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had came —— Ms. Brooks had been down here the week
before, she had looked at some available buildings
downtown, and since we were going to have to act quickly
in terms of concluding a deal, I came down here to try to
strike a deal to buy an office building for the Lisa
McPherson Trust.

Q When you landed in Tampa was there anybody
there to meet you?

A Yes, when you go from the gate you take a
shuttle bus, not a shuttle bus, a train. And as soon as
the door opened I walked out and there is two
Scientologists, well, two ladies which I subsequently
determined were Scientologists, but they said to me when
I had taken maybe three steps off the shuttle, “Bob
Minton, what are you doing in our town?” I immediately
assumed that they were Scientologists, because throughout
my life before, until I got in this battle, strangers
never walked up to me and mentioned me by name, or said
anything to me like that. So I said to them at the time,
“Maybe this used to be your town, but I am here to help
liberate this town.” And that was reported in the
newspapers.

Q Did you thereafter rent a vehicle to leave
Tampa International?

A Yes, I did.