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IG Ethics - Inspector General for Ethics. In the 1990’s, this was a post located in RTC directly under COB RTC.
IG Tech - Inspector General for Technical. In the 1990’s, this was a post located in RTC directly under COB RTC. This post was held by Ray Mithoff until the post was abolished and Ray was demoted back to his old post of SNR C/S Int.
IG MAA RTC – Inspector General Master At Arms. This is a post that is located in RTC and its sole purpose is to locate and eliminate distractions to production at the Int Base and make sure that Int Base staff are on post working when they should be.
IHQ – Int Head Quarters. Also called Int or Int Base.
IMPR – International Management Public Relations. This is the unit that is responsible for putting on large conventions for Scientologists to increase the public relations value of International Management and their actions. This unit, along with Golden Era Productions, produces these conventions under the direction and heavy scrutiny of COB RTC, Dave Miscavige.
INCOMM – International Network of Computerized Org Management, The network of Scientology computer based programs and computer systems used by management to send messages to each other and catalog, create and maintain a database of all critics and former members of Scientology.
Int Base – This refers to the large property located in Gilman Hot Springs, California that houses all of the international management organizations of Scientology. RTC, CMO INT, AVC, RTRC, CMO GOLD, WDC, R/COMPS, Translations Unit International, Int Landlord, Exec Strata, SNR C/S INT Office, IMPR, CMU, and Golden Era Productions are all located at this facility. All of the staff that work here are also housed on the property and seldom leave for any reason.
Int – Int Base.
Internal Facing – Any posts with a Scientology organization that deal with activities local to the organization and do not have to do with anything outside of the org.
Int Landlord – The international unit located at the Int Base that buys buildings for Scientology organizations internationally and then renovates them and charges the local organization rents for these properties.
Introspection Rundown – A series of counseling procedures done within scientology that address the subject of introspection. This rundown is regularly used to handle someone who has had a psychotic break or some sort of mental breakdown. As part of this rundown, a person is often isolated and not allowed to talk to others and those who do come in contact with the person are instructed to not answer the person under any circumstance but to only note down what the person has said and send this information to the person’s Case supervisor. This rundown was heavily publicized in 1995 after it was administered to Lisa McPherson before her untimely death.
ISO – Isolation. At the Int Base, this building was right next to OGH. This is where you went if you were sick. Isolation. There was a men’s section and a women’s section. If you had a cold or got sick, you would have to stay here until you recovered. You could not go back home or be with the general crew as then you might get more people sick. The smell that came from this place alone was enough to keep most people from ever getting sick.
KTL – Key To Life. This is a basic course in Scientology that is a glorified course in grammar and communication. The idea is that if you can communicate well then you have the “Key to Life”.
KSW #1 – Keeping Scientology Working #1. This is the overriding HCO Policy Letter that exists in Scientology. It appears at the beginning of every single training course in all of Scientology. In this policy letter written by L. Ron Hubbard he writes, “we would rather have you dead than incapable”. In essence, KSW#1 says that Scientology is a deadly serious activity upon which the fate of all mankind depends, and that no alteration of Hubbard’s technology can ever be allowed under any circumstances.
LA DAY – Los Angeles Day Organization. This is a lower level Scientology organization located within the “Complex