Scientology
®
ringleader David Miscavige grilled about Narconon
®
on ABC News
ABC News Nightline, 14 Feb 1992
"A Conversation with David Miscavige"
[beginning of extract]
TED KOPPEL: You were talking before about
Narconon, right? Narconon operated in Oklahoma, correct? The
state of Oklahoma said illegitimate group, tossed you out.
DAVID MISCAVIGE: Well, there you go, now
we're going to bring up a new allegation. The state of
Oklahoma...
TED KOPPEL: Well, isn't it true?
DAVID MISCAVIGE: ...no, they didn't, they
didn't toss it out. It's still there and that's in the court
system. In fact, what happened, Ted, is that various doctors came
in to testify. The leading drug rehabilitation experts in the
country came in to testify...
TED KOPPEL: Well, who was...
DAVID MISCAVIGE: ...let me finish.
TED KOPPEL: ...who was opposing it? Who was
trying to get it out?
DAVID MISCAVIGE: The psychiatrists. The
mental health board. The leading doctors across the country,
Forrest Tannen, another gentleman whose name doesn't come to mind
right now, testified in behalf. All the testimony on the efficacy
of Narconon program was all in favor of it. Studies have been
done, governmental studies in Spain, in Sweden, found Narconon to
be the most effective drug rehabilitation program in those
countries. One man came in, a psychiatrist, he made statements
about the program, that man was also on record as stating... and
it's a man named Dr. Gellian West... out at UCLA, he stated that
living a drug free existence is an antiquated position in today's
society. The judge in that case ruled that having that man talk
about our drug rehabilitation program is similar to asking Saddam
Hussein to report on the treatment of the Kuwaitis in Kuwait.
TED KOPPEL: So why is it still in the court
system?
DAVID MISCAVIGE: The mental health ward is
the one who ruled on it, and we couldn't understand the findings
because all the testimony was positive. Both health inspections
they passed, and then at the last minute these mental health
people denied it...
TED KOPPEL: Just...
DAVID MISCAVIGE: Hang on, I gave you the
story, though. You want to know?
TED KOPPEL: Sure.
DAVID MISCAVIGE: Just like the FDA, just like
that, we get a level playing field, Ted, it always comes out.
You're bringing up Narconon now, but you know...
TED KOPPEL: No, you brought it up, that's why
I raised it.
DAVID MISCAVIGE: ...well, I didn't bring up
the Oklahoma matter.
TED KOPPEL: That's correct.
DAVID MISCAVIGE: And you brought that up.
TED KOPPEL: That is correct.
DAVID MISCAVIGE: You want... you know, if
you... I could have been on here two years ago and you would have
brought something up, and it's over now. There have been these
cases, but in the end, we come out on top, and I'm telling you,
Ted, there are a group of people on this planet who find us to be
a threat to their existence, and they will do everything in their
power to stop us. And that is the mental health field. I didn't
pick a war with them. You can ask them if they feel this way, and
they will tell you that.
[end of extract]
[ Note: Miscavige's closing comments are very significant: they
are an almost direct paraphrase of L. Ron Hubbard's secret 1969
directive that Scientology should take over the mental health
field.
See Hubbard, "
Intelligence Actions - Covert Intelligence - Data Collection
2 December 1969)
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