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Behind Facade of Harmony, Nations Are Far Apart on Some Basic Issues
December 9, 1997, John Dornberg, International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/1997/12/09/sus.t.php
Some of them are tempests in teapots. The most ludicrous is tacit State
Department backing of the claim that Bonn is discriminating against the
Church of Scientology, and the recent House International Relations
Committee draft resolution calling on the White House to censure Bonn
for its stance on Scientology. It was only when the House as a whole
voted against the measure that the air cleared.
Tags: Bill Clinton, Germany, Helmut Kohl, House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
US State Department
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Church's complaints take buses off road
December 9, 1998, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/120998/Church_s_complaints_t.html
The ads were purchased by church critics and were to be on buses
Saturday through Monday as part of a weekend-long protest against
Scientology.
Each of the 11 ads carried a different message. Among them: "Think for
Yourself. Quit Scientology," "Find out why so many people oppose
Dianetics and Scientology" and "Why does Scientology lie to its
members?"
Scientology representatives began phoning the homes of transit and
Clearwater city officials after the buses began rolling Saturday
morning. The church argued that the ads violated a state law regarding
published material that "tends to expose any individual or any
religious group to hatred, contempt, ridicule or (abusive language)."
Tags: 1995, Alan Zimmet, Bob Clark, Calvin Harris, Clearwater, Dianetics,
Florida Attorney General, Fort Harrison, Frank Oliver, Lisa McPherson, Marty
Rathbun, Mary Story, Miami, Pam Akin, Paul Johnson, Pinellas County, Pinellas
Suncoast Transit Authority, Roger Sweeney, Tampa
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Britain denies Scientologists status as charitable group
December 9, 1999, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19991209&slug=3000389
Government officials denied the Church of Scientology charitable status
today, saying it does not provide any public services.
Scientologists said they would appeal the decision, announced by the
Charity Commission, which regulates charities.
The commission said the church did not meet the essential test for
charitable status - "that of conferring public benefit."
Tags: Graeme Wilson, UK, UK Charity Commission
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Scientology Denied Charitable Status
December 9, 1999, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1999/Scientology-Denied-Charitable-Status/id-17040cb50470a578766faaf3c4b93111
LONDON (AP) _ Government officials denied the Church of Scientology
charitable status on Thursday, saying it does not provide any public
services.
Scientologists said they would appeal the decision, announced by the
Charity Commission, which regulates charities in England and Wales.
The commission said the church did not meet the essential test for
charitable status _ "that of conferring public benefit." It said
Scientology activities "were private in nature and in the benefit they
delivered."
Tags: Buddhist, Charity, England, Germany, Graeme Wilson, Mormon, Quicky,
Wales
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Scientology Denied Charitable Status
December 9, 1999, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1999/Scientology-Denied-Charitable-Status/id-32a21eadd31c8984971e0498b2f15378
LONDON (AP) _ Government officials denied the Church of Scientology
charitable status on Thursday, saying it does not provide any public
services.
Scientologists said they would appeal the decision, announced by the
Charity Commission, which regulates charities in England and Wales.
The commission said the church did not meet the essential test for
charitable status _ "that of conferring public benefit." It said
Scientology activities "were private in nature and in the benefit they
delivered."
Tags: Buddhist, Charity, England, Germany, Graeme Wilson, Mormon, Quicky,
Wales
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Church loads up for one last fight
December 9, 2001, Deborah O'Neil, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/120901/NorthPinellas/Church_loads_up_for_o.shtml
A civil wrongful-death lawsuit, itself now almost 5 years old, alleges
church workers let McPherson die Dec. 5, 1995, in the Fort Harrison
Hotel, where she spent the last 17 days of her life being cared for by
fellow Scientologists. The lawsuit contends that church staffers
allowed McPherson, 36, to become so dehydrated she was too weak even to
stop cockroaches from biting her.
As it did in the criminal case, Scientology has committed exhaustive
resources to defending itself, assembling a squadron of top-notch
lawyers and nationally known scientists. Observers say the aggressive
legal strategy is designed to outlast the opponent, Ken Dandar, a Tampa
lawyer representing McPherson's estate.
"They are going to and have worked Dandar to a near-death experience,"
said longtime Clearwater attorney Denis deVlaming, who has represented
some of Scientology's harshest critics.
Tags: 1995, 1997, Ben Shaw, Catholic, Clearwater, Cockroach, Dallas, Denis
deVlaming, England, Florida, Inside Edition, Joan Wood, Judge Frank Quesada,
Judge James Moody, Judge Robert Beach, Judge Susan Schaeffer, Kendrick Moxon,
Legal, Lisa McPherson, Lisa McPherson Trust, Patricia Greenway, Pinellas
County, Robert Minton, Sandy Weinberg, Tampa, Texas
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Scientology
December 9, 2006, Oliver Burkeman, Weekend, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1966433,00.html
The centre used to be a shabby shop offering free personality tests.
But Scientology has revamped it, and now it's bright and welcoming, as
if to forestall the accusation that they might be a secretive cult. A
smiling man in a suit smiled at me and invited me to watch a video.
"Then I"ll explain some more," he smiled. Did I mention he was smiling?
Space aliens notwithstanding, new age kookiness isn't the problem here.
The more I explore self-help, the more tolerant I become of those who
believe in angels and spirit guides: they're well-meaning, mostly, and
if I happen not to share their metaphors for understanding life, so be
it. But Scientologists claim to be scientific. (There's a clue in the
name.)
Tags: Life Improvement Centre, London, UK
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Court fight looms as Germany seeks to outlaw Scientologists
December 9, 2007, Imre Karacs, The Sunday Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3022202.ece
The Church of Scientology vowed yesterday to invoke America's help in
its battle against the German government, which declared it
unconstitutional last week in the first step towards an outright ban.
Sabine Weber, president of the church in Berlin, said the organisation
would drag the German government through the courts and expected to
win, with support from the US State Department.
Tags: Germany, Jeannette Schweitzer, Sabine Weber, Wilfried Handl
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County supervisors back away from anti-picketing measure
December 9, 2008, San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/riverside/20081209-1500-picketing.html
Concerned that a proposed anti-picketing ordinance might be too
restrictive ? and that it did not address the issue that inspired it ?
the Board of Supervisors Tuesday backed away from the measure, but
indicated it may be brought back in different form.
"I don't agree we should abandon this completely, but I want us as
united on this as possible," said Riverside County Supervisor Jeff
Stone, who sponsored the measure.
Tags: AnonOrange, Anonymous, Bob Buster, Int Base, Jeff Stone, Riverside
County, Roy Wilson
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Riverside County supervisors will vote on picketing ordinance
December 9, 2008, Desert Sun
https://web.archive.org/web/20081212040429/http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081209/NEWS01/81209003/1006/news01
A divided Riverside County Board of Supervisors is expected today to
approve an ordinance to restrict residential picketing.
Supervisor Jeff Stone's proposed measure would confine "targeted
picketing" to no closer than 300 feet of a person's residence.
The "time, place and manner" restriction, which would apply to
residents living in unincorporated communities, is necessary in light
of recent protests at a religious compound, according to Stone.
His chief of staff, Verne Lauritzen, identified members of the Church
of Scientology in San Jacinto as inspiration for the ordinance.
Tags: Bob Buster, Jeff Stone, Riverside County, Sam Alhadeff, Verne Lauritzen
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Charitable Front: Mysterious organizations in the Bay Area profess to be
advocating for liberal causes. In truth, they appear to be part of a
secretive group with a bizarre radical past.
December 9, 2009, Matt Smith, SF Weekly
http://www.sfweekly.com/content/printVersion/1778016
In his experience, leaders of the Coalition of Concerned Legal
Professionals seemed more concerned about getting him to attend Marxist
indoctrination sessions and using his work on the farmworker litigation
case to recruit new volunteers and members than about actually
succeeding with the suit: "The organization itself was more of a
hindrance than a help." Palik split with the group in 2002.
According to ex-members Whitnack and Fahlberg, professionals such as
doctors and lawyers are to NatlFed what movie stars are to Scientology.
They're recruited to lend authority to the group, but aren't
necessarily informed of its core revolutionary mission, and are not
required to endure the isolation and other privations of full-time
members.
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Mother in lake plunge with body of disabled daughter after she 'killed her by
accident'
December 9, 2009, Luke Salkeld, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234242/Florist-drowned-disabled-daughter-bath-accident-throwing-girl-lake-inquest-told.html
Mrs Richmond, whose customers included the Queen Mother, had suffered a
mental breakdown and become obsessed with Scientology.
She also developed a theory that her daughter's illness was caused by
an allergy to metallic objects, and began administering experimental
treatments.
Tags: BBC, Jude Richmond, Mental breakdown, Murder, New Zealand, Richmond,
Suicide, UK
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Controversy waits in the wings as 'Scientology Pageant' takes to stage
December 9, 2010, John Fleming, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/features/performingarts/controversy-waits-in-the-wings-as-scientology-pageant-takes-to-stage/1138718
Scientology Pageant was first performed off Broadway seven years ago,
but this will be its Florida premiere, right in the back yard of
Scientology's spiritual headquarters in Clearwater. When Kyle Jarrow,
who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the show, heard it was being
done in the Tampa Bay area, the irony was not lost on him.
"Wow!" Jarrow told the St. Petersburg Times when the production was
announced in November. "Clearwater is almost ground zero for
Scientology. That's sure to be extra controversial."
Tags: A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, Clearwater,
Critic, Dianetics, E-meter, Florida, Jesus Christ, John Travolta, Kirstie
Alley, Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Times, Tampa, Tom Cruise,
Xenu
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Scientology in Seattle
December 9, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/scientology-in-seattle/
On Tuesday night thirty Seattle area Independents gathered for an
evening of high-toned cameraderie. On Wednesday afternoon we stopped by
the local Idle Org to see how we compared in number and relative tone.
Here's the raw data:
Tags: Independent, Quicky, Seattle
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Miscavige Wants to Traffick In African Americans
December 9, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/miscavige-wants-to-traffick-in-african-americans/
I have written before about Miscavige's disdain for and patent attempts
to pander to African Americans in a bid to make his Human Trafficking
operations "hip":
Clear African Americans Convention
Funeral for a Friend - (see essay attached The Church of Scientology is
Dead.)
Tags: 2003, Africa, Clear, David Miscavige, Harlem, Inglewood, International
Association of Scientologists, Los Angeles, Nation of Islam, Quicky
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SMERSH, Scientology Breakthroughs, and a Funeral: Sailing on the Apollo, Dec
4 - 10
December 9, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/12/smersh_scientol.php
On November 18, we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has
obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished
"Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the
Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from 1968 to 1971, and
this time we're looking at what was happening the week of December 4
through 10 during those years.
After the jump, LRH names the evil entity that is trying to sabotage
Scientology...
1968
Tags: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 2000, Advanced Org, ANZO, Apollo, Class VI,
Clear, Dianetics, Grade IV, Janet Guilford, L. Ron Hubbard, Mediterranean,
Operating Thetan, Orders of the Day, OT, OT VII, Perth, Politician, Quicky,
Review, Sea Org, SMERSH, Spain, Western Australia, Wog
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Between Lives Survey
December 9, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/between-lives-survey/
Thanks to everyone who participated in the past lives survey, and for
the wonderful detail and discussions.
Here is a follow up survey on the subject of 'between lives.'
1. If you are one of the approximately 1/4 of responders who noted
there are implant stations awaiting us after death, please answer the
following:
Tags: Quicky
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Jenni Rivera Missing, Plane Crash Suspected
December 9, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2012/12/09/jenni-rivera-missing-plane-crash-suspected/
Just saw the news that Jenni Rivera, the Mexican-American singer from
Los Angeles, is missing after her plane lost contact with air traffic
controllers in Mexico. (The latest news is that wreckage of the plane
was found, and there were no survivors. This is really sad news.)
A decade ago, when we were writing for a newspaper in LA that doesn't
exist anymore, New Times LA, we had the privilege of getting to know
the Rivera family, in particular Jenni, who was already a huge star
among the Latino population there but completely unknown by the
mainstream media.
We wanted to share with you the wonderful young woman we got to know at
the end of 2001.
Tags: 1984, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, Los Angeles, Lynwood, Mexico, New
Times Los Angeles, Quicky
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Sunday Funnies: Scientology Needs Your Cash!
December 9, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2012/12/09/sunday-funnies-2/
Once again our tipsters have come through for us this week, and we have
another diverting set of Scientology fundraising mailers for our Sunday
Funnies.
We're counting on our formidable commenting community to analyze,
synthesize, and deconstruct these latest dispatches from David
Miscavige's leaky barge of a church.
Is there a common theme running through them? We'll let you decide.
Tags: 2000, Chicago, David Miscavige, Hollywood, Ideal Org, Los Angeles, OT
VIII, Quicky, Scientology staff, Sunday Funnies, Youth for Human Rights
International
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Ryan Hogarth Steps Forward
December 9, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ryan-hogarth-steps-forward/
The disintegration of the Radical Church in South Africa is rolling
forward at a rapid clip.
The Sea Org Missionaires sent to try and regain control of the train
that left the station are doing their best imitation of kamikaze pilots
as they head straight down and vertical in a spectacular suicide
mission. Not only did they arrive with a bang and declare 18 prominent
OTs and field Opinion Leaders (including the biggest supporters of the
Ideal Orgs in South Africa) they are now conducting a witch hunt "Comm
Ev" that is soliciting rumors and "declaring" the next round of those
who are not in agreement with their gestapo tactics. This is a failed
mission floundering around in a scene that is far worse than what they
expected to find. It's a suicide mission if ever there was one....
And that brings us to Ryan Hogarth.
Tags: 1966, 1970, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, Africa, Author Services Inc, Basics,
Class V, David Miscavige, DEA, Ethics, Google, Ideal Org, Int Base,
International Association of Scientologists, Johannesburg, Knowledge Report,
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Mission, Office of Special
Affairs, OSA Int, OT, OT VII, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Quicky,
Rehabilitation Project Force, Rhodesia, Ryan Hogarth, Scientology staff, Sea
Org, South Africa, Suppressive Person, Truth Rundown, UK, Universe Corps
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Scientology asks for psychiatric examination of Laura DeCrescenzo in forced-
abortion lawsuit
December 9, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/12/09/scientology-asks-for-psychiatric-examination-of-laura-decrescenzo-in-forced-abortion-lawsuit/
Laura DeCrescenzo (center) with Marc and Claire Headley as word emerged
that Scientology's motion for summary judgment had been defeated The
Church of Scientology has already demonstrated that it will go to
extraordinary lengths to fight and derail the lawsuit filed in 2009 by
former Sea Org member Laura DeCrescenzo.
Just to contest an order to turn over evidence in the lawsuit, for
example, Scientology filed multiple appeals - even petitioning the U.S.
Supreme Court - but was ultimately forced to fork over the 18,000 pages
of documentation which bolstered Laura's case that she was manipulated
as a child worker of the church, including being compelled to have an
abortion at 17.
With that evidence in hand, Laura won a huge victory in October when
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Sohigian denied Scientology's
motion for summary judgment. Finally, after four years, Laura's case
was headed for trial. But now, Scientology, perhaps predictably, has
attempted to throw up a new set of hurdles to prevent Laura's evidence
from being heard by a jury. And one of those hurdles is truly stunning.
Tags: 2009, 2014, 2015, California, CCHR, Christie Collbran, Claire Headley,
David Miscavige, Deposition, Facebook, First Amendment, Judge Ronald
Sohigian, Laura DeCrescenzo, Los Angeles Superior Court, Quicky, Scott
Pilutik, Sea Org, US Supreme Court
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Ex-Scientologist Marc Headley Videotapes Ambush Outside Church's
International Base
December 9, 2014, Zoe Mintz, International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/ex-scientologist-marc-headley-videotapes-ambush-outside-churchs-international-base-1745246
On Monday night, former Scientology "Sea Org" worker Marc Headley
brought a Danish documentary crew to Gilman Springs Road -- a road that
runs through the compound. According to Headley, a recent mudslide
destroyed part of a fence that runs along the facility that keeps the
public out and members in, The Undergound Bunker reports.
Just as the segment was underway, Headley says a group of
Scientologists ambushed him and the film crew. He managed to pull out
his iPhone and film three videos roughly two minutes in length each.
The clips show Headley arguing with a woman who refutes Headley's
claims that members are imprisoned on the compound.
Tags: Barry Van Sickle, Blown for Good, Catherine Fraser, Corpus Christi,
Gilman Springs Road, Int Base, Jefferson Hawkins, Karin Pouw, Kevin Caetano,
Kevin McEnery, LAX, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Old Gilman House, Robert
Dam, Sea Org
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Scientology ambush! Another crazy encounter, this time with Marc Headley at
Int Base
December 9, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/12/09/scientology-ambush-another-crazy-encounter-this-time-with-marc-headley/
Just a few weeks ago, former Scientology executive Mark "Marty" Rathbun
found himself confronted by three high-ranking church officials who
ambushed him at a gate in the Los Angeles International Airport while
carrying cameras and speaking bizarrely. The video Rathbun shot of the
encounter got a lot of attention in the press as it captured the
strange way Scientology has of dealing with former members.
And now it's happened again. Last night, former Scientology "Sea Org"
worker Marc Headley accompanied a television crew from Denmark as it
surveyed the flood damage at Scientology's secretive International Base
east of Los Angeles. Headley tells us that a mudslide which had closed
Gilman Springs Road (the road that bifurcates the 500 acre compound)
has wiped out a whole section of the fence that not only keeps the
public out of the facility, but also is intended to keep Scientologists
at the base from getting out.
Tags: 1990, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, Amber O'Sullivan, Blown for Good,
Catherine Fraser, Claire Headley, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Denmark, Eve
Laws, Florida, Gilman Springs Road, Golden Era, Golden Era Productions,
Guardian's Office, Int Base, Jefferson Hawkins, Jon Stumbke, Jorgen Larsson,
Karen de la Carriere, Kevin Caetano, Kevin McEnery, LAX, Los Angeles, Marc
Headley, Marty Rathbun, Old Gilman House, OT, Paul Sarkany, Religious
Technology Center, Robert Dam, Scientology executive, Sea Org, Squirrel
Busters, Tom Cruise, UK, Village Voice
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The Greatest Event Ever - Til The Next One
December 9, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-greatest-event-ever-til-the-next-one/
Well, this should be interesting.
The largest scientology community on earth is getting going early on
the hard sell to show up to see the David Miscavige show live. I hope
someone in LA will sacrifice themselves for 3 hours of pain so we get a
report on the attendance and activities. It will be VERY telling how
full the Shrine is. If they cannot round up 6300 people from all over
California, including all the Sea Org staff and all those ideal orgs,
it would be a VERY poor show.
In fact, according to the hype, they are coming from all over the world.
I guess they ALREADY know they cannot get 6300 people together in LA
from the largest scientology third dynamic on earth!(r).
Tags: AOLA, ASHO, Author Services Inc, California, CCHR, David Miscavige,
Glendale, Hollywood, Los Angeles, New Year's Eve, OCA, OT, Quicky, Sea Org,
Sec Check, Shrine Auditorium, TIME
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Arcadia woman says refusal to learn Scientology got her fired in Pasadena
December 9, 2015, Pasadena Star-News
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20151209/arcadia-woman-says-refusal-to-learn-scientology-got-her-fired-in-pasadena
An Arcadia woman is suing her former employer, alleging she was fired
for refusing to participate in mandatory on-the-job Scientology classes.
Annie R. Lee's lawsuit against Pasadena-based Lusida Rubber Products
Inc. and two company executives, Wayne Chin and William Johonnesson,
alleges wrongful termination, religious discrimination, failure to
prevent religious discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Lee seeks unspecified damages and an injunction enjoining Lusida from
requiring employees to take Scientology lessons.
Chin said today he may have a comment later after he reviews the
lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Tags: Los Angeles Superior Court, Lusida Rubber Products, Religious
harassment, Wayne Chin, William Johonnesson
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Document leak: When the FBI investigated Scientology's bizarre New Mexico
vault
December 9, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/12/09/document-leak-when-the-fbi-investigated-scientologys-bizarre-new-mexico-vault/
We have a juicy document for you today, courtesy of our friend and
dogged researcher, R.M. Seibert.
You knew that the FBI investigated and raided Scientology in 1977, and
Lawrence Wright revealed in his 2011 New Yorker article that the FBI
investigated Scientology for human trafficking in 2009-2010. But here's
what we didn't know until now - the FBI also investigated Scientology
in the late 1980s for the bizarre underground vault it was digging in
the New Mexico desert.
We've written several times about the most secret of Scientology's many
secretive entities, the Church of Spiritual Technology (CST), which was
formed in 1982, two years after Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard went
into permanent hiding.
Tags: 1960, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,
1989, 1990, 1993, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Albuquerque, Battlefield Earth,
Boston, Bureau of Land Management, California, Canada, Child labor, Church of
Spiritual Technology, Clearwater, Colorado, Daily Mail, Dallas, David
Miscavige, Denise Brennan, Dylan Gill, Enemies list, England, Europe, FAA,
FBI, Flag Land Base, Florida, Houston, Human trafficking, IRS, John Sweeney,
Las Vegas, Lawrence Wright, Legal, Los Angeles, LRH House, Massachusetts,
Mike Rinder, New Mexico, New Mexico State Police, New Yorker, Office of
Special Affairs, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Police, Private investigator,
Quicky, R.M. Seibert, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Miguel
County, SEC, Snow White Program, Tampa, Terrorism, Texas, The Unbreakable
Miss Lovely, Theft, Toronto, Toronto Sun, Trementina, Washington, Wyoming
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Freewinds Desperation
December 9, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/freewinds-desperation/
There are no public to reg and no situation causes a greater state of
terror on the mighty Sea Org flagship. Hitting an iceberg would cause
less fear and panic Apparently even the tiny number of OT VII
completions (5-10 per week) are not showing up at the Freewinds for OT
VIII.
So, how are they planning to solve their dilemma?
By announcing they are inventing some service to convince people they
should go to the Moneywinds to get "debugged" on going onto OT VIII.
Tags: Freewinds, Maiden Voyage, OT VII, OT VIII, Quicky, Sea Org
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Hurricane Leah Rolls On
December 9, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/hurricane-leah-rolls-on/
This is from the 21 December issue of People magazine feature 25 most
intriguing people of the year.
The text is a little fuzzy, here is what it says:
The actress revealed why she left the Church of Scientology in her book
Troublemaker detailing why she questioned the bahvior of church
officials and became disillusioned with fellow follower Tom Cruise.
Remini, 45, told People leaving was "like a rebirth", I've been given a
second chance at life."
Tags: Leah Remini, Quicky, Tom Cruise
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Disconnection, neglect, and suicide: Scientology, it's even worse than you
think
December 9, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/12/09/disconnection-neglect-and-suicide-scientology-its-even-worse-than-you-think/
We first heard from Marie Bilheimer more than a year ago. Like so many
other former members of the Church of Scientology, she wanted to
communicate with us even though she wasn't ready to go public with her
story.
We understood. Marie's is one of the more disturbing tales that we've
heard, and we told her we'd be here when she decided she wanted our
readers to hear what she'd been through.
We're hearing from a lot of people now that Leah Remini is changing the
public understanding of Scientology in a big way with her A&E series,
Scientology and the Aftermath. And one of the people we heard from was
Marie. Emboldened by Leah's show, she's decided it's time to come
forward.
And we'll just say, you should brace yourself.
Tags: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014,
A&E, Aaron Poulin, Advanced Org, AOLA, Big Blue, Bridge to Total Freedom,
Cadet Org, California, Canada, Carroll-Rees Academy, Cedars of Lebanon,
Celebrity Centre, Christie Hotel, Clear, Clearwater, Commodore's Messenger
Organization, David Miscavige, Death, Disconnection, Divona Tyrrell,
Edmonton, E-meter, Estates Project Force, Ex-Scientology Kids, Facebook, Flag
Land Base, Flag Liaison Office, Florida, Freeloader Debt, Hollywood,
Hollywood Guaranty Building, Hollywood Inn, Huntington Beach, Johnny Lewis,
June Rees, Kirby Carroll, Kirsten Caetano, Las Vegas, Leah Remini, Lewis
Carroll Academy, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Marie Bilheimer, Michael
Lewis, Michael Rees, Mike Rinder, Nichola Kyle-Carroll, Nora Crest, Oakland,
Office of Special Affairs, OSA Int, OT, PAC Base, Pasadena, Potential Trouble
Source, Purif, Purification Rundown, Ron Tyrrell, San Francisco, Sarah
Symcox, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sea Org, Sec Check, Silver Lake,
Student Hat, Suicide, Suppressive Person, The Hole, WhyWeProtest, WISE, World
Institute of Scientology Enterprises
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Regraded Being
December 9, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/fruiday-regraded-being/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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December 9 in Scientlology web page:
http://umbraxenu.no-ip.biz/days/12-09.html
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Behind Facade of Harmony, Nations Are Far Apart on Some Basic Issues
December 9, 1997, John Dornberg, International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/1997/12/09/sus.t.php
Some of them are tempests in teapots. The most ludicrous is tacit State
Department backing of the claim that Bonn is discriminating against the
Church of Scientology, and the recent House International Relations
Committee draft resolution calling on the White House to censure Bonn
for its stance on Scientology. It was only when the House as a whole
voted against the measure that the air cleared.
Tags: Bill Clinton, Germany, Helmut Kohl, House Committee on Foreign Affairs,
US State Department
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Church's complaints take buses off road
December 9, 1998, Thomas C. Tobin, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/120998/Church_s_complaints_t.html
The ads were purchased by church critics and were to be on buses
Saturday through Monday as part of a weekend-long protest against
Scientology.
Each of the 11 ads carried a different message. Among them: "Think for
Yourself. Quit Scientology," "Find out why so many people oppose
Dianetics and Scientology" and "Why does Scientology lie to its
members?"
Scientology representatives began phoning the homes of transit and
Clearwater city officials after the buses began rolling Saturday
morning. The church argued that the ads violated a state law regarding
published material that "tends to expose any individual or any
religious group to hatred, contempt, ridicule or (abusive language)."
Tags: 1995, Alan Zimmet, Bob Clark, Calvin Harris, Clearwater, Dianetics,
Florida Attorney General, Fort Harrison, Frank Oliver, Lisa McPherson, Marty
Rathbun, Mary Story, Miami, Pam Akin, Paul Johnson, Pinellas County, Pinellas
Suncoast Transit Authority, Roger Sweeney, Tampa
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Britain denies Scientologists status as charitable group
December 9, 1999, Seattle Times
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19991209&slug=3000389
Government officials denied the Church of Scientology charitable status
today, saying it does not provide any public services.
Scientologists said they would appeal the decision, announced by the
Charity Commission, which regulates charities.
The commission said the church did not meet the essential test for
charitable status - "that of conferring public benefit."
Tags: Graeme Wilson, UK, UK Charity Commission
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Scientology Denied Charitable Status
December 9, 1999, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1999/Scientology-Denied-Charitable-Status/id-17040cb50470a578766faaf3c4b93111
LONDON (AP) _ Government officials denied the Church of Scientology
charitable status on Thursday, saying it does not provide any public
services.
Scientologists said they would appeal the decision, announced by the
Charity Commission, which regulates charities in England and Wales.
The commission said the church did not meet the essential test for
charitable status _ "that of conferring public benefit." It said
Scientology activities "were private in nature and in the benefit they
delivered."
Tags: Buddhist, Charity, England, Germany, Graeme Wilson, Mormon, Quicky,
Wales
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Scientology Denied Charitable Status
December 9, 1999, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1999/Scientology-Denied-Charitable-Status/id-32a21eadd31c8984971e0498b2f15378
LONDON (AP) _ Government officials denied the Church of Scientology
charitable status on Thursday, saying it does not provide any public
services.
Scientologists said they would appeal the decision, announced by the
Charity Commission, which regulates charities in England and Wales.
The commission said the church did not meet the essential test for
charitable status _ "that of conferring public benefit." It said
Scientology activities "were private in nature and in the benefit they
delivered."
Tags: Buddhist, Charity, England, Germany, Graeme Wilson, Mormon, Quicky,
Wales
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Church loads up for one last fight
December 9, 2001, Deborah O'Neil, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/News/120901/NorthPinellas/Church_loads_up_for_o.shtml
A civil wrongful-death lawsuit, itself now almost 5 years old, alleges
church workers let McPherson die Dec. 5, 1995, in the Fort Harrison
Hotel, where she spent the last 17 days of her life being cared for by
fellow Scientologists. The lawsuit contends that church staffers
allowed McPherson, 36, to become so dehydrated she was too weak even to
stop cockroaches from biting her.
As it did in the criminal case, Scientology has committed exhaustive
resources to defending itself, assembling a squadron of top-notch
lawyers and nationally known scientists. Observers say the aggressive
legal strategy is designed to outlast the opponent, Ken Dandar, a Tampa
lawyer representing McPherson's estate.
"They are going to and have worked Dandar to a near-death experience,"
said longtime Clearwater attorney Denis deVlaming, who has represented
some of Scientology's harshest critics.
Tags: 1995, 1997, Ben Shaw, Catholic, Clearwater, Cockroach, Dallas, Denis
deVlaming, England, Florida, Inside Edition, Joan Wood, Judge Frank Quesada,
Judge James Moody, Judge Robert Beach, Judge Susan Schaeffer, Kendrick Moxon,
Legal, Lisa McPherson, Lisa McPherson Trust, Patricia Greenway, Pinellas
County, Robert Minton, Sandy Weinberg, Tampa, Texas
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Scientology
December 9, 2006, Oliver Burkeman, Weekend, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1966433,00.html
The centre used to be a shabby shop offering free personality tests.
But Scientology has revamped it, and now it's bright and welcoming, as
if to forestall the accusation that they might be a secretive cult. A
smiling man in a suit smiled at me and invited me to watch a video.
"Then I"ll explain some more," he smiled. Did I mention he was smiling?
Space aliens notwithstanding, new age kookiness isn't the problem here.
The more I explore self-help, the more tolerant I become of those who
believe in angels and spirit guides: they're well-meaning, mostly, and
if I happen not to share their metaphors for understanding life, so be
it. But Scientologists claim to be scientific. (There's a clue in the
name.)
Tags: Life Improvement Centre, London, UK
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Court fight looms as Germany seeks to outlaw Scientologists
December 9, 2007, Imre Karacs, The Sunday Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3022202.ece
The Church of Scientology vowed yesterday to invoke America's help in
its battle against the German government, which declared it
unconstitutional last week in the first step towards an outright ban.
Sabine Weber, president of the church in Berlin, said the organisation
would drag the German government through the courts and expected to
win, with support from the US State Department.
Tags: Germany, Jeannette Schweitzer, Sabine Weber, Wilfried Handl
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County supervisors back away from anti-picketing measure
December 9, 2008, San Diego Union-Tribune
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/riverside/20081209-1500-picketing.html
Concerned that a proposed anti-picketing ordinance might be too
restrictive ? and that it did not address the issue that inspired it ?
the Board of Supervisors Tuesday backed away from the measure, but
indicated it may be brought back in different form.
"I don't agree we should abandon this completely, but I want us as
united on this as possible," said Riverside County Supervisor Jeff
Stone, who sponsored the measure.
Tags: AnonOrange, Anonymous, Bob Buster, Int Base, Jeff Stone, Riverside
County, Roy Wilson
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Riverside County supervisors will vote on picketing ordinance
December 9, 2008, Desert Sun
https://web.archive.org/web/20081212040429/http://www.mydesert.com/article/20081209/NEWS01/81209003/1006/news01
A divided Riverside County Board of Supervisors is expected today to
approve an ordinance to restrict residential picketing.
Supervisor Jeff Stone's proposed measure would confine "targeted
picketing" to no closer than 300 feet of a person's residence.
The "time, place and manner" restriction, which would apply to
residents living in unincorporated communities, is necessary in light
of recent protests at a religious compound, according to Stone.
His chief of staff, Verne Lauritzen, identified members of the Church
of Scientology in San Jacinto as inspiration for the ordinance.
Tags: Bob Buster, Jeff Stone, Riverside County, Sam Alhadeff, Verne Lauritzen
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Charitable Front: Mysterious organizations in the Bay Area profess to be
advocating for liberal causes. In truth, they appear to be part of a
secretive group with a bizarre radical past.
December 9, 2009, Matt Smith, SF Weekly
http://www.sfweekly.com/content/printVersion/1778016
In his experience, leaders of the Coalition of Concerned Legal
Professionals seemed more concerned about getting him to attend Marxist
indoctrination sessions and using his work on the farmworker litigation
case to recruit new volunteers and members than about actually
succeeding with the suit: "The organization itself was more of a
hindrance than a help." Palik split with the group in 2002.
According to ex-members Whitnack and Fahlberg, professionals such as
doctors and lawyers are to NatlFed what movie stars are to Scientology.
They're recruited to lend authority to the group, but aren't
necessarily informed of its core revolutionary mission, and are not
required to endure the isolation and other privations of full-time
members.
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Mother in lake plunge with body of disabled daughter after she 'killed her by
accident'
December 9, 2009, Luke Salkeld, Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1234242/Florist-drowned-disabled-daughter-bath-accident-throwing-girl-lake-inquest-told.html
Mrs Richmond, whose customers included the Queen Mother, had suffered a
mental breakdown and become obsessed with Scientology.
She also developed a theory that her daughter's illness was caused by
an allergy to metallic objects, and began administering experimental
treatments.
Tags: BBC, Jude Richmond, Mental breakdown, Murder, New Zealand, Richmond,
Suicide, UK
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Controversy waits in the wings as 'Scientology Pageant' takes to stage
December 9, 2010, John Fleming, Tampa Bay Times
http://www.tampabay.com/features/performingarts/controversy-waits-in-the-wings-as-scientology-pageant-takes-to-stage/1138718
Scientology Pageant was first performed off Broadway seven years ago,
but this will be its Florida premiere, right in the back yard of
Scientology's spiritual headquarters in Clearwater. When Kyle Jarrow,
who wrote the book, music and lyrics for the show, heard it was being
done in the Tampa Bay area, the irony was not lost on him.
"Wow!" Jarrow told the St. Petersburg Times when the production was
announced in November. "Clearwater is almost ground zero for
Scientology. That's sure to be extra controversial."
Tags: A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant, Clearwater,
Critic, Dianetics, E-meter, Florida, Jesus Christ, John Travolta, Kirstie
Alley, Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Times, Tampa, Tom Cruise,
Xenu
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Scientology in Seattle
December 9, 2010, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2010/12/09/scientology-in-seattle/
On Tuesday night thirty Seattle area Independents gathered for an
evening of high-toned cameraderie. On Wednesday afternoon we stopped by
the local Idle Org to see how we compared in number and relative tone.
Here's the raw data:
Tags: Independent, Quicky, Seattle
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Miscavige Wants to Traffick In African Americans
December 9, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/miscavige-wants-to-traffick-in-african-americans/
I have written before about Miscavige's disdain for and patent attempts
to pander to African Americans in a bid to make his Human Trafficking
operations "hip":
Clear African Americans Convention
Funeral for a Friend - (see essay attached The Church of Scientology is
Dead.)
Tags: 2003, Africa, Clear, David Miscavige, Harlem, Inglewood, International
Association of Scientologists, Los Angeles, Nation of Islam, Quicky
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SMERSH, Scientology Breakthroughs, and a Funeral: Sailing on the Apollo, Dec
4 - 10
December 9, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/12/smersh_scientol.php
On November 18, we started a new feature here on Fridays: the Voice has
obtained hundreds of copies of L. Ron Hubbard's previously unpublished
"Orders of the Day," which he gave to crew members as he sailed the
Mediterranean. Our documents cover the period from 1968 to 1971, and
this time we're looking at what was happening the week of December 4
through 10 during those years.
After the jump, LRH names the evil entity that is trying to sabotage
Scientology...
1968
Tags: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 2000, Advanced Org, ANZO, Apollo, Class VI,
Clear, Dianetics, Grade IV, Janet Guilford, L. Ron Hubbard, Mediterranean,
Operating Thetan, Orders of the Day, OT, OT VII, Perth, Politician, Quicky,
Review, Sea Org, SMERSH, Spain, Western Australia, Wog
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Between Lives Survey
December 9, 2012, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/between-lives-survey/
Thanks to everyone who participated in the past lives survey, and for
the wonderful detail and discussions.
Here is a follow up survey on the subject of 'between lives.'
1. If you are one of the approximately 1/4 of responders who noted
there are implant stations awaiting us after death, please answer the
following:
Tags: Quicky
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Jenni Rivera Missing, Plane Crash Suspected
December 9, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2012/12/09/jenni-rivera-missing-plane-crash-suspected/
Just saw the news that Jenni Rivera, the Mexican-American singer from
Los Angeles, is missing after her plane lost contact with air traffic
controllers in Mexico. (The latest news is that wreckage of the plane
was found, and there were no survivors. This is really sad news.)
A decade ago, when we were writing for a newspaper in LA that doesn't
exist anymore, New Times LA, we had the privilege of getting to know
the Rivera family, in particular Jenni, who was already a huge star
among the Latino population there but completely unknown by the
mainstream media.
We wanted to share with you the wonderful young woman we got to know at
the end of 2001.
Tags: 1984, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, Los Angeles, Lynwood, Mexico, New
Times Los Angeles, Quicky
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Sunday Funnies: Scientology Needs Your Cash!
December 9, 2012, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2012/12/09/sunday-funnies-2/
Once again our tipsters have come through for us this week, and we have
another diverting set of Scientology fundraising mailers for our Sunday
Funnies.
We're counting on our formidable commenting community to analyze,
synthesize, and deconstruct these latest dispatches from David
Miscavige's leaky barge of a church.
Is there a common theme running through them? We'll let you decide.
Tags: 2000, Chicago, David Miscavige, Hollywood, Ideal Org, Los Angeles, OT
VIII, Quicky, Scientology staff, Sunday Funnies, Youth for Human Rights
International
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Ryan Hogarth Steps Forward
December 9, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ryan-hogarth-steps-forward/
The disintegration of the Radical Church in South Africa is rolling
forward at a rapid clip.
The Sea Org Missionaires sent to try and regain control of the train
that left the station are doing their best imitation of kamikaze pilots
as they head straight down and vertical in a spectacular suicide
mission. Not only did they arrive with a bang and declare 18 prominent
OTs and field Opinion Leaders (including the biggest supporters of the
Ideal Orgs in South Africa) they are now conducting a witch hunt "Comm
Ev" that is soliciting rumors and "declaring" the next round of those
who are not in agreement with their gestapo tactics. This is a failed
mission floundering around in a scene that is far worse than what they
expected to find. It's a suicide mission if ever there was one....
And that brings us to Ryan Hogarth.
Tags: 1966, 1970, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, Africa, Author Services Inc, Basics,
Class V, David Miscavige, DEA, Ethics, Google, Ideal Org, Int Base,
International Association of Scientologists, Johannesburg, Knowledge Report,
L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Mission, Office of Special
Affairs, OSA Int, OT, OT VII, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Quicky,
Rehabilitation Project Force, Rhodesia, Ryan Hogarth, Scientology staff, Sea
Org, South Africa, Suppressive Person, Truth Rundown, UK, Universe Corps
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Scientology asks for psychiatric examination of Laura DeCrescenzo in forced-
abortion lawsuit
December 9, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/12/09/scientology-asks-for-psychiatric-examination-of-laura-decrescenzo-in-forced-abortion-lawsuit/
Laura DeCrescenzo (center) with Marc and Claire Headley as word emerged
that Scientology's motion for summary judgment had been defeated The
Church of Scientology has already demonstrated that it will go to
extraordinary lengths to fight and derail the lawsuit filed in 2009 by
former Sea Org member Laura DeCrescenzo.
Just to contest an order to turn over evidence in the lawsuit, for
example, Scientology filed multiple appeals - even petitioning the U.S.
Supreme Court - but was ultimately forced to fork over the 18,000 pages
of documentation which bolstered Laura's case that she was manipulated
as a child worker of the church, including being compelled to have an
abortion at 17.
With that evidence in hand, Laura won a huge victory in October when
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Sohigian denied Scientology's
motion for summary judgment. Finally, after four years, Laura's case
was headed for trial. But now, Scientology, perhaps predictably, has
attempted to throw up a new set of hurdles to prevent Laura's evidence
from being heard by a jury. And one of those hurdles is truly stunning.
Tags: 2009, 2014, 2015, California, CCHR, Christie Collbran, Claire Headley,
David Miscavige, Deposition, Facebook, First Amendment, Judge Ronald
Sohigian, Laura DeCrescenzo, Los Angeles Superior Court, Quicky, Scott
Pilutik, Sea Org, US Supreme Court
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Ex-Scientologist Marc Headley Videotapes Ambush Outside Church's
International Base
December 9, 2014, Zoe Mintz, International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/ex-scientologist-marc-headley-videotapes-ambush-outside-churchs-international-base-1745246
On Monday night, former Scientology "Sea Org" worker Marc Headley
brought a Danish documentary crew to Gilman Springs Road -- a road that
runs through the compound. According to Headley, a recent mudslide
destroyed part of a fence that runs along the facility that keeps the
public out and members in, The Undergound Bunker reports.
Just as the segment was underway, Headley says a group of
Scientologists ambushed him and the film crew. He managed to pull out
his iPhone and film three videos roughly two minutes in length each.
The clips show Headley arguing with a woman who refutes Headley's
claims that members are imprisoned on the compound.
Tags: Barry Van Sickle, Blown for Good, Catherine Fraser, Corpus Christi,
Gilman Springs Road, Int Base, Jefferson Hawkins, Karin Pouw, Kevin Caetano,
Kevin McEnery, LAX, Marc Headley, Marty Rathbun, Old Gilman House, Robert
Dam, Sea Org
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Scientology ambush! Another crazy encounter, this time with Marc Headley at
Int Base
December 9, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/12/09/scientology-ambush-another-crazy-encounter-this-time-with-marc-headley/
Just a few weeks ago, former Scientology executive Mark "Marty" Rathbun
found himself confronted by three high-ranking church officials who
ambushed him at a gate in the Los Angeles International Airport while
carrying cameras and speaking bizarrely. The video Rathbun shot of the
encounter got a lot of attention in the press as it captured the
strange way Scientology has of dealing with former members.
And now it's happened again. Last night, former Scientology "Sea Org"
worker Marc Headley accompanied a television crew from Denmark as it
surveyed the flood damage at Scientology's secretive International Base
east of Los Angeles. Headley tells us that a mudslide which had closed
Gilman Springs Road (the road that bifurcates the 500 acre compound)
has wiped out a whole section of the fence that not only keeps the
public out of the facility, but also is intended to keep Scientologists
at the base from getting out.
Tags: 1990, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, Amber O'Sullivan, Blown for Good,
Catherine Fraser, Claire Headley, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Denmark, Eve
Laws, Florida, Gilman Springs Road, Golden Era, Golden Era Productions,
Guardian's Office, Int Base, Jefferson Hawkins, Jon Stumbke, Jorgen Larsson,
Karen de la Carriere, Kevin Caetano, Kevin McEnery, LAX, Los Angeles, Marc
Headley, Marty Rathbun, Old Gilman House, OT, Paul Sarkany, Religious
Technology Center, Robert Dam, Scientology executive, Sea Org, Squirrel
Busters, Tom Cruise, UK, Village Voice
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The Greatest Event Ever - Til The Next One
December 9, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/the-greatest-event-ever-til-the-next-one/
Well, this should be interesting.
The largest scientology community on earth is getting going early on
the hard sell to show up to see the David Miscavige show live. I hope
someone in LA will sacrifice themselves for 3 hours of pain so we get a
report on the attendance and activities. It will be VERY telling how
full the Shrine is. If they cannot round up 6300 people from all over
California, including all the Sea Org staff and all those ideal orgs,
it would be a VERY poor show.
In fact, according to the hype, they are coming from all over the world.
I guess they ALREADY know they cannot get 6300 people together in LA
from the largest scientology third dynamic on earth!(r).
Tags: AOLA, ASHO, Author Services Inc, California, CCHR, David Miscavige,
Glendale, Hollywood, Los Angeles, New Year's Eve, OCA, OT, Quicky, Sea Org,
Sec Check, Shrine Auditorium, TIME
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Arcadia woman says refusal to learn Scientology got her fired in Pasadena
December 9, 2015, Pasadena Star-News
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/general-news/20151209/arcadia-woman-says-refusal-to-learn-scientology-got-her-fired-in-pasadena
An Arcadia woman is suing her former employer, alleging she was fired
for refusing to participate in mandatory on-the-job Scientology classes.
Annie R. Lee's lawsuit against Pasadena-based Lusida Rubber Products
Inc. and two company executives, Wayne Chin and William Johonnesson,
alleges wrongful termination, religious discrimination, failure to
prevent religious discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Lee seeks unspecified damages and an injunction enjoining Lusida from
requiring employees to take Scientology lessons.
Chin said today he may have a comment later after he reviews the
lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Tags: Los Angeles Superior Court, Lusida Rubber Products, Religious
harassment, Wayne Chin, William Johonnesson
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Document leak: When the FBI investigated Scientology's bizarre New Mexico
vault
December 9, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/12/09/document-leak-when-the-fbi-investigated-scientologys-bizarre-new-mexico-vault/
We have a juicy document for you today, courtesy of our friend and
dogged researcher, R.M. Seibert.
You knew that the FBI investigated and raided Scientology in 1977, and
Lawrence Wright revealed in his 2011 New Yorker article that the FBI
investigated Scientology for human trafficking in 2009-2010. But here's
what we didn't know until now - the FBI also investigated Scientology
in the late 1980s for the bizarre underground vault it was digging in
the New Mexico desert.
We've written several times about the most secret of Scientology's many
secretive entities, the Church of Spiritual Technology (CST), which was
formed in 1982, two years after Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard went
into permanent hiding.
Tags: 1960, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988,
1989, 1990, 1993, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, Albuquerque, Battlefield Earth,
Boston, Bureau of Land Management, California, Canada, Child labor, Church of
Spiritual Technology, Clearwater, Colorado, Daily Mail, Dallas, David
Miscavige, Denise Brennan, Dylan Gill, Enemies list, England, Europe, FAA,
FBI, Flag Land Base, Florida, Houston, Human trafficking, IRS, John Sweeney,
Las Vegas, Lawrence Wright, Legal, Los Angeles, LRH House, Massachusetts,
Mike Rinder, New Mexico, New Mexico State Police, New Yorker, Office of
Special Affairs, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Police, Private investigator,
Quicky, R.M. Seibert, Sacramento, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Miguel
County, SEC, Snow White Program, Tampa, Terrorism, Texas, The Unbreakable
Miss Lovely, Theft, Toronto, Toronto Sun, Trementina, Washington, Wyoming
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Freewinds Desperation
December 9, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/freewinds-desperation/
There are no public to reg and no situation causes a greater state of
terror on the mighty Sea Org flagship. Hitting an iceberg would cause
less fear and panic Apparently even the tiny number of OT VII
completions (5-10 per week) are not showing up at the Freewinds for OT
VIII.
So, how are they planning to solve their dilemma?
By announcing they are inventing some service to convince people they
should go to the Moneywinds to get "debugged" on going onto OT VIII.
Tags: Freewinds, Maiden Voyage, OT VII, OT VIII, Quicky, Sea Org
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Hurricane Leah Rolls On
December 9, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/hurricane-leah-rolls-on/
This is from the 21 December issue of People magazine feature 25 most
intriguing people of the year.
The text is a little fuzzy, here is what it says:
The actress revealed why she left the Church of Scientology in her book
Troublemaker detailing why she questioned the bahvior of church
officials and became disillusioned with fellow follower Tom Cruise.
Remini, 45, told People leaving was "like a rebirth", I've been given a
second chance at life."
Tags: Leah Remini, Quicky, Tom Cruise
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Disconnection, neglect, and suicide: Scientology, it's even worse than you
think
December 9, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/12/09/disconnection-neglect-and-suicide-scientology-its-even-worse-than-you-think/
We first heard from Marie Bilheimer more than a year ago. Like so many
other former members of the Church of Scientology, she wanted to
communicate with us even though she wasn't ready to go public with her
story.
We understood. Marie's is one of the more disturbing tales that we've
heard, and we told her we'd be here when she decided she wanted our
readers to hear what she'd been through.
We're hearing from a lot of people now that Leah Remini is changing the
public understanding of Scientology in a big way with her A&E series,
Scientology and the Aftermath. And one of the people we heard from was
Marie. Emboldened by Leah's show, she's decided it's time to come
forward.
And we'll just say, you should brace yourself.
Tags: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2014,
A&E, Aaron Poulin, Advanced Org, AOLA, Big Blue, Bridge to Total Freedom,
Cadet Org, California, Canada, Carroll-Rees Academy, Cedars of Lebanon,
Celebrity Centre, Christie Hotel, Clear, Clearwater, Commodore's Messenger
Organization, David Miscavige, Death, Disconnection, Divona Tyrrell,
Edmonton, E-meter, Estates Project Force, Ex-Scientology Kids, Facebook, Flag
Land Base, Flag Liaison Office, Florida, Freeloader Debt, Hollywood,
Hollywood Guaranty Building, Hollywood Inn, Huntington Beach, Johnny Lewis,
June Rees, Kirby Carroll, Kirsten Caetano, Las Vegas, Leah Remini, Lewis
Carroll Academy, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, Marie Bilheimer, Michael
Lewis, Michael Rees, Mike Rinder, Nichola Kyle-Carroll, Nora Crest, Oakland,
Office of Special Affairs, OSA Int, OT, PAC Base, Pasadena, Potential Trouble
Source, Purif, Purification Rundown, Ron Tyrrell, San Francisco, Sarah
Symcox, Scientology and the Aftermath, Sea Org, Sec Check, Silver Lake,
Student Hat, Suicide, Suppressive Person, The Hole, WhyWeProtest, WISE, World
Institute of Scientology Enterprises
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Regraded Being
December 9, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/fruiday-regraded-being/
Tags: Quicky, Regraded Being
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