Is Church of Scientology ‘fair game’ policy alive and well?
By Robert Korczak
Scientology’s “Fair Game” policy was a controversial hot button topic since it’s inception in 1965, by church founder Lafayette Ronald Hubbard better known as L. Ron Hubbard.
The policy stated that “A Suppressive Person or Group becomes fair game. By FAIR GAME is meant, may not be further protected by the codes and disciplines or the rights of a Scientologist.”
Later that same year L. Ron Hubbard amended the policy by adding that
“The homes, property, places and abodes of persons who have been active in attempting to: suppress Scientology or Scientologists are all beyond any protection of Scientology Ethics, unless absolved by later Ethics or an amnesty ... this Policy Letter extends to suppressive non-Scientology wives and husbands and parents, or other family members or hostile groups or even close friends.”
In 1967 Hubbard further amended this policy where he defined the "penalties" for an individual deemed to be in a "Condition of Enemy":
“ENEMY — SP Order. Fair game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed.”
Ask an active Scientologist about “Fair Game Policy” today and they will quickly tell you that this policy was cancelled by Hubbard himself in fact cancelled any such order and that it is no longer in practice today.
Is this true? Well, to answer that question we need only look at more of Hubbard’s writings dating back to October of 1968 when Hubbard amended the policy again
"The practice of declaring people FAIR GAME will cease. FAIR GAME may not appear on any Ethics Order. It causes bad public relations. This P/L does not cancel any policy on the treatment or handling of an SP."
The only conclusion that can be drawn from this is exemplified in the very last sentence of the above quote; “This P/L (Policy Letter) does not cancel any policy on the treatment or handling of an SP (Suppressive Person).”
Ever since these policies were written critics of the Church of Scientology have been using Hubbard’s own words as ammunition against the Church.
But this policy of “Fair Game” was written in the late 1960’s and certainly couldn’t be a church policy in the year 2008? Or could it?
In May of 2008, the internet group known as “Anonymous” held their fifth global protest against the Church of Scientology and they named this protest “Operation Fair Game: Stop”…
What made this protest different from the others was that “Anonymous” had gained a new ally in their war with Scientology, this new ally just happened to be a former C.I.A Operative and decorated veteran of the cold war, Boris Korczak.
Mr. Korczak, a Polish-Lithuanian refugee worked for the C.I.A in the 1970’s until he was exposed under mysterious circumstances in 1979. Causing him to flee to the United States where he was promptly shot by an assassin; Korczak survived the shooting.
Initially, Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa took up Korczak’s case and went on the record on numerous talk shows imploring the U.S. Government to pay Boris the money that was owed to him for his time in the C.I.A and services to the United States of America.
Fearing that there might be another attempt to finish him off, Korczak went on the News and Talk-Show circuit in the 1980’s, believing that if he were a public figure that nobody would be foolish enough to try to repeat any attempts on his life.
On April 20, 2008 Boris posted a video which detailed some of his work in the C.I.A but primarily focused on his Scientologist Case Officer who was desperate to recruit him into Scientology.
Ironically enough, or maybe not so ironically, Korczak’s case officer was attempting to recruit Korczak during the same period of time that the Church of Scientology was being prosecuted for “Operation Snow White”, which was the largest infiltration of the U.S. Government to date.
Is it just coincidence that Korczak’s case officer just happened to be a Scientologist, in a very high position of power, at the same time that Scientology was infiltrating the Government in an attempt to destroy “negative” paperwork about the Church?
Nevertheless, the video got a lot of attention from “Anonymous” and due to their questions and kind comments, Korczak released a another video a few days later where he stated he would be attending the May 10 protest alongside members of “Anonymous”.
Here is where the story gets a little murky for the Church of Scientology, which continues to claim that the “Fair Game” policy has long since been out of existence and is not something that was practiced by Scientology anymore.
However, it doesn’t appear to be as cut and dry as the Church would have use believe because just a few short days after the protest, Korczak discovered, through internal sources within the Church of Scientology, that The Church of Scientology had hired Harold Gossett, an ex FBI agent now running a P.I. firm) had been hired to “spy” on him.
Korczak telephoned Karin Pouw, Director of Public Affairs for Church of Scientology International, and informed her that Harold Gossett had been exposed and to add insult to injury Boris thanked Karin Pouw for her attention and wished her a great day.
