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The Black Bag Department

March 13, 2020 By Mike Rinder 15 Comments

See my announcement on Friday -- I am revisiting earlier posts during my vacation. Each day there will be a different one. Marty has been doing a good job of exposing the unalterable policies of the church concerning dealing with perceived enemies. One aspect not much discussed is who are the "outside professionals" hired to do the dirty work. And while there is a lot that is done by Sea Org OSA staff, Class V (local DSAs like Mark Warburg and John Carmichael) and public Scientologists (John Allender, Ed Bryan and Co) there is work that requires specific skills, including licenses to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Harrassment Tagged With: Angie Blankenship, Bart Parr, bob keenan, Bob Quigley, Brian Raftery, bryan seymour, Clearwater Florida, d-line, Dave Lubow, David Miscavige, Ed Bryan, Elliot Abelson, Falcon Industries, Flag Service Organization, Fran Andrews, Gene Ingram, Greg Sloat, Jerry Feffer, Jesse Prince, John Allener, John Carmichael, Judge Waldrip, Ken Cramer, Ken Rice, Mark Warburg, Marty Rathbun, monique yingling, Monty Drake, Penny Atwell-Jones, PI's, Rick Moxon, Robert MacLean, Russ Andrews, Russell Miller, shelly miscavige, TalonExecutive Services, Ted Banas, Tommy Davis

Mark Bunker’s New Scientology Hit Squad

January 20, 2020 By Mike Rinder 51 Comments

  Clearly scientology is worried that Mark Bunker is proving to be a viable candidate for the Clearwater City Council. They are now resorting to one of their tried and true tactics against those who worry them the most (see below in this blogpost for earlier examples of the same playbook). Following is a series of short videos of a recent candidates forum. Scientology sent along a gaggle of hecklers to disrupt Mark's statements -- pursuant to the policies of L. Ron Hubbard. Unfortunately, there is no video showing their faces -- perhaps next time when both Aaron Smith-Levin and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, Harrassment Tagged With: Clearwater Florida, Dave Bloomberg, David Miscavige, Eliseo Santana, Flag Service Organization, Going Clear, Lisa McPherson Trust, Marc Yager, Mark Bunker, Mary DeMoss, sara goldberg, Scientology The Aftermath, tampa bay times

Catch and Kill

December 16, 2019 By Mike Rinder 48 Comments

  I recently finished reading Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow. It was an excellent, if horrifying read. Being familiar with the tactics scientology uses against victims of sexual abuse or "enemies" I didn't learn any new techniques or methods used by the unscrupulous to protect their crimes. But I was struck again at the similarities between Harvey Weinsten and scientology. I wrote about this in an earlier post Harvey Weinstein & Scientology -- Separated at Birth? All the tactics are described in this book: Hiring high … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, Harrassment Tagged With: Catch and Kill, David Miscavige, fair game, Harvey Weinstein, New York Times, Ronan Farrow

A Message from Leah Remini to Scientology Operatives

June 28, 2018 By Mike Rinder 175 Comments

Dear OSA, OSA operatives, paid off sleazy PI’s and lawyers who are bought off by Scientology, I know you are reading this because you scour our instagrams, FB Pages and twitter feeds all day and night. I also understand you are bound to follow the writings of L. Ron Hubbard which require you to discover what someone considers valuable and attack it, to "fight on the basis of total attrition of the enemy" and treat those who speak the truth about you as "Fair Game." But you should also know that what you are doing, including: -- the legal threats -- paying off family members with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Harrassment, Leah Remini, Scientology Tagged With: attorneys, Harrassment, irs, Lawyers, Leah Remini, PI's, Scientology, Scientology The Aftermath, Tax exempt status, The Aftermath

The Story of a Scientology Spy

January 8, 2018 By Mike Rinder 154 Comments

This is the story of a spy paid to infiltrate our lives written by my wife Christie.   I originally wrote down the details of this story in 2012 when it happened. Some of the information was included in the book Fair Game, by Steve Cannane, as he played a part in it. Here is the full story: If the ending seems obvious while reading it, try reading it with the frame of mind that it was not perfectly obvious while living it. Most of us go through life with friendship, love and kindness in our hearts, hoping to enjoy people, taking them first as genuine and only after they prove to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Harrassment, Scientology Tagged With: Christie Collbran, Church of Scientology, fair game, IAS, Mike Rinder, Office of Special Affairs, public relations, Scientology, Scientology Spying

Gabe Cazares and Hubbard Policy

December 12, 2017 By Mike Rinder 98 Comments

Tony Ortega has a must-read article on his blog this morning. Researcher R. M. Seibert obtained Freedom of Information Act documents from the FBI about the "ops" (the scientology term -- short for operations -- to describe campaigns against enemies) against former Clearwater Mayor Gabe Cazares. The stories about what was done to Cazares are horrifying. But it's also worth noting the underlying POLICY of scientology that resulted in these actions against enemies of scientology. It is often claimed (and I did it myself for many years) that the Guardian's Office were "rogue operatives" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundamentalism, Harrassment, L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Church of Scientology, Covert Ops, Gabe Cazares, Guardian's Office, Intelligence, L. Ron Hubbard

Dan Koon Responds

June 14, 2016 By Mike Rinder 132 Comments

Dan Koon responds to the letter his ex-wife sent to ABC 20/20. A copy of her letter is below with Dan's commentary in red. Because of my familiarity with some of the matters raised in her letter, I have added my own comments which are in blue italics.   Knowing Sue for more than 30 years, I am positive that she cringed the first time she saw this letterhead   April 27, 2016 This was mailed 2 days before the 20/20 show aired on ABC. Another perfect example of the Int/Gold Base’s set-in-stone operating motto: “Too little, too late.”   John Bentley ABC 20/20 47 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Harrassment Tagged With: Corporate Scientology, dan koon, Scientology

Scientology Hacker Plot Thickens

July 8, 2015 By Mike Rinder 38 Comments

See the article on Tony Ortega's blog expanding on the new story in the New York Times published this afternoon. The footbullets just keep rolling out. The "PI handlers" -- from Warren McShane to Linda Hamel and Neil O'Riley must be having a pretty rough go of things. This flap. The Ron Miscavige Snr flap. Paul Marrick and Greg Arnold finally coming in out of the cold. The Monique Rathbun fiasco of bumbling PIs. The bird house camera surveillance and buying my garbage caught on video. Just one disaster after another. Eventually, law enforcement or the IRS CID is going to get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Harrassment, Legal Tagged With: public relations

Scientology: “You Are Being Watched 24/7”

March 10, 2015 By Mike Rinder 117 Comments

In light of recent events, I thought it might be appropriate to repost a couple of videos. These were originally posted on Marty Rathbun's blog in December 2012. They are pretty self-explanatory. The first two show one of the earlier iterations of "you are being watched 24/7" video surveillance the church set up on my house. I realized this was the case when I received an "anonymous" letter warning me not to talk to my neighbor -- which was a sort of "WTF?" moment where I asked myself "How does anyone know I spoke to my neighbor"? From there, it was not hard to figure out where the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, Harrassment, Scientology Tagged With: David Miscavige, public relations, Scientology

Bad News Blog

October 1, 2014 By Mike Rinder 48 Comments

You may have been having difficulty logging onto my blog today. According to the Web Hosting company I use, they are under DOS attack and are working to deal with it. They host many more sites than mine, though I doubt they have any site that would engender a DOS attack by random hackers. Seems the blog is creating headaches for the church... Hopefully the web host can sort this out quickly. This would not be the first time the church has attempted to shut down a source of information that displeases them and of course, their zeal to protect their vested interests will not be hampered by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Harrassment Tagged With: Church of Scientology, public relations

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