Today in Scientology -- June 29th ***********************

[Scientology Today]

Today June 29th in Scientology history
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A Lawyer Learns What It's Like to Fight the Church
June 29, 1990, Robert W. Welkos, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/1990-06-29/news/mn-705_1_joseph-yanny

Since the litigation began, Yanny says, he and his friends have been
the target of harassment.

He says that his Century City law firm was burglarized four times and
that Scientology-related documents turned up missing; that he has been
spied upon by a church "plant" working as a secretary in his office;
and that private investigators have camped outside his Hermosa Beach
residence and shadowed him when he left.

Jon J. Gaw, a Riverside-area private investigator who has handled a
number of Scientology-related probes in recent years, said in a
deposition that he used as many as "seven or eight" investigators to
conduct surveillance of Yanny between June, 1988 and March, 1989. Two
of his operatives took up residence on a nearby street, Gaw said, and
tailed Yanny whenever he ventured outside.

Tags: 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, Al Bei, California, DC, Jon J. Gaw,
Joseph Yanny, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Superior Court, Michelle Washburn,
Ohio, Police, Riverside, Williams & Connolly

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Neither Side Blinks in a Lengthy Feud
June 29, 1990, Robert W. Welkos, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062990c,0,4270196.story

Over the past three decades, the IRS has revoked the tax-exempt status
of various Scientology organizations, accusing them of operating in a
commercial manner and of financially benefiting private individuals.
From the late 1960s through mid-1970s, IRS agents classified
Scientology as a "tax resister" and "subversive," a characterization
later deemed improper by a judge.
In 1984, the IRS's Los Angeles office launched a far-ranging criminal
investigation into allegations by high-level Scientology defectors that
the movement's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, had skimmed millions of dollars
from the church.

Tags: Coalition of IRS Whistle-blowers, Fred Goldberg, IRS, L. Ron Hubbard,
Lisa Lashaway, Paul DesFosses

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On the Offensive Against an Array of Suspected Foes
June 29, 1990, Robert W. Welkos, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062990x,0,138179,full.story

Ministers mingle with private detectives. "Sacred scriptures" counsel
the virtues of combativeness. Parishioners double as paralegals for
litigious church attorneys.

Consider the passage that a prominent Scientology minister selected
from the religion's scriptures, authored by the late L. Ron Hubbard, to
inspire the faithful during a gala church event.

"People attack Scientology," the minister quoted Hubbard as saying. "I
never forget it; always even the score."

The crowd cheered.

Tags: Al Bei, Charles O'Reilly, Charles Stapleton, David Mayo, Earle Cooley,
Eugene Ingram, Fair Game, Foster Report, Guardian's Office, Joseph Yanny,
Judge Richey, Justice Johnson, Lawrence Wollersheim, Leta Schlosser, Louis
Jolyon West, Narconon, Office of Special Affairs, Philip Rodriguez, Richard
Bast, Russell Miller, Spain

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Suits, Protests Fuel a Campaign Against Psychiatry
June 29, 1990, Joel Sappell, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062990a,0,601509,full.story

The uproar over Ritalin was triggered almost single-handedly by the
Scientology movement.

Tags: CCHR, FDA, Ritalin

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When the Doctrine Leaves the Church
June 29, 1990, Robert W. Welkos, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062990b,0,4204659.story

The Church of Scientology hates "squirrels."

That is the scornful word L. Ron Hubbard used to describe non-church
members who offer his teachings, sometimes at cut-rate prices. Most are
ex-Scientologists who say they believe in Hubbard's gospel but left the
church because its hierarchy was too oppressive.

"We call them squirrels," Hubbard once wrote, "because they are so
nutty."

Tags: California Association of Dianetic Auditors, Fair Game, Independent,
Jana Moreillon, Squirrels

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PR Firm Drops Church Of Scientology As Client
June 29, 1991, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1991/PR-Firm-Drops-Church-Of-Scientology-As-Client/id-45462d2c887bf01fbc8a18ccec0ce126

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ Hill & Knowlton, the public relations giant, has
quit working for the Church of Scientology because it posed a conflict
with another of its clients, a top agency official said Friday.

The PR firm was also under pressure from its parent, WPP Group PLC, to
drop the Scientologists, but the agency executive said that was not the
determining factor in Hill & Knowlton's decision.

WPP also owns the ad agency J. Walter Thompson, whose clients include
Eli Lilly & Co., an Indianapolis-based drugmaker that has been feuding
with the Scientologists over Prozac, a Lilly anti-depressant drug.

Tags: 1988, Eli Lilly, Heber Jentzsch, Hill & Knowlton, Indianapolis, London,
Quicky

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Scientologists answer critics with advertising
June 29, 1991, Rhonda Holifield, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50640730.html?dids=50640730:50640730&FMT=FT&FMTS=ABS:FT

The Church of Scientology is continuing its $3-million public relations
campaign to offset a Time magazine story that called the organization
"The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power."

Scientologists had 48-page advertising supplements in 1.8-million
copies of USA Today on Friday, said newspaper spokesman Steven Anderson.

Critics call Scientology a cult or money-making organization.
Scientologists say it is a religion.

Tags: Richard Haworth, The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power, TIME Magazine,
USA Today

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Conviction 'frightening' for religions, lawyer says
June 29, 1992, Jean Kavanagh, CP, Toronto Star
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/436666267.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT

Both sides in the case, stemming from infiltration of the Ontario
government and three police forces in the 1970s, claimed some victory
when the church and three members were each found guilty on two counts
and not guilty on charges of theft.

After receiving private complaints against the church in Toronto, and
then discovering documents from the Ontario attorney general's office
in a raid of church property in the U.S., the Ontario Provincial Police
began an exhaustive investigation.

Tags: Canada, James Stewart, Ontario, Ontario Court of Appeal, Ontario
Provincial Police, Snow White Program

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Scientology Case Judge Faces Probe
June 29, 2000, Associated Press
http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2000/Scientology-Case-Judge-Faces-Probe/id-18d19d207c985d9d0472cc9ea83331c0

PARIS (AP) _ The organization that acts as a watchdog over French
judges will investigate the handling of an inquiry into members of the
Church of Scientology after evidence disappeared, the Justice Ministry
said Thursday.

The announcement came a week after Justice Minister Elisabeth Guigou
said she believed fraud was involved in the disappearance of the
dossiers. Her comments were based on a report by the General Inspection
of Judicial Services.

Hundreds of documents disappeared in October 1998 in a case that had
been opened in 1983 against 16 members of the Church of Scientology
suspected of "fraud and illegally practicing medicine."

Tags: 1983, 1998, Elisabeth Guigou, France, Juan Esteban Cordero, Los
Angeles, Paris, Quicky

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Inside Scientology
June 29, 2005, Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360?, CNN
http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0506/29/acd.01.html

And in this half-hour, we're trying to get at the facts about
Scientologist's critique of psychiatry and antidepressant medication.

Joining me from Los Angeles, in a 360 exclusive interview, is Bruce
Wiseman, a 35-year member of Scientology and U.S. national president of
its Citizen Commission on Human Rights, a Scientologist group
dedicating to fighting, what it calls, psychiatric violations of human
rights. [Transcript]

Tags: APA, Bruce Wiseman, CCHR, Detox, Ed Parkin, Jessica Rodriguez, John
Travolta, Katie Holmes, Matt Lauer, Pat Kingsley, Purif, Rick Ross, Tom
Cruise, War of the Worlds

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Shrinks fight back against Cruise missile
June 29, 2005, Reuters, New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=699&objectid=10333185

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has sharply criticised actor
Tom Cruise for televised remarks in which he called psychiatry a
"pseudo science" and disputed the value of anti-depressant drugs.

"It is irresponsible for Mr Cruise to use his movie publicity tour to
promote his own ideological views and deter people with mental illness
from getting the care they need," APA President Dr Steven Sharfstein
said in a statement.

Tags: American Psychiatric Association, Brooke Shields, Matt Lauer, Tom Cruise

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Scientology is focus of flap over Will Smith's new school
June 29, 2008, Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/celebrity/la-me-newvillage29-2008jun29,0,4515213.story

It is one of several initiatives by the couple, including a new
foundation that will give grants to young people in the arts and
education. About 80% of New Village students will receive financial
assistance in the fall.

But the school's Sept. 3 opening, on the leased campus of a former
school in Calabasas, will be accompanied by a whiff of controversy.
Some of its teachers are members of the Church of Scientology, and it
will use teaching methods developed by Scientology founder L. Ron
Hubbard.

Tags: Jacqueline Olivier, Jada Pinkett Smith, New Village Leadership Academy,
Will Smith

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Scientology link rouses worries at star's school
June 29, 2008, Carla Rivera, Los Angeles Times
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jun/29/local/me-newvillage29

Touretzky said many phrases and concepts on the school's website are
specific to Scientology. For example, the school lists a "Director of
Qualifications" and another teacher who is an assistant in the "Qual"
department. The "Qual," said Touretzky, is where people who have
completed a Scientology counseling, or "auditing," session or a course
in the Church of Scientology are tested by a qualifications teacher.

Tags: David Touretzky, Jada Pinkett Smith, Karin Pouw, New Village Leadership
Academy, Ron Reynolds, Will Smith

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Census shows scientology numbers in decline
June 29, 2012, Steve Cannane, ABC News (Australia)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-29/scientology-numbers-going-backwards/4101958

Scientology describes itself as the world's fastest growing religion,
but in Australia it is going backwards.

Figures released to Lateline from the Australian Census show that in
2011, just 2,163 Australians called themselves Scientologists, a
decrease of 13.7 per cent from the 2006 census.

Tags: Australia, Census, David Miscavige, Debbie Cook, Freedom Medal,
International Association of Scientologists, Paul Schofield, Tommy Davis,
Wendy Honnor

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SCIENTOLOGY ABANDONED BY L. RON HUBBARD'S GRANDDAUGHTER AND DAVID MISCAVIGE'S
FATHER
June 29, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/06/scientology_roanne_leake_ron_miscavige_sr.php?page=all

Scientology leader David Miscavige has reportedly lost a Hubbard family
member and his own father as his church continues to split apart. NEW:
See all of our most recent stories detailing the crises currently
facing Scientology.

Multiple sources are telling the Voice that Scientology's International
Base in California has experienced stunning new defections -- Roanne
Leake, who is L. Ron Hubbard's granddaughter, has "blown" the base,
which was her home for more than 20 years. But just as shocking, at
about the same time, the base was also abandoned by David Miscavige's
father, Ron Miscavige Sr.

We sent a request for comment to Scientology spokeswoman Karin Pouw,
but have not received a reply. But starting several days ago, we began
hearing from multiple, independent sources that Leake had left the base
about two months ago, and about a month earlier she was preceded by Ron
Sr. and his wife, Becky.

Tags: 1960, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1986, 1990, 1996, 1998,
2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, A Piece of Blue Sky, Ann
Tidman, Anonymous, Apollo, Australia, Basics, Beck, Birthday Event, Bridge to
Total Freedom, Bryan Seymour, Buffalo, California, Carnegie Mellon, Census,
Cincinnati, Clear, Clearwater, Cult, David Miscavige, David Touretzky, Debbie
Cook, Denver, E-meter, EPA, Ethics, Facebook, Flag Service Organization,
Florida, Four Corners, Freedom Medal, Freewinds, Golden Age of Tech, Hamburg,
Ideal Org, Int Base, International Association of Scientologists, Jason
Beghe, Jason Nark, Jedi, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Joe Childs, John Brousseau,
Jon Atack, Jonathan Horwich, Journalist, Karin Pouw, L. Ron Hubbard, Los
Angeles, Maiden Voyage, Master at Arms, Morocco, Nick Xenophon, Nightline,
Orange County, Orders of the Day, OT, OT III, OT Phenomena, OT VIII, Phoenix,
Quicky, Review, Rhodesia, Roanne Horwich, Ron Miscavige Sr, Ronald Miscavige,
Sacramento, Sea Org, South Africa, St. Kitts, Steve Cannane, Super Power,
Sydney, Synthia Fagen, Tampa Bay Times, The Truth Rundown, Tom Tobin, Tommy
Davis, Wendy Honnor

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Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes Splitting Up: Scientology Has Bigger Problems
June 29, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/06/tom_cruise_katie_holmes_divorce_scientology.php

NEW: What Katie Holmes is trying to spare Suri -- at six, Scientology
kids are conditioned to become informers.

People magazine is reporting that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are
ending their marriage, which should surprise just about no one.

Holmes was hand-picked for Cruise by a nervous David Miscavige, as
Scientology's leader wanted to prevent what had happened during
Cruise's previous marriage, when a Scientology-wary Nicole Kidman kept
Cruise all but out of the religion during their ten-year relationship.

Tags: 2005, California, David Miscavige, Katie Holmes, Luka Magnotta, Michael
Musto, Nicole Kidman, Quicky, Roanne Horwich, TMZ, Tom Cruise

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Voldemort Update
June 29, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/voldemort-update/

This report is a week out of date as I am still trying to catch up with
all the emails and tips sent to me during the past week....

While a large concentration of SPs was within a mile, Voldemort snuck
into the Auditorium to deliver his latest "come-on" for the miraculous
divine revelation that is to be "GAT II". He was so worried about all
the SP's around possibly enturbulating his Super Powerful OTness that
he hired off duty police to guard the buildings for days before,
through and for days after the wedding. Along with the CWPD Officers
were additional PI's and Flag Security who were all on extended shifts
to keep the boogeymen at bay. Everyone except the SO members (and the
public that paid for it) were happy as they make good money for
standing/sitting around and doing absolutely nothing to "protect" a
paranoid victim from an "enemy" that is mocked up in his head.

Here is a brief summary of what he said, just as it was sent to me. If
it doesnt make a lot of sense, don't spend a lot of time worrying about
it as this is a series of lies that are very hard to keep reconciled
and consistent - starting with the BIG lie that this is NOT in fact
fixing the blocks to training he put in place with GAT I.

Tags: 2004, Clear, Flag Service Organization, Happiness Rundown, Ideal Org,
OT, Quicky, Student Hat, Super Power, Taiwan

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When Jon Atack Declared David Miscavige a Suppressive Person
June 29, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/06/29/when-jon-atack-declared-david-miscavige-a-suppressive-person/

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best
books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He now has a new edition of
the book out, 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 has a special treat for us today. He thought readers might want to
see the document that he prepared back in 1984, declaring Scientology
leader David Miscavige a "suppressive person" - the church's version of
excommunication.

Says Jon: "We sent it to every Org and Mission and it was actually read
out to rejoicing at staff muster in several. It is amazing to me that
subsequent to this, he was able to remove Hubbard's assigned heirs -
the Broekers - and take control, simply because all around were
terrified of him."

Tags: 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 2000, A Piece of Blue Sky, All Clear
Unit, Assault, Bill Franks, Bill Robertson, Brian Culkin, Canada, Chairman of
the Board, Clear, CMO Int, Committee of Evidence, Commodore's Messenger
Organization, David Mayo, David Miscavige, Disconnection, Emile Gilbert,
Ethics, Ethics Officer, Fraud, Garcia v. Scientology, Gilman Hot Springs,
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Guardian's
Office, High Crime, Hubbard Communication Office Bulletin, Independent, Jay
Hurwitz, Jon Atack, Judge James Whittemore, L. Ron Hubbard, Lawrence Wright,
Lawsuit, Los Angeles, Luis and Rocio Garcia, Martin Samuels, Mission, OT, OT
Committee, Potential Trouble Source, Quicky, Religious Technology Center,
Ritalin, Roger Barnes, Running Program, San Francisco, Scientology
organization, Sea Org, Squirrel, Suppressive Person, Ted Babbitt, Tom Cruise,
Trademark, UK

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Flag Is Empty
June 29, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/flag-is-empty/

This tells you everything you need to know about the state of the GAG
II "boom" at Flag.

It's a massive bust.

Not only are they desperate to get people onto Solo NOTs, they don't
even have public on Super Power or the Running Program. If they did,
they would not be able to afford to send out their tech staff to try
and convince people to arrive for services - they would be too busy
delivering.

Tags: Coachman, International Association of Scientologists, Maiden Voyage,
OT, Quicky, Rice and beans, Running Program, Sunday Funnies, Super Power,
Tony Ortega

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Scientology Sunday Funnies: The Nancy Cartwright freak-out edition
June 29, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/06/29/scientology-sunday-funnies-the-nancy-cartwright-freak-out-edition/

Watch out! Nancy Cartwright is having some kind of naval restim and
she's reaching for your wallet!

Yes, it's time for another wacky collection of Scientology's latest
mailers and fliers as the church tries desperately to find a new
strategy to get members to actually come to events and open up a few
more credit cards for donations!

Speaking of donations, a tipster pointed out that Scientologists are
helping to raise money for Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi in her
re-election effort.

Tags: Brett Miller, Florida Attorney General, Fort Harrison, Freewinds,
Hollywood, Ideal Org, Jeffrey Augustine, Jill Hagan, L. Ron Hubbard, Liz
Baybak, Nancy Cartwright, OT 8, OT Committee, Pam Bondi, Pete Griffiths,
Quicky, Sunday Funnies, Super Power, Trish Duggan, Truth About Drugs, WISE,
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises

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Augustine: Taking a hard look at Scientology's slush fund, the unlicensed and
unregulated IAS
June 29, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/06/29/augustine-taking-a-hard-look-at-scientologys-slush-fund-the-unlicensed-and-unregulated-ias/

We've been on the road with our appearance yesterday in Clearwater, but
thankfully, our friend Jeffrey Augustine sent in another of his deep
dives into the weird world of Scientology infrastructure. Take us down
the rabbit hole again, Jeff...

In our last article, we showed that the word "Scientologist" is a
collective membership mark used by members of the affiliated churches
and missions of Scientology:

This statement is found in the fine print of Impact, the official
magazine of the International Association of Scientologists. Curiously
enough, and as documented last week, the IAS itself is not a part of
the ecclesiastical hierarchy of Scientology churches and missions:

Tags: 1992, 2004, 2014, Church of Spiritual Technology, Clearwater, Creative
Loafing, David Miscavige, Florida, Freedom magazine, Guardian's Office,
International Association of Scientologists, IRS, Jeffrey Augustine, John
Sugg, Ken Dandar, L. Ron Hubbard Library, Lisa McPherson, Mike Rinder, Office
of Special Affairs, Paul Noble, Paulette Cooper, Quicky, Religious Technology
Center, Scientology operation, Sea Org, The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, The Way
to Happiness, Trademark, US IAS Members Trust

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Hair Raising Fundraising
June 29, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/hair-raising-fundraising/

This is becoming positively absurd.

Check out the latest begging letter.

The person sending this, Roy Sarkovitch, has been around forever. He
was the Flag Flag Rep for many years, and an org "programs chief" in
the Flag Bureau. He was a senior international scientology executive.

Tags: 1974, Clearwater, Freedom magazine, Fundraising, Hollywood, Ideal Org,
Paulette Cooper, Quicky, Roy Sarkovitch, Tony Ortega, Truth Rundown

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Who paid private investigator to hack Scientology critics?
June 29, 2015, Graham Cluley
https://grahamcluley.com/2015/06/scientology-critics-hacked/

I don't know whether Scientology hired Saldarriaga to spy upon its
critics, and whether that was why all those email accounts got hacked.
But it's clear that the investigation shouldn't end with Saldarriaga's
imprisonment.

Tags: Daniel Noble, Eric Saldarriaga, Judge Richard Sullivan, Mike Rinder,
Tony Ortega

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