[samtheman]

He bought several small ships and staffed them with a young crew of Scientologists and reportedly went looking for treasure he had hidden in a previous life.

The "young crew" wasn't too bright, were they?

[robowombat]

Hubbard's basic idea for the ‘Sea Org’ was that if he could stay beyond the three mile limit most of the time or if his pretty extensive intel operation turned up information on an indictment that was coming he could stay outside the grip of the law indefinitely. Hubbard was an evil paranoid but not a fool. His followers are fools.