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A No, you can come up with an idea, but you have
to go up the chain of command to make sure that they want
you to do, your idea may be great, or your idea cannot be
so great. So everything has to get cleared with whoever
your senior is, or whoever is right above you. And maybe
even several steps above that.

Q So while you were in the Office of Special
Affairs if you wanted to go check out where someone was,
could you just leave the building and go check it out, or
would you have to clear it first?

A No, I would have to be given instructions,
check this person out, and then I would check them out.
If I discovered that someone was saying something about
the organization I would have to write a report, send it
up the line, and they would tell me what to do next.

Q Why work under that strict of a policy, was
there some benefit of doing that, did you actually get
some rewards?

A Well, if you do what you are told, naturally
you move up. Your statistics, you are measured in the
organization by statistics, just like you would anywhere
else. You do good, your Statistics go up, you are
regarded better. If your statistics are up you are
rewarded with more time for study, maybe more time for
spiritual counseling that they call. If you are in the