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Scientology, Lying and the FBI

May 15, 2017 By Mike Rinder 75 Comments

Recent articles at Tony Ortega's blog and the Tampa Bay Times recount the stillborn scientology FBI investigation based on FOI documents obtained by RadarOnline. There is not much else to say about the investigation itself, it has been covered at length by Tony Ortega, the Tampa Bay Times and Lawrence Wright, first in his New Yorker article then more extensively in Going Clear.   What is interesting is to look back at how scientology responded when asked about the investigation in earlier years. A number of people who had been interviewed by the FBI (including me) had confirmed that an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal, Scientology Tagged With: David Miscavige, FBI, Joe Childs, Karin Pouw, Larry Wright, Marty Rathbun, New Yorker, public relations, tampa bay times, Tom Tobin, Tony Ortega, US attorney

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