• Home
  • About Me
  • Mission Statement
  • Welcome Message
  • Open Letter to My Family
  • Donate
  • Contact Me

Mike Rinder's Blog

Something Can Be Done About It

  • All Posts
  • Disconnection
  • Idle Orgs
  • IAS
  • Media
  • Books
  • Fundraising
  • Regraded Being

The Black Bag Department

March 13, 2023 By Mike Rinder 3 Comments

  Reposting earlier posts during my vacation. I may do a YouTube piece about this, as it fits with the general theme of scientology Fair Game and disdain for the law... I just wasn't able to get one put together before I left. 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, Harrassment Tagged With: Angie Blankenship, Bart Parr, Ben SHaw, bob keenan, Bob Quigley, Brian Raftery, bryan seymour, David Lubow, Ed Seidlick, Gen Ingram, Greg Sloat, James Hunt, Jesse Prince, Judge Waldrip, Ken Rice, Marty Rathbun, Monty Drake, Rick Moxon, Robert Almblad, Robert MacLean, Ron Williams, Russ Andrews, Talon, Ted Banas

The Black Bag Department

March 13, 2020 By Mike Rinder 16 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

The Black Bag Department first published March 17, 2014

March 17, 2014 By Mike Rinder 177 Comments

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 carry and/or needs more distance from "the church" to afford a measure of plausible deniability. There are quite a number … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Special Feature Tagged With: Angie Blankenship, Bart Parr, bob keenan, Bob Quigley, Brian Raftery, bryan seymour, Church of Scientology, David Lubow, David Miscavige, Ed Bryan, Falcon Industries, Greg Sloat, Independent Scientologists, investigations, Jerry Feffer, Jesse Prince, John Allender, John Carmichael, john sweeney, Judge Waldrip, Ken Cramer, Ken Rice, Mark Warburg, Marty Rathbun, monique yingling, Moniue Rathbun, Monty Drake, PI's, Rober MacLean, Robert Almblad, Ron Williams, Russ Abdrews, Russell Miller, Ted Banas, Tommy Davis

Order now hardback or audiobook

Order an Autographed Hardback

Subscribe

Loading

Important Reading

Troublemaker - Leah Remini
Ruthless - Ron Miscavige
Going Clear - Lawrence Wright
Bare Faced Messiah - Russell Miller
Counterfeit Dreams - Jeff Hawkins
Blown For Good - Marc Headley
Abuse at the Top - Amy Scobee
Unbreakable Miss Lovely - Tony Ortega
The Church of Fear - John Sweeney
Fair Game - Steve Cannane
Inside Scientology - Janet Reitman
A Piece of Blue Sky - Jon Atack
Beyond Belief - Jenna Miscavige
My Billion Year Contract
Escaping Scientology - Karen Schless
Commodore's Messenger - Janis Grady
Commodore's Messenger - Book II
Scythe Tleppo - Nathan Rich
Expert Witness - Jesse Prince
Perfectly Clear - Michelle LeCaire
Ron the War Hero - Chris Owen
donate-button

Check out MRinder.com

Recent Tweets

Mike Rinder Follow

Blogging at Mike Rinder's blog -- https://t.co/WEvBhSZnSN Website -- https://t.co/gDAGnK4a4V

MikeRinder
mikerinder Mike Rinder @mikerinder ·
15h

Monday Evening Q&A and Spilling the Tea https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1YpJkgWdQDyJj

Reply on Twitter 1640504097395847170 Retweet on Twitter 1640504097395847170 6 Like on Twitter 1640504097395847170 69 Twitter 1640504097395847170
Retweet on Twitter Mike Rinder Retweeted
amethyststars Arwa Stone @amethyststars ·
25 Mar

@MikeRinder
Your blog helped get me out.
http://inmywords81.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-day-i-realised-that-scientology-is.html #scientology #exscientologist #mikerinder #somethingcanbedoneaboutit #aftermathfoundation #escapingscientology

Reply on Twitter 1639738279116390400 Retweet on Twitter 1639738279116390400 3 Like on Twitter 1639738279116390400 44 Twitter 1639738279116390400
Retweet on Twitter Mike Rinder Retweeted
hefferguson darling rules @hefferguson ·
25 Mar

yesterday in Brazil went viral an article about Suri not having contact with her father, the article didn't mention Scientology at all and you guys can't imagine my surprise and pride when I saw in the comment section A LOT of people talking about scientology and @LeahRemini show

Reply on Twitter 1639738766515372033 Retweet on Twitter 1639738766515372033 10 Like on Twitter 1639738766515372033 106 Twitter 1639738766515372033
Retweet on Twitter Mike Rinder Retweeted
ema_neale emma @ema_neale ·
25 Mar

@steve__1979 @CI Watch @blownforgood @GrowingupinSCN @LeahRemini @AndrewGold_ok @MikeRinder on youtube for more fab SCN and Cult content

Reply on Twitter 1639607058235375620 Retweet on Twitter 1639607058235375620 2 Like on Twitter 1639607058235375620 15 Twitter 1639607058235375620
Retweet on Twitter Mike Rinder Retweeted
_maddawwg Madi Rose @_maddawwg ·
24 Mar

Finally diving into @MikeRinder s “A Billion Years” - my third book by a former Scientologist this year. These are unbelievable stories that I can’t believe more people aren’t talking about

Reply on Twitter 1639305722725908490 Retweet on Twitter 1639305722725908490 9 Like on Twitter 1639305722725908490 119 Twitter 1639305722725908490
Load More

Recent Comments

  • Mike Rinder on “Doctor” L. Ron Hubbard: “YEs, this is great news!” Mar 28, 07:29
  • Mike Rinder on New Haven “ideal org”: “Hey Mick. He doesn’t. He pretends this doesn’t exist. And to all intents and purposes, that is true. The OEC…” Mar 28, 07:29
  • TrevAnon on Psychosomatic Conditions: An Analysis of Hubbard’s Claims: “Correlation is not causation. It may be true that you got cured from some issue while auditing, but you would…” Mar 28, 01:44
  • SP@PDX on Psychosomatic Conditions: An Analysis of Hubbard’s Claims: “Our bodies and minds have a remarkable ability to heal themselves. This is a major way that “miracle cures” become…” Mar 28, 01:31
  • Mick Wenlock on New Haven “ideal org”: “Mike – I am intrigued as to how DM explains his way around “HCO PL of 23 September 1970 “Quarters,…” Mar 27, 23:26
  • Yawn on “Doctor” L. Ron Hubbard: “Good points. I am a pragmatic type of a person and have engaged in engineering of many different types in…” Mar 27, 22:26
  • Mockingbird on “Doctor” L. Ron Hubbard: “I do not know if this has been mentioned here already but I think it’s worth noting that Nicki Clyne…” Mar 27, 22:10
  • Loula Li on Psychosomatic Conditions: An Analysis of Hubbard’s Claims: “I just have one question. How does one explain when Dianetics does cure medical or psychological issues? I had two…” Mar 27, 21:22
  • Mary quite contrary on “Doctor” L. Ron Hubbard: “From today’s SPTV – a few comments – Loss of tax exemption would cause a lot of problems for most…” Mar 27, 21:09
  • Paul Ronk on “Doctor” L. Ron Hubbard: “I think his personal “whole track maps” where he identified on his track as “Piltdown Man” were always worrisome for…” Mar 27, 20:53

Past Posts By Month

March 2023
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Feb    

Copyright © 2023 Mike Rinder · WordPress · Log in