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		<title>Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
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			<title>RE: RE: RE: RE: Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/human-trafficking-on-the-freewinds.html#comment-4463</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dear Leah, My email is arnoldsulzer@yahoo.com Looking forward tro hearing from you Bill]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bill Straass</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 09:08:30 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: RE: RE: Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/human-trafficking-on-the-freewinds.html#comment-4460</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Bill, What's your email? I'll email you with details. :) Leah]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:04:19 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: RE: Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/human-trafficking-on-the-freewinds.html#comment-4455</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Dear Leah, I believe I do remember you. It would be easier if I knew your last name but maybe you do not want it posted. Love, Bill]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bill Straass</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:23:47 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/human-trafficking-on-the-freewinds.html#comment-4419</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bill, I've read this post and the one you wrote about testing positive for HIV and the horribleness that ensued. It makes me profoundly sad. You may or may not remember me, but I was on the ship from 1994-2000. I remember you clearly...I did some time in the engine room when I was "in trouble". You once gave me some art supplies as, I think, a Christmas present. Do you remember me?]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Leah</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:28:19 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: RE: RE: Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/human-trafficking-on-the-freewinds.html#comment-4380</link>
			<description><![CDATA[When the coup took over in the early '80's and we saw "SP" declares for people like John Horwich, Bill Franks, Bill Robertson, David Mayo et al being declared we used to call the org "Auschwitz '82" because it was starting to feel more like a slave labor camp instead of an Org with all the heavy ethics going down. Actually I posted this on Marty's board sometime back and some didn't appreciate my twisted sense of humor :)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>RJ</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 12:53:23 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: RE: Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/human-trafficking-on-the-freewinds.html#comment-4377</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Actually I was thinking of a sign which states "Arbeit Machs Frei" which means "and work will set you free". This is the sign that is at the gate to the Aushwitz death camp. The meaning is close to what we were doing. If we worked hard enough and long enough, we would be free. Hence, FREEWINDS. Almost all of those at Aushwitz were freed via the chimmney. (As an aside, one of my juniors on the ship was from Poland and he did actually "fly the chimmney" at Aushwitz.)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bill Straass</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:03:11 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Disgusting. So much hatred towards their fellow man. I'm just disgusted right now. I have my own BPC on the subject. Ugh. Again, I'm so very glad you made it out alive! And I'm extra specially glad you and your wife are free! :)]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Tara</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:53:58 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/human-trafficking-on-the-freewinds.html#comment-4369</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Sheesh!!!! They should re-christen the Freewinds and call it the HMS Bounty. Seems more appropiate. Don't ya think Bill? Glad you're off that ship of fools.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>RJ</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:45:18 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>3 week leaves have been nearly impossible for decades...</title>
			<link>https://mail.scientology-cult.com/human-trafficking-on-the-freewinds.html#comment-4368</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Bill, your attempts to get a CSW approved to take a 3 week leave, the leaves that LRH says in that Flag Order about letting people take their leaves, is pretty much a repeat of me trying to get an urgent, family related leave 32 friggin' years ago! This type of cross ordering LRH about leaves has been going on for quite a while, at least at the Int Base. Only because a messenger that still had a heart got involved did I make it on that leave and just barely. Back then there was an 8-page routing form one had to complete to go on a leave, and this is AFTER one went through all the bullshit to get the CSW approved in the first place.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>John Doe</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:57:35 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>RE: Human Trafficking on the Freewinds</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Horrific story Bill. The Captain and any other org staff on the Freewinds are guilty of violations of basic human rights. I'm glad you made it out alive, buddy. Thanks for speaking out about the abuses.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Scott Campbell</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:40:58 -0600</pubDate>
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			<title>Please Consider Reporting This</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Bill, your story is such a heart wrenching account. But the points about withholding your VISA and comment below is by far the most relevant to STOPPING these abuses... "Human trafficking is not only about send staff off to far flung places without their consent, it is about detaining them against their will." So please consider contacting the American Embassies in the friendly ports the Freewinds frequents most often, and relaying your experiences and report these unlawful tactics in the hopes of starting an investigation by authorities. Once reported, contact Amnesty International (AI) and ask for their help in following up on your reports and apply the necessary pressure to have it taken seriously. They have a dedicated Human Trafficking group that operates internationally. Plus there is already OPEN investigation files with AI on child labor law abuses the Church of Scientology has committed in the US and Australia. More info on AI and other useful human trafficking issues can be found here: [censored]://www.humantrafficking.o rg/organizations/350 There's also a good deal of additional information supporting your claims of human trafficking that has been collected for the past 2 years readily available here: [censored]://www.exposescientology. com/ But it takes a knowledgeable first hand account to report it and get an investigation started. Surely there's still people stuck on the ship that want out. And here's hoping somebody so goes back for them before any more heartbreaking stories that end up worse than you did happens.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>AnonLover</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 20:08:07 -0600</pubDate>
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