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Episode 63: Former SO Member Nora Ames

October 25, 2021 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

This week we welcome Nora Ames, former SO member and outspoken whistleblower concerning the hypocrisy of scientology's rampant homophobia. She has one of the most incredible and harrowing escape from the Sea Org stories. We cover it in some detail, as well as what she did to get her mother out of scientology. Both her father and mother were scientology Guardian Office workers.   Nora's video from 2016 on Tony Ortega's Underground Bunker. Direct link to video on YouTube:   In the episode, Leah says to Google the Guardian's Office. These days, the Wikipedia … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game Podcast Tagged With: fair game, Fair Game Podcast, Guardian's Office, homophobia, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Murder Routine, Nora Ames, Nora Crest, scientology litigation, Sea Org, Sentencing Memorandum

Episode 4: Scientology’s War on a Holocaust Survivor (with Paulette Cooper)

August 18, 2020 By Mike Rinder 54 Comments

The newest episode of the Scientology Fair Game podcast features one of my favorite scientology survivors, Paulette Cooper. Her life story is amazing, and if you have not read Tony Ortega's excellent The Unbreakable Miss Lovely, I recommend you do so. The story of what scientology did to try to destroy her is unbelievable. Literally. And unless the FBI had recovered documents in the raid on scientology in 1977, what scientology had done to her was not believed by anyone -- it was so far-fetched it seemed it could only have been lifted from the pages of a cheap spy novel. Paulette … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Fair Game Podcast, Guardian's Office, Leah Remini, Mary Sue Hubbard, Mike Rinder, Paulette Cooper, Tony Ortega, US Attorneys

Let the Scientology Fair Game Begin

July 29, 2020 By Mike Rinder 61 Comments

I mentioned in my post on Sunday that I would let Leah respond to the latest bs about her from Ed Parkin. He should know by now not to poke the bear. Here is what Leah has to say. As only Leah can say it.   Scientology uses a practice called Fair Game, these are directives and activities that seek to discredit and destroy anyone and anything Scientology considers a threat to their vile, illegal, and criminal practices. The practice of Fair Game by Scientology, its employees and parishioners is nothing new. It has gone on for decades. Here are some of the “Operations” carried … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, STAND League Tagged With: Alex Gibney, Anderson Cooper, Danny Masterson, David Miscavige, Dead Agent, Dead Agenting, Ed Parkin, fair game, Freedom Magazine, Guardian's Office, Heber Jentzsch, Jesse Prince, Karin Pouw, L. Ron Hubbard, Lawrence Wright, Leah Remini, Mike Feuer, Mike Rinder, OSA, Psychology Today, STAND League, Twitter, Vicki Aznaran

Framing Whistleblowers — The Scientology Playbook

January 7, 2018 By Mike Rinder 132 Comments

The media reports that Paul Haggis is now being accused of sexual assault. He responds that scientology may be behind these claims. There is good reason to believe this is no crazy conspiracy theory. Here is why. L. Ron Hubbard, founder of scientology, took a very dim view of anyone critical of scientology. Whether politician, reporter, disillusioned former follower or his own family members, Hubbard designated them as "enemies" -- not just of scientology, but of mankind. And he laid out in detail how those enemies were to be destroyed. Hubbard decreed that anyone speaking negatively … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fair Game, Special Feature Tagged With: David Miscavige, dirty tricks, fair game, Gabe Cazares, Guardian's Office, L. Ron Hubbard, Office of Special Affairs, Paulette Cooper, 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

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