Police raid Scientology in Italy...find files full of secrets on journalists, magistrates, etc...

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Police raid Scientology in Italy...find files full of secrets on journalists, magistrates, etc...

Turin police raid Scientology chapter
Sect suspected of inappropriately using sensitive personal data
20 May, 13:45

Turin police raid Scientology chapter (ANSA) - Turin, May 20 - Police raided a local Scientology chapter here and discovered a hidden archive which contained not only information on the group's members but also on the sect's 'enemies', the Turin daily La Stampa reported on Thursday.

Police were acting on a warrant issued by magistrates who have opened a probe into the religion which is suspected of violating laws governing the handling of personal information.

According to La Stampa, police searched the chapter on Via Bersezio for some nine hours and in the basement, behind a locked door, found the sect's secret archive which had files on magistrates, policemen, journalists and relatives of former members. La Stampa said magistrates were now examining these documents which were "chock full" of sensitive information dealing with sexual habits, health and political inclinations.

http://wwww.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2010/05/20/visualizza_new.html_1794804082.html

Not sure if this was on LBN...too old for it now.

Still up to their old tricks. A real nasty piece of work, that "religion."

Everytime they pull this shit someone says "oh, they're no worse than any other religion" or "all religions are businesses." I am not afraid of any other religion. Scientology scares the crap out of me. If they decide you're an enemy they set about trying to destroy you, and this kind of stockpile of personal information gained through "confidential" auditing and espionage is how they do it.

Oh, but they changed after almost driving Paulette Cooper to suicide with "Operation Freakout" or running an espionage ring with over 5000 covert agents infiltrating government agencies among other delightful acts in "Operation Snow White."

yep, sure they did.

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donco6

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Sat May-22-10 12:13 PM
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1. They're going to get away with murder here in Denver.

http://www.xenu-directory.net/news/library.php?t=Thomas+%22Tom%22+Ciancio

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ET Awful

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Sat May-22-10 02:44 PM
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9. They've done it before. Lisa McPherson, etc.

They've also successfully had people who protested them imprisoned for cracking jokes (look up Keith Henson).

Evil bunch of fuckers.

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SoCalNative

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Sat May-22-10 12:15 PM
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2. Here's hoping that this signals

the beginning of the end for the clams.

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joeybee12

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Sat May-22-10 12:16 PM
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3. Scientology is a cult, run by evil phucks, controlling those with weak minds..nt

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time_has_come

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Sat May-22-10 12:26 PM
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4. agree with all but the "weak minds" part...if I didn't know what I know about the place...

...and was at one of those points in my life (ie. teenage years) when a general sense of dissatisfaction and searching occurs, and got offered a free stress test and came under the spell of one of their training routines (brainwashing tools) I would not assume I could not become trapped.
It's like people who go see a hypnotist...they all say "oh, I can't be hypnotized!" and of course, they drop like sacks of potatoes.

That's what makes this "religion" so dangerous. It seems to remove any capacity for free will or thought.

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Arugula Latte

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Sat May-22-10 01:30 PM
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8. All religions are cults

Scientology just seems a little nuttier than most. The hierarchies of Catholic and Mormon churches are pretty scary/nutty too, though.

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Sat May-22-10 12:32 PM
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5. I wonder what ol' Couch Hopper's thoughts are on this matter

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glinda

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Sat May-22-10 01:23 PM
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6. He has no thoughts. He is brainwashed. I sill think Travolta had his dogs run over to make way for

Edited on Sat May-22-10 01:24 PM by glinda

the new baby. They are all screwed up.

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Sat May-22-10 01:29 PM
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7. Propaganda Due, Part Due

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