From netcom.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed. internetmci.com!news.corpcomm.net!funny.bahnhof.se!seunet!news2.swip.net!mn6.swip.net!mn5.swip.ne t!news Thu Sep 5 20:56:18 1996 Path: netcom.com!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cs.utexas.edu!howland.erols.net!newsfeed .internetmci.com!news.corpcomm.net!funny.bahnhof.se!seunet!news2.swip.net!mn6.swip.net!mn5.swip.n et!news From: Zenon Panoussis Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: Today's developments Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 05:03:43 +0200 Organization: - Lines: 85 Message-ID: <322F948F.7C9A@dodo.pp.se> Reply-To: oracle@dodo.pp.se NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup105-3-7.swipnet.se Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I was not present at the raid yesterday. Today I learned from the bailiff that the scienos' Swedish lawyer, two American scienos by the names of Warren MacShane and William Heart, as well as a scieno computer technician were allowed by the bailiff to search my home. This is not only irregular, but highly illegal in this country. In the total mess that my apartment is (and was already before the raid), I have had no possibility to check what might be missing. No time either. A journalist interviewed the bailiff on this matter today and the bailiff looked quite shaken. As far as I am concerned, my home may be bugged and has to be deloused. It is very probable that the bailiff's office will have to pay that cost, as well as damages for the violation of my privacy. But that is a later matter. The bailiff had also planned to let the scienos search my hard disks today. But after hearing that I would be present, the scienos didn't show up at the bailiff's office for a meeting at 9 am. They later called and made a new appointment for 10 am. Shortly before 10 they phoned and postponed it for 12 noon. Three peple from the bailiff's office and me waited from 12 to 1.10 pm in vain. The scienos didn't show up and didn't even bother to phone. At the end the bailiff phoned them and arranged to arrange a new meeting tomorrow (or rather this morning Friday). Learning of the bailiff's plans to let the scienos search my files I filed a protest. It resulted in the bailiff changing his mind. Neither the scienos, their lawyers or their computer technicians will be allowed to look at my files. I provided the bailiff with a new copy of the OTs and NOTs on diskette, for the scienos to verify that it is the material they are looking for. After that it is fully possible for an independent computer technician to check for the files on my disks. I also filed a request for the return of my disks. It was immediatelly denied by the bailiff, as expected, whereupon I appealed against his decision. The appeal will be coming up in court shortly. After all this fuss I went to the court to fetch the file on the case. The scienos have filed a whole 300 pages, most of it irrelevant crap in English. Here is the Grady preliminary injunction, the Netcom, Erlich and Klemesrud order of September last, the Lerma denial from January, the Henson preliminary injunction, the Helsigius ruling of August 22, the Spaink et al ruling, a document comparison made by a scieno and some 140+ pages of stripe covered copies of the NOTs, all of it in English. The lawsuit itself is full of inaccuracies, irrelevant data and referrals to inadmissible evidence, but contains also (at least) one direct lie that directly affected or maybe even was the ground of yesterday's preliminary decision. The lie is evident from the file itself and does not need to be proved. Looking at this lawsuit was really a relief. I had given myself some 25-40% chance of winning the case. After looking at the lawsuit I have increased that to the double. The scienos make ample use of procedural tricks in the USA in order to make litigation as complicated and expensive as possible for their victims. Here they will be dancing at the tune of my pipe and I am very good in procedural law. I have already found three formal errors and/or ommissions in the lawsuit and will be filing a demand for correction in the morning. Correction will cost the scienos quite some money; exactly how much is difficult to figure. I will go into details when my demand is filed. There is also a nice Catch 22 situation. I am filing for a stay in the procedure until such time when I get back my hard disks, given the fact that my collected defence is on them and cannot be reconstructed. Now, will the scienos want me to have my disks or will they want me not to have them? It is 04.50 am local time here and at 9 am I will be in court filing motions etc. Considering the time difference to the US I have not disclosed the best part of what will happen in the morning, in order not to give the scienos advance warning. But I promise you that there will be some laughter in ars tomorrow. For the time being I need some sleep... Z --- oracle@everywhere: The ephemeral source of the eternal truth...