Tony Ortega | The Underground Bunker

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]

How Scientology can prove us wrong about L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘sheep-dipped’ valor

What set off our longtime reader PickAnotherID about Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s military record (see part 1 and part 2) was not only the obviously faked document and medals that the church fed New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright for his 2011 magazine story “The […]

John Travolta crashes the Scientology social media feed as we dip back in for a look

Another Sunday has us diving into Scientology’s social media feeds, where Scientologists share their wins and try to convince each other that Scientology is still a going […]

Medal by medal, Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s ‘stolen valor’ is laid bare

On Wednesday, longtime reader PickAnotherID began taking apart L. Ron Hubbard’s military service decorations like no one ever […]

Scientology looking to force Danny Masterson’s accusers into ‘religious arbitration’ today

[Danny Masterson, Scientology soldier]

It’s another big day in court for Danny Masterson and the Church of Scientology as the church’s attorneys try to derail yet another lawsuit with “religious […]

The Top 25 People Enabling Scientology, No. 9: The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office

Where is […]

L. Ron Hubbard’s stolen valor: A new breakdown of his bogus medals by a military veteran

Longtime Bunker reader PickAnotherID revealed to us recently that he’s actually a 20-year military veteran with an expertise in military records and decorations. He told us that he’s been frustrated at L. Ron Hubbard’s “stolen valor” that was promoted by the Church of Scientology, and he says that some of the critics of Hubbard’s military […]

Luke Catton still being ‘Fair Gamed’ years after he exposed Scientology’s rehab racket

When we saw Mike Rinder announce that he and Leah Remini were talking to Lucas Catton for their podcast this week, we reached out to him for an update on how things have been going for […]

Can Danny Masterson’s attorneys delay his arraignment on rape charges again today?

[Danny Masterson’s attorneys, Tom Mesereau and Sharon Appelbaum]

[UPDATE: Masterson’s attorneys convinced the court that he’s entitled to more discovery before arraignment, and so Judge Sam Ohta moved the arraignment to January 6.]

Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey filed rape charges against Scientology celebrity Danny Masterson on June 16, and here it is November and the […]

Checking in with Scientology social media to see how the world takeover is going

Once again we wish to thank our source who gives us access to Scientology’s various social media feeds that members use to keep each other informed about what’s happening inside the “World’s Coolest Religion” (TM). […]

The Top 25 People Enabling Scientology, No. 10: Political shills

[Ideal shills: Karen Bass, Brad Sherman, and Charlie Rangel]

No US politician has ever paid a price for speaking at a Scientology event like Karen Bass did this […]

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