One shouldn't underestimate what the US government can do to organizations it deems "suspicious". Why do you suppose MMY could not stay in the USA, particularly in Fairfield? IMO, the IRS was probably trying to 'get' him for tax evasion based on income earned by TMOs. That's why MMY decided to leave the US and reside in the Netherlands.
In the past, the IRS and another US agency teamed up to put Rajneesh in jail for tax evasion and immigration fraud. Thus, Rajneesh took flight from his Oregon commune for safe haven in India. More recently, the government has been successful in shutting down Muslim organizations that are suspected of contributing cash to militant groups in the Middle East. In light of the 911 incident, many Americans tend to accept this aggressive scrutiny, even if the methods appear to violate the US Constitution. JR --- In [email protected], "guyfawkes91" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "John" <jr_esq@> wrote: > > > > This message might invite more scrutiny by the CIA of TMO's > > intentions aside from spreading vedic knowledge. > > > I think the CIA will have worked out a long time ago that the TMO is > more than capable of messing things up without external assistance. > Any agents sent to infiltrate the movement with a view to obstructing > it must have the cushiest job on the planet. You can imagine the > reports they've been sending back to their controllers;- > > March : Successfully persuaded Maharishi to raise the prices to a > level no one can afford. This will cut off their supply of funds. > > April : Successfully convinced Maharishi to send out a press release > praising all the nutcase dictators in the world. This will further > reduce their credibility. > > May : Convinced Maharishi to excommunicate the best teachers on the > grounds that if people see that no one is safe then they'll be more > controllable. > > June : Convinced Maharishi to close all teaching centers that don't > have east facing entrances and prevent teachers who don't live in > houses with east facing entrances from teaching. This will reduce the > number of teaching centers by 90%. > > July : Convinced Maharishi that the reputation of the movement will be > raised if teachers can only teach people of their own sex. Though of > course that just makes the TMO look like a bunch of closet pedophiles, > sex fiends and weirdos. > > August : Convinced Maharishi that people should wear pantomime hats as > that would make the public more respectful. > > September : Oh what the hell I've had enough of this they don't need > any encouragement to be nutcases. This is boring, please can I have a > more interesting job working undercover in North-West Pakistan. >
