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Official backs off Second Chance inmates / Mayor still wants investigation — KRQE
Type: TV
Author(s):
Michael Herzenberg Source:
KRQE ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A Sierra County official engaged in major backtracking Friday after her statements the day before threatened to cause big trouble for an Albuquerque drug-treatment program called Second Chance.
County Manager Janet Porter-Carrejo told News 13 that she was sending overflow inmates from her jail to the Second Chance rehab center without getting permission from a judge.
However on Friday she said she now believes that judges did OK those inmates. She also said a clerical mistake at her ...
Dec 18, 2008
Scientology - former NZ scientologists speaks out — Radio New Zealand National
Type: Radio
Author(s):
Kathryn Ryan Source:
Radio New Zealand National Lance Hoskins joined the church in the 1970's, and then worked for the Sea Org - the church's management body in the US. (duration: 44?58?)
Dec 15, 2008
Religious school fees not deductible, Ninth Circuit rules — Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, California)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kenneth Ofgang Source:
Metropolitan News-Enterprise (Los Angeles, California) Tuition and fees for religious day schools are not deductible for federal income tax purposes, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
The court, for the second time, rejected claims by local residents Michael and Marla Sklar that they received only intangible religious benefits as result of their five children’s attendance in Orthodox Jewish schools, so their school payments should be deductible, at least in part, as charitable donations.
The Sklars have been seeking to deduct their payments, going ...
Dec 13, 2008
Sklar II Disappoints — realitybasedcommunity.net
Dec 12, 2008
Ninth Circuit court rejects arguments that children's religious school tuition should be tax deductible — MarketWatch
Type: Press
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MarketWatch WASHINGTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today rejected taxpayers Michael and Marla Sklars’ argument that they were entitled to claim deductions for tuition and fees paid to their children’s Orthodox Jewish day schools, the Justice Department announced.
The Sklars sought charitable deductions under section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code for portions of their tuition payments made to the religious day schools their children attended, asserting that those portions of the tuition payments were for “intangible ...
Nov 21, 2008
Germany drops attempt to ban Scientology — Associated Press
Type: Press
Author(s):
Michael Fischer Source:
Associated Press Potsdam — Germany is dropping its pursuit of a ban on Scientology after finding insufficient evidence of illegal activity, security officials said Friday. Domestic intelligence services will continue to monitor the group, officials said. The German branch of the Los Angeles-based Church of Scientology has been under observation by domestic intelligence services for more than a decade. Top security officials asked state governments in December to begin gathering information on whether they had sufficient grounds to seek a ban. The Church ...
Nov 18, 2008
Study questions drug-treatment results // Panel hears disputed figures — KRQE
Type: TV
Author(s):
Michael Herzenberg Source:
KRQE SANTA FE (KRQE) — A report presented to a legislative committee Monday suggests an Albuquerque drug-treatment program seeking more state money may not be as good as it claimed. Dr. Paul Guerin, who has been studying the program based on the teachings of the founder of Scientology, reported it does not have the success rate it has pointed to in the past. He delivered the results of his study in testimony to the Legislatures Courts, Corrections and Justice Committee meeting in ...
Oct 23, 2008
Battling Scientology — Boston Phoenix
Oct 16, 2008
Scientology cult ethics orders on various people — Wikileaks
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 Oct 1, 2008
Swedish tax money benefits Scientology — The Local (Sweden)
Type: Press
Author(s):
David Landes Source:
The Local (Sweden) Swedish taxpayers have been indirectly supporting the Church of Scientology though local government contracts given to front organizations with ties to the group. According to a Sveriges Television (SVT) documentary set to air on Wednesday, 156 of Sweden’s 290 local councils have contributed more than 10 million kronor ($1.4 million) to the Scientology movement. Much of the money has been channeled through contracts with Narconon, a company which offers a controversial treatment method for drug addicts. According to SVT, Narconon also ...
Jul 24, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 16: Nine Lives, Part Two
Jul 21, 2008
Rehab center carries low success rate — KRQEMore: transcript
Type: TV
Author(s):
Michael Herzenberg Source:
KRQE ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - An Albuquerque rehabilitation program doesn't have nearly as good a success rate as organizers claim, a News 13 investigation finds.
The Second Chance program, developed by the founder of Scientology, uses saunas to sweat out toxins and other techniques to try to get people off drugs and alcohol.
Judges have sent more than 90 convicts to the facility near the Double Eagle II airport on Albuquerque's West Mesa since it opened in September 2006.
The federal government and ...
Jul 10, 2008
Jane Lomax-Smith: Scientologists are 'bastards' who should be taxed — Advertiser (Australia)More: groups.yahoo.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Michael Owen Source:
Advertiser (Australia) EDUCATION Minister Jane Lomax-Smith has been caught on tape declaring Scientologists “should be taxed, the bastards”.
Footage from a video recorded during a protest on May 10 by internet activist group Anonymous has emerged which shows Dr Lomax-Smith casually chatting to protesters in Adelaide. Clearly not a fan of the controversial Church of Scientology, Dr Lomax-Smith asks protesters how frequently they gather and exclaims, “oh, it’s great”. She then asks about the protest group, which is dedicated to “dismantling and ...
Jun 29, 2008
Gerry Armstrong — Glosslip
Jun 19, 2008
Watchdog web site draws legal threats from Scientologists, Mormons — FOX News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Michael Park Source:
FOX News Wikileaks.org — a watchdog Web site that leaks corporate and government documents — hasn't officially launched, yet it has already uncovered human-rights violations in China, claimed to have swayed Kenya's Dec. 2007 elections and exposed the inner workings of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. So many were surprised when it recently turned its sights on two lawyer-heavy religious groups: the Mormons and the Scientologists. Founded in December 2006, Wikileaks boasts of an archive of 1.2 million released documents, sent ...
Jun 1, 2008
Scientology Scandals — The Skeptic (Australia)
May 29, 2008
Will Sklar II crack open Scientology's Secret Agreement with the IRS? — realitybasedcommunity.net
Type: Blog
Author(s):
Scott Pilutik Source:
realitybasedcommunity.net In the early 1990s, Michael and Marla Sklar deducted part of their children's school tuition from their income tax in an amount equal to the proportion they viewed their tuition going toward religious instruction, as opposed to secular teaching (e.g., math, english). He listed his deductions under section 170 of the Tax Code, which permits deductions for charitable and religious contributions. The IRS denied the Sklars their deduction, noting that the Sklars had not provided receipts from the Church of Scientology. ...
May 22, 2008
Counterfeit Dreams - Chapter 6: Back to Flag
May 14, 2008
Jason Beghe to Scientology mouthpiece Tommy Davis: 'You're losing your soul' — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s):
Tony Ortega Source:
Village Voice Scientology defector Jason Beghe on Scientology spokesman Tommy Davis: "You see the eyes, the lying that he's doing. Anybody can see that this guy is not clean. It's clear as day." Last week, John Roberts of CNN grilled Tommy Davis, a Scientology spokesman, who was predictably evasive about what L. Ron Hubbard's wacky minions are up to. 'Disconnection,' the church policy of splitting up families in order to shun critics of the church? Never happens, Davis claimed. And as for that ...
Apr 28, 2008
Scientology case headed to BMC — Lawyers Weekly (Boston)
Type: Press
Author(s):
David E. Frank Source:
Lawyers Weekly (Boston) A previously covert member of a controversial web-based group called Anonymous is headed for Boston Municipal Court this week to face misdemeanor harassment charges for his alleged role in anti-Church of Scientology demonstrations. In an unusual case pitting First Amendment free-speech protections against an individual's right to practice religion without harassment, Anonymous member Gregg Housh is slated to be arraigned on April 30. Housh, already on probation in federal court, is charged with unlawfully participating in a series of protests between ...
Apr 25, 2008
Targeted Boston Anonymous Member Gregg Interviewed By WGBH Boston — Glosslip
Type: Commentary
Author(s):
Dawn Olsen Source:
Glosslip [Video: http://www.youtube.com/v/fQtvHqe-JIY] I have been reluctant to talk further about Gregg of Boston simply because there was so much controversy about his charges, his person and his past. I felt it was best to remain neutral. Part of the issue was related to my being aware that he had some extenuating circumstances in his past and I didn't want to be the one to draw any attention to this, simply because I didn't know the nature of what happened. Now that ...
Apr 20, 2008
Jeff Hawkins and Mark Bunker interview — Glosslip
Apr 17, 2008
Masked activists target NZ Scientology headquarters — New Zealand Herald
Type: Press
Author(s):
Kristina Koveshnikova Source:
New Zealand Herald Masked protesters have begun a campaign against the Auckland headquarters of Scientology New Zealand, as part of a worldwide movement against the church. The protest, called Operation Reconnect, was organised by a global group calling itself Anonymous, which began its internet-based "War on Scientology" in January. It aimed to bring together families it says have been torn apart by the church. The latest protest on Saturday was the third of its kind, held across the road from the church's Panmure headquarters. ...
Apr 14, 2008
Local Sailors Receive Safety Training Certificates — SKNVibes
Type: Press
Source:
SKNVibes BASSETERRE, St. Kitts- Twenty-one local seafarers recently received international certification in basic safety training in fire fighting and fire prevention, survival at sea, elementary first aid and personal safety and social responsibility. The local Department of Maritime Affairs collaborated with the MV Freewinds late last year to deliver the necessary training and all 21 of the sailors from the Federation passed the course. The local sailors completed their training in December but did not receive the actual certificates until last week. ...
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
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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 6, 2008
The Edge: Jefferson Hawkins Interview 1 — WXYB 1520 AM
Feb 19, 2008
Info sought on secret IRS deal with Scientology — WorldNetDaily
Type: Press
Source:
WorldNetDaily THE POWER TO DESTROY
Info sought on secret IRS deal with Scientology
'Position represents unconstitutional favoritism of one religious group over another'
Posted: February 19, 2008
3:53 pm Eastern
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
A federal appeals court is being asked to tell the Internal Revenue Service to open up a secret deal with the Church of Scientology that reportedly allows members to deduct certain educational, or "auditing," expenses, a benefit denied members of other faiths in the United States.
The report comes ...
Feb 18, 2008
A leap beyond faith — Los Angeles Times (California)
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