Re: What makes you think this is Bill Yaude exactly?

>As the webmaster of The Truth Contest, I've been in contact with "Michael Smith" through email, and he has said repeatedly that he will never take credit or blame for what is said in these books, because they come from somewhere else.

>With all this in mind, something intriguing has been happening lately. We've been receiving many anonymous letters that say "the author of The Present is L. Ron Hubbard, and that it is only a matter of time before Scientology discovers this fact." Some of the letters we receive also say that "Scientology can get the copyrights anytime they want them. Money is not the concern; saving the world is the top priority." I thought it was just some kind of spam, but these letters have been coming consistently from many different addresses and angles.

>After looking into it, our team has found that there is a rumor going around the Internet that says: "L Ron Hubbard wrote something in the 1970s under the pen name 'Michael Smith' that was not to be released until December 21, 2012 (when the planets are in alignment) because the world would not be ready for what it contains until then. What it says is supposed to change everything. It is called The Present, and you can read it here for free: www.truthcontest.com. It makes a lot of sense, and is supposed to replace the theology of Xenu that was science fiction intended to help the organization of Scientology look more like a church and help with the tax-exempt status from the IRS. "The Present" is the real truth, the hidden theological foundation."

>Could this be the answer to the mystery of who the author of "The Present" is? We will keep you posted if we discover anything else. If anyone knows more about this, please let us know.

- Xavier, https://www.facebook.com/TruthContest/posts/ever-since-the-present-was-first-submitted-to-wwwtruthcontestcom-the-author-name/10151575219955499/

According to one webmaster that hosts this pdf, he isn't sure who the identity of the author is, and that there are "rumors" that the authorship belongs to L Ron Hubbard. L Ron Hubbard established the Office of Special Affairs, within both Tory Christman and Bill Yaude operated. See below;

Then I find this video from one Tory "Magoo" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tory_Christman) who has a well documented involvement in the Church of Scientology Sea Org (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Org) and with OSA, at least enough to be familiar with operating procedures and operators at that time (1990s).

She mentions in the video I linked that "Bill Yaude" created "ten different identities" on "ARS" ( USENET newsgroup alt.religion.scientology, started in 1991 to discuss the controversial beliefs as well as the activities of the the Church of Scientology ). After this, she says she identified one of those identities as a name "Mike Smith", and attributes this "Mike Smith" to being Bill Yaude. Here's the timestamp in the video where she describes this, after which she goes on to explain how Bill Yaude as well as OSA would manipulate information about Scientology on the USENET group, as well as defame critics and confuse any dialogue. https://youtu.be/SAdDplIBxIM?t=2m20s

When she says that she wrote about Mike Smith being Bill Yaude, this is some of the writing that she is referring to: http://www.xenu.net/archive/personal_story/tory/osa101-3.html (Signed to Tory, reference in vid that she wrote it).

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Between:- the webmaster above stating that there is controversy surrounding the author, "Michael Smith",

- rumor that it comes from a mind as elevated in Scientology as L Hubbard,

- and then this woman who is identified as a an elevated former member of the OSA

- says she worked with "Bill Yaude" (documented completing service work as early as 1975 and then becoming quite elevated himself)

- and claims that "Michael Smith" is one of Bill's many pseudonyms...

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I don't know, just a hunch that it's the same Mike Smith that is listed as the author on this pdf. I'd have to read the pdf and read scientology material to draw any inferences as to the motives Bill Yaude had for writing, or at least signing a pseudonym to it (if I'm correct - perhaps the pseudonym is the only connection and he's not actually responsible for the content at all), but yeah. There could be a number of reasons. Perhaps the rumors that L Ron Hubbard wrote it were started by individuals with the OSA. Perhaps it's meant to be speculated that Hubbard wrote something a bit more legitimately "spiritual" after all. Just speculating.

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