Note: This article first appeared on Tony Ortega’s Underground Bunker and is posted here for archival reasons. As a dishonest, misleading, and predatory organization, the Church of Scientology operates successfully only because […]
How Scientology’s 1970s infiltration scandal led to the creation of its IAS slush fund
(Authored by Jeffrey Augustine, this essay was originally published by Tony Ortega at the Underground Bunker and is reprinted here for archival purposes) July 8, 1977: The FBI conducts a massive raid […]
If the Sea Org doesn’t legally exist, how does it run Scientology?
(Authored by Jeffrey Augustine, this essay was originally published by Tony Ortega at the Underground Bunker and is reprinted here for archival purposes) Last week, Underground Bunker contributor Jeffrey Augustine began explaining […]
The Unbreakable Miss Lovely by Tony Ortega

Kindle Version Paperback Description: “In 1971 Paulette Cooper wrote a scathing book about the Church of Scientology. “Desperate to shut the book down, Scientology unleashed on her one of the most sinister […]
Church of Scientology Corporate Structure

Notes on how the Church of Scientology is actually structured. 1. As previously discussed, there is no such entity as “the Church of Scientology.” This is what the Church of Scientology itself […]