The Office of Special Affairs (OSA) is a department of the Church of Scientology responsible for directing legal affairs, publicizing the Church's "social betterment works", and "oversee[ing its] social reform programs". Observers outside the Church have characterized the department as an intelligence agency, comparing it variously to the CIA, the Secret Service, and the KGB. The department has drawn extensive criticism for its alleged involvement in targeting critics of the Church for dead agent operations (well-orchestrated character assassination). It is often regarded as a successor to the now-defunct Guardian's Office (responsible for Operation Snow White), though observers disagree about exactly how similar the departments are. Official Scientology Cross Symbol The Church of Scientology was founded by author L. Ron Hubbard as an organization dedicated to the practice of Scientology, an applied religious philosophy formulated by Hubbard. ... An intelligence agency is a governmental organization devoted to gathering of information by means of espionage (spying), communication interception, cryptoanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources. ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one of the American foreign intelligence agencies, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... United States Secret Service Secret Service Categories: Disambiguation ... Cheka-KGB emblem: sword and shield The Committee for State Security, or KGB, (Russian: listen?), was the name of the main Soviet Security Agency and intelligence agency, as well as the main secret police agency from March 13, 1954 to November 6, 1991. ... This article examines controversial issues involving Scientology and its affiliated organizations. ... Official Scientology Cross Symbol The Church of Scientology was founded by author L. Ron Hubbard as an organization dedicated to the practice of Scientology, an applied religious philosophy formulated by Hubbard. ... Operation Snow White was the name given internally by the Church of Scientology to a program which included the largest incident of domestic espionage in the history of the United States. ...
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Office of Special Affairs and the Religious Technology Center (scientology.org)
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