Three public Scientologists, who undoubtedly woke up this morning and spontaneously decided to picket us as we went to our gate at the Columbus airport, were waiting for Stacy and me as we approached airport security this morning. The three Scientologists were, of course, being handled by their OSA Spontaneity Supervisor. She was a short, overweight woman with dark, straight hair cut in a kind of pixie style.

Both of us have seen her before, and it is possible that she is Diane Stein, the DSA Atlanta who called Stacy's mother and was on the scene for the picket of Stacy's sister's house in Atlanta. She may even be the same overweight dark-haired woman who Stacy's mother saw scurrying away from her door, with Woozel in hot pursuit, the night the letter about Stacy was left in her mother's mail slot.

If anyone has can confirm that Diane is the woman in the photograph I posted to alt.binaries.scientology, let me know.

We explained to airport security that it was against FAA regulations for this type of unlawful assembly and demonstration to occur on FAA property. Airport security called for the state police, who didn't seem to be aware of FAA regulations on this subject, but nevertheless made the picketers put down their signs and escorted them from the airport, much to the OSA woman's dismay. If anyone can point out a URL that has the specific FAA regulations about unlawful assembly it would be helpful to be able to give this to airport security personnel and state police when such an event occurs.

One of the three presumably public Scientologists called me a coward, whereupon I asked him if he was familiar with the Thetan Hand Technique. He had no idea what I was talking about ;-) Oh well, I guess I need Jesse with me to fully explain these advanced Scientology techniques.

As I am headed for Boston, where the state police are more familiar with FAA regulations and Scientology's habitual abuse of them, I seriously doubt my groupies, Maureen O'Keefe, Gerard Renna, Joe Stover et al, will risk arrest in Boston.

Stacy is on her way to Seattle and is ready to educate the airport security personnel and state police there if any picketers show up to meet her.

Bob Minton