How SGI-USA top leader Linda Johnson used her position with the CA Attorney General's office to pursue the SGI's agenda of attacking former parent Nichiren Shoshu

This report is from:

• Weekly Bunshun,
• 96.01.04-11 edition
• pages 210 - 214
• (Part One)

...and it is reporting on a secret meeting of SGI's legal team that happened a few months after Nichiren Shoshu excommunicated the fat bastard Ikeda. Revenge was in the air - Ikeda is one of the most vindictive people on the planet:

"Ikeda never forgets to exact revenge against those under whom he has served in the past or those who have bullied him. He definitely exacts revenge. To get revenge is his unparalleled joy. Source

Some "Buddha" O_O THIS is what "enlightenment" is supposed to look like?? Let's proceed:

The lawyers, continuing their conference, were getting into finer points of discussion with legal terminology flying about the room, when an Afro-American woman, arriving late for the meeting, came into the room. It was just about noon. Mr. Odano, the chairperson of the meeting, called to her. "Ah, Linda's arrived. You came just at the right time. Let's study whether we can force Nichiren Shoshu Temple to disband. Let's hear your opinion on whether we can use the authority of the Attorney General."

Linda Johnson, the eighth participant of the top secret meeting, worked in the office of the Department of Justice for the State of California (the Attorney General's office), and had more than ten assistants working under her, as the Assistant Attorney General for the State of California. She joined SGI in 1976 while attending law school in Southern California and entered the Department of Justice for the State of California in 1978. She was the sole female and sole government prosecutor, who attended the conspiratorial conference.

Odano asked, "Can you check to see if it is possible to force Nichiren Shoshu Temple to disband?" She immediately replied (paraphrased), "Of course. Okay. When is it needed by?"

The Attorney General's Office that she works in holds absolute authority over religious organizations. All religious corporations are required to submit yearly reports and financial statements to her office. If there is anything illegal about their activities, it is her duty and job to prosecute, and the charge of the Office of the Attorney General to seek dissolution of religious corporations.

It was this Linda Johnson, who was affiliated with the department that holds absolute authority over religious corporations, who gladly consented to research Odano's request. What's more, she signed the "Agreement of Obligation to Maintain Confidentiality" with grace.

No conflict of interest whatsoever, apparently!

When the discussion between the lawyers and the prosecuting attorney came to a pause, Odano gave each participant a copy of the proposal that he had discussed earlier in the meeting. He then ordered each one of them to research and submit a report by the end of the month, on the laws and legal precedents, and on the feasibility of taking legal actions to force Nichiren Shoshu Temple to disband. With that, they closed the meeting and went to lunch.

The reports of the lawyers, including Linda Johnson's, were compiled into one report (written in Japanese) by Akio (sp?) Ohtsuka, one of the lawyers, who participated at the top secret meeting.

Isn't that interesting? How many Americans can even read Japanese? Where was this report destined to go, I wonder? Oh, JAPAN, obviously! Who's in Japan? Lord Ruler Ikeda! Also, isn't putting the report in Japanese kind of like a security measure? Even if it DOES fall into the wrong hands, it's likely it will be incomprehensible, because Japanese.

Ohtsuka's report listed many proposals. Among them, though, was one we should note. It was titled, "9. Investigation into the personal life of the priests." It stated, "In America, scandals involving religious persons are especially devastating....(omission) If we can ascertain this type of information, it would be very beneficial to us." It was referring to the 1987 sex scandal involving Jim Baker, the t.v. evangelist, and a prostitute. It stated, "Two years ago, in the Baker incident, based on the discovery of tax evasion and a sex scandal, Baker, who, up until then, had been very popular as an evangelist, was pounded on by the media, and as a result, lost everything he had." Let's keep in mind that this report was written more than one year prior to the "Seattle incident propaganda" that was publicized in the Gakkai papers, the Soka Shimpo and the Seikyo Shimbun (In the U.S., the World Tribune).

Later, a sex scandal did erupt, but, it was almost as if the Gakkai lawyers and government prosecutor had given warning notice that, together, they had arrived at the conclusion that a sex scandal would be "beneficial" to them. First, there was the conspiracy; next, just as they had planned, a scandal was publicized.

Another problem is with the actions of the public prosecutor, Linda Johnson. The subject she was given to investigate was, "Can we use the authority of the Attorney General to force Nichiren Shoshu Temple to disband?" In fact, Johnson, to investigate this, used the materials of the library of the Dept. of Justice, the computer at her office to write her report, then the office fax machine to fax her report to the lawyer, Ohtsuka. Moreover, she used the official letterhead stationary of the Attorney General for faxing her report. This is equivalent to the Dept. of Justice completely cooperating with the request for investigation by Soka Gakkai.

And THAT is why cult members should be barred from influential positions - they can be counted upon to put the cult's interests first and foremost. Within the cult framework, the only definitions of "ethics" and "morality" are "whatever serves the cult best."

The prosecuting attorney, Johnson, upon acknowledging her actual participation in this matter, and the litigation in the U.S. between Soka Gakkai and Nichiren Shoshu, gave this explanation. She stated (paraphrased), "I wrote my report after office hours. I did it out of good will toward my friends." (From a declaration deposition record of investigation.) Yet, regardless how much she claims that she did it outside of office hours, more than it being merely a matter of mixing personal affairs with public concerns, it is a chilling statement of behavior of an active public prosecutor, who is there to serve the public welfare, yet, who participates in a conspiratorial conference for the purpose of attacking an organization that is the enemy of the organization of her personal faith, and of all things, to use her office for that.

We sought to interview prosecuting attorney Johnson. We asked her, "You, as a district attorney, who seek fairness for the public good, and who hold enormous authority, how could you participate in a conspiratorial conference to attack a specific religious organization?" She replied (paraphrased), "I assisted in the capacity of a private citizen, who has the right to freedom of religion, only. Moreover, the work (To disband Nichiren Shoshu) that was requested of me, after all, was not feasible. So, that couldn't be construed as 'attacking'." That is all she had to say as she spoke to us through her partially opened front door. She then closed the door, went into her garage, got in her van and drove off.

A specialist in U.S. law couldn't hide his astonishment when he heard her remarks. "Not only do the actions of the prosecuting attorney, Johnson, clearly deviate from the position of neutrality of a public worker, she did a lawful act in an unlawful or culpably negligent manner (misfeasance). If she received remuneration for her actions, it may be a case where she can be investigated and prosecuted for acceptance of a bribe. In the U.S., each state holds authority that is equivalent to that held by the national government. It is not a minor matter when the district attorney, who is at the center of the Dept. of Justice, takes actions to eliminate a specific organization."

Prosecuting attorney Johnson stated that the top secret meeting was (paraphrased) "One type of brainstorming, and that it (our plan) wasn't feasible." (From the aforementioned declaration deposition record of investigation.) Yet, according to a legal specialist in the U.S., "the office of the Attorney General that she works at holds the authority for life or death over religious organizations. It should not be considered merely as a desktop excercise in logic. It is a serious violation against the freedom of religious faith." Source