For whatever it's worth, which may not be anything, at the beginning of sec checking the sec checker says "I am not auditing you". When I had sec checks it was said with enough intention that I understood I was not to be under any illusion that it was an auditing session. I don't know how periodic sec checks for those on OT levels were done at that time or if they were done at all, but later they became necessary frequently AFAIK. This may have helped blur the lines between sec checks and auditing. I understand that the actual procedures after the "start" signal may be the same whether its a sec check or 'confessional/integrity processing'. And, as has been pointed out I think, files with sec checks and files with 'confessional auditing' may be passed around from tech div to ethics department and to GO/OSA.
So I guess there was meant to be a difference between the two when it suited hubbard's immediate purposes, confused by the fact that when it suited hubbard and staff members, they could be 'merged' -for want of a better word.
I think the first 'jo burg' was a sec check and then became a 'rundown' for "integrity processing'.
Wiki: "The Johannesburg (also known as "Joburg") Security Check was described by Hubbard as "the roughest security check in Scientology"..."
I had one, which was not done through ethics but as part of an "integrity processing" program. I can't remember if they said "I am not auditing you" or not. I can remember them saying that for something, but I think it was something much lighter than Jo Burg.
Ok, Now I have found this:
Ref:
HCOB 30 Nov. 78R Rev. 10.11.87 CONFESSIONAL PROCEDURE
This is the Johannesburg Confessional list further amplified by myself. This is the roughest Confessional list in Scientology. We will call it the “Joburg Confessional.” It does not necessarily replace other Confessional lists but it is probably the most thorough one we have now.
In reprinting this form, use legal length and double space everything except directions.
JOBURG CONFESSIONAL LIST
Name of Person__________ Date__________
Name of Security Checker__________
DIRECTIONS: Follow the full procedure as given in HCOB 30 Nov. 78R, CONFESSIONAL PROCEDURE.
The following statement should be read or quoted to the person receiving this Confessional list, when it is being done as an HCO Confessional:
“I am not auditing you. We are about to begin an HCO Confessional. We are not moralists. We are able to change people. We are not here to condemn them. While we cannot guarantee you that matters revealed in this list will be held forever secret, we can promise you faithfully that no part of it nor any...."
(my underline "when it is being done as an HCO confessional"
Conclusion = sec checks and confessionals were/are a confused area for some.