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DOX: The full FBI file from its 2009-2010 human trafficking investigation of Scientology

[What an FBI raid based on these documents might have looked like]

Several weeks ago, we got access to the FBI’s file on its 2009-2010 human trafficking investigation of the Church of Scientology when Melissa Cronin of RadarOnline shared her copy with us, with certain []

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How badly does Scientology need new staff? Miscavige is bringing back the ‘Universe Corps’

 Rod Keller is all over a new development that Scientology is rolling out in []

What Scientology itself says about the way it’s going to change how your mind works

 Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. For more than three years he’s been helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and rehashed in books, articles, and especially on []

As he predicted, Pastor Willy Rice gets the Scientology ‘Fair Game’ treatment

[Scientology never fails to take cheap shots with photos]

Last month, when Clearwater, Florida’s Pastor Willy Rice notified his congregation at Calvary Church that Leah Remini was planning on filming an episode of A&E’s Scientology and the Aftermath at his church, he warned his flock that the Church of Scientology had a history of attacking its []

Celebrity battle lines: Michael Peña’s wife asks Scientologists to ‘Stand with Daniel Masterson’

[Michael Peña and Brie Shaffer]

One sign that Leah Remini is really getting to David Miscavige and the Church of Scientology became very obvious this week. Our commenters have been talking about it for days — a Change.org petition started by a 13-year-old Indian boy, Ram Sharma, calling for the cancellation of A&E’s series, Leah Remini: []

Mirriam & Saina from ‘Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath’ — The LAPD has let us down

 Don’t know about you, but after last night’s episode of Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, we were left feeling a bit up in the air. If you remember, at the opening of the episode, we were reminded that at the end of last season, Mike and Leah were talking about meeting with attorneys to []

Leah Remini goes there: Child molestation in Scientology for tonight’s ‘Aftermath’ premiere

 We hope you’re looking forward to tonight’s premiere of the second season of A&E’s Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath. But you should know, if past episodes of this series have left you emotionally battered, you’re in for a real roller coaster ride []

Fair Play: Before Leah Remini takes another whack, here’s a word from Scientology itself

 Tomorrow, Leah Remini and Mike Rinder launch season two of Scientology and the Aftermath with an episode which is going to eclipse everything they’ve done before. (Yes, we’ve seen it, and we’re going to tell you more about it tomorrow morning.) Once again, social media will be swamped with people expressing shock at what they’re []

The island nation that is proving to be a refuge for the Church of Scientology

 Rod Keller helps us keep an eye on Scientology overseas, and he has this report for us about []

Garcia case update: Has Judge Whittemore managed to fill a Scientology arbitrating panel?

 There are new court filings in the Garcia fraud lawsuit against the Church of Scientology, and two new dates to put on your calendar. []