You know, I doubt the main underlying reason was dead agenting.
If you ask me, the main underlying reason is all the money Scientology paid to the Police pension fund. All the money they paid to off-duty policemen to act as guards for their events. All the times they wined and dined police...
Well, from what Leah and Claire said the meeting was ghastly and shitty as all hell.
The chief took up all the time lecturing them on how the LAPD is working hard to solve crimes and he was upset that people on social media have been giving him a hard time. He asked for no info about...
I'm 100% sure that he was already declared PTS B. Perhaps he is now being declared an SP. If that's the case then what you are referencing does not apply anymore.
My guess is: Bijou's handlers told her not to file for divorce before the sentencing. Now they gave her the green light. To me the...
That sounds EXACTLY like Julian. Also, it was not just your first impression. He really was not the most energetic or sharpest of the people there.
On one hand maybe that was it and I just didn't get a good picture of their family relationships. But I got the impression that Fred doesn't like...
I knew Julian from way back when.
Julian had a troubled early life, including health issues. As Aaron already went into details, I guess I can say exactly what it was: Julian is an epileptic.
In some sense he was treated as the black sheep of the family and the "weakest link" in their chain. I...
Oh sorry, my mistake you are right. I somehow missed that part of your post. I guess I'm trying to do too many things at once. My bad! :duh:
Ok, let me go back and try to answer this thing properly:
1. We never got any case that had to do with celebrities. I imagine small-time stuff got...
Great question. I never had to deal with anything even remotely like that, so time for a DISCLAIMER: I will need to answer and speculate based on my general scn knowledge, as opposed to my own experience.
First of all, a murder is extremely hard to cover up. Especially one where the person was...
In their recent live stream (here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWvkK1n7Ryw ) Aaron Smith-Levin and Reese Quibell talked about celebries in the CoS and the rumors that were circulating around the church stating that this or that celebrity is about to join.
One of the people they mentioned...
You know, I think this is gonna be like the Watergate thing. The coverup is gonna be FAR worse for the CoS than Masterson's actions themselves.
I really doubt any scientologist will have a change of heart just by learning that Masterson was a serial sex abuser. But I think those people who will...
I do not like the idea of "cancelling" people. I do not think that's a constructive or mature way to approach these things.
Having said that, I entirely support people writing letter to Ashton and/or to his organization letting them know how you feel. Also - vote with your wallet, do not buy or...
I couldn't agree more and I'm in no way trying to justify what they did. At the there is a bigger picture that I want to point out. These MAAs were not acting in a vacuum. They were acting under Hubbard's policy while at the same time being put under immense pressure from above. I'm sure it was...
That was my impression as well.
Well, is it true?
I wasn't there, so I can't present much evidence on what Mango and Karen did together.
... but apparently neither can Mango. And seeing how much he claims, he probably should have something. Bank statements? Wire transfer records?
But even...
I just totally forgot about this part when it came to Jen. But for some absurd reason, the memory came back to me now:
At the time I did not know that there was a lawsuit or anything regarding Jen's dad. But we knew in advance that he would come to take her away. So there was this moment in...
I know the feeling. I had a family member outside that took me in and I could crash on the couch, 'decompress' for a bit, catch my balance and get my bearings before I dove into real life.
It really wasn't much objectively speaking now that I look back at it. But I really needed that small...
Addendum: And it felt insane to me even when I was there.
There were some things I considered normal when I was inside (even though they were not): Sec-checks, stat-obsession, all the space opera things, all the doublethink around ARC and tone 40 and being theety-tweety.
But this...
It is easy because people inside are conditioned not to get attached to other people, just stay task-oriented and focus on work.
Again: A guy works side by side with you day in and day out for 10+ f-ing years and the very second that he's gone everyone just moves on and behaves like he never...