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The Eyes of
Scientology
By
Jeff Jacobsen 9/2000
The Church of Scientology
owns $40 million of property in Clearwater,
much of it downtown. Church properties have security measures much more
similar to prisons than what a reasonable person would consider church
property would have. Below are photos of security cameras trained on
Clearwater public areas taken in 2000. This does NOT include other cameras
on Scientology properties that do not point at public areas. The question
is, why is Scientology so concerned about Clearwater citizens going
past their properties on the public areas? And why are there so many
Scientology security people walking around with cell phones, walkie
talkies and video cameras?
For contrast,
check out your own church or synagogue to see how many cameras are on
it. Check out city hall, your bank, Albertson's, or any other organization
or business downtown.
Update 5/12/01
In February of
2001, during criminal court proceedings, Scientology admitted to having
well over 100 cameras aimed internally at their members and at
the public in Clearwater.
Take
a virtual tour through the streets of Clearwater - brought to you
by Brian Jackson.
Hacienda
Gardens
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(1)
Hacienda Gardens, on Airport Road, near Saturn overlooking public
sidewalk.
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Hacienda Gardens, corner of Airport and Keene, overlooking public
sidewalk. (note motion sensors on fence.)
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(3)
Aims at where a driver would be when stopped at the stop sign
at Keene and Airport. This was removed after I posted a web
page about these cameras.
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(4)
Aims at where a car's license plate would be when stopped at
the stop sign at Keene and Airport. This was removed after Jeff
posted a web page about these cameras.
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Airport
Rd. and Saturn, N.E. corner.
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Airport
Rd. and Saturn, N.E. corner. This points exactly where
a car license plate would be stopped at the stop sign
here.
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Rd. & Airport Rd., N.E. corner, facing north |
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Downtown Clearwater
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(5)
In this innocent looking junction box is a camera aimed toward
the east entrance to the Lisa McPherson Trust at 33 North Fort
Harrison.
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Facing south on Watterson Street, north of Cleveland street.
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Facing North on North Fort Harrison East sidewalk, North
of Cleveland Street. This is about 10 feet north of #26
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118 North Fort Harrison.
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118 North Fort Harrison.
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Watterson
St. west side near Cleveland
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Ft.
Harrison & Cleveland, SE corner
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West
side of CMO building at 118 N. Fort Harrison
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Camera
pointing at the LMT on Watterson Street
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Fort Harrison
Hotel
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Back of Fort Harrison Hotel at 210 South Fort Harrison.
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North side of Fort Harrison Hotel, 210 South Fort Harrison.
A motion sensor is just to the left of this camera.
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Front of Fort Harrison Hotel, 210 South Fort Harrison.
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Southeast corner of Fort Harrison Hotel, 210 South Fort
Harrison.
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Northeast corner of Fort Harrison Hotel, 210 South Fort Harrison.
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North side of Fort Harrison Hotel, 210 South Fort Harrison.
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Bayside Motel
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Bayside Motel, 1824 North Fort Harrison.
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The Gaslight
Alley
These cameras are
in an alley just east of the Coachman building at the southeast corner
of Cleveland and Ft. Harrison Ave. It was renovated in 2001 by the Citizens
for a Better Clearwater.
Did Scientology's
influence on the CBC cause this to be the first project for the
group? In any case, Scientology's security cameras continued to be trained
on people who visit this public "park."
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Alley
on south side of Cleveland east of Ft. Harrison Ave. close
to sidewalk
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Alley
on south side of Cleveland east of Ft. Harrison Ave. near
back of alley
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The
Mystery Box on Top of the Fort Harrison Hotel
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Is this a
camera? It is the size and shape of a watchtower and seems to
be a good vantage point from which to watch a certain segment
of the community. In this video Jeff shows a possible explanation
for it's use.
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