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Mar 19, 2009
Special investigation: Scientologists wanting to leave church face life-changing consequences [Part 7] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
More: Transcript
Type: TV
Author(s): Nathan Baca
Source: KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
PART SEVEN Since our News Channel 3 investigation into the Church of Scientology began, nearly a dozen former church members came forward to tell us their accounts of what happens inside the church's world headquarters in Hemet. Jeff Hawkins was the first. He is the church's former marketing director. Hawkins explained the Scientology faithful, "It's a combination of fear and faith. Because anybody who is in Scientology is there because they believe. It's a very fundamentalist sort of cult. They believe ...
Mar 18, 2009
Special investigation: Former Scientologist recounts imprisoning atmosphere at Int Base [Part 6] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
More: Transcript
Type: TV
Author(s): Nathan Baca
Source: KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
PART SIX News Channel 3 sent former Scientology marketing director and Portland resident Jeff Hawkins to KATU-TV, the local ABC television station, where he revealed what happened during his years inside Scientology's world headquarters in Hemet, called "IntBase." His account of what goes on behind these fences is one of religious punishment and imprisonment. "Within that Hemet compound, they work 100 hour weeks, seven days a week. They have no breaks. They have no vacations of any kind. They work around ...
Mar 17, 2009
The Protecters of the Palin Brand — Washington Post
Type: Blog
Author(s): Chris Cillizza
Source: Washington Post
There is no brand in Republican politics as powerful – or as tenuous – as that of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. She is simultaneously the hottest commodity on the Republican fundraising circuit and a figure of ridicule among Democrats (and even many Independents) who believe that her status as a national figure is entirely undeserved. Even Palin and her political team seem to be struggling somewhat with how much or little to expose her at the national level. Witness the odd ...
Mar 16, 2009
Infinite Complacency - 11 Claire Headley's lawsuit
Mar 16, 2009
Infinite Complacency - Introduction
Mar 16, 2009
Scientology spokesman confirms Xenu story / It's all true after all — The Register (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): John Leyden
Source: The Register (UK)
A Scientology spokesman has confirmed that Scientologists believe that mankind's problems stem from brainwashed alien soul remnants created millions of years ago by genocidal alien overlord Xenu. The admission follows years of attempts to dismiss the story, first leaked by defectors, as anti-church propaganda. In an interview with KESQ News Channel 3, Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis was quizzed over the Xenu story, which leaked papers show is revealed to senior Scientologists as part of their induction to "Operating Thetan Level III". ...
Mar 15, 2009
Vindicated: An ex-Scientologist’s account of escape, rebirth and quest for justice — Burbank City Buzz Examiner
Type: Press
Author(s): Dustin Slaughter
Source: Burbank City Buzz Examiner
“I started my life over with $200, a motorcycle and some clothes,” says Marc Headley, a former 25-year member of the Church of Scientology. He describes the night he “blew”—a term widely used within both critics circles as well as the Church community—and decided he was finished with life as a Scientologist. He managed to drive off on his motorcycle. As he made his way down a dark and winding two-lane road that runs along the edge of the compound through ...
Mar 13, 2009
Man alleges assault, unwanted pills at Narconon in Newport / Lawsuit from Florida resident seeks $29,000 refund from company — Orange County Register
Type: Press
Author(s): Jeff Overley
Source: Orange County Register
Lawsuit from Florida resident seeks $29,000 refund from company. By JEFF OVERLEY THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER NEWPORT BEACH A Florida man is suing Narconon Southern California, saying a brief stint in its Newport Beach drug rehab house subjected him to sexual assault, unwanted medication and demeaning work.. Pablo Mendoza checked into the company’s Balboa Peninsula triplex in September seeking help for cocaine addiction and found the oceanfront house to be “filthy” and filled with an “unbearable odor,” according to the lawsuit ...
Mar 13, 2009
Narconon settles lawsuit with full refund / Florida man claimed his brother was molested, discriminated against at the rehab home — Daily Pilot (Newport Beach & Costa Mesa)
Type: Press
Author(s): Brianna Bailey
Source: Daily Pilot (Newport Beach & Costa Mesa)
Florida man claimed his brother was molested, discriminated against at the rehab home. By Brianna Bailey Updated: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:19 PM PDT There are No comments posted. View Comments The Newport Beach-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation home Narconon agreed to refund a Florida man’s money on Friday after he sued, claiming his brother was sexually molested, forced to scrub pots and pans and take unspecified pills that made him ill at the treatment center. “The parties are settling for ...
Mar 13, 2009
Picketing law revised — Valley Chronicle
Type: Press
Author(s): Charles Hand
Source: Valley Chronicle
Picketing law revised PROTESTING: The ongoing demonstrations by anti-Scientology protestors at Golden Era Productions on Gilman Springs Road on Saturday spread to downtown Hemet, where this protester held up a sign at Florida Avenue and State Street. Photo Courtesy of Jim Alvarez HOLDOUT: Supervisor Bob Buster lone dissenter on controversial rule. By CHARLES HAND/The Valley Chronicle Riverside County supervisors Tuesday approved its newest revision of a controversial law limiting picketing around homes over the objections of Bob Buster, the sole dissenting ...
Mar 13, 2009
Scientology gets its ass kicked in the desert — Village Voice
Type: Blog
Author(s): Tony Ortega
Source: Village Voice
Wise Beard Man tipped us recently that KESQ, a local television station in Palm Springs, California, has put together a pretty terrific 5-part investigation of Scientology. Why Palm Springs? Well, one of Scientology's stranger facilities is located in the California desert, well away from the prying eyes of big-town journalists. For years, the Hubbard cabal in Hemet, California has been able to push around local politicians and law enforcement, convincing them, for example, that protesters at the desert site should be ...
Mar 12, 2009
Special investigation: Scientology official addresses works of L. Ron Hubbard [Part 5] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
Type: TV
Author(s): Nathan Baca
Source: KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
PART FIVE Our second half of our one-on-one interview with one of Scientology's leaders continues in Hollywood. We confront spokesman Tommy Davis with the confidential works of L. Ron Hubbard and ask why there are threats of death by pneumonia for those who read it. Nathan Baca: Somebody from the Village Voice apparently said the Church of Scientology is about "ridding the body of space alien parasites." And your reaction then and now is what exactly to that claim? Tommy Davis: ...
Mar 12, 2009
Special investigation: The complete Tommy Davis interview — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
Mar 11, 2009
Beck's Benefit Show at the Echo Tonight: What Exactly is "Educating Children International"? — L.A. Weekly (California)
More: follow-up
Type: Press
Author(s): Randall Roberts
Source: L.A. Weekly (California)
[Picture / Caption "What exactly is Educating Children International?"] There's a mystery brewing regarding tonight's Beck show at the Echo, which is being billed as a benefit for something called "Educating Children International." The flyer, posted above, lists the organization's website as www.educatingchildreninternational.org, but there's nothing at that URL. We took the process one step further and did a domain search, and, lo, the address is listed as available for purchase. So the question becomes, what lies at the other end ...
Mar 11, 2009
Beck's show tonight will benefit Scientology-affiliated charity — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Blog
Author(s): Margaret Wappler
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
There's been a touch of Internet controversy today about Beck's somewhat-impromptu show at the Echo tonight, first started by blogger Sketchytown, then picked up by the LA Weekly's West Coast Sound blog. Both blogs raised a flag about a charity cited on the show's promotional material, Educating Children International, which, according to the promo poster, will get the "net proceeds" of the show priced at a cool $35. Nothing was mentioned about any connections with Scientology, and the website for the ...
Mar 11, 2009
Jada Pinkett Smith adds 'schoolmaster' to resume — Associated Press
Type: Press
Author(s): Sandy Cohen
Source: Associated Press
Jada Pinkett Smith adds `schoolmaster' to resume By SANDY COHEN â⒬†3 hours ago LOS ANGELES (AP) â⒬†Jada Pinkett Smith is adding another title to her resume: schoolmaster. The actress-producer and her husband, Will Smith, opened the New Village Leadership Academy in Calabasas, Calif., last fall. The school is for pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. Now Pinkett Smith hopes to open a companion high school. Pinkett Smith says she decided to open the elementary school after developing a home-school program for ...
Mar 11, 2009
Miniature Tigers: Almost Everyone Loves Charlie Brand — Phoenix New Times
Type: Press
Author(s): Benjamin Leatherman
Source: Phoenix New Times
Like many musicians, Charlie Brand was not a happy high-schooler. Discussing his days as an art school dropout — a troubled kid sent to a Scientology-run youth camp, where he lied to the E-Meter reader to escape, only to become a chronically depressed and morbidly obese pothead — the 24-year-old singer grimaces. Fast-forward to today: Brand's undeniably infectious and quirky indie-pop songs are getting a huge response for his band, Miniature Tigers. The four-piece has been lauded by Spin and Rolling ...
Mar 11, 2009
Prominent East Grinstead figure mourned — East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Type: Press
Source: East Grinstead Courier (UK)
Prominent East Grinstead figure mourned Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 13:00 A WELL-known East Grinstead businessman and supporter of the local arts scene has died. David Bernard Gaiman passed away after he suffered a heart attack on Saturday. He was best known as the owner of G&G, the vitamin and health food producing company, which he started with his wife, Sheila, in a room of their house in 1965. As the business grew it moved first to larger premises in Railway Approach ...
Mar 11, 2009
Special investigation: High-ranking Scientology official explains 'Anonymous' booklet, videotaped arrest [Part 4] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
Type: TV
Author(s): Nathan Baca
Source: KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
By Nathan Baca News Channel 3 PART FOUR In the shadow of the conflict between Scientology and "Anonymous," we go inside Scientology's Hollywood complex for the first part of an exclusive one-on-one interview with one of the church's top leaders, Tommy Davis. Davis serves as the Church's spokesman. During the visit, we showed him video shot by members of "Anonymous" as they were being accosted and arrested by guards hired by the Church at the Scientology grounds in Hemet. Davis contends ...
Mar 10, 2009
Special investigation: Propaganda and payoffs? Scientology vs. 'Anonymous' [Part 3] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
Type: TV
Author(s): Nathan Baca
Source: KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
By Nathan Baca News Channel 3 PART THREE Protests in front of the Church of Scientology's headquarters near Hemet may soon be illegal. Sheriff's deputies keep reminding protestors with the group known as "Anonymous" to stay within 50 feet from the center of the road going through the Scientology compound. Video shown in our first segment shows just how forceful Scientology guards are willing to confront those who get a dozen feet past the line. Last fall, Riverside County Supervisor Jeff ...
Mar 9, 2009
Special investigation: Tug of war struggle between activists, Scientology hits the internet [Part 2] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
Type: TV
Author(s): Nathan Baca
Source: KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
By Nathan Baca News Channel 3 PART TWO An video from "Anonymous" posted on YouTube last year states, "Hello. Leaders of Scientology. We are Anonymous. Over the years, we have been watching you. The extent of your malign influence over those who have come to trust you has been made clear to us. Anonymous has therefore decided your organization should be destroyed." It's a declaration of war over the internet. A loose coalition of leaderless web activists calling their group "Anonymous" ...
Mar 8, 2009
Special investigation: The Battle Over Scientology: How the Lines Were Drawn in Riverside Co. — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
Type: TV
Author(s): Nathan Baca
Source: KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
By Nathan Baca News Channel 3 PART ONE It's a full blown war you've likely never heard of. There is a battle between leaders of the Church of Scientology and a group of activists with both sides sworn to fight to the end. This is war; in the shadow of a cross, and behind the gaze of a mask. Like any war, there is violence; there is rage. There are politicians in the middle of it, and there are partisans fighting ...
Mar 8, 2009
Special investigation: The battle over Scientology: How the lines were drawn in Riverside Co. [Part 1] — KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
Type: TV
Author(s): Nathan Baca
Source: KESQ Channel 3 (CA)
PART ONE It's a full blown war you've likely never heard of. There is a battle between leaders of the Church of Scientology and a group of activists with both sides sworn to fight to the end. This is war; in the shadow of a cross, and behind the gaze of a mask. Like any war, there is violence; there is rage. There are politicians in the middle of it, and there are partisans fighting on our streets. Both the Church ...
Mar 7, 2009
CPS gives Scientologists same legal protection as mainstream religions — Daily Mail (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): James Millbank, Jonathan Petre
Source: Daily Mail (UK)
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided that anyone who attacks Scientology can be prosecuted under faith hate laws. The move will for the first time provide the controversial Church of Scientology – described by some as a cult – the same protection as other mainstream religions. Critics of the organisation, whose members include Tom Cruise and John Travolta, attacked the decision last night, saying it would encourage Scientologists to push for official recognition in Britain. The Mail on Sunday understands the ...
Mar 7, 2009
More Americans say they have no religion — Associated Press
Type: Press
Author(s): Rachel Zoll
Source: Associated Press
A wide-ranging study on American religious life found that the Roman Catholic population has been shifting out of the Northeast to the Southwest, the percentage of Christians in the nation has declined and more people say they have no religion at all. Fifteen percent of respondents said they had no religion, an increase from 14.2 percent in 2001 and 8.2 percent in 1990, according to the American Religious Identification Survey. Northern New England surpassed the Pacific Northwest as the least religious ...
Mar 6, 2009
Permit Patrol: 6 March 2009 — Nashville Post (TN)
More: forums.whyweprotest.net
Type: Press
Author(s): Kyle Swenson
Source: Nashville Post (TN)
A new one-story medical building is set to break ground near the Summit Medical Center. J.E. Crain & Sons recently pulled permits for the construction of the 21,750-square-foot structure. The work is valued at $1.5 million. The Church of Scientology is moving ahead with its renovation of a building at 1130 Eight Ave. S. Permits were recently pulled for $1.3 million worth of interior work to the structure. Simone Azzam’s Nova Construction is handling the work. Regent Homes is pressing ahead ...
Mar 4, 2009
Board restricts pickets to 30 feet from property — Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA)
Type: Press
Source: Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA)
RIVERSIDE — Despite a lashing from critics, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved an ordinance to restrict residential picketing to 30 feet or more from a person's property. In a 4-1 vote — with Supervisor Bob Buster dissenting — the board formally adopted the measure, which went through at least three revisions and repeated debate after board chairman Jeff Stone first introduced it in November. “This ordinance has been vetted many times,” Stone said just prior to the ...
Mar 4, 2009
Scientology and Religious Workers Visas
Mar 3, 2009
Ditching the Detox — The Scotsman (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): Fiona MacGregor
Source: The Scotsman (UK)
THERE are some of us who fear that if all the toxins were removed from our body, there'd be very little body left. And before anyone starts with accusations of exaggeration, they should take a look at recent images of Katie Holmes, allegedly toxin-free but not looking good on it. The actress's painfully gaunt and unhealthy appearance, as she reputedly approaches the end of a punishing detox regime, would be enough to make anyone reach for a large Irish coffee to ...
Mar 3, 2009
Feedback from the issue of Thursday, March 5, 2009 — Phoenix New Times
Type: Press
Source: Phoenix New Times
[...] Dianetics does, indeed, work: There must be some reason that Dianetics was on the New York Times bestseller list twice. Get a copy, sit down in a comfortable chair some evening and find out for yourself. Missing from all the criticism is any indication that Dianetics doesn't work. It, in fact, does work, as millions of people around the world have discovered for themselves. Yes, I'm a Scientologist and have been, going on 40 years. Those many years ago, I ...
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