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Aaron Smith-Levin

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

No excuses.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

No stops.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

You know, get it done.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

So he had made a name for himself in the CMO.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

around the time, by the time Hubbard went off into seclusion.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

Now, when he went off into seclusion, he took two other CMO, or I'm gonna call them messengers, right?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

Commodore's messengers.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

He took two other messengers with him, Pat and Annie Broker.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

Now, it has been said by people, Mike, Mike Rinder has told me, he goes, the reason Pat and Annie went off with LRH

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

isn't necessarily because he desperately wanted them to, but partly because we could afford to let them go.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

We didn't necessarily need them.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

And between the two of them, Annie was the one who was like a really compassionate person, intelligent person, caring person.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

Yes, in fact, Pat and Annie Broecker were the two people that were supposed to take over, okay?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

But because Pat and Annie were with Hubbard in seclusion, Miscavige basically had the complete run of the operation without any oversight from Hubbard.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

The only way any information would get from Scientology World to Hubbard is Miscavige and Pat Broecker would meet at a confidential location

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

And Miscavige would give Broker any information he wanted to go to LRH.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

So if Miscavige wanted to get rid of somebody, all he had to do was feed LRH false information that this person had been caught doing something treasonous.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

And then he would get in response some order from L. Ron Hubbard to get rid of this person.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

Are there so many similarities between various communist regimes and fascist regimes?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#361 โ€“ Aaron Smith-Levin: Scientology

So whereas Pat and Annie are off with LRH,