Tony Ortega is a journalist who was formerly the editor of The Village Voice. He's written about Scientology since 1995, and in May 2015 released a book about Scientology's harassment of Paulette Cooper titled 'The Unbreakable Miss Lovely.' He continues to monitor breaking developments in the Scientology world from an undisclosed location in an underground bunker he shares with four cats and one of them wrinkly Shar Pei dogs. Despite his super-secret security protections, you can still reach him pretty easily by sending him a message at tonyo94 AT gmail.com (Drop him a line if you'd like to get an e-mail whenever a new story is posted.) [Header image courtesy John Rickard]
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Jon Atack takes issue with new theory about Charles Manson that ignores Scientology

[Charles Manson’s involvement in Scientology is well documented. So Jon Atack looked into a new theory of the Manson murders that is gaining a lot of traction and that for some reason completely ignores Manson’s interest in L. Ron Hubbard’s []

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Trump thinks leaked recording about classified military documents exonerates him

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Report: LAPD covered up that Shelly Miscavige’s fingerprints didn’t match in 2013

[Shelly Miscavige in the 1990s, and her 2010 driver’s license photo]

Journalist Yashar Ali posted a bombshell investigation to his Substack last night. After six years of reporting, he found that when the LAPD met with Church of Scientology executive Shelly Miscavige in 2013 after Leah Remini had filed a missing person report, the fingerprints that []

GOP potential voters even more enamored of Trump after indictment

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Rizza Islam defiant as his trial on Medi-Cal fraud begins today

 It’s been more than seven years since we first broke the news at the Underground Bunker that several Scientologists were facing felony charges for an elaborate scheme to defraud California’s Medi-Cal health []

Q patriots are on fire for Trump but remain confused about the situation in Russia

 Some links to Q-related items today []

Secrets of Scientology’s most secretive branch: CST and its strange vaults

[A look inside a CST vault — from Scientology’s own TV channel]

We’re always encouraged when an Underground Bunker reader takes a deep dive into Scientology’s arcane depths, such as the time we were treated to a thorough examination of founder L. Ron Hubbard’s war record by a military veteran. This time, another reader has come []

Patriots are clearly leading us into a golden age of American exceptionalism

 Some links to Q-related items today []

UNSEALED: Jane Doe 1 sues Scientology for sex assault at 16 by Sea Org groomer

[Defendants Gavin Potter and David Miscavige, and attorney Graham Berry]

On December 29, between the two trials of Danny Masterson, one of his victims, Jane Doe 1, filed a lawsuit against Scientology, its leader David Miscavige, and a Sea Org member named Gavin []

Q patriots, still waiting for the storm, never know when to fold ’em

 Some links to Q-related items today []