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The Office of Special Affairs or OSA (formerly the Guardian's Office) is a department of the Church of Scientology. According to the Church, the OSA is responsible for directing legal affairs, public relations, pursuing investigations, publicizing the Church's "social betterment works," and "oversee(its ) social reform programs". Some observers outside the Church have characterized the department as an intelligence agency, comparing it variously to the CIA or the KGB.〔Wakefield, Margery (Understanding Scientology )〕〔Cisar, Joe (translator) (The Guardian Office (GO) )〕〔Hamburg Regional Office of the German Constitutional Security Agency (Der Geheimdienst der Scientology-Organisation - Grundlagen, Aufgaben, Strukturen, Methoden und Ziele - Zweite Auflage, Stand 06.05.1998" )〕 The department has drawn criticism for its involvement in targeting critics of the Church for dead agent operations. OSA has mounted character assassination operations against many critics of the Church.〔(''Scientologists pay for libel'' ), Clare Dyer, The Guardian, 9 June 1999.〕〔 Additional convenience link at 〕 OSA is the successor to the now-defunct ''Guardian's Office'',〔 〕 which was responsible for 'Operation Snow White' and 'Operation Freakout'; both are in Department 20 in the Scientology Org-Chart. The most recent head of OSA International was Mike Rinder, who has since departed from the organization. == Structure and personnel == At local Scientology organizations, directors (Special Affairs, Legal, Public Affairs) are OSA staff members. Local Directors of Special Affairs are known as DSAs. Members of the Office of Special Affairs are drawn from the Sea Org.〔 〕 In addition to regular staff, some church members also act as volunteer collaborators for the office, which cuts down on private investigation and legal research expenses.〔Ortega, Tony (Sept. 9, 2001). "Sympathy for the Devil." ''New Times Los Angeles''.〕〔(How the OSA trap really works ) Tory Christman ex-OSA volunteer〕 Some volunteers participate under the notion that they receive special "ethics protection".〔Pieniadz, Patty (Pattie Pieniadz )〕 In one case a volunteer who read critical information about Scientology on the internet was led to believe that he would be unable to continue receiving services unless he performed a series of investigations for OSA.〔 (Gerry Armstrong ) Scientology's 1023 Submission (Bates Nos. 152016-152073) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Office of Special Affairs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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