of the case was the fact that several high-ranking Scientology officials and lead attorneys for the organization and former high-ranking Scientologists submitted declarations on their activities for the Church of Scientology, giving thereby insight into the internal ongoings of the Scientology management. Among others, declarations were submitted by: Richard Aznaran & Vicki Aznaran, former executives of the Religious Technology Center Jonathan Epstein, at that time International Finance Director of the Church of Scientology International Guillaume Lesevre, at that time Executive Director International of the Church of Scientology International David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center Raymond Mithoff, at that time Senior Case Supervisor International of the Church of Scientology International Thomas Spring, tax attorney for the Church of Scientology International Norman Starkey, at that time executive director of Author Services Inc. André Tabayoyon, Ex-Scientologist and former security official of the Church of Scientology International William Walsh, attorney for different organizations of the Church of Scientology Marc Yager, at that time Chairman of the Watchdog Committee of the Church of Scientology International Monique Yingling, tax attorney for the Church of Scientology International Robert Vaughn Young, former spokesperson for the Guardian's Office and Author Services Inc. Stacy Brooks Young, former official of the U.S. Office of Special Affairs Posting to the Internet Although the Church of Scientology attempted to prevent others from receiving the document by continuously borrowing it, the text of this declaration and its exhibits were scanned, converted to text, and posted onto the Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.scientology by ex-Scientologist Arnie Lerma. The material was then placed on the World Wide Web by David S. Touretzky. Lerma's newsgroup posting resulted in the August 1995 raid of his home for copyright violation on the materials, and the resulting lawsuit Religious Technology Center (Scientology) vs Arnaldo Lerma, Richard Leiby, and The Washington Post. U.S. Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that while Richard Leiby and the Washington Post had not violated copyright, Lerma was liable and fined $2,500 but with no costs awarded to Scientology. Judge Brinkema also stated that the primary motivation for the case was "to stifle criticism of Scientology in general and to harass its critics." After being posted to the newsgroup, the documents were mirrored on hundreds of websites worldwide. The Church of Scientology responded by suing a number of people and their Internet service providers for copyright infringement. The defendants responded by challenging the church