 Susan <unk> ( Ma Anand Su ) , a top official in the <unk> hierarchy , was also a participant in the assassination conspiracy . <unk> was in charge of the security force at <unk> , ran the <unk> Investment Corporation , and supervised construction on the commune . Other conspirators in the assassination plot included Ann <unk> McCarthy ( Ma <unk> <unk> ) , president of the <unk> commune , and Alma Potter ( Ma <unk> <unk> ) , Ma Anand <unk> 's bodyguard and traveling companion . Potter was manager of the Hotel <unk> in Portland , Oregon , and a member of the commune 's security force . The <unk> reported that nine people were on the hit list , including : Turner , <unk> , former assistant attorney general Karen H. Green , <unk> County planning director Daniel C. <unk> , <unk> County commissioner James L. <unk> , investigative journalist for The <unk> Leslie L. <unk> , former member Helen C. Byron ( Ma <unk> <unk> ) , who had been awarded US $ 1 @.@ 7 million in a lawsuit against <unk> Foundation International , her daughter Barbara J. Byron ( <unk> ) , and <unk> 's former secretary <unk> <unk> <unk> ( Ma <unk> <unk> ) . 
