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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

Aftermath: Further Thoughts on PI’s

December 5, 2018 By Mike Rinder 97 Comments

As usual, scientology "reacted" to last night's episode with smears on Cierra Westerman before the show even aired. Even for scientology -- their approach was bizarre. They did not disclaim the fact that she was hired by them to spy on former scientologists and Anonymous. Instead they called her a "Liar 4 Hire" and showed a picture of her wearing a confederate flag cap. Oh, the irony. It was scientology who HIRED her. She was not paid anything to tell her story on the show. She was THEIR operative. They put this out on the Freedom "Media Ethics Check" twitter account. This is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: The Aftermath Tagged With: PI's, private investigators, The Aftermath

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 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: Harrassment 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

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