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The 2009/2010 FBI Scientology Investigation: New Details

June 7, 2022 By Mike Rinder 21 Comments

More documents from the 2010 FBI investigation have become available through an FOIA request made many years ago.  While there is a great deal of redacted information and many documents withheld in their entirety, there is a lot of information contained in this disclosure that I had not been previously aware of. The full documents can be found here. There were a lot of documents released by the FBI back in 2017 which Tony O covered on his blog. Those docs (many of them witness interviews) are included in this new release -- though the redactions are very different. This is common with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: FBI, Special Feature Tagged With: Brad Edwards, Brittany Henderson, Danny Masterson, FBI, Grand Jury, Human trafficking, Jeffrey Epstein, Mary Carter Endrues, Relentless Pursuit, Surviving Jeffrey Epstein

Why Grand Juries

January 23, 2019 By Mike Rinder 70 Comments

I tweeted the other day that law enforcement needs to empanel Grand Juries to get the facts about scientology. More effective would be a raid to seize their files, but that is a much harder process especially when dealing with an organization that hides behind the cloak of religion. What is a Grand Jury and why would it be effective? A grand jury is a jury – a group of citizens – empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings and investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may subpoena physical evidence or a person to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: Church of Scientology, Grand Jury, Law Enforcement, Scientology

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