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Church of Scientology protects secrets on the Internet
August 26, 1995, CNN
http://www.cnn.com/US/9508/scientology/index.html

Two weeks ago, Arnie Lerma's home office was raided by U.S. Marshal's
accompanied by lawyers and officials from the Church of Scientology.
While the marshal's stood by, Lermas' computer was dismantled and
carried away.

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Scientology Critics Claim Harassment For Using Internet
August 26, 1995, Jennifer Bjorhus, Seattle Times
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=2138183&date=19950826

As the Church of Scientology battles a band of cyberspace dissidents -
seizing computers and papers from the homes of vocal online critics in
the past two weeks - local defectors charge they are being harassed for
speaking out against the church.

Robert Vaughn Young and Stacy Young, longtime staff members who left
the Church of Scientology in 1989, complained to police that
Scientologists have picketed their house in West Seattle at least five
times in the past two weeks. They said protesters carrying signs
reading "Stop the Hate" and "Protect the First Amendment" yelled
derogatory statements about them to their neighbors.

Tags: alt.scientology.war, Ann Ruble, Arnaldo Lerma, Cult Awareness Network,
FACTNet, Fair Game, IRS, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs,
Rehabilitation Project Force, Robert Vaughn Young, Stacy Young

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Tom Terrific
August 26, 1996, Pam Lambert, People
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20142095,00.html

Or, in this case, water. The actor's most recent brush with risky
business came on the morning of Aug. 7 as Cruise, 34, and wife Nicole
Kidman, 29, were breakfasting on the Talitha G. That's the luxurious
chartered yacht on which the couple, their two toddlers and some
high-powered pals (including a pair of studio heads) were enjoying a
leisurely, weeklong cruise. Mid-croissant, they spotted a sailboat on
fire and five people bobbing in a rubber raft nearby.

Wasting no time, Cruise immediately sent over his yacht's skiff to
bring the victims to safety. Just moments after the stricken
sailors-French paper tycoon Jacques Lejeune, 68, his wife, Bernadette,
42, daughter Eug?nie, 7, and two crew members-reached safety, their
63-foot vessel sank. Cruise, who kept his feet dry and caught the whole
incident on camcorder from his perch on deck, "did what any decent
person would do," proclaimed the actor's delighted publicist Pat
Kingsley. "If I ever get in trouble, I hope Tom Cruise is nearby."

Tags: Bert Fields, Cool Story Bro, Nicole Kidman, Pat Kingsley, Tom Cruise

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Wikipedia on Xenu: evil, galactic overlord of Scientology!
August 26, 2009, Salon
http://open.salon.com/blog/rob_anderson_1/2009/08/26/wikipedia_on_xenu_evil_galactic_overlord_of_scientology

When Sci-Fi schlock L.Ron Hubbard first conceived of Xenu, he probably
didn't imagine that his galactic bad guy would one day be the evil fall
guy for a world religion! (Or at least not until later, because
apparently at some point he DID purposely use his sci-fi as the basis
for founding his own religion).

Tags: Operation Clambake, Wikipedia, Xenu

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Know your rights
August 26, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/know-your-rights/

To: Executives and staff of Int, Gold, OSA, etc

Know your rights.

I know you have heard horrific things about how former staff who left
the church with evidence in their possession will be prosecuted . You
should know that that is propaganda.

Tags: California, David Miscavige, First Amendment, NDA, Office of Special
Affairs, Quicky

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The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 16: Marc Headley
August 26, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/08/marc_headley_top_25_crippling_scientology.php

Eventually, they escaped from that life, and Marc went on to start a
lucrative business in Los Angeles (which he recently sold -- the couple
now lives with their two children in Colorado). But what really puts
Marc on this list is what he did once he got out of Scientology -- he
didn't let well enough alone. Headley knew that he possessed crucial,
damning information about Scientology: he'd worked directly with Tom
Cruise as the actor's guinea pig while Cruise learned how to audit.
Headley had also worked closely with Scientology leader David Miscavige
and had witnessed the violence and chaos on the base. Headley began
leaking his observations under the name "Blown for Good" on the
Internet. What BFG had to say alarmed Scientology so much, we know now
that the church expended enormous resources to confirm that it was
Headley leaking that information.

Tags: 1980, 2008, 2010, Abortion, Blown for Good, California, Claire Headley,
Colorado, David Miscavige, Germany, Hemet, Int Base, Janet Reitman, Los
Angeles, Marc Headley, Sea Org, St. Petersburg Times, Tom Cruise

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(2012's) Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, Nos. 14-16
August 26, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/08/scientology_top_25_tory_christman_dave_touretzky.php

We're moving Carnegie Mellon University professor Dave Touretzky up in
our list this year. Touretzky is known for his many years of gathering
and hosting information at his websites that describe Scientology's
secret upper-level teachings and other detailed research. But it's
Touretzky's dedication to getting out information about Scientology's
drug treatment program, Narconon, which is making a big difference this
year as the church's rehab centers have become the center of
controversy. We've referred to Touretzky's pages often in our stories,
and we hope readers use them to come to the understanding that
Narconon's issues are longstanding and systemic.

Tags: 1968, Amy Scobee, BBC, Carnegie Mellon, Chairman of the Board, Chuck
Beatty, Claire Headley, Dan Garvin, David Miscavige, David Touretzky, Denise
Brennan, Facebook, Freewinds, Gary Morehead, Gerry Armstrong, International
Association of Scientologists, Ireland, Jamie DeWolf, Jefferson Hawkins,
Jesse Prince, John Brousseau, Jon Atack, Kate Bornstein, Knowledge Report,
Lisa Marie Presley, Margery Wakefield, Mark Bunker, Michael Fairman, Michelle
Sterling, Nancy Many, Narconon, OT, OT 8, Patty Moher, Paul Thomas Anderson,
Steve Hall, Sunday Funnies, Tami Lemberger, Tiziano Lugli, Tory Christman,
Wise Beard Man, Xenu

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Narconon CEO: Facility pays recruiters to find patients
August 26, 2012, Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/narconon-ceo-facility-pays-recruiters-to-find-patients/article_b26c1356-333b-545a-a2a0-a89ddc0884cd.html

Several former Narconon students and families of students interviewed
by the World said they contacted drug addiction counselors through
various websites. The counselors then recommended the family look into
Narconon for rehab.

Search the Internet for help with drug rehab, and there's a chance
you'll find one of 235 websites owned and operated by Dena Goad of
Bixby. Goad owns her own business involving 1-800 hotline numbers
attached to her websites, she said.

Tags: Al Whitehurst, Anonymous, Christopher Clancy, Commission on
Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, Dena Goad, Gabriel Graves, Gary
Smith, Hillary Holten, Holly Lyn Conklin, IRS, Michael Brose, Narconon,
Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Pittsburg County, Robert
Murphy, Shirley Gilliam, Stacy Murphy

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Sunday Service with Paul Robeson
August 26, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/sunday-service-with-paul-robeson/

Tags: Quicky

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The Luglis Reveal Truth in Italy
August 26, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/08/26/the-luglis-reveal-truth-in-italy/

A rather significant front-page article ran this week in a major
Italian newspaper. One of its subjects, Renata Lugli, wrote a short
introduction to the piece. It precedes the article below.

Anyone that studied and understood the materiel contained in the PTS SP
Course , knows that suppression decreases when the person can do
something about it.

If I have to choose from the many suppressions that I received from
David Miscavige, thanks to his deadly tentacles of his "church", the
one that was most damaging was the violent intrusion in the very
personal matters that relate to my family .

Tags: 1954, 1974, 1986, Amy Scobee, Author Services Inc, California, Canada,
Chairman of the Board, Chick Corea, Church of Scientology International,
Claudio Lugli, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Diamond Meritorious,
Disconnection, England, Ethics, Ethics Officer, Florida, Fort Harrison,
Hemet, Hollywood, Ideal Org, Int Base, International Association of
Scientologists, Italy, John Travolta, Karen de la Carriere, Katie Holmes,
Lisa Marie Presley, Lisa McPherson, Los Angeles, Marc Yager, Mike Rinder,
Mike Sutter, Miles Davis, New Zealand, Office of Special Affairs, OT VIII,
Potential Trouble Source, Quicky, Ray Mithoff, Rehabilitation Project Force,
Religious Technology Center, Renata Lugli, Richard Acunto, Sea Org, St.
Petersburg Times, Survival Insurance, Tampa, Tom Cruise, Tom DeVocht, USA

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ANETTE IREN JOHANSEN: "I Auditioned To Be Tom Cruise's Wife"
August 26, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/08/26/anette-iren-johansen-i-was-auditioned-to-be-tom-cruises-wife/

Once again, The Underground Bunker has teamed up with Woman's Day,
Australia's largest selling magazine, to bring you an exclusive story.

Anette Iren Johansen recently left the Church of Scientology and has
been blogging about her experiences, citing "terrible abuses committed
within the church." But she saved until now her biggest secret: She was
one of numerous women the church auditioned in 2004 and 2005 when Tom
Cruise was looking for a new wife. She's the first, however, to go
public about her experience.

Anette spoke to Henry Meller, US reporter for Woman's Day, and
yesterday his story hit store shelves in Australia.

Tags: 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Anette Iren
Johansen, Apostate, Australia, Basics, Blown for Good, California,
Copenhagen, Denmark, Geir Isene, Golden Era, Golden Era Productions,
Indonesia, Int Base, International Association of Scientologists, Lawrence
Wright, Los Angeles, Marc Headley, Maureen Orth, Nazanin Boniadi, New Yorker,
Nobel, Norway, Oslo, Quicky, Sri Lanka, Tom Cruise, Vanity Fair, Yolanda
Pecoraro

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Hooked On Begging
August 26, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/hooked-on-begging/

This email was forwarded to me by a number of people this morning,
incredulous that they are STILL trying to collect money for Palace
Miscavige.

At this point, it is on automatic.

The first thought in Corporate Scientology is "Give me your money" and
ANY reason/excuse will do. No matter how lame, unreal or downright
stupid it is. After all, "any outflow is good" and the ONLY thing that
really counts is MONEY.

Tags: Cause Resurgence Rundown, Church of Scientology Religious Trust,
Cornerstone, Flag Building, Golden Age of Tech, L. Ron Hubbard, Quicky, Super
Power

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Monique Rathbun - Back in the day
August 26, 2013, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2013/08/26/monique-rathbun-back-in-the-day/

Doing a little attempted mitigation for Scientology's vicious
propaganda campaigns against Monique Rathbun. Hope you don't mind.

Tags: Monique Rathbun, Quicky

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What Motivated L. Ron Hubbard? Historian Jon Atack Follows the Clues
August 26, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/08/26/what-motivated-l-ron-hubbard-historian-jon-atack-follows-the-clues/

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best
books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He has a new edition of the
book for sale, and on Saturdays he's helping us sift through the
legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get
hashed and rehashed in books, articles, and especially on the Internet.

Jon, last week you took on the shared reality that props up
Scientology's cosmology. But what about L. Ron Hubbard himself? Did he
share in that reality? This time, you said you wanted to tackle
Hubbard's original motivations for creating a worldwide movement. What
have you found out?

JON: In the 1952 book Scientology: 8.80, Hubbard described his goal in
these words: "My purpose is to bring a barbarism out of the mud it
thinks conceived it and to form, here on Earth, a civilization based on
human understanding, not violence. That's a big purpose. A broad field.
A star-high goal."

Tags: 1938, 1952, 1986, 1988, 2009, A Piece of Blue Sky, Advanced Ability
Center, Bare-Faced Messiah, Chicago Fire, Christian Stolte, Church of
Spiritual Technology, David Mayo, Dianetics, Excalibur, Harlan Ellison, Jon
Atack, Leah Remini, OT, OT III, Palo Alto, Quicky, Russell Miller, Village
Voice, Violence

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Chris Shelton: Scientology's Organizational Madness
August 26, 2014, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
http://scientologymoneyproject.com/2014/08/26/chris-shelton-scientologys-organizational-madness/

Former Sea Org exec Chris Shelton has made an outstanding video
explaining the Church of Scientology's byzantine and fairly
incomprehensible Organizational Madness. This video is a "must watch"
for all serious Scientology watchers.

Tags: Chris Shelton, Quicky, Sea Org

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CSRT Staff Report Directly To Miscavige Daily
August 26, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/csrt-staff-report-directly-to-miscavige-daily/

This just in. A new begging email from Sheryle Festa trying to pitch
the "L. Ron Hubbard Hall" as something urgent for planetary clearing.
Or something.

I am going to compile a posting about the L. Ron Hubbard Hall
boondoggle at some point, but I just wanted quickly get this one out as
it contains a remarkable bit of honesty.

Chairman of the Board is over this project - there are no vias - there
is no via between the Staff of CSRT and Chairman of the Board. He is
overseeing every detail. Each day CSRT Staff report directly to
Chairman of the Board. They are Commodore Messengers of the highest
order as they execute all FUTURE EXPANSION for LRH as directed by
Chairman of the Board.

Tags: Chairman of the Board, Church of Scientology Religious Trust, David
Miscavige, Flag Building, Golden Age of Tech, Ideal Org, L. Ron Hubbard, L.
Ron Hubbard Hall, Orlando, OT, OT Committee, Quicky, Sandcastle, Tampa

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More Ideal Org Fails
August 26, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/more-ideal-org-fails/

Following up on the recent post about Orlando some Special
Correspondents sent in some information about other "ideal orgs" which
I thought I would share.

Boston

The Boston Org has now had to move out of the building they have
occupied for decades and into rented facilities because in typical
"ideal org style" they completely screwed up their planning.

Tags: Battle Creek, Birthday Game, Boston, California, Chicago, Detroit,
Google, Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, Kansas City,
Montreal, New Haven, Orlando, Pasadena, Philadelphia, Quicky, Quincy,
Religious Technology Center, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Silicon Valley,
Vancouver

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More trouble for Scientology's drug rehab network, Narconon - this time in
Florida
August 26, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/08/26/more-trouble-for-scientologys-drug-rehab-network-narconon-this-time-in-florida/

Suncoast's future location, a former church Joe Childs at the Tampa Bay
Times last night reported that there's trouble potentially brewing for
the Scientology drug rehab facility in Hernando County, Florida.

Suncoast Rehabilitation Center, part of Scientology's Narconon network,
has been in the news recently for a dispute with the county over its
expansion plans. The Times has closely watched that battle, which took
a fortunate turn for Suncoast when it successfully appealed a low
damage award (the case is now in mediation). Childs reported last month
that another facility, a former church, was purchased in Clearwater by
the same owners, and we told you that according to our sources Suncoast
is planning on moving its operation from Hernando County to the
Clearwater location.

And now Childs has learned that Suncoast may be in some trouble with
the state, after its director, Tammy Strickland, testified in the
county dispute that three additional, unlicensed locations were rented
in 2011 by Suncoast for housing patients and staff.

Tags: 2011, Clearwater, DC, Department of Children and Families, Edinburgh,
Florida, Fraser Mansion, Hernando County, Joe Childs, Karen de la Carriere,
Lawrence Wollsersheim, Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Nicole Kidman, Oklahoma,
Quicky, Scotsman, Suncoast Rehabilitation Center, Tampa Bay Times, The
Scotsman, The Times, Tom Cruise, Troy McDermott, Truth About Drugs

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Miscavige Media Madness
August 26, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/miscavige-media-madness/

A few days ago I posted something about David Miscavige's response to
the Tampa Bay Times - Miscavige Media Handling.

And now this. An article published in Business Insider yesterday
continuing the discussion about John Oliver's brilliant piece on
televangelists and tax exemption. (And, in case you missed it, Oliver
took another jab at scientology in his show last Sunday).

What is remarkable here is not the article itself. It contains
virtually no new news other than an inaccurate statement from Anthony
Ole, the president of Trinity Foundation where he seems to think
scientology changed the law. It didn't. But any article that keeps this
subject of scientology's exemption in the news deserves a round of
applause. And the author ties together John Oliver, Lawrence Wright and
Going Clear - and that is a sure-fire recipe for goodness.

Tags: Aaron Smith-Levin, Bill Clinton, Business Insider, CCHR, David
Miscavige, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief,
Ideal Org, International Association of Scientologists, IRS, John Oliver,
Karin Pouw, KCET, Lawrence Wright, OT, OT 7, Planetary Dissemination, Quicky,
Sec Check, Tampa Bay Times, Thursday Funnies, Tony Ortega

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What lengths would a Scientology 'registrar' go to pry $3,000 out of a 13-
year-old?
August 26, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/08/26/what-lengths-would-a-scientology-registrar-go-to-pry-3000-out-of-a-13-year-old/

Aaron Smith-Levin is back with another interesting video, this time
featuring his own stories from growing up in Scientology.

Earlier, he and Nick Lister put together several video segments about
Nick's life in the church. One of them, Nick's story about Tom Cruise
banishing his own niece from the family for daring to kiss a boy, was
picked up by a lot of major media outlets.

We don't know if there will be wider interest for today's piece, but we
think it's one of the better examples of the kind of Scientology
"regging" - pressure to donate money - that even a child has to endure.
Give it a look and then share your thoughts about the video in our
comments section...

Tags: Aaron Smith-Levin, Cause Resurgence Rundown, Flag Building, Fort
Harrison, Nick Lister, Quicky, Super Power, Tom Cruise

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