TIL the Church of Scientology ran several smear campaigns against author Paulette Cooper, one of their critics, including Operation Freakout, the goal of which was to have her admitted to a mental institution. Another, Operation Dynamite, used Cooper's fingerprints to send bomb threats to the Church

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulette_Cooper



Submitted March 29, 2015 at 09:34AM by herovillainous http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30o4xz/til_the_church_of_scientology_ran_several_smear/