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children, youth • disconnection • e-meter • fort harrison hotel (also, flag land base) @ 210 south fort harrison avenue clearwater fl united states • gw hatchet (george washington university, washington, d.c.) • gabriel "gabe" cazares • gerald bennett wolfe • henning heldt • hypnosis • jane kember • judge charles r. richey • legal • mary sue (whipp) hubbard • matt rist • michael lee hertzberg • morrison j. "mo" budlong • office of special affairs (osa) (formerly, guardian's office) • operation goldmine • operation snow white • project normandy • rehabilitation project force (rpf) • richard leiby • sea organization (sea org, so) • united churches of florida • washington post
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Apr 5, 2010
Uncovering the secrets of Scientology // GW professor helped expose details of scandal, covered trial of church leaders — GW Hatchet (George Washington University, Washington, D.C.)
Type: Press
Author(s): Matt Rist
Source: GW Hatchet (George Washington University, Washington, D.C.)
In a sleepy beach town in the Bible Belt, a 22-year-old journalist found himself in the middle of what was then considered by some a cult - and is now known as the Church of Scientology. That young journalist was adjunct professor Richard Leiby, one of the first to unearth religious leaders' clandestine activities during his time at The Clearwater Sun in Florida. During his stay at the now defunct Tampa Bay-area newspaper, Leiby was sent to the nation's capital to ...
Dec 1, 1997
Religion's search for a home base — New York Times
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Type: Press
Author(s): Douglas Frantz
Source: New York Times
CLEARWATER, Fla. — In 1975, L. Ron Hubbard, the flamboyant founder of the Church of Scientology, was intent on finding a home base for his religion, which had come under criticism in several countries. The result was Operation Goldmine. Late that year, a dummy corporation paid $2.3 million in cash to buy the Fort Harrison Hotel, a historic building that was the symbolic heart of downtown Clearwater. The buyer was identified as the United Churches of Florida, an unknown organization. A ...
Nov 19, 1997
Secret lives: Lafayette Ron Hubbard [video] — Channel 4 (UK)
More: transcript, local copy of transcript
Type: TV
Source: Channel 4 (UK)
VOICES: "We were saving the world, we were convinced that Hubbard was the returned saviour and that his techniques and his knowledge and his majesty would eventually bring all mankind to an enlightened state and that was what we were doing..." "There were some things about him that I do feel were rather dangerous. I felt so much under his spell that I told my room-mate that if ever I told her that I was going to marry this man, she ...
Jan 25, 1980
Affidavit of Tonja Burden
Nov 27, 1979
Cult sought to shield $8 million from IRS — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Richard Leiby
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
WASHINGTON—The project was so top secret and top priority that L. Ron Hubbard himself christened it. He called it "Goldmine." At stake was more than $8 million in Scientology money that the Internal Revenue Service might get if top-level sect "guardians" didn't work quickly and vigorously to protect Scientology from unfavorable IRS audits. The scheme was based in Clearwater, where in November 1975 the sect had just established its phony United Churches group. But top Scientologists around the country were prepared ...
Nov 3, 1979
Judge rules papers available to public — Clearwater Sun (Florida)
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Type: Press
Author(s): Richard Leiby
Source: Clearwater Sun (Florida)
WASHlNGTON — Documents revealing a Scientology espionage campaign against government agencies ranging from the IRS to the Clearwater City Commission were declared open to further public inspection Friday afternoon by a federal judge. Scientology attorneys had argued strenuously that the papers should be sealed because they would cause "irreparable injury" to the church. The public availability of the dozen cartons of government-seized documents — the basis of last week‘s conspiracy conviction of nine top church officials — was in doubt until ...
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