Should the Church of Scientology be of interest to the Department of Homeland Security? Thanks to the hard work of researcher R.M. Seibert covered recently at the Underground Bunker, the public now […]
The Church of Scientology Plays Righteous Victim
As reported by the Los Angeles Times, a deranged man in Illinois named Andre Barkanov has been arrested for making telephone threats against the Church of Scientology and its leader David Miscavige. […]
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 […]
How Did the Church of Scientology Wiretap Nicole Kidman?

In the HBO documentary Going Clear, former #2 Scientology executive Mark “Marty” Rathbun reveals that Tom Cruise drifted away from the Church of Scientology in the 1990’s. During the fifteen month period […]
Targets, Defense: Scientology’s Playbook on Fair Game

Targets, Defense — a 1969 HCO Policy letter written by L. Ron Hubbard and reissued in 1987 after his death. This document offers an insight into the Orwellian nature of the Church […]
Mike Rinder Throws Down the Gauntlet at Sundance!

Alex Gibney’s HBO documentary “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” debuted to a standing ovation at the Sundance Film Festival. Based upon Lawrence Wright’s book of the same name, Gibney’s […]