I left when I discovered that the church had an IRS compliance officer. Thru the agreement between the COS and IRS the church would have to police its parishioner to pay their taxes. Because of the "law of agency" once a company ,organization, individual etc agrees to perform a function for another they become legally binded to one another to perform agreed upon, contractual duties. So in any tax matters concerning any of the parishioner it is the responsibility of the church to enforce payment of any over due taxes.
This partnership destroyed the church parishioner privileged of communications
and gave t he right of the IRS or any government affiliated agencies to inspect pc or ethic folders and use it against the individual though to date I have not heard of that happening but I have been interview by orders of the tax compliance officer orders. So who knows where the data from the interview ended up. At that point I figured that the War the church won against the IRS was a sham to which later I found that one of the board members of the CST was ex IRS all the pieces fit together. DM raise to power was assisted by agent implanted with it the church and their real goal is to destroy Scn by altering the tech and legally robbing its declining members to the point of driving away as many members as possible.
Interesting.
You should read Hubbard's old letters to the FBI. He was "reporting" people (including Scientologists in "good standing") to the FBI as "Communists," and also "reporting" (as a means of "getting" someone) others (including Scientologists) to the the FBI, the IRS, and other agencies, since the 1950s. Sometimes, he wouldn't do it directly, but would have others do it, or have it done in a way which hid the source of the "report."
The Grade Chart (see old 'Advance!' and 'Source' mags) was effectively changed (with old OT levels no longer delivered) by mid 1979. At that time Miscavige was 19 years old. Hubbard was still in charge and would be be, at least until 1984, or so.
See Larry Brennan Declaration, and the writings of others who were on the inside.
There's very little in the discontinued OT levels that can't be found in 1950s Scientology books, or various other places.
Hubbard and Scientology were always open to making deals with any government, and Hubbard liked to present himself as having worked for the government as a spy. In the 1950s, he tried to the sell the US Defense department Psychological War techniques, or at least wrote that he was willing to work in that capacity in a letter to the FBI.
In 1951, he wrote in a letter to 2nd wife Sara that, "Dianetics will last 10,000 years for the Army and Navy have it now." (Apparently a tall tale, but nonetheless.)
In an early Dianetics lecture, Hubbard told Dianeticists/Scientologists that he had been approached by the US Navy and that they had tried to take control of Dianetics (why couldn't they just buy the book?), and he had refused to cooperate. (Yet another tall tale.)
Yet, Hubbard had psychological warfare techniques "on his mind," and seemed to regard these as part of Scientology. This doesn't make much sense to Scientologists, unless one considers that Hubbard also was the author of the booklet that he called the 'Brainwashing Manual', which he used on outsiders and on his own followers, and incorporated into Scientology "tech."
One of the best things that the FBI ever did was raid Scientology buildings in Los Angeles, and Washington DC, in 1977. The information that was revealed has proven to be invaluable in understanding what the secretive subject of Scientology really is. The methods revealed by the documents unearthed during these raids (more Hubbard tech), had been used on Scientologists also, not only on outsiders. These docs plus the Brainwashing Manual are key to "decoding" Hubbard's Scientology.
The IRS deal didn't occur until 1993.
As for Scientology, these days, handing over info on its member's personal tax issues - as obtained through counseling sessions, or culling of counselling sessions - I wouldn't be in the least surprised if that happens, today.
However, similar things have happened throughout the history of Scientology and - as were the changes in the OT levels, and as was the looting of the Mission Network - it happened under L. Ron Hubbard's direction.