Trained to Lie

The Church of Scientology provides formal instruction in prevarication. This document is part of the GO's confidential Intelligence Course [outlink] that was released to the public by the US District Court for the District of Columbia, following the conviction of the Operation Snow White [outlink] criminals. TR-L — Training Routine-Lying — "trains the student to outflow false data effectively", i.e., to lie convincingly.

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INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST TRAINING ROUTINE - TR L

Purpose: To train the student to give a false statement with good TR-1 [glossary]. To train the student to outflow [glossary] false data effectively.

Position: Same as TR-1

Commands: Part 1 "Tell me a lie". Command given by coach. Part 2 interview type 2 WC by coach.

Training Stress: In Part 1 coach gives command, student originates a falsehood. Coach flunks for out [glossary] TR 1 or TR 0. In Part 2 coach asks questions of the student on his background or a subject. Student gives untrue data of a plausible sort that that student backs up with further explanatory data upon the coach further questions. The coach flunks for out TR 0 and TR 1, and for student fumbling on question answers. The student should be coached on a gradient until he/she can lie facily [sic].

Short example:

Coach: Where do you come from?

Student: I come from the Housewives Committee on Drug Abuse.

Coach: But you said earlier that you were single.

Student: Well, actually I was married but am divorced. I have 2 kids in the suburbs where I am a housewife, in fact I'm a member of the P.T.A.

Coach: What town is it that you live in?

Student: West Brighton

Coach: But there is no public school in West Brighton.

Student: I know, I send my children to school in Brighton, and that's where I'm a P.T.A. member.

Coach: Oh, and who is the Chairman there?

etc.