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FACELESS FACIAL Anonymous A Church spokesperson recently denied that "lawyers" were visiting the members of the Guy Fawkes-masked Thetan-addled Church antagonists. But Radar has discovered several incidents in which representatives of law firms have delivered some form of legal letters to suspected Anons, often at their homes. Get that? The "lawyers" from the firms are not themselves hand-delivering the letters, making the Scientology spokesperson's claim technically right, though practically a lie. Besides, it's the lawyers for Scientology-hired firms that have been slapping their names on the delivered documents and DVD packages. Firms like Latham & Watkins or Johnson Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns. At least one Latham & Watkins letter was signed by David J. Schindler, the former Assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted the criminally mischievous nerd any self-respecting hacker wannabe worships, Kevin Mitnick. And while younger, greener members have been getting mere multimedia threat packages, one Boston organizer for Anonymous found himself slapped with a summons to appear at an April 16 hearing on charges of trespassing and criminal harassment (which, interestingly, requires that the harassment occur against and individual, not a church). "Gregg" as he asked to be called, has pulled permits and done things like pick up trash after Anonymous' real world rallies, he says. Along the way, he's kept his nose free of anything remotely illegal, he insists, and even notified his probation officer of every move he made with Anonymous—he's a few weeks shy of wrapping up probation for what he says were "white collar crimes." "I was a dumb kid and made some mistakes.... This is one of the reasons they've chosen to come after me." A constable (a sort of process server) recently delivered Gregg the summons at his home. The name of the complainant on the application is Michael J. McCormack. A lawyer in Boston by the same name did not immediately respond to Radar requests for clarification. Both incidents, Gregg tells Radar, likely stem not from act of terrorism, vandalism, or violence, as the Church has accused, but from a recent flyering mission he and a group of Anons went on to advertise upcoming protests. When they reached the Beacon Street Church of Scientology itself, they decided to hand flyers out there, too. "We all thought that it's a church; it's not illegal to walk up to a church. And if they want some copies of the fliers we are giving out to the Greater Boston area, then they can take them. If not, they can ask us to leave," Gregg tells Radar. "They indeed took them then asked us to go. We left the second they asked. I was NOT one of the Anonymous members who went in the door. I stayed outside on the steps." (Gregg insists the whole thing is on video, from two different angles, though we have yet to view it.) "After they asked us to leave, we wished them a good day and left and continued flyering." Gregg, who says he has a bank balance of $-292 and $11 cash, will defend himself, though he's set up a paypal defense fund at greggatghc@gmail.com. A few 10s and 20s have actually showed up, he says, a sign the Anonymous influence is a bit more far reaching than originally thought. He also runs the Anonymous-affiliated website www.whyweprotest.net and says that, unlike some of the younger members who, along with their families, have been visited by people claiming to represent Scientology via law firms, he has no plans of backing down. "This isn't going to change a thing," he says. "I have eight hours of flyering scheduled with about another 10 Anons in Boston, and I am going out, putting on my mask, and educating the public." The Scientology spokesperson who commented earlier to Radar, denying that the Church sent "lawyers" to visit anyone, has not responded to follow-up questions asking whether other legal representatives paid anyone visits or whether the Church agrees with the tactic. PREVIOUSLY
Having worked for the Cult of Scientology's Office of Special Affairs (OSA) for Internal leaks from the cult tells us that Scientology International management is ordering each Church to raise $100,000.00 to cover They use attorney's and PI's to distance themselves from the action, but
Posted by: Patty Pieniadz on March 31, 2008 3:46 PM Gregg needs your help! They are abusing the system in order to silence criticism - it is wrong! I just donated through PayPal to the e-mail listed above: Help him out if you can. Posted by: j00spilz on March 31, 2008 4:06 PM Public who want to know what drives official Scientologists to do what they do, only have to read L. Ron Hubbard's unchallengable church doctrines, particularly this policy, which explains why Scientology is seeking to "classify" anonymous in negative terms. READ HUBBARD, because his disgraceful irreligious writings/policies tell the public what kind of guy Hubbard was: Life is a "game" to Scientologits, read here Hubbard's game plans: "OFFICE OF SPECIAL AFFAIRS NETWORK ORDER - Chuck Beatty, ex Scientology staff training supervisor, 412-260-1170, Pittsburgh, USA Posted by: chuckbeatty77 on March 31, 2008 4:19 PM "Scientology is evil; its techniques are evil; its practice is a serious threat to the community, medically, morally, and socially; and its adherents are sadly deluded and often mentally ill... (Scientology is) the world's largest organization of unqualified persons engaged in the practice of dangerous techniques which masquerade as mental therapy."
--Kenneth Robinson, British Minister of Health "The crime committed by these defendants is of a breadth and scope previously unheard of. No building, office, desk, or file was safe from their snooping and prying. No individual or organization was free from their despicable conspiratorial minds. The tools of their trade were miniature transmitters, lock picks, secret codes, forged credentials and any other device they found necessary to carry out their conspiratorial schemes." --Federal prosecutor's memorandum to the judge urging stiff jail sentences for 9 top leaders of Scientology who had pleaded guilty to criminal charges "Scientology is both immoral and socially obnoxious...It is corrupt sinister and dangerous. It is corrupt because it is based on lies and deceit and has its real objective money and power for Mr. Hubbard... It is sinister because it indulges in infamous practices both to its adherents who do not toe the line unquestionly and to those who criticize it or oppose it. It is dangerous because it is out to capture people and to indoctrinate and brainwash them so they become the unquestioning captives and tools of the cult, withdrawn from ordinary thought, living, and relationships with others." --Justice Latey, ruling in the High Court of London "[The court record is] replete with evidence [that Scientology] is nothing in reality but a vast enterprise to extract the maximum amount of money from its adepts by pseudo scientific theories... and to exercise a kind of blackmail against persons who do not wish to continue with their sect.... The organization clearly is schizophrenic and paranoid, and this bizarre combination seems to be a reflection of its founder, L.Ron Hubbard." --Judge Breckenridge, Los Angeles Superior Court "In addition to violating and abusing its own members' civil rights, the organization over the years with its 'fair game' doctrine has harassed and abused those persons not in the church whom it perceives as enemies."
"In January 1980, fearing a raid by law enforcement agencies, Hubbard's representatives ordered the shredding of all documents showing that Hubbard controlled Scientology organizations, finances, personnel, or the property at Gilman Hot Springs. In a two week period, approximately one million pages were shredded pursuant to this order."
"It is common knowledge among senior executives of the organization and it is the policy of CSC that members of the Boards of Directors are mere figureheads, without authority or control, not for internal corporate reasons, but rather to vest control in Mr. Hubbard. I have personal knowledge that in order to carry out this corporate fraud, organizational executives have engaged in the various unethical practices including backdating phony Board minutes and forging signatures."
"When a person is subjected to coercive persuasion [as in Scientology] without his knowledge or consent ...[he may] develop serious and sometimes irreversible physical and psychiatric disorders, up to and including schizophrenia, self-mutilation, and suicide."
"Substantial evidence supports the conclusion Scientology leaders made the deliberate decision to ruin Wollersheim economically and possible psychologically....We do not mean to suggest Scientology's retributive program... represented a full scale modern day 'inquisition.' Nevertheless there are some parallels in purpose and effect. 'Fair game,' like the 'inquisition,' targeted heretics. "Other testimony established Scientology is a hierarchal organization which exhibits near paranoid attitudes toward certain institutions and individuals -- in particular the government, mental health professions, disaffected members, and others who criticize the organization or its leadership... During trial, Wollersheim's experts testified Scientology's 'auditing' and 'disconnect' practices constituted 'brainwashing' and 'thought reform' akin to what the Chinese and North Koreans practiced on American prisoners of war... "Using its position as religious leader, the church and its agents coerced Wollersheim into continuing auditing even though his sanity was repeatedly threatened by this practice... Thus there is adequate proof the religious practice in this instance caused real harm to the individual and the appellant's outrageous conduct caused that harm... Church practices conducted in a coercive environment are not qualified to be voluntary religious practices entitled to first amendment religious freedom guarantees... "We hold that the state has a compelling interest in allowing its citizens to recover for serious emotional injuries they suffer through religious practices they are coerced into accepting. Such conduct is too outrageous to be protected under the constitution and too unworthy to be privileged under the law of torts."
Posted by: JaneyZ on March 31, 2008 5:06 PM Advertisement There you have it folks. Don't make the same mistake I did and join Scientology. For years I was fed lies about how it was saving the world when in reality it was doing quite the opposite. When Scientology higher ups wanted me to do unethical things like run down critics with cars then I had to leave Posted by: bgodley on March 31, 2008 5:51 PM Remember how in the crazy Tom Cruise video, he says that scientologists are the only ones that can help if they see an accident? Well on February 10th, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio, during a peaceful protest by anonymous outside the scientology org there, a protester was struck by a faulty door of a passing city bus. He was taken to the hospital and was treated. Afterwards, anonymous called the scientology org later that evening pretending to be a scientologist from another location. The lady on the phone laughs at and mocks the person that was injured, and makes other questionable remarks. A "CHURCH". LAUGHS AT SOMEONE THAT GOT INJURED. It is then that the caller pretends he was the person that got injured (the caller was not the person that was injured) and the lady on the phone backpedals HARD, trying to say how terrible it was and they tried to help but the police stopped them (they did not try and help, and the police did not stop them). And continues on to say that she sent a team of scientologists to the hospital to check up on him (they called the hospital and no visitors matching her description were at the hospital). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3yOMV6q5og This "church" if they even morally deserve that classification should be ashamed of itself. Posted by: jeffersonbclark on March 31, 2008 6:50 PM I'm going to simply state the obvious, and as simply as possible. Anonymous took responsibility for a DDoS attack, there were also the (probably fake) anthrax mailings. At the same time, and in the same lump, some of you wish to peacefully demonstrate. My conclusion is that some anonymous members intend to obey the law and some anonymous members don't. If those statements don't make sense to you, don't bother reading my suggestion. Which is, if you don't rub elbows with criminals, and you are less likely to be accused of criminality. There is no one on the planet, including expelled and declared suppressives, who have no communication with the Church of Scientology. Do don't jeopardize your future, don't ally yourself with the "Anonymous" name because it was preemptively owned and controlled by people who have done illegal, disgusting acts. Don't ally yourself with that. Posted by: Terryeo on March 31, 2008 9:29 PM Terryeo said: I suggest you leave the church of scientology as fast as you possibly can, then. Posted by: jeffersonbclark on April 1, 2008 6:52 AM fyi that was a superslam Posted by: jeffersonbclark on April 1, 2008 8:41 AM "Terryeo" said: "jeffersonbclark" said: Then I suggest you leave anonymous as fast as you can. - SolitaryConfinement Posted by: SolitaryConfinement on April 1, 2008 10:50 AM I left anonymous and so are many other anonymouses -SolitaryConfinement Posted by: SolitaryConfinement on April 1, 2008 10:54 AM I made an oppsey there. - If you don't rub elbows with criminals, you are less likely to be accused of criminality - Pardon me, I'm going to go chant that to the wall until I can say it aloud in a single breath without stuttering or pauses. Oh the lulz. Posted by: Terryeo on April 1, 2008 11:43 AM It's "oops" Terryeo, not "opps". Why, oh why are Scientologists so bad at spelling and grammar? Wasn't the "tech" supposed to help with that? You're undoubtedly still a PC. And SolitaryConfinement is clearly a hapless OSA rondroid with similar deficiencies in English . . . unless he's actually referring to some murine adherents to Hubbard's screed. Anonymice? Posted by: Artoo45 on April 1, 2008 5:42 PM The ARSCC (which does not exist) has been able to assist a little bit with cash however Gregg really needs to acquire a lawyer and NOT represent himself in court despite the expense. Scientology is organized crime. My opinions only and only my opinions. Posted by: DamOTclese on April 1, 2008 6:15 PM Terryeo, what you fail to understand is that no one is "allying" themselves with the Anonymous "name". Anonymous is THE VERY LACK OF A NAME. Anonymous is THE VERY LACK OF A STRUCTURE. People do what they want and if they don't want their name revealed, they call themselves Anonymous. Scientology's Fair Game tech makes it necessary for anyone protesting Scientology to hide their identity unless they like being harassed by P.I.s and seeing their pets killed. Right now there are Anonymous out there who are plotting to dismantle the whole anti-Scientology movement while other Anonymous are moving forward with it. There are other Anon out there hellbent on making this social networking site "Gaia Online" a living hell. Just because one person does something and calls themselves Anonymous does not mean that all other Anon automatically support that action. Although the Anon that are mostly known for pulling online stunts that may lie in a moral grey area at times sparked this anti-Scientology sentiment, it has grown far beyond those silly *chans, and many of those /b/tards seem to have grown bored of trolling Scientology. The fact that some retards decided to DDoS Scientology's website who wish to remain anonymous doesn't make protesting against the Criminal Organization of Scientology illegal, even if those protesters also wish to remain anonymous. You can't simply lump all people together who wish to remain anonymous. Posted by: Incognegro on April 2, 2008 4:37 AM People people, Terryeo is like me, an ex-scientologist trying to deprogram. We STRUGGLE with this! Please let him be. Anyway, I think this is proof alone of Scientology's corruption. It's a bit like North Korea calling itself the DEMOCRATIC People's Republic of Korea, when in fact its not democratic, power doesn't belong to the people, it's not a republic and it's only half of korea. This is the kind of cognitive dissonance happening RIGHT HERE in our own country people, WAKE UP. How can we keep spouting lines like "never again" when we talk about historical attrocities but we turn the other cheek when Scientology is spying on our citizens with their own private fascist state? Posted by: bgodley on April 2, 2008 4:46 AM Today we learn: Cult to be prosecuted for filing a false police report (not to mention huge civil lawsuit). http://digg.com/world_news/Scientology_Charges_Against_Outed_L_A_Anonymous_DROPPED Posted by: JaneyZ on April 3, 2008 8:12 PM "Infamous lawyer Graham Berry, known for his commitment in supporting those who've been harassed and sued by the Church of Scientology, has announced a major win for an outed member of Anonymous, Sean Carasov (aka Rorshach) who was currently under investigation by the the Los Angeles Police Department for alledged crimes related to protest activities at LA Scientology Org centers." --taken from Glosslips Posted by: Gnosis on April 4, 2008 5:58 PM I applaud the church for trying to defend itself against slander and unfair attacks. This church has been accused of murder and kidnapping and everything else spread all over the internet by random whack jobs. And that's what a large part of it is, complete rumors. Numerous trials and convictions for all of these massive amounts of crime? NOPE!! If there really were so many crimes by the church, then why wouldn't the victims stand up and say so and be willing to let the accused defends themselves? The victims would be harrassed for reporting it? Then report the harrassment! What happened to a person's or group's rights to face their accuser and defend themselves against accusations? How can anyone, a church or a person, defend themselves against general "anonymous" accusations like that? Posted by: KittyM on April 4, 2008 9:15 PM KittyM let me ask YOU SCIENTOLOGIST something How is someone exercising free speech supposed to defend themselves from a cult willing to do anything in their power to shut them up, up to and including kill them if it gets to that point? Yeah I think you need to rethink your life FLUNK Posted by: bgodley on April 5, 2008 12:22 AM Fighting fire with fire.
Posted by: rodent on April 5, 2008 6:10 AM I am a Scientologist and have been for many years. My first course cost $5, my first session cost $10. I felt incredible after that first session. It had nothing to do with religion or faith or anything I had experienced before. It was Dianetics. It just worked. I didn't know why and I didn't care. Anyone can do the same with a friend after buying a $20 book for as long as they want. I thought it was just a "think more positively" or motivational technology before I got auditing. I was very skeptical. But it wasn't. After some sessions, I didn't need anyone to show me "clinical studies", or any other proof. I knew I was better. Less nervous, laughing a lot more, less headaches. You kind of have to think logically about some of the nonsense by Anon. Here in Texas, just one phone call about a criminal act brought hundreds of law enforcement officials to a ranch in Eldorado. If my church was guilty of just a fraction of these made up accusations, we wouldn't exist. On the contrary, we continue to help communities, help individuals, and expand. Yes we do throw out some criminals along the way, so that they can't commit crimes that would reflect badly on our church. Some of them rant on for years afterwards as I have seen in some postings. I don't work for the Church, and no one has asked me to post anything. These are just my attempt at responding to religious hate speech. Posted by: Stephen Paul Reid on April 7, 2008 3:06 AM Well guess what Stephen, I have been a Scientologist too and I can tell you that 90%, that's 9/10 in fraction form, of the things said about Scientology are true. So why does it exist? It's an anomaly that shouldn't exist. I'm doing what I can to see that it happens. Posted by: bgodley on April 7, 2008 7:09 PM Also Stephen tell me why doesn't Scientology throw out child molesters and rapists in their ranks? http://www.taxexemptchildabuse.net/ Posted by: bgodley on April 7, 2008 7:10 PM Also Stephen thank you for the full disclosure. Had you not acknowledged that people would suspect you of being a mouthpiece for the cult, I would otherwise think you were being coerced Posted by: bgodley on April 7, 2008 7:12 PM Something everyone should know about Terryeo is that he is an OSA shill with Scientology and nothing more. A WHOLE PAGE exists about him at www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Terryeo. Alot of Scientology can be found at www.xenu.net/ and http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/ Posted by: Centurian 10 on April 13, 2008 9:12 PM As Terryeo stated above, Anonymous was accused of doing DDOS atacks againast Scientology, something Scientology supposedly filed FBI reports about. But THEN Scientology turned around and PROVABLY made DDOS attacks against Anonymous, these have been documented and criminal reports filed. This is typical OSA tactics the same as they often state that someone has made bomb threats against them when in reality no such threat was made. OSA = Gestapo wannabes. Something everyone should know about Terryeo is that he is an OSA shill with Scientology and nothing more. A WHOLE PAGE exists about him at www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Terryeo. Alot of Scientology can be found at www.xenu.net/ and http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/ Posted by: Centurian 10 on April 13, 2008 9:16 PM @Centurian 10. I saw the encyclopediadramatica page dedicated to me and left a little note on its talk page, rather than edit the article to delete the falsehoods. Hello? 90 percent of the article is falsehood and lie. Hello? Reality Check. As I've posted elsewhere to you Centurian 10, you are mistaken. I don't work with, nor personally know anyone within the OSA. Your peas are not in a row about that. I suppose I better ask you too, do you know the emotional response people have to persistent anger? ---- It is boredom. Big Yawn to you and your lies, Centurian 10. Posted by: Terryeo on April 14, 2008 6:48 AM Actually Terryeo the Dramitica page is 100% TRUE about you and as for you trying to down the page...go for it, I'll replace it instantly with an addition thay you, in typical OSA fashion tried to remove it.. As to persistant anger OSA SHILL, I have no anger towards you or your cult, just a determination to END the cult even if I have to use the filthy tricks your cult itself has used to do so. Rather than trying to stupidly try to convince people that your a good guy and that Scientology is a religion (which it is not) and that Co$ is doing good in the world (again BS) why don't you squirm back to Gold Base before we close it permanently. Oh, and BTW, in regards the DDOS attacks that you inbreds supposedly have theFBI looking into, have your lawyers check on the criminal complaints Anonymous have sent in regards the Scientology DDOS attacks against Anon pages (documented and legit). Befoe you start calling the kettle black little squib, I suggest you go get bleached. For more on Terryeo: http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Terryeo And, btw Terryeo, I am having your posting on Dramatica removed and letting them know that your posting there so that your banned on that page as well. Posted by: Centurian 10 on April 17, 2008 1:02 AM |
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