Re: LA TIMES OpEd by Alex Gibney re: Scientology
Perhaps Senator Durbin should watch this short video about the IRS deal with Scientology:
From Senator Nick Xenophon:
What we are seeing is a worldwide pattern of abuse and criminality... On the body of evidence, this is not happening by accident; it is happening by design. Scientology is not a religious organisation. It is a criminal organisation that hides behind its so-called religious beliefs.
Yes, I'd like him to watch videos and do further research, too.
What I'd
really like to see Sen Durbin do at this stage, however, is to draft a simple letter to the IRS requesting that the IRS initiate a full review of scientology's tax-exemption...and have that letter signed by a bi-partisan group of US senators and representatives.
A simple letter, such as I suggest, has minimal political risk for himself or any co-signers and would give them all something to 'brag' about to their individual constituencies.
Aside from Sen. Durbin, has any other US lawmaker spoken publicly about Going Clear and/or the scientology tax exempt status?
(Sen Wyden from Oregon was reported to have sent some type of communication to the IRS, but that communication hasn't, IIRC, been made public.)
JB