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Anonymous asked this question on 5/9/2000:

Hi, experts!!!

I found a document on the web that I can't find any more but it was dated November 20'th 1997. I remember that because it's my birthday!

I didn't understand much of the legal terms but there was one term that I think is a scientology term, not a legal term. There was a guy names Stephen Mitchel either sueing the church or being sued by the church for libel but this Stephen Mitchel guy presented thousands of pages of evidence to, I think, sue the church.

The word was "squirreling." Stephen Mitchel filed evidence that said the church was 'squirreling."

That's got to be a scientology term since it's not covered on anything in the legal newsgroups I could find. Anyone? thanks

Irmgard gave this response on 5/11/2000:

Squirreling is a scientology term - it means deviating from standard Scientology technology in any way. Squirreling is a high crime in the Scientology ethics system.

The point of not allowing any squirreling is stressed a lot in Scientology and justifies a lot of actions.

On the other hand there is a debate about what exactly is the standard Scientology technology - there are several fractions within Scientology which claim of being the only ones who have it (one of them the Church of Scientology). And these fractions, of course, do accuse each other of squirreling (and get very heated about it).

Irmgard

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