisized for brainwashing and greediness. They begin with free personality testing which leads to very ex- pensive courses in the United States. According to Seppo Tiitisen, an Investigative Bureau chief, belonging to a religious organization is not enough grounds for firing a police officer. But of course it's a different thing if this has other effects like taking too much of their time. He refused to comment on this case, but did say the police were looking into Scientology. "Scientology is a cult-based organization, and there have been many of those. We looked into Scientology and have transferred investigations to the criminal police when we found out there was nothing unusually criminal about the or- ganization." They looked into Scientology in 1989 in connec- tion with the banking procedures with co-signers, but did not find out enough to warrant continuing the investigation. Lately there have not been any investigations into the orga- nization.

Tuesday, January 9, 1990 Iltalehti Newspaper, Helsinki, Finland

SCANDAL IN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

Three of President Koivisto's bodyguards exposed as Scientologists. The Investigative Bureau found out in their investigations that three of President Koivisto's bodyguards turned out to be Scientologists, members of a strange American religious group. The police discovered this in investigations of financial dealings of the church. After this was exposed, the three had to leave their positions. The police found out about the Scientologists in the Spring of 1989 when they were looking into Scientology dealings with the banks. They found out that hundreds of Scientologists had gotten loans with co-signers who cross-signed for each other. When the police were looking over these names they found a real surprise; there were three active church members who were President Koivisto's bodyguards. The Investigative Bureau and the Security chief interogated the three. Two of them had to leave the Palace in February, 1989, because their membership in this ill-famed church was seen as a security risk. The two were transferred to the Helsinki airport. A higher officer was fired around March of 1989, and there were investigations of his private life which showed he had spent 100,000 marks [$25,000 US] on church courses. All three had traveled to the U.S. where Scientology is headquartered. The higher officer is now working for a private business which bases its product on the church's teachings. Did the president know about this? The security chief, Markku Koivu, did not want to comment on any of this. "Well... well, what can I say? I know exactly who has been in our service, and I know what they have been doing, but we just don't talk about these things." Esa Tarvainen, Koivisto's military advisor, also refused to speak about this case. "It is true that three men have been looking for another job, but that's all I want to say about it. These are things we just don't want to speak about in public. When it comes to the President's security, we don't talk about it publicly." He was asked if the President knew about this situation, and replied "No comment." The investigative bureau and the criminal police had a private meeting with the banks last spring concerning Scientologists' financial difficulties. The banks were concerned about these cross-signing loans that were used on self-development courses. The investigations into the Church of Scientology have been turned over to the criminal police. They now have three large files on the church and have found hundreds of people victimized by the church.