I’m posting three email exchanges I had with Steve Cannane prior to the publication of his book Fair Game, which was in September 2016. These demonstrate certain relevant facts: he had my contact information; we were communicating; I had provided detailed, accurate data; he knew this to be true because he sought my data and credited it in his emails. Cannane initiated this exchange with an email question on February 2, 2016 about L. Ron Hubbard’s “military pension.” From: Steve … [Read more...] about Aiding and Abetting Fair Game — 2016
Archives for August 2018
Aiding and Abetting Fair Game — 2015
I’m posting three email exchanges I had with Steve Cannane prior to the publication of his book Fair Game, which was in September 2016. These demonstrate certain relevant facts: he had my contact information; we were communicating; I had provided detailed, accurate data; he knew this to be true because he sought my data and credited it in his emails. This thread from July 2015 concerns information Cannane had requested from me when we met during a conference in Toronto that took place between … [Read more...] about Aiding and Abetting Fair Game — 2015
Aiding and Abetting Fair Game — 2014
I’m posting three email exchanges I had with Steve Cannane prior to the publication of his book Fair Game. These demonstrate certain relevant facts: he had my contact information; we were communicating; I had provided detailed, accurate, useful data; and he knew this to be true because he sought my data and credited it in his emails. This thread from early 2014, which concerns L. Ron Hubbard’s “pinks & greys” letter to Mary Sue Hubbard, started when Cannane emailed Jon Atack. On 29 Jan … [Read more...] about Aiding and Abetting Fair Game — 2014
Fair Game: more telling untold stories
On October 24, 2016, I emailed a letter to HarperCollins Publishers Australia Pty Ltd and Steve Cannane to complain about how he dealt with me in Fair Game: the Incredible Untold Story of Scientology in Australia. I identified fact errors and defamatory statements about me, and I included a number of fact errors and spelling or semantic mistakes that are not directly related to me, but which caught my eye in a quick read through the book. On November 7, 2016, I posted my complaint letter and an … [Read more...] about Fair Game: more telling untold stories
Happy BC Day!
Happy BC Day everybody! Glücklicher Britisch-Kolumbien-Tag! Счастливый День Британской Колумбии! ¡Feliz día de la Columbia Británica! ਸ਼ਾਨਦਾਰ ਬ੍ਰਿਟਿਸ਼ ਕੋਲੰਬੀਆ ਦਿਵਸ! In 1974, when the British Columbia Legislature established BC Day, the first Monday in August, as a civic holiday, I was busy making ports safe for L. Ron Hubbard and his Flagship “Apollo.” From 1975 to 1997, I was living in the US, rarely got back to BC where I’d grown up and had family, and had no real awareness of BC … [Read more...] about Happy BC Day!