Talk:Pat Broeker#Broeker's role and the power struggle

http://www.caller.com/news/2012/sep/21/latest-scientology-legal-battle-unfolds-in-bend/

http://www.theledger.com/article/20120922/NEWS/120929824?Title=Lawsuit-Scientology-Leader-Paid-Millions-for-Secret-Surveillance-on-Rivals

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20120923-texas-lawsuit-scientology-leader-paid-private-investigators-millions-to-monitor-former-rival.ece

"According to the lawsuit, Marrick and Arnold have a 25-year history with the church that began after the 1986 death of its founder, Hubbard. Its new leader, Miscavige, employed the two former law enforcement officers — neither of them Scientologists — to spy on Pat Broeker, the filing claims. Broeker claimed he, not Miscavige, was Hubbard's chosen successor."

Just pointing out developments. Someone without connections to the cult could add this information to the article as well as making a page for Debbie Cook. Her case, with hundreds to thousands of citable sources is connected to this one through the lawyer involved. Keith Henson (talk) 15:04, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

{{See also|Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Scientology#The_Miscavige_coup_:_Power_takeover_after_Hubbard's_death}}

There is quite a bit of detailed content in several books about the power struggle right after Hubbard's death (the Miscavige coup). I removed a paragraph that was awkward—some of the material had already been covered above, some was not quite right, uh... but I understand where the editor was trying to go with it. Miscavige's takeover is poorly covered in Wikipedia (even in other wiki articles) with just a few bits here and there. Among other actions, Miscavige "third partied" Broeker to everyone, got him off site to Washington, then sent a crew to the ranch to obtain (steal) Broeker's/Hubbard's filing cabinets.

Information related to Broeker and the Miscavige coup can be found in Atack, Lamont, Miller and Wright which are all available online at OpenLibrary.org.{{r|atack|lamont|miller|wright}}

It is also well covered in Reitman, Chapter 8 Power Is Assumed.{{r|reitman}} Miller mentions that it was Hubbard+Broeker who did the corporate restructuring, pages 364-366.{{r|miller}} There is also information in Lamont about the creation of RTC.{{r|lamont|pp=95-97}} One should also check Rinder and Urban (if I still had those library books at hand, I would).{{r|rinder|urban}}

This article should also cover what happened to both Broekers after the coup (RPF for both of them, I think; Annie stayed in Scientology; Pat left). There is no separate wiki article for Annie, so her role during this period should also be covered, although we could omit her early Scientology history.

Grorp (talk) 04:39, 19 August 2023 (UTC)

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{{Cite book |title=A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed |title-link=A Piece of Blue Sky |first=Jon |last=Atack |author-link=Jon Atack |date=1990 |publisher=Lyle Stuart Books |isbn=081840499X |ol=9429654M}}

{{cite book |last=Lamont |first=Stewart |title=Religion Inc. : The Church of Scientology |title-link=Religion Inc. |year=1986 |publisher=Harrap |isbn=0245543341 |ol=2080316M}}

{{cite book |title=Bare-faced Messiah : The True Story of L. Ron Hubbard |title-link=Bare-faced Messiah |first=Russell |last=Miller |author-link=Russell Miller |ol=26305813M |isbn=0805006540 |date=1987 |publisher=Henry Holt and Company }}

{{cite book |last=Reitman |first=Janet |author-link=Janet Reitman |title=Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion |title-link=Inside Scientology: The Story of America's Most Secretive Religion |date=2011 |isbn=9780618883028 |ol=24881847M |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt }}

{{cite book |title=A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology |first=Mike |last=Rinder |author-link=Mike Rinder |year=2022 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9781982185763}}

{{cite book|last=Urban|first=Hugh B. |author-link=Hugh Urban |title=The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion |title-link=The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780691146089}}

{{cite book |last=Wright |first=Lawrence |author-link=Lawrence Wright |title=Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |year=2013 |isbn=9780307700667 |ol=25424776M |title-link=Going Clear (book)}}

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