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Church Seeks Influence in Schools, Business, Science
June 27, 1990, Robert W. Welkos, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062790,0,884315,full.story
Today, Scientology executives insist that the organization is
law-abiding, that the offenders have been purged and that the church
has now entered an era in which harmony has replaced hostility.
But as the movement attempts to broaden its reach, evidence is mounting
that Hubbard's devotees are engaging in practices that, while not
unlawful, have begun to stir memories of its troubled past.
Tags: Applied Scholastics, Barbara Ayash, Bill Franks, Concerned
Businessmen's Association of America, David Singer Consultants, Detox, FASE,
Gerald Lionelli, HealthMed, Jack Dirmann, Sterling Management, The Way to
Happiness, William Marcus, WISE
======================================
Courting the Power Brokers
June 27, 1990, Joel Sappell, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062790a,0,3614832.story
"We need to be able to approach the right people in order to get things
done," wrote Heber Jentzsch, president of the Church of Scientology
International, in the newspaper Scientology Today. "We need to to find
out how to reach key people in the media, in government, in the control
points of society, the people who run things."
Tags: Heber Jentzsch, Religious Freedom Crusade
======================================
Foundation Funds Provide Assist to Celebrated Teacher Escalante
June 27, 1990, Robert W. Welkos, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062790b,0,3680369.story
The Scientology movement's Foundation for Advancements in Science and
Education has befriended one of America's most celebrated teachers,
Jaime Escalante of Garfield High School.
Escalante is the East Los Angeles teacher profiled in the hit 1988 film
"Stand and Deliver," which chronicled his success in teaching advanced
calculus to barrio students.
Tags: FASE
======================================
Scientology's Catholic Guilt
June 27, 2005, Fresh Intelligence, Radar Online
http://www.radarmagazine.com/fresh-intelligence/2005/06/27/index.php
Before Katie Holmes' devoutly Catholic parents officially sign their
daughter over to the Church of Scientology, they might want to get in
touch with Philip J. Spickler. One of Scientology founder L. Ron
Hubbard's original disciples, Spickler is the father of Mimi Rogers,
Tom Cruise's first wife and the person responsible for recruiting him
into the cult in the mid-"80s.
Tags: Katie Holmes, Mimi Rogers, Tom Cruise
======================================
Tom Cruise discusses psychiatry, Scientology
June 27, 2005, Arts, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/06/27/cruise050627.html
In that story, the magazine asked Cruise - who helped set up a tent
staffed by Scientology ministers on the War of the Worlds set - if he
sees it as his job to recruit followers for Scientology.
"I'm a helper," he replied. "For instance, I myself have helped
hundreds of people get off drugs. In Scientology, we have the only
successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. It's called
Narconon."
"That's not correct," the interviewer responded. "Yours is never
mentioned among the recognized detox programs. Independent experts warn
against it because it is rooted in pseudo science."
"You don't understand what I am saying. It's a statistically proven
fact that there is only one successful drug rehabilitation program in
the world. Period," Cruise said.
Tags: Narconon, Tom Cruise
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Germany 1, Scientology 0
June 27, 2007, Emine Saner, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jun/27/germany.features11
The German government has banned the makers of a film about a failed
assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler from shooting in the country
because its lead is Tom Cruise. And Cruise, as he has ensured everyone
knows, is a Scientologist. "[The ban] is a good thing," says Antje
Blumenthal, a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politician who has
campaigned against Scientology in Germany. "I don't like that whenever
Tom Cruise is written about, it always says he is a Scientologist. I am
concerned it could encourage young people to join."
Tags: Antje Blumenthal, Chick Corea, Germany, Tom Cruise, Ursula Caberta,
Valkyrie
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Church of Scientology buys Falls School Business Center
June 27, 2008, Nashville Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/06/23/daily61.html
The Church of Scientology Religious Trust has bought the Fall School
Business Center on 8th Avenue.
The Scientology trust purchased the executive suit building at 1130 8th
Ave. S. along with adjacent properties at 1112 and 1114 8th Ave. S. for
$6 million from Fall School Associates June 26, according to records
and the Davidson County Register of Deeds.
Tags: Church of Scientology Religious Trust, Nashville, National Registry of
Historical Places, Real estate
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Report lays bare the Times' bias against Scientology
June 27, 2009, Pat Harney, Letters, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/letters/article1013769.ece
The St. Petersburg Times' June 24 editorial The abuse behind
Scientology's facade proves beyond doubt that any aura of objectivity
in the Times' so-called "special report" was illusory. The report
attempted to give the appearance of balance by quoting statements from
Church of Scientology representatives, but the editorial exposes this
exercise as a hollow pretense.
The editorial uncritically accepts as true statements from a handful of
former church staff without ever addressing their lack of credibility,
their underlying motivations and the voluminous evidence proving their
stories were false. These individuals lost their positions of authority
within the church for incompetence and for serious misconduct. Your
sources' statements to the Times plainly targeted the man who removed
them, David Miscavige.
Tags: David Miscavige, Lynn Irons, Rebecca Sjouwerman
======================================
Scientology, critics banned from editing Wikipedia entry
June 27, 2009, Vindy.com
http://www.vindy.com/news/2009/jun/27/scientology-critics-banned-from-editing-wikipedia/?newswatch
Popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has banned Scientology's more
vocal friends and foes from editing articles about the religion, a move
that worries some in the Internet community.
Wikipedia has blocked contributions from computers at the Church of
Scientology's Los Angeles headquarters, as well as some critics of the
religion.
Tags: Karin Pouw, Wikipedia
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Slappy's Dream
June 27, 2009, TheEvilOfScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDBu2tSNsc
We all know David Miscavige has a "thing" for Tom Cruise. Here's my
rendition of one of little Dave's dreams.
Tags: David Miscavige, Video
======================================
Agape Ministries doomsday cult given tax breaks since 2000
June 27, 2010, Miles Kemp, The Advertiser
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/agape-ministries-doomsday-cult-given-tax-breaks-since-2000/story-e6frea83-1225884935756
Agape Ministries International was granted charity organisation tax
breaks from July 2000 by the Tax Office.
It was stripped of the status last month after police raided its
properties around Adelaide and seized 15 allegedly illegal firearms and
other weapons.
Tags: Agape Ministries, Australia, Australian Taxation Office, Nick Xenophon
======================================
Leader of cult detained in Fiji
June 27, 2011, Verity Edwards, The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/leader-of-cult-detained-in-fiji/story-e6frg6nf-1226082400070
In March, Customs officers uncovered ingredients for making weapons,
instruction manuals, batons and throwing stars in a shipping container
bound for Mr Leo in Fiji.
The cult leader, 53, fled to Fiji in May last year after raids on 12
Agape Ministries properties uncovered 20 illegal guns, assault batons,
detonators, fuses and more than 65,000 rounds of ammunition.
Tags: Agape Ministries, Australia, Fiji, Nick Xenophon, Rocco Leo, South
Australia
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Scientology Wins a Major Award! Mind Power Vindicated! [UPDATED]
June 27, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/scientology_win.php
The award winner! UPDATED: Hold the presses! It turns out that another
Scientology DVD also won a major award. More info after the break!
We get some complaints in our comments from Scientologists who say that
we're a little too hard on L. Ron Hubbard's globe-spanning organization.
Just to show that we know how to give credit where it is due, we are
happy and proud to pass on the information that was sent to us by Karin
Pouw, Scientology spokeswoman, in a press release last week.
Tags: 1999, Catherine Fraser, Celebrity Centre, Dianetics, Fair Game, Golden
Era, Golden Era Productions, Google, Graham Berry, Hollywood, Jesus, Karin
Pouw, New York City, OT, Quicky, Silver, The Problems of Work, Wikipedia
======================================
Scientology's 'Martin Luther' Nails Up His Disputation: Marty Rathbun's Open
Letter to his Texas Neighbors
June 27, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/scientologys_ma.php
At his most powerful, Rathbun says he answered only to Scientology's
ultimate leader, David Miscavige.
Rathbun was an enforcer, a fixer, someone Miscavige could turn to when
the church was in trouble. For that reason, many church critics refuse
to forgive him for his acts, even seven years after leaving the church
and becoming one of Miscavige's chief tormentors.
Tags: 1978, 2004, 2009, Anonymous, California, David Miscavige, Fair Game,
FBI, Independent, Independent Scientologists, Ingleside, Janet Reitman, Los
Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Squirrel Busters, Texas
======================================
David Miscavige In His Own Words
June 27, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/david-miscavige-in-his-own-words/
Dirk Niblick just put up an interesting comment quoting from "The Wake
Up Call."
For those who may not have heard of this - though if you spent any time
in the church and attended even a single event, it is hard to imagine
you have NOT - it is one of Miscavige's favorite "accomplishments."
Written after 9/11 it was intended to be the "Come to Jesus" message
for the faithful to get busy.
It was mostly written by Dan Sherman. Miscavige wanted to put out the
issue, but did not plan on writing it himself. So, he called Marc
Yager, Greg Hughes, Guillaume Lesevre, Lyman Spurlock, Ray Mithoff,
Norman Starkey and others to his 11th floor conference room in the
Hollywood Guarantee Buildiung and spent hours explaining to them what
they were to write. Of course, nothing was acceptable, and he would
spend more hours berating them for their "incompetence" in not writing
something "like he would" (he could have written the whole thing in
about 1/10th the time he took explaining, berating and J&Ding those
executives). Eventually he called in Dan Sherman to write it for him.
Tags: Chairman of the Board, Dan Sherman, David Miscavige, Greg Hughes,
Guillaume Lesevre, Hollywood, Ideal Org, Jesus, Lyman Spurlock, Marc Yager,
Norman Starkey, OT, Quicky, Ray Mithoff
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Judge Whittemore Sets Evidentiary Hearing in Garcia Federal Fraud Lawsuit
June 27, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/06/27/judge-whittemore-sets-evidentiary-hearing-in-garcia-federal-fraud-lawsuit/
Judge James Whittemore has scheduled an evidentiary hearing for July 24
in Luis and Rocio Garcia's federal fraud lawsuit against the Church of
Scientology.
At issue will be the church's motion to disqualify the Garcias'
attorneys - Ted Babbitt and Ronald Weil - who, the church alleges,
improperly worked with Robert Johnson, an attorney who previously
represented the church in numerous matters between 1982 and 1998.
Each side has until July 18 to turn in a list of witnesses and
exhibits, and we'll be curious to see if either side plans to subpoena
Brian Culkin (pictured), whose declaration was such an important part
of the church's motion.
Tags: 1982, 1998, Brian Culkin, Florida, Fraud, Freewinds, Judge James
Whittemore, Karen de la Carriere, Lawsuit, Luis and Rocio Garcia, Quicky,
Robert Johnson, Ronald Weil, Scott Pilutik, Super Power, Ted Babbitt
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Here's a reminder of Scientology's Cold War origins - L. Ron Hubbard on
radiation!
June 27, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/06/27/heres-a-reminder-of-scientologys-cold-war-origins-l-ron-hubbard-on-radiation/
We have another video that you normally can only see inside a
Scientology "org." It's another "quote video" that the church uses to
convince members to purchase L. Ron Hubbard's lectures.
In this case, we have quite a doozy. It's a clip from Hubbard's
December 1956 "Washington Congress on Anti-Radiation & Confront," a set
of lectures which Bridge Publications sells for $150.
Here's how Bridge Publications summarizes the Congress...
Tags: 1956, 1957, All About Radiation, Bridge Publications, California, DC,
Florida, Golden Era Productions, Int Base, John Travolta, Jon Stumbke, Marc
Headley, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Radiation, Russia, Tone Scale, Vance
Woodward, Washington, White House
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Ronit And Yossi Charny Speak Out
June 27, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ronit-and-yossi-charny-speak-out/
For readers of this blog who have decided scientology is not for them,
this posting will be of no or very limited interest. But for those who
still consider themselves scientologists, those who are still "on the
fence" or "under the radar" this is information that is absolutely for
you. It is FACTS about what goes on inside the church of scientology
under the guise of "bringing spiritual freedom" and "uniting families."
Ronit and Yossi sent this message out to all their contacts yesterday.
I have waited to publish this until after they sent it out in the hope
it might reach more of the people that are its intended audience before
the black PR, whispering campaign against them begins for overtly
telling their story.
Dear Friends,
Tags: 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007,
2008, Australia, Basics, Cadet Org, Celebrity, Chairman of the Board, Clear,
Clearwater, Comm Course, Commodore's Messenger Organization, Conditions,
Debbie Cook, Dianetics, Ethics, Field Staff Member, Flag Land Base, Flag
Service Organization, Florida, Hubbard Communication Office Bulletin, Ideal
Org, International Association of Scientologists, Israel, L. Ron Hubbard,
Marty Rathbun, Master at Arms, Mexico, Mission, New Zealand, Office of
Special Affairs, Oregon, OT, OT 7, OT Committee, OT IV, OT V, OT VII,
Portland, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Saint Hill Special Briefing
Course, San Francisco, Sandcastle, Sea Org, South Africa
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Did Scientology hire the man sent to prison for hacking us? Not his job to
find out, judge said
June 27, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/06/27/did-scientology-hire-the-man-sent-to-prison-for-hacking-us-not-his-job-to-find-out-judge-said/
As Eric Saldarriaga was leaving a ninth-floor courtroom at the old
federal court house in New York City following his sentencing
yesterday, he was in tears.
I couldn't help wincing.
I'd just been in the courtroom myself, and had testified. The document
I had read from, my "victim impact statement," was the kind of thing a
judge uses to decide how severe a crime is. Typically, a victim is
trying to convince a judge to throw the book at a defendant.
Tags: 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, Amazon, Arizona State University, Austin,
Boston, Chris Shelton, Clearwater, Dallas, Daniel Noble, DC, Denver, Eric
Saldarriaga, FBI, Florida, Houston, John Sweeney, Jonny Jacobsen, Judge
Richard Sullivan, Judge Sullivan, London, Matthew Goldstein, Mike Rinder,
Minneapolis, New Jersey, New York City, New York Times, OT, Paris, Paulette
Cooper, Peter Brill, Portland, Queens, Quicky, Ray Jeffrey, Robert Wilonsky,
San Antonio, Scott Pilutik, Seattle, Skeptics, Tampa, The Unbreakable Miss
Lovely, US Attorney's Office, USA, Vancouver, Village Voice, Washington
======================================
Private investigator gets 3 months for hacking -- but won't expose clients
June 27, 2015, Richard Morgan, New York Post
http://nypost.com/2015/06/26/private-investigator-gets-3-months-for-hacking-but-wont-expose-clients/
A New York private investigator who hacked the e-mails of dozens of
people he was investigating got jail time - but a judge stopped short
of helping to expose the clients that hired him to do their dirty work.
Manhattan federal judge Richard Sullivan sentenced Eric Saldarriaga to
three months in jail for pilfering some 60 e-mail accounts, saying he
hoped to send a message about the seriousness of cybercrime.
"Anything less than that would lead people to think ? ahh, who cares?"
Sullivan told the courtroom on Friday.
Tags: Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, Eric Saldarriaga, FBI, Judge
Richard Sullivan, New York City, Preet Bharara, Private investigator, Tony
Ortega
======================================
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Church Seeks Influence in Schools, Business, Science
June 27, 1990, Robert W. Welkos, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062790,0,884315,full.story
Today, Scientology executives insist that the organization is
law-abiding, that the offenders have been purged and that the church
has now entered an era in which harmony has replaced hostility.
But as the movement attempts to broaden its reach, evidence is mounting
that Hubbard's devotees are engaging in practices that, while not
unlawful, have begun to stir memories of its troubled past.
Tags: Applied Scholastics, Barbara Ayash, Bill Franks, Concerned
Businessmen's Association of America, David Singer Consultants, Detox, FASE,
Gerald Lionelli, HealthMed, Jack Dirmann, Sterling Management, The Way to
Happiness, William Marcus, WISE
======================================
Courting the Power Brokers
June 27, 1990, Joel Sappell, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062790a,0,3614832.story
"We need to be able to approach the right people in order to get things
done," wrote Heber Jentzsch, president of the Church of Scientology
International, in the newspaper Scientology Today. "We need to to find
out how to reach key people in the media, in government, in the control
points of society, the people who run things."
Tags: Heber Jentzsch, Religious Freedom Crusade
======================================
Foundation Funds Provide Assist to Celebrated Teacher Escalante
June 27, 1990, Robert W. Welkos, Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-scientology062790b,0,3680369.story
The Scientology movement's Foundation for Advancements in Science and
Education has befriended one of America's most celebrated teachers,
Jaime Escalante of Garfield High School.
Escalante is the East Los Angeles teacher profiled in the hit 1988 film
"Stand and Deliver," which chronicled his success in teaching advanced
calculus to barrio students.
Tags: FASE
======================================
Scientology's Catholic Guilt
June 27, 2005, Fresh Intelligence, Radar Online
http://www.radarmagazine.com/fresh-intelligence/2005/06/27/index.php
Before Katie Holmes' devoutly Catholic parents officially sign their
daughter over to the Church of Scientology, they might want to get in
touch with Philip J. Spickler. One of Scientology founder L. Ron
Hubbard's original disciples, Spickler is the father of Mimi Rogers,
Tom Cruise's first wife and the person responsible for recruiting him
into the cult in the mid-"80s.
Tags: Katie Holmes, Mimi Rogers, Tom Cruise
======================================
Tom Cruise discusses psychiatry, Scientology
June 27, 2005, Arts, CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2005/06/27/cruise050627.html
In that story, the magazine asked Cruise - who helped set up a tent
staffed by Scientology ministers on the War of the Worlds set - if he
sees it as his job to recruit followers for Scientology.
"I'm a helper," he replied. "For instance, I myself have helped
hundreds of people get off drugs. In Scientology, we have the only
successful drug rehabilitation program in the world. It's called
Narconon."
"That's not correct," the interviewer responded. "Yours is never
mentioned among the recognized detox programs. Independent experts warn
against it because it is rooted in pseudo science."
"You don't understand what I am saying. It's a statistically proven
fact that there is only one successful drug rehabilitation program in
the world. Period," Cruise said.
Tags: Narconon, Tom Cruise
======================================
Germany 1, Scientology 0
June 27, 2007, Emine Saner, The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/jun/27/germany.features11
The German government has banned the makers of a film about a failed
assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler from shooting in the country
because its lead is Tom Cruise. And Cruise, as he has ensured everyone
knows, is a Scientologist. "[The ban] is a good thing," says Antje
Blumenthal, a Christian Democratic Union (CDU) politician who has
campaigned against Scientology in Germany. "I don't like that whenever
Tom Cruise is written about, it always says he is a Scientologist. I am
concerned it could encourage young people to join."
Tags: Antje Blumenthal, Chick Corea, Germany, Tom Cruise, Ursula Caberta,
Valkyrie
======================================
Church of Scientology buys Falls School Business Center
June 27, 2008, Nashville Business Journal
http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2008/06/23/daily61.html
The Church of Scientology Religious Trust has bought the Fall School
Business Center on 8th Avenue.
The Scientology trust purchased the executive suit building at 1130 8th
Ave. S. along with adjacent properties at 1112 and 1114 8th Ave. S. for
$6 million from Fall School Associates June 26, according to records
and the Davidson County Register of Deeds.
Tags: Church of Scientology Religious Trust, Nashville, National Registry of
Historical Places, Real estate
======================================
Report lays bare the Times' bias against Scientology
June 27, 2009, Pat Harney, Letters, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/letters/article1013769.ece
The St. Petersburg Times' June 24 editorial The abuse behind
Scientology's facade proves beyond doubt that any aura of objectivity
in the Times' so-called "special report" was illusory. The report
attempted to give the appearance of balance by quoting statements from
Church of Scientology representatives, but the editorial exposes this
exercise as a hollow pretense.
The editorial uncritically accepts as true statements from a handful of
former church staff without ever addressing their lack of credibility,
their underlying motivations and the voluminous evidence proving their
stories were false. These individuals lost their positions of authority
within the church for incompetence and for serious misconduct. Your
sources' statements to the Times plainly targeted the man who removed
them, David Miscavige.
Tags: David Miscavige, Lynn Irons, Rebecca Sjouwerman
======================================
Scientology, critics banned from editing Wikipedia entry
June 27, 2009, Vindy.com
http://www.vindy.com/news/2009/jun/27/scientology-critics-banned-from-editing-wikipedia/?newswatch
Popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has banned Scientology's more
vocal friends and foes from editing articles about the religion, a move
that worries some in the Internet community.
Wikipedia has blocked contributions from computers at the Church of
Scientology's Los Angeles headquarters, as well as some critics of the
religion.
Tags: Karin Pouw, Wikipedia
======================================
Slappy's Dream
June 27, 2009, TheEvilOfScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDBu2tSNsc
We all know David Miscavige has a "thing" for Tom Cruise. Here's my
rendition of one of little Dave's dreams.
Tags: David Miscavige, Video
======================================
Agape Ministries doomsday cult given tax breaks since 2000
June 27, 2010, Miles Kemp, The Advertiser
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/agape-ministries-doomsday-cult-given-tax-breaks-since-2000/story-e6frea83-1225884935756
Agape Ministries International was granted charity organisation tax
breaks from July 2000 by the Tax Office.
It was stripped of the status last month after police raided its
properties around Adelaide and seized 15 allegedly illegal firearms and
other weapons.
Tags: Agape Ministries, Australia, Australian Taxation Office, Nick Xenophon
======================================
Leader of cult detained in Fiji
June 27, 2011, Verity Edwards, The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/leader-of-cult-detained-in-fiji/story-e6frg6nf-1226082400070
In March, Customs officers uncovered ingredients for making weapons,
instruction manuals, batons and throwing stars in a shipping container
bound for Mr Leo in Fiji.
The cult leader, 53, fled to Fiji in May last year after raids on 12
Agape Ministries properties uncovered 20 illegal guns, assault batons,
detonators, fuses and more than 65,000 rounds of ammunition.
Tags: Agape Ministries, Australia, Fiji, Nick Xenophon, Rocco Leo, South
Australia
======================================
Scientology Wins a Major Award! Mind Power Vindicated! [UPDATED]
June 27, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/scientology_win.php
The award winner! UPDATED: Hold the presses! It turns out that another
Scientology DVD also won a major award. More info after the break!
We get some complaints in our comments from Scientologists who say that
we're a little too hard on L. Ron Hubbard's globe-spanning organization.
Just to show that we know how to give credit where it is due, we are
happy and proud to pass on the information that was sent to us by Karin
Pouw, Scientology spokeswoman, in a press release last week.
Tags: 1999, Catherine Fraser, Celebrity Centre, Dianetics, Fair Game, Golden
Era, Golden Era Productions, Google, Graham Berry, Hollywood, Jesus, Karin
Pouw, New York City, OT, Quicky, Silver, The Problems of Work, Wikipedia
======================================
Scientology's 'Martin Luther' Nails Up His Disputation: Marty Rathbun's Open
Letter to his Texas Neighbors
June 27, 2011, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/06/scientologys_ma.php
At his most powerful, Rathbun says he answered only to Scientology's
ultimate leader, David Miscavige.
Rathbun was an enforcer, a fixer, someone Miscavige could turn to when
the church was in trouble. For that reason, many church critics refuse
to forgive him for his acts, even seven years after leaving the church
and becoming one of Miscavige's chief tormentors.
Tags: 1978, 2004, 2009, Anonymous, California, David Miscavige, Fair Game,
FBI, Independent, Independent Scientologists, Ingleside, Janet Reitman, Los
Angeles, Marty Rathbun, Squirrel Busters, Texas
======================================
David Miscavige In His Own Words
June 27, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/david-miscavige-in-his-own-words/
Dirk Niblick just put up an interesting comment quoting from "The Wake
Up Call."
For those who may not have heard of this - though if you spent any time
in the church and attended even a single event, it is hard to imagine
you have NOT - it is one of Miscavige's favorite "accomplishments."
Written after 9/11 it was intended to be the "Come to Jesus" message
for the faithful to get busy.
It was mostly written by Dan Sherman. Miscavige wanted to put out the
issue, but did not plan on writing it himself. So, he called Marc
Yager, Greg Hughes, Guillaume Lesevre, Lyman Spurlock, Ray Mithoff,
Norman Starkey and others to his 11th floor conference room in the
Hollywood Guarantee Buildiung and spent hours explaining to them what
they were to write. Of course, nothing was acceptable, and he would
spend more hours berating them for their "incompetence" in not writing
something "like he would" (he could have written the whole thing in
about 1/10th the time he took explaining, berating and J&Ding those
executives). Eventually he called in Dan Sherman to write it for him.
Tags: Chairman of the Board, Dan Sherman, David Miscavige, Greg Hughes,
Guillaume Lesevre, Hollywood, Ideal Org, Jesus, Lyman Spurlock, Marc Yager,
Norman Starkey, OT, Quicky, Ray Mithoff
======================================
Judge Whittemore Sets Evidentiary Hearing in Garcia Federal Fraud Lawsuit
June 27, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/06/27/judge-whittemore-sets-evidentiary-hearing-in-garcia-federal-fraud-lawsuit/
Judge James Whittemore has scheduled an evidentiary hearing for July 24
in Luis and Rocio Garcia's federal fraud lawsuit against the Church of
Scientology.
At issue will be the church's motion to disqualify the Garcias'
attorneys - Ted Babbitt and Ronald Weil - who, the church alleges,
improperly worked with Robert Johnson, an attorney who previously
represented the church in numerous matters between 1982 and 1998.
Each side has until July 18 to turn in a list of witnesses and
exhibits, and we'll be curious to see if either side plans to subpoena
Brian Culkin (pictured), whose declaration was such an important part
of the church's motion.
Tags: 1982, 1998, Brian Culkin, Florida, Fraud, Freewinds, Judge James
Whittemore, Karen de la Carriere, Lawsuit, Luis and Rocio Garcia, Quicky,
Robert Johnson, Ronald Weil, Scott Pilutik, Super Power, Ted Babbitt
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Here's a reminder of Scientology's Cold War origins - L. Ron Hubbard on
radiation!
June 27, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/06/27/heres-a-reminder-of-scientologys-cold-war-origins-l-ron-hubbard-on-radiation/
We have another video that you normally can only see inside a
Scientology "org." It's another "quote video" that the church uses to
convince members to purchase L. Ron Hubbard's lectures.
In this case, we have quite a doozy. It's a clip from Hubbard's
December 1956 "Washington Congress on Anti-Radiation & Confront," a set
of lectures which Bridge Publications sells for $150.
Here's how Bridge Publications summarizes the Congress...
Tags: 1956, 1957, All About Radiation, Bridge Publications, California, DC,
Florida, Golden Era Productions, Int Base, John Travolta, Jon Stumbke, Marc
Headley, Purification Rundown, Quicky, Radiation, Russia, Tone Scale, Vance
Woodward, Washington, White House
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Ronit And Yossi Charny Speak Out
June 27, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/ronit-and-yossi-charny-speak-out/
For readers of this blog who have decided scientology is not for them,
this posting will be of no or very limited interest. But for those who
still consider themselves scientologists, those who are still "on the
fence" or "under the radar" this is information that is absolutely for
you. It is FACTS about what goes on inside the church of scientology
under the guise of "bringing spiritual freedom" and "uniting families."
Ronit and Yossi sent this message out to all their contacts yesterday.
I have waited to publish this until after they sent it out in the hope
it might reach more of the people that are its intended audience before
the black PR, whispering campaign against them begins for overtly
telling their story.
Dear Friends,
Tags: 1980, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007,
2008, Australia, Basics, Cadet Org, Celebrity, Chairman of the Board, Clear,
Clearwater, Comm Course, Commodore's Messenger Organization, Conditions,
Debbie Cook, Dianetics, Ethics, Field Staff Member, Flag Land Base, Flag
Service Organization, Florida, Hubbard Communication Office Bulletin, Ideal
Org, International Association of Scientologists, Israel, L. Ron Hubbard,
Marty Rathbun, Master at Arms, Mexico, Mission, New Zealand, Office of
Special Affairs, Oregon, OT, OT 7, OT Committee, OT IV, OT V, OT VII,
Portland, Quicky, Religious Technology Center, Saint Hill Special Briefing
Course, San Francisco, Sandcastle, Sea Org, South Africa
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Did Scientology hire the man sent to prison for hacking us? Not his job to
find out, judge said
June 27, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/06/27/did-scientology-hire-the-man-sent-to-prison-for-hacking-us-not-his-job-to-find-out-judge-said/
As Eric Saldarriaga was leaving a ninth-floor courtroom at the old
federal court house in New York City following his sentencing
yesterday, he was in tears.
I couldn't help wincing.
I'd just been in the courtroom myself, and had testified. The document
I had read from, my "victim impact statement," was the kind of thing a
judge uses to decide how severe a crime is. Typically, a victim is
trying to convince a judge to throw the book at a defendant.
Tags: 2007, 2009, 2013, 2014, Amazon, Arizona State University, Austin,
Boston, Chris Shelton, Clearwater, Dallas, Daniel Noble, DC, Denver, Eric
Saldarriaga, FBI, Florida, Houston, John Sweeney, Jonny Jacobsen, Judge
Richard Sullivan, Judge Sullivan, London, Matthew Goldstein, Mike Rinder,
Minneapolis, New Jersey, New York City, New York Times, OT, Paris, Paulette
Cooper, Peter Brill, Portland, Queens, Quicky, Ray Jeffrey, Robert Wilonsky,
San Antonio, Scott Pilutik, Seattle, Skeptics, Tampa, The Unbreakable Miss
Lovely, US Attorney's Office, USA, Vancouver, Village Voice, Washington
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Private investigator gets 3 months for hacking -- but won't expose clients
June 27, 2015, Richard Morgan, New York Post
http://nypost.com/2015/06/26/private-investigator-gets-3-months-for-hacking-but-wont-expose-clients/
A New York private investigator who hacked the e-mails of dozens of
people he was investigating got jail time - but a judge stopped short
of helping to expose the clients that hired him to do their dirty work.
Manhattan federal judge Richard Sullivan sentenced Eric Saldarriaga to
three months in jail for pilfering some 60 e-mail accounts, saying he
hoped to send a message about the seriousness of cybercrime.
"Anything less than that would lead people to think ? ahh, who cares?"
Sullivan told the courtroom on Friday.
Tags: Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit, Eric Saldarriaga, FBI, Judge
Richard Sullivan, New York City, Preet Bharara, Private investigator, Tony
Ortega
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