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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Nxivm sentencing dates moved back as Clare Bronfman may face longer time in prison

[Keith Raniere and Clare Bronfman]

Sentencing dates for convicted Nxivm leaders Keith Raniere and Clare Bronfman have been []

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Citizen Trump repeatedly warned that Obama would start war with Iran for better polls

Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

In 2012-13, Donald Trump repeatedly signaled his cynical belief that starting a war with Iran was a smart strategy available to President Obama to raise his poll numbers and reelection chances. []

In the Sea Org, it’s difficult to see Scientology’s incompetence — until you escape

[Sunny Pereira, helping you onto your OT levels.]

While you’re in Scientology, everything related to helping the organization achieve its goals is so important, nothing else is. As a member of the Sea Org, you’re always in an emergency situation, handling one top-priority last-minute must-complete crisis after another, around the clock and with your eternity and []

Unredacted Pentagon emails show the Ukraine mess was solely on Trump’s urging

 Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective…

[Regarding this story: Exclusive: Unredacted Ukraine Documents Reveal Extent of Pentagon’s Legal []

Graham Berry shares a Scientology secret with us that might explain everything

[Graham Berry shares some thoughts on Valerie Haney’s lawsuit]

We’re still getting our feet back under us after a festive holiday, but we thought we might take a look at the current status of the lawsuits facing the Church of Scientology as we start []

Mike Rinder: What the Church of Scientology has coming in 2020

 [Don’t miss the announcement we made at midnight about this year’s HowdyCon!]

Like in previous years, we’re curious to hear from Scientology’s top former spokesman and Leah Remini’s ‘Aftermath’ co-star Mike Rinder about his thoughts on the state of Scientology as we enter a new []

Scientology watchers, start making your plans for HowdyCon 2020 in St. Louis!

 Happy New Year, Underground Bunker readers! Here we are at the beginning of another year of Scientology watching — but we want you to think ahead to the warmer days of late spring and consider joining us for our annual []

Scientology’s 2019: Another year is in the books at the Underground Bunker!

Here we are just a few hours away from a new decade, and this Scientology thing is still messing up lives and running rings around courts and law enforcement.

What. The. []

BEST OF THE DECADE: Scientology watching’s biggest 2010s hits at the Underground Bunker

[Leah Remini and Laura D]

Tomorrow we’re going to finish up our look back at the wild year that was 2019, but it’s not every day that you’re staring down the barrel of a new decade, and so we thought we ought to say something about the 2010s and what these years have meant for Scientology []

Scientology’s sneaky front groups and building projects under the microscope in 2019

[Swedish meatballs.]

Like last year, on this final Sunday in 2019 we asked Rod Keller to give us his own year in review. We’re so fortunate that Rod gives us a report every week while he keeps such a close eye on Scientology’s “expansion” projects and front-group operations around the globe. Here’s his report on another []