Blown for Good Behind the Iron Curtain of Scientology (49 page)

Chinese School
 
– This is a memorization technique which involves a group of people chanting a specific phrase or paragraph of written material over and over off of a huge board or paper scroll until they can read it back verbatim without the use of the written aid.

CIC
 
– Control Information Center. This is the department in CMO units which has all of the pertinent information regarding its subordinate organizations that it’s responsible for. They have statistics graphed weekly for all the lower organizations as well as maps and binders containing any and all facts about the organizations and their operations.

Complex
 – This is the large hospital complex that was purchased by Scientology in the 1970’s. The buildings were all painted blue and this is where several Los Angeles based organizations are located. Bridge Publications, AOLA, ASHO and LA DAY, CLO WUS, CMO PAC, INCOMM, PBC, are all located at “The Complex”. This area is sometimes referred to as “Big Blue” or “PAC”.

Comm Ev
 – Committee of Evidence. This is a disciplinary or justice procedure that takes place within Scientology. It consists of a minimum of four staff members, named at random – a Chairman, a Secretary and two members whose duty it is to interview, review evidence and determine if a staff member is guilty or not guilty of listed Scientology crimes they are being accused of.

Conditions
 – These are states of existence that have been laid out by L. Ron Hubbard. In order to progress into better states of Existence, one must follow the exact steps of a “formula” and once completed, one should rise up into the next condition.

Class V Org
 – This is a local Scientology organization that is staffed by local Scientologists. They can only deliver Scientology auditing and training materials up to Class V (generally known as Clears), thus they are called Class V Orgs. In order to get further training and auditing, local Scientologists must go to their continental Advanced Organization or the Flag Land Base, which is where they will go on to the OT Levels.

Clearance Unit
 – This is the CMO unit in Los Angeles that handles the “clearance” of individuals that are slated to work at the Int Base or any other high level Scientology organizations that require a special security clearance. ASI, CMO INT, CMO Gold, CST, Exec Strata, GOLD, INCOMM and RTC all require special extensive security clearances and get approved by RTC before a staff member is even allowed to travel to them for placement.

Cleaning Station
 – Each and every Sea Org or staff member is required to clean a specific portion of the organization they are employed at daily. This is their “cleaning station”.

CLO
 – Continental Liaison Office. This is the local Sea Org unit that is responsible for reporting up on and managing the Scientology organizations in its continent. These units are located in Canada (CAN), Eastern United States (EUS), Western United States (WUS), Europe (EU), United Kingdom (UK), Africa (AF), Australia, New Zealand and Oceania (ANZO), Latin America (LATAM), and more recently the Commonwealth of Independent States in Russia (CIS).

CMO
 – This is the Commodore’s Messenger Organization. This is an organization that was formed specifically by and for L. Ron Hubbard to manage all of the operations of the Sea Org and Organizations all over the world. After the Sea Organization was formed in the 70s, Hubbard referred to himself as Commodore. And staff recruited into the CMO, were said to be his messengers. Thus the name. They oversee the execution of any and all programs and expansion plans written by L. Ron Hubbard and enforce compliance to these. CMO International or CMO INT located at the Int Base in Gilman Hot Springs, California, runs all of the individual units around the world. There are CMO units located in Canada (CAN), Clearwater (CW), Eastern United States (EUS), Golden Era Productions (GOLD), Hollywood (IXU), Western United States (PAC), Europe (EU), United Kingdom (UK), Africa (AF), Australia, New Zealand and Oceania (ANZO),
Freewinds
(SHIP) Latin America (LATAM), and more recently the Commonwealth of Independent States in Russia (CIS).

CMU
 –
C
entral
M
arketing
U
nit. This is the marketing unit located at the Int Base that provides all of the central promotion and advertising for Scientology around the world.

COB
RTC
 – Chairman of the Board, Religious Technology Center. Currently this position is held by Dave Miscavige. He took over this position in 1986, shortly after the death of L. Ron Hubbard.

CO CMO INT
 – Commanding Officer Commodore’s Messenger Org International. This post has been held by many people over the past 20 years but mainly by Marc Yager. Both Marc Yager and Dave Miscavige started in the CMO together in the 1970’s and eventually worked together shooting Scientology Technical Training films for L. Ron Hubbard and then occupied the two top management positions in Scientology Internationally.

CO GOLD
 – Commanding Officer Golden Era Productions.

Course
 – A series of theoretical and practical study steps that one does in Scientology on a given subject. Also within Scientology, when one regularly attends daily classes, this is commonly referred to as being “on course”.

Criminon
 
– This is the organization that uses materials written by L. Ron Hubbard to attempt to rehabilitate convicted criminals.

Cross Order
 
– In Scientology this is when a senior gives an order that either disagrees or crosses another senior order or policy that has already been laid out.

C/S
 
–
C
ase Supervisor. This is the staff member that reviews a person’s auditing and determines the next step they must do. Whatever the C/S directs, the auditor (person who delivers Scientology auditing to its members) must follow exactly.

CSI
 –
C
hurch of Scientology International.
CSI
includes four of the five organizations housed at the Int Base in Gilman Hot Springs – CMO Int, Exec Strata, CMO Gold and Gold.

CST
 –
C
hurch of
S
piritual
T
echnology. Also called “Archives”. This is the Sea Organization that is responsible for archiving all of L. Ron Hubbard’s materials on special archival materials that can withstand a nuclear war so that they will be available to future races on Earth.

CSW
 –
C
ompleted
S
taff
W
ork. This is a regularly used request form used in all Scientology organizations that requires an employee to list out the situation, data and solution to the thing that they are trying to do. In order to purchase something, take a day off, visit one’s dying Grandmother or even request the smallest of items not commonly required by one’s post functions requires getting a CSW approved by one’s seniors and sometimes many other senior staff members.

CTO
 – Continental Training Organization. These are the local Sea Org training facilities that are located wherever there is a CLO.

CW
 – Clearwater. Location of the Flag Land Base.

D/CO I
 
– Deputy Commanding Officer for Internal. This is a post that is usually located only in Sea Org Units. This post usually deals with internal issues such as personnel and local flaps that require internal organization handlings. This includes running the “internal” divisions of the organization – Executive, HCO, Dissemination and Treasury.

Declared
 – When someone is deemed a Suppressive Person, most Scientologists refer to this person as being “declared”. This is from the fact that when a person is considered a Suppressive Person, a written issue on goldenrod paper usually comes out and is posted on all public notice boards that is called a “SUPPRESSIVE PERSON DECLARE”. Thousands and thousands of people have been declared SP’s by Scientology. When someone is declared a Suppressive Person, no Scientologists (family, friends or otherwise) are allowed to have any contact with them of any kind or form. The only way to be “undeclared” is to follow a lengthy program that includes and mandates getting back “in good” as a Scientologist, and often involves paying large sums of money to Scientology.

Delphi
 – This is a Scientology run school that has several locations around the United States. The school not only uses Scientology materials in the teachings of its students, but in most cases the teachers and administrative staff are Scientologists and the entire school is managed with L. Ron Hubbard administrative technology as well.

Del Sol
– One of the buildings on the Int Base in Gilman Hot Springs, California. This is where the Commodores’ Messenger Org International, WDC (Watch Dog Committee) and Executive Strata International and were located. Del Sol used to be the main hotel unit for the Gilman Hot Springs Resort. It has since been converted into the staff auditing facility for the Int Base.

Dept Head
 
– Department Head. In both Sea Org and Scientology organizations, each leader of a Department is called the Dept Head. Each organization in Scientology generally has seven divisions. Each division consists of three departments. The Department heads report to their direct senior, the Division Head.

Div Head
- In both Sea Org and Scientology organizations, each leader of a Division is called the Div Head. The Div Heads report to their direct senior, the Executive Secs who in turn report to the Commanding Officer (or head) of their organization.

Drug Rundown
 
– A Scientology auditing procedure that is meant to handle a person’s past use of drugs.

Eagle
 – This is a security lookout location that is cut into the side of the mountain that overlooks the Int Base in Gilman Hot Springs, California. Not only can the entire Int Base property be viewed from this location, but also, any and all roads leading to or away from the property in all directions. Since the property was first purchased, security guards were posted at this location all day and all night to keep watch over the property and ensure that anyone coming or going was kept track of. High powered binoculars and firearms were on hand at this location. More recently high powered, remote controlled, infrared cameras have been installed at Eagle to watch over the Int Base from this location.

EC
- Executive Council. This is the Executive Secretaries from an organization – who are to meet daily and discuss production of their organization. EC is run by the Commanding Officer (head) of the organization.

ED INT
 – Executive Director International. This is the head of the Executive Strata International, the Scientology organization responsible for providing bright ideas to Scientology organizations all over the world. This post has been held by Guillaume Lesevre since 1982.

E-Meter
 –
E
lectro-psychometer. An E-meter is a device that is made by Golden Era Productions and is used in Scientology counseling (also referred to as auditing or processing). Only an E-Meter produced and approved by Scientology can be used in counseling. As part of counseling policies put in place by L. Ron Hubbard, every single counselor in Scientology is required to have two E-meters on hand at any time so that if one breaks, a spare can be used. As of 2009 approximately 30,000 E-Meters had been produced for all of Scientology internationally.

EPF
 
–
E
states Project Force. This is the indoctrination procedure that all new Sea Org recruits are put through to ensure that they will be able to perform up to standard within the Sea Org. A new recruit is not considered to have arrived in the Sea Org until they have completed and passed this program. A strict schedule of heavy labor and training courses are done over a period of weeks. It is very similar to a boot camp or military or armed forces entry training program.

ESI
 
–
E
xecutive Strata International. The Scientology organization responsible for providing bright ideas for Scientology organizations all over the world. ESI is composed of International Executives (Exec Ints) responsible for all of the areas that L. Ron Hubbard attributed to expansion. These are: Establishment Exec Int (EEI), Books Exec Int (BEI), Marketing Exec Int (MEI), Materials Exec Int (MATEI), Division Six International Exec Int (DSIEI), Gross Income Exec Int (GIEI), Fields Exec Int (FEI), Services Exec Int (SEI), Quality Exec Int (QEI), Audio Visual Exec Int (AVEI) and Call-In Exec Int (CIEI). The post of Manufacturing Exec Int was added to this list by Miscavige. In 2007, there was no one on any of these posts.

Estates
 – This is the division in all Sea Org units that is responsible for the upkeep and renovation of buildings and facilities.

Estates
Sec
 – The Division head over Estates.

Ethics Officer
 
– This is the staff member within a Scientology organization that is responsible for ensuring that both staff and members are following the ethics and justice procedures laid out by L. Ron Hubbard.