Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Path: netnews.worldnet.att.net!arclight.uoregon.edu!nntp.primenet.com!netcom.com!grady From: grady@netcom.com (Grady Ward) Subject: Grady2Cult: NOTs publicly available in Sweden Message-ID: X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 23:21:12 GMT Lines: 87 Sender: grady@netcom19.netcom.com UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER, a California non-profit corporation, Plaintiff, vs. GRADY WARD, an individual, Defendant ) ) ) ) ) No. C-96 20207 RMW (EAI) DECLARATION OF GRADY WARD RE NOTS Series 1-54 (TXu 257 326) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN SWEDEN On Monday, October 21, 1996 I received an unsolicited package via United Parcel Service, purportedly from a Mr Lars Ek, Box 5027, 161 05 Bromma, Sweden. Enclosed in the package was two separate copies of the documents the plaintiff claims are the NOTs Series 1-54, collectively registered under the U.S.Copyright Office as certificate TXu 257 326 and the subject of my preliminary injunction that I have moved to dissolve. According to my knowledge and belief and the representation of the sender of these documents, these documents are publicly available throughout Sweden from at least (1) The Chancellor of Justice; (2) The Department of Justice; (3) The office of the Parliament; (4) The Primary Court of Stockholm. It is my knowledge and belief that the Swedish constitutional principle known as "offentlighetsprincip" ("public common papers") applies. This principle guarantees that these papers be forever publicly available for a standard copying fee. I file under seal the two documents thus publicly procured (Exhibit A). Each bears the official seal and security threads of either the Chancellor of Justice ("Justitiekanslern") or of the Department of Justice. According to my correspondent, the Chancellor of Justice is the highest level civil servant in Sweden. She or he has the explicit constitutional duty to defend the freedom of the media and to protect the principle of offentlighetsprincip. In Sweden this position is separate from either the government or of parliament. Under the "law of the archives" the NOTs are guaranteed to be kept as public common papers in perpetuity, available for whomever requests it and pays the copying fee. According to my knowledge and belief, this principle of public documents is felt to be such an important constitutional cornerstone in Sweden that Sweden only joined the European Community under the condition that this principle be preserved. Exhibit B documents the significance of the security seals and stamps and gives information on both verifying and ordering these materials. According to the correspondent, these copies are public common papers without any relation to the RTC v Zenon Parnoussis case and were not made public solely as a consequence of this case. That is, the status of the case in Sweden will have no effect on their permanent status as "public common papers." This exhibit also impeaches the testimony of plaintiff Warren McShane in a related affidavit. Exhibit C is the receipt in Swedish Crowns for making ten legal copies of these documents under Swedish law and having them notarized by the relevant official. Under the penalty of perjury I declare the foregoing true and correct. Dated: October 21, 1996 _____________________________ Grady Ward, in pro per 1 DECLARATION OF GRADY WARD RE NOTS Series 1-54 (TXu 257 326) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN SWEDEN No. C 96-20207