The map of Germany in the national colors BRAINWASHINGGERMANY GERMANY’S SCIENTOLOGY FILE
THE FULL TIMELINE
1999
INTERNAL GOVERNMENT RECORD APRIL 14, 1999

Broaden “Politics” to Include Scientology

A Berlin OPC file note acknowledges that Scientology did not fit the traditional definition of political activity required for intelligence surveillance. Instead of treating that as a limit on its authority, the OPC task force set about broadening the definition of “politics” so it could justify its surveillance of Scientology.
DATE
April 14, 1999
SOURCE
Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Berlin
The Brainwashing of a Nation: Germany’s Scientology File, by Peter Schulte

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