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Q And as you left Tampa International was Stacy
Brooks with you?

A Yes, we were in the car together.

Q Was there a time, Mr. Minton, when you realized
that you were being followed?

A There was.

Q About where were you or when did you ——
A Just coming out the parking lot of the rental

car place, there was a van there. At various times, just
to put this in perspective, at various times when I have
come to the airport, you know, Tampa police officers have
been there to meet and see whether we were being
followed. This particular time we hadn’t taken any
particular precautions about —- of any security nature.
And you know being followed by the Church of Scientology
is something that I am pretty accustomed to. You sort of
develop an eye to spot these people. The way they
typically do it, they have two cars who are following
you. And they go back and forth. Sometimes will pass
you. But we saw this van who was behaving in strange
way, and he wasn’t inside the Hertz or Avis place, he was
just kind of lurking at the exit of it. Sure enough that
car proceeded behind us. Not at close distance. I just
assumed that was one of the cars that would be in the
cavalcade of cars that might be following us.