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The Declaration of Independence: When Did You Join the Sons of Liberty?

Here in the U.S., it’s a special day. We hope our American readers have found a relaxing way to celebrate the independence of this great nation.

We have a full day planned here in the bunker, and so we’re hoping to turn things over to you on this holiday.

We’d love to hear from the former []

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Will Smith-Backed School That Used Scientology Materials Closes Its Doors

Acting on a tip from a parent that was posted over at WhyWeProtest.net, we contacted a former teacher at New Village Leadership Academy to ask if the school in Calabasas, California has shut its doors permanently.

He said that it has, and forwarded us to a Facebook message that was posted on June 28 by Eva []

Scientology Grudge Match: Tommy Davis Gets Called Out By Mike Rinder

Back in 2007, when John Sweeney of the BBC (right) came to Los Angeles to film an episode of Panorama entitled “Scientology and Me,” he was treated rather roughly by the church’s two top media handlers, Tommy Davis (left) and a gaunt-looking Mike Rinder, who had just been plucked out of “The Hole” for assignment []

Scientology Turns Over Documents, Laura DeCrescenzo Begins Process to Review Them

After failing with multiple appeals to the California and U.S. Supreme Courts to prevent it, today the Church of Scientology complied with a lower court order and turned over 18,000 pages of documents to former church employee Laura DeCrescenzo.

She will now begin a process of reviewing the electronic files to see if they’re complete. The []

Claire Headley on Scientology’s Feats of Clay — ALSO: Geir Isene on Wikipedia

Claire Headley is taking us on our journey to train as Scientologists. She and her husband Marc were Sea Org workers who escaped from Scientology’s International Base in 2005. She spent years working with Scientology’s “tech,” and was trusted to oversee the auditing of Tom Cruise. Go here to see the first part in this []

Scientology To Turn Over 18,000 Pages of Evidence to Laura DeCrescenzo on Tuesday

Scientology’s motion for a protective order in Laura DeCrescenzo’s forced-abortion lawsuit was denied in part today, and as a result the church’s attorneys said in court that they will be turning over a compact disc with 18,000 pages of unredacted evidence to DeCrescenzo tomorrow.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Sohigian did agree with the church []

Jenna Miscavige Hill Reacts to the News of the Arrest of her Aunt, Denise Gentile

We reached out to Jenna Miscavige Hill for a comment about the stunning news that showed up this weekend in the Tampa Bay Times about her aunt, Denise Gentile, who is the twin sister of Scientology’s leader, David Miscavige.

Joe Childs reported for the Times that Gentile was arrested in January for DUI and marijuana possession, []

Tampa Bay Times Portrays Twin Sister of Scientology Leader as Dope-Smoking Slumlord

Joe Childs at the Tampa Bay Times sent reverberations across the world of Scientology-watching last night with his stunning investigative story about the arrest of Denise Gentile, twin sister to Scientology leader David Miscavige.

Gentile, 53, was arrested in January for DUI, possession of nine marijuana “blunts,” and failure to yield. Childs painstakingly pieced together the []

When Jon Atack Declared David Miscavige a Suppressive Person

Jon Atack is the author of A Piece of Blue Sky, one of the very best books on L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology. He now has a new edition of the book out, and on Saturdays he’s helping us sift through the legends, myths, and contested facts about Scientology that tend to get hashed and []

Blogging Scientology’s Bible: Vance, We’ve Reached the Finish Line!

Welcome to our ongoing project, where we blog a 1950 first edition of Scientology’s bible, Dianetics, with the help of ex-Scientologist, lawyer, and author Vance Woodward. Go here for the first post in the series.

Vance, we’ve reached the final chapter of this book.

It’s been a long slog — this is our 25th installment, going back []