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policy. That will be described to you by me in a moment.
As far as the incident is concerned what

you are going to learn is that Mr. Minton came in town,
flew into town and he was greeted by members of the
Church of Scientology at the airport. Mr. Minton had no
idea as to how they could have possibly known that he was
on that flight. They did. As he exited the airplane
they said, “Go home, Bob. What are you doing here? Get
out of here.”

Mr. Minton and Ms. Brooks gathered their
belongings, their luggage and they got in the vehicle on
their way to a local hotel. As they drove down the road
they realized that there were people following them. Mr.
Minton is tuned to that. He has been followed before.
He realized that member of the Church of Scientology in a
unit called the Office of Special Affairs.

Mr. Tyson, if I may digress, said that Mr.
Minton doesn’t like Scientologists. That’s not the
truth. You are not going to hear anything about Mr.
Minton not liking Scientologists. I think the evidence
in this case is going to show that he lives and let live.
If that is what their personal beliefs are, you are going
to hear from the evidence then that is fine. His quarrel
is to get out the word about the Office of Special
Affairs, and about certain natures and the manner in