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"I would be quite glad right now to leave this place that many call a cesspool of parapsychology intrigue. "But this situation has made it impossible for me to bow out with any dignity. I can now see why its called a cesspool of hidden intrigues and shoot-yourself-in-the-feet place. You can put back into this ugly gossip line that I will not put my tail between my legs and fade away into oblivion. "If the formal experiments fail, I will also be glad to depart under my own will power. "But my choice to study Scientology, or anything else, is guaranteed in this nation of the free -- free to chose, free to have and hold opinions and voice them, free to study. These freedoms are guaranteed by this nation’s founding documents. "While in the Army I was required to die if necessary to protect and uphold those freedoms. "This situation is NOT about the experiments. Nor is it about Scientology or anything else I might study and investigate. It’s about my civil rights guaranteed -- and I shall interpret it that way, and only that way. "For the record, but not as a defense here, I can guarantee you that Mr. Hubbard would have no possible interest in this Society, or in anything else along these lines. In fact, if Scientology proper knew I was here doing what I’m doing here, the chances are that I might get expelled from Scientology. "I will not leave the ASPR for this ugly reason, this ugly far-fetched conspiratorial gossip. "If I am forced to leave for THIS reason, you can be sure that I will lodge a battery of civil rights violation lawsuits which will keep your Board busy for the next twenty years. "The Board can depend on it. I trust you will make this clear to those concerned. "Do I need to repeat or simplify any of what I’ve just said?"