Year in Review « The Underground Bunker

LEAKED AUDIO — Scientology’s New Year’s event 2017: ‘Welcome to Scientology forever!’

[David Miscavige presides over the 2008 New Year’s event — now we have audio of tonight’s event]

Once again, our tipsters have come through. The Underground Bunker has obtained a secretly recorded audiotape of the New Year’s event that Scientologists around the world will be watching tonight to bring in 2017.

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Garcias file new motion asking judge to reject Scientology’s sham arbitration

[Scientology’s justice procedures, revealed]

Luis and Rocio Garcia have tried again to convince Tampa Federal Judge James Whittemore that Scientology is making it impossible to resolve their allegations of fraud, and they’ve filed a new motion asking Judge Whittemore to reopen their lawsuit against the church.

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The disturbing detail other media missed about TMZ’s Scientology scoop yesterday

[TMZ’s Harvey Levin and David Miscavige]

This week, Leah Remini hit the Church of Scientology with one of the biggest weapons in her arsenal: Forced abortions.

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After Steve Cannane’s big year writing about Scientology, we hit him up for a look back

Earlier this year, London-based Australian journalist Steve Cannane published a terrific new book on Scientology titled Fair Game. We asked him for a year-end message and he sent us this…

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Scientology loses its best fundraiser at perhaps the worst possible time

[Davie Lurie and his sister Charmaine Roger]

Word has gradually made its way out of Scientology’s Florida headquarters — the Flag Land Base, in Clearwater — that a key figure there has died. One of the things “Flag” is known for is that it brings in more money than all the rest of Scientology’s worldwide […]

Why would an academic speak up for Scientology? Dr. Stephen Kent has an answer.

Rod Keller continues to dig deep into Scientology’s online and social media offerings, and this week, he takes another look at the organization’s newest website…

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From those who left, a special Christmas message for Scientology’s remaining members

We asked some former members of the Church of Scientology if they had a message for the people still in the organization on this Christmas Day…

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A Christmas Eve treat: Our man Down Under on Scientology’s antipodean troubles in 2016

How’s this for a Christmas Eve miracle? We asked Bryan Seymour to give us a look back at 2016 for Scientology in Australia, and he was good enough to send us this dispatch.

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LAPD needs two more weeks to respond to Leah Remini about missing wife of Scientology leader

[LAPD Chief Charlie Beck notified Leah Remini that he needs more time]

The Los Angeles Police Department has notified Leah Remini’s attorney, Douglas Mirell, that it needs an additional two weeks to fulfill Remini’s December 12 records request regarding the whereabouts of Shelly Miscavige, wife of Scientology’s leader, David Miscavige.

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February made us shiver, but it was another Astounding month here in the Bunker

We’re continuing to count down the months in our 2016 year-in-review, and today we’re looking back at the stories covered here at the Underground Bunker during February. (But we’re still continuing to cover breaking news, never fear.)

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