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Feb 14, 2011
The Apostate // Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology — New YorkerMore: Primary Sources: L. Ron Hubbard Leaves the Navy , guardian.co.uk
Type: Press
Author(s):
Lawrence Wright Source:
New Yorker On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Haggis wrote. Before the 2008 elections, a staff member at Scientology’s San Diego church had signed its name to an online petition supporting Proposition 8, which asserted that ...
Tag(s):
"Blow Drill" •
A Piece of Blue Sky (book) •
Abortion •
Affinity, Reality, Communication (ARC) •
Alissa Haggis •
Amy Scobee •
An Introduction to Scientology Ethics (book) •
Anne Archer •
Anonymous (group) •
Anti-psychiatry •
Auditing •
Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard (book) •
Beverly Hills Playhouse •
Body thetans (BTs) •
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) •
Bruce Hines •
Bryan R. Wilson •
Castile Canyon School (Happy Valley ranch) @ 45750 Castile Canyon Road Hemet CA United States •
Chick Corea •
Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre International @ 5930 Franklin Avenue Los Angeles CA United States •
Church of Scientology International (CSI) •
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) •
Claire Headley •
Commissions •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Dan Sherman •
Daniel Montalvo •
David Miscavige •
David Miscavige: physical violence •
David S. Touretzky •
Deborah Rennard •
Delphi Schools, Inc. •
Diane Gettas •
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (book) •
Disconnection •
Donna Shannon •
E-Meter •
Ethics (Scientology) •
Exscientologykids.com •
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Freeloader's debt •
Gary Morehead (aka "Jackson") •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Gold Base (also, "INT Base") @ Gilman Hot Springs •
Haiti •
Homosexuality •
Human trafficking •
Inside Scientology (book) •
Inurement •
James A. "Jim" Logan •
Janela Webster •
Janet Reitman •
Janis (Gillham) Grady •
Jason Beghe •
Jeff Hawkins •
Jenna Miscavige-Hill •
Jessica Feshbach Rodriguez •
Jim Gordon •
Joan Wood •
John Brousseau •
John Peeler •
John Sweeney •
John Travolta •
John Whiteside "Jack" Parsons •
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne •
Karen Hollander •
Kathy Haggis •
Kirstie Alley •
L Fletcher Prouty •
L. Ron Hubbard's credentials •
L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman? (book) •
Lauren Haggis •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawrence Wright •
Lawsuit •
Life Repairs (Scientology course) •
Lisa McPherson •
Lucy James •
Marc Headley •
Margaret Louise Grubb •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Mark Isham •
Mary Sue (Whipp) Hubbard •
Membership •
Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
Michelle "Shelly" Miscavige (né Barnett) •
Milton Katselas •
Mimi Rogers •
Mission Earth (decalogy) •
MV Freewinds (formerly, La Bohème) •
Nerve, touch assist •
New Yorker •
Occult •
Operating Thetan (OT) •
Paul Haggis •
Potential Trouble Source (PTS) •
Protest, picket •
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death •
Purification Rundown ("Purif") •
Recruitment •
Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF) •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Salary •
Saturday Evening Post •
Science of Survival (book) •
Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought (book) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Settlement •
Skip Press •
Sky Dayton •
Slave labor •
Squirrels •
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) •
Study technology (Study tech) •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Suppressive person (SP) •
Terry Jastrow •
The Truth Rundown (St. Petersburg Times' special report) •
The Way to Happiness (TWTH) •
Tom Cruise •
Tom Cruise's leaked video of 2004 •
Tom De Vocht •
Tommy Davis •
Tone scale •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) •
Yael Lustgarten
Mar 6, 2010
Defectors say Church of Scientology hides abuse — New York TimesMore: New York Times' Youtube channel: Christie Collbran interview
Type: Press
Author(s):
Laurie Goodstein Source:
New York Times CLEARWATER, Fla. — Raised as Scientologists, Christie King Collbran and her husband, Chris, were recruited as teenagers to work for the elite corps of staff members who keep the Church of Scientology running, known as the Sea Organization, or Sea Org. They signed a contract for a billion years — in keeping with the church’s belief that Scientologists are immortal. They worked seven days a week, often on little sleep, for sporadic paychecks of $50 a week, at most. But after ...
Jan 23, 2010
Trouble in the house of Hubbard — Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)More: Partial scan of article
Nov 22, 2009
Celebrities lead charge against Scientology — The Observer (London, UK)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Peter Beaumont ,
Toni O'Loughlin Source:
The Observer (London, UK) Hollywood figures quit 'rip-off' church as Australian prime minister threatens parliamentary inquiry into its activities The security at the red-brick and glass-walled horseshoe of the John Joseph Moakley courthouse on Boston's waterfront was unusually tight. Anybody who was not a member of the city's bar association was swept with a search wand. Photo IDs were checked. Mobile phones were taken from guests, who included the Hollywood star Tom Cruise. The occasion was a memorial service for Scientology's top legal adviser for ...
Tag(s):
Aaron Saxton (aka Aaron Tweddell) •
Abortion •
Anonymous (group) •
Assault •
Australia •
Blackmail •
Blown for Good / Behind the iron curtain of Scientology (book) •
Carmel Underwood •
Children, youth •
Confidential preclear (PC) folder •
Copyright, trademark, patent •
Cyrus Brooks •
David Miscavige •
David Miscavige: physical violence •
Death •
Destroying/hiding/falsifying evidences •
Disconnection •
Earle C. Cooley •
False imprisonment •
France •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Homosexuality •
Inurement •
Jason Beghe •
Kevin Rudd •
Lawsuit •
Marc Headley •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Martin Bashir •
Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
Murder •
Nick Xenophon •
Paul David Schofield •
Paul Haggis •
Paul Harris •
Perjury •
Peter Beaumont •
Private investigator(s) •
Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power (article) •
Security check ("sec check") •
Silencing criticism, censorship •
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) •
Suppressive person (SP) •
The Observer (London, UK) •
The Truth Rundown (St. Petersburg Times' special report) •
TIME Magazine •
Tom Cruise •
Tom Cruise's leaked video of 2004 •
Tom De Vocht •
Tommy Davis •
Toni O'Loughlin •
Washington Post •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire)
Nov 18, 2009
Australian News Coverage [A useful collection of TV media items re. Australian Senator Nick Xenophon] — XenuTV
Nov 16, 2009
Verona man admits role in attack on Church of Scientology's websites — Star-Ledger (New Jersey)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Nic Corbett Source:
Star-Ledger (New Jersey) In January 2008, online hackers launched a massive attack on the Church of Scientology’s websites, forcing the church to hire computer security experts to reinstate its online presence.
In the end, only one person, 19-year-old Dmitriy Guzner, of Verona, has admitted playing a role in the cyber assault. On Wednesday, three days before his 20th birthday, Guzner is expected to be sentenced by Judge Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. in federal court in Newark. Guzner, who has pleaded guilty to "unauthorized impairment ...
Nov 5, 2009
Blown for Good / Behind the iron curtain of Scientology (book) - 29 Personal Jesus — BFG Books
Nov 4, 2009
'Tom Cruise told me to talk to a bottle': Life at Scientology's secret headquarters — Village Voice
Oct 3, 2009
Justin Trottier: Violence at anti-Scientology protest — National Post
Type: Press
Author(s):
Justin Trottier Source:
National Post I've often been puzzled by the international and well-attended protests against the Church of Scientology, led by the leaderless internet group known as Anonymous since early 2008. Why target this specific religion? Why engage in protests without public spokespeople? And why wear those silly Guy Fawkes masks?
Now I have an answer, at least to that last question.
On Saturday, September 19, around 12:30pm AST, a small group met for a routine Scientology protest in Halifax in a vacant lot across ...
Sep 21, 2009
Scientology: The web's first copyright-wielding nemesis — Wired
Type: Press
Author(s):
Julian Dibbell Source:
Wired The Church of Scientology was founded in the early 1950s by pulp science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, and it's been run by his successor, David Miscavige, since 1987. But for the past year or so the public face of Scientology has been a man named Tommy Davis. Son of Hollywood actress (and longtime Scientologist) Anne Archer, Davis has a stylish mop coif and boyish (not to say Tom Cruise-ish) good looks that have been put before the media's cameras every time ...
Sep 21, 2009
The Assclown Offensive: How to enrage the Church of Scientology — Wired
Jul 13, 2009
Un jour un destin: Tom Cruise [Unofficial English translation by Anonymous] — France 2More: Original French version
Jan 23, 2009
Devoir d'enquête: "La Scientologie: La secte démasquée" [Part 1] [Unofficial English translation] — RTBF 1 (Belgium)More: Part 2 , Part 3 , Part 4
Nov 30, 2008
Inside Scientology: a review of John Duignan's The Complex — Counterknowledge.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Damian Thompson Source:
Counterknowledge.com The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of The Church of Scientology by John Duignan with Nicola Tallant, Merlin Publishing, Dublin. The Scientologists have been doing their damnedest to stop the international publication of John Duignan’s memoir The Complex. Following legal representations, it is no longer possible to buy the book, published in Ireland by Merlin, from Amazon.co.uk. That made me curious, so I had a copy sent direct from Dublin. Here’s my review. In places, Duignan – a former ...
Oct 23, 2008
Battling Scientology — Boston Phoenix
Oct 17, 2008
'Anonymous' Member Unmasked, Charged With Web Attack on Scientology — Wired
Oct 1, 2008
Mission: Investigate! — Sveriges Television (Sweden)More: Youtube
Type: TV
Source:
Sveriges Television (Sweden) Tag(s):
Anonymous (group) •
Anti-psychiatry •
Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) •
Bo Persson •
Brainwashing •
Cecilia Lind •
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) •
Clark Carr •
Communications Course •
Cost •
David Miscavige •
E-Meter •
Fair game •
Fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation •
Front groups •
Harassment •
Human Rights Committee (Sweden) •
Håkan Järvå •
Income •
Infiltration •
Janice "Jan" Eastgate Meyer •
Medical claims •
Membership •
Michael Pattinson •
Narconon (aka Scientology drug rehab) •
Narconon International •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Operation Snow White •
Oxford Capacity Analysis (aka, "free Scientology personality test" aka "U-Test" aka "Pape Test") •
Psychiatry: An Industry of Death •
Public funding •
Purification Rundown ("Purif") •
Recruitment •
Rickard Sulek •
Robert B. "Bob" Adams •
Royalties, license, trademark, management fees •
Schools •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Supernatural abilities (aka OT powers) •
Sveriges Television (Sweden) •
Sweden •
Tarja Vulto •
Tom Cruise's leaked video of 2004 •
Ulf Brettstam •
Vanna Beckman •
Xenu (Operating Thetan level 3, OT 3, Wall of Fire) •
Åsa Graaf
Sep 5, 2008
Unmasked — New Humanist (UK)
May 10, 2008
The internet pranksters who started a war — Channel 9 (aka ninemsn) (Australia)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Shaun Davies Source:
Channel 9 (aka ninemsn) (Australia) They've become the sworn enemies of a controversial religion, famous for unsettling online video attacks and protesting en masse in creepy masks. But the elusive internet group known as Anonymous didn't start out with a concrete plan to bring down Scientology. Before they got serious, Anonymous members say, they were only in it for laughs. In the years before "declaring war", the group's stock-in-trade was the creation of internet jokes revolving around, for instance, kitsch 1980s singer Rick Astley. Anonymous's transformation ...
Mar 17, 2008
Cult Friction — Radar Online
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Cook Source:
Radar Online Cult Friction
After an embarrassing string of high-profile defection and leaked videos, Scientology is under attack from a faceless cabal of online activists. Has America's most controversial religion finally met its match?
By John Cook
[Picture]
Masked hackers have declared war on Scientology. Could the celebrity-friendly religion be in its final days? (Photo: Sam Comen)
This article is from the April issue of Radar Magazine. For a risk-free issue, click here
Clearwater is prepared for its enemies. It's a warm, if ...
Mar 16, 2008
Protesters bid to unmask Scientology — Sunday Star-Times
Type: Press
Source:
Sunday Star-Times THE CHURCH of Scientology in New Zealand has laid a complaint with police after allegedly receiving death and bomb threats from an internet-based protest group that has waged an online war against the religion. The group, calling itself Anonymous, held a worldwide action day yesterday, with about 20 people gathering at Britomart in downtown Auckland and in other centres, handing out fliers attacking Scientology as a dangerous cult "that scams members with pseudo science". The project was started in response to ...
Mar 12, 2008
Scientology fights back in court — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robert Farley Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The church is seeking a restraining order to stop a new round of protests. CLEARWATER - With the Internet activist group Anonymous threatening a second round of protests against Scientology this weekend, the Clearwater-based church went to court late Tuesday, filing a petition for a temporary restraining order. The petition was filed just before the close of court Tuesday afternoon, and the St. Petersburg Times could not obtain a copy of the petition. Pat Harney, a spokeswoman for the Church of ...
Mar 11, 2008
What to get L. Ron Hubbard for his birthday — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tony Ortega Source:
Village Voice L. Ron Hubbard, the pulp fiction writer who gave the world Battlefield Earth, as well as a nuisance known as Scientology, would have turned 97 years old this Thursday, March 13. Ron’s been worm food for more than a score of years now, so it probably won’t matter to him that the best birthday party being held in his name will take place a couple of days late. On Saturday, March 15, the surprisingly upstart, leaderless movement known as “Anonymous” will ...
Feb 25, 2008
Media Watch: Tom Cruise goes missing // Reporting on the protest — Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News
Type: TV
Source:
Australia Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) News Watch Tom Cruise goes Missing [G, 2:51min.] (Help):
Play The video But there are some people whose tender feelings receive a lot more consideration from the News Ltd empire. On the same day that News's website carried a link to The Australian's piece about Carey's childhood, it carried another story right next door. Global Scientology protests begin in Australia.
— News.com.au website, Global Scientology protests begin in Australia But what's this? A pixelated poster? What can it have ...
Feb 25, 2008
Revenge Of The Nerds: The War Between 4chan & Scientology — Salient (Victoria University of Wellington)
Feb 21, 2008
Scientology: An evasive corporate cult — OratoMore: web.archive.org
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Duignan Source:
Orato A new demand for transparency and justice from netzins... In late January, news media across the world picked up on a phenomenal development on the Internet. A virtual civil rights movement had arisen from a most unlikely source: Internet gamers. It all kicked off when an in-house video of Tom Cruise preaching to members of his faith, the controversial Church of Scientology, was leaked onto the Youtube internet video sharing site. Indeed, Cruise is a frightening spectacle and his incoherent rant ...
Feb 11, 2008
Activists decry attempt to quash Cruise video — New Haven Register
Feb 11, 2008
Masked protesters hike up pressure on Scientologists — The Scotsman (UK)
Feb 8, 2008
New foe emerges against Scientology — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Feb 8, 2008
The Passion of "Anonymous" — Newsweek
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