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know, when I came to Clearwater that weekend, the weekend
of October 31st, the Friday, I learned that the Church of
Scientology had followed my 14 year old daughter to Long
Island and this is -- I have been constantly, since 1997,
under siege by these people. I do not wish to shuddered
into silence which is what they want me to be, shuddered
into silence. Their top executives, their number two man,
their number three man, the head of OSA, they have
pleaded with me, they have put agreements in front of me
to settle my differences with Scientology, but most
importantly, to stop giving money for this Lisa McPherson
case.

Q Mr. Minton, I guess that begs the question, if
Mr. Howd as Mr. Offman was in your space so to speak, why
not just walk off, why not just walk across the street
and get away from him?

A That’s the point that I am trying to get to,
that’s what they you want to do. They want you to go
away and stop being a critic of Church of Scientology.
It is my right as an American citizen to demonstrate
against something that I see is wrong. The abusive and
deceptive activities, that they perpetrate within this

OSA.

Q Let’s get back to around the corner then.
Okay, we see what we see as far as how close he was.