Mary Sue Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard's third wife, she went to jail for her role in the Snow White espionage conspiracy.
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October 21, 1975: Cindy Raymond sends a letter to various Guardian's Office officials, enclosing Michael Meisner's letter from the 13th (dealing with a transcript of an interview between Gene Allard and California Deputy Attorney General Lawrence Tapper) and also appending stolen government documents. Among the recipients: Michael Taylor, Henning Heldt, Richard Weigand, Gregory Willardson, Jane Kember, Mo Budlong, and Mary Sue Hubbard.
February 27, 1976: Joe Lisa, assistant guardian for information at Flag, writes Jimmy Mulligan, an aide to Mary Sue Hubbard, that "a letter is going out to the Sun (one of those 5 day warning letters). Basically they are going to be warned not to print anymore ... or else we will sue." He also says, "Yesterday we turned over to PR scandal material for a Br I PR (branch one) attack on the medicos in these here parts. I am also having some follow up on this and am drawing up a project to get a large scale attack going on nursing homes, medical centers, mental health and psychiatric clinics. I'll be sending a copy up lines as soon as I get that completed."
February 28, 1976: Mary Sue Hubbard writes her assessment of the Clearwater scene to Dick Weigand, deputy guardian for information, U.S. Of Mayor Cazares, she says: "He thought he had an excellent handle on us politically and was using it to gain PR for himself politically. He has nowhere to go except in the political arena. We were the football that blew up on him when we did not prove out to be tied to some gambling or other interests." She gives her assessments of reporters Snyder and Sableman and of The St. Petersburg Times. "Of all," she said, "I consider the SPT (Times) to be the most dangerous. Poynter obviously feels he owns this neck of the woods morally, spiritually, politically and otherwise." She was referring to Nelson Poynter, the Times' chairman of the board.
May 12, 1977: Dick Weigand replies to an inquiry from Mary Sue Hubbard about Scientologists who had been directed to infiltrate Florida newspapers and public organizations: "Basically the scene is that we had two agents one in the CW Sun and one in the CW Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce agent was used in the Easter Seal operation, not the CW Sun agent but the clincher is that both of these agents were in the AMA and had previously been blown." He says the liabilities of the situation are that agents Martin and Phillips could be traced back to Scientologist Mike Meisner, who has been stealing documents for Scientology in Washington.
October 31, 1977: Mary Sue Hubbard writes to Richard Weigand proposing various aspects of the ongoing cover-up operation for Michael Meisner. She suggests that the following scenario be considered: Meisner (whom she refers to by the letter "H" for the code name Herbert which Meisner had assumed since going underground after the issuance of his arrest warrant) was having marital trouble and was jealous that his wife was being more productive than he. Therefore, he took it upon himself to organize the burglaries of government buildings and thefts of documents from those buildings to prove that he too could produce for the Guardian's Office. She instructed the defendant Weigand that "[i]f this seems workable" then Meisner should be ordered to work on the details of this aspect of that plan.
February 6, 1984: Clearwater Police Dept. Report Number SR3.1 R (0-2a) This report is concerning some information from the Ontario Provincial Police - Const. Bruce Burley. Const. Bruce Burley stated lawyers for Mary Sue Hubbard wanted to plea bargain his client. Also Const. Burley had documents to prove Hubbard is not a Doctor of Philosophy. Const. Burley agreed to send these documents to me, (Lt. Emmons)
Mary Sue Hubbard in the News
| October 9, 1979 | 9 Scientologists OK Conviction So They Can Appeal | Nine leaders of the Church of Scientology, in a rare legal maneuver, have agreed to be found guilty by a federal judge on reduced charges of conspiracy and theft as an outgrowth of their long battle with the federal government over allegedly stolen U.S. documents. | |
| June 24, 1990 | Los Angeles Times: Burglaries and Lies Paved a Path to Prison | A web of criminal conspiracy to discredit the church's foes resulted in prison sentences for 11 top-ranking Scientologists. | |
| January 15, 1983 | Scientologist Faces Jail Term | Mary Sue Hubbard, 51, wife of the founder of the Church of Scientology, is scheduled to begin serving a four-year federal prison sentence for her role in a conspiracy to burglarize federal buildings, following the failure of a series of appeals. She was the last of eight Scientologists to be sentenced in a 5-year-old case that grew out of efforts by church members to burglarize federal buildings and illegally obtain government records on the church. | |
| April 20, 1982 | Scientology Founder's Wife Loses Final High Court Plea, Faces Prison | The Supreme Court let stand the convictions of two former leaders of the Church of Scientology, rejecting their final efforts to contest the legality of the FBI's search of the church's Los Angeles offices in 1977. The court's action apparently clears the way for Mary Sue Hubbard - the one-time "controller" for the church group and wife of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, who was not charged in the case - to begin serving a five-year prison term on a conspiracy charge. | |
| October 24, 1984 | Son of Church Founder Is Sued by Stepmother | The wife of the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, has filed a $5 million suit against Mr. Hubbard's son, charging "massive fraud" in his 1982 effort to have his father declared legally dead or mentally incompetent. The suit was filed by Mr. Hubbard's third wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, the stepmother of Mr. Hubbard's oldest son, Ronald DeWolf. | |
| December 7, 1979 | Wife of Scientology Founder is Sentenced to Prison | A federal judge yesterday sentenced Mary Sue Hubbard, wife of the founder of the Church of Scientology, to a maximum five-year prison term for conspiring to steal government documents about the church. Judge Richey also fined Mrs. Hubbard the maximum $10,000 and directed her to report to prison in 10 days. The judge also sentencd three other Scientologists to four years in prison and fined them $10,000 each. Five other Scientologists are expected to be sentenced today. | |
| January 8, 1983 | Wife of Scientology Founder Jailed | Mary Sue Hubbard, whose husband founded the Church of Scientology, was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for her role in directing a conspiracy to steal U.S. Government documents about the church. U.S. District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson also fined the wife of L. Ron Hubbard $10,000 after telling her she had committed "not only a serious but a heinous offence." The judge said she could not accept Mrs. Hubbard's contention that she had violated the law because she believed the federal Government was harassing the church. "Your crime cannot be excused for perceived harassment," the judge said. "I must consider how your crime has affected your fellow citizens." Ten others who were previously convicted for their roles in the church conspiracy have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from one to six years. | |
Mary Sue Hubbard in the News
| February 19, 1985 | Church of Scientology of California And Mary Sue Hubbard | CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY OF CALIFORNIA and Mary Sue Hubbard, petitioners v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES | |
| December 17, 1975 | Church, Fort Harrison Hotel, United Churches, Florida, building;, Guardians Office, information. Jimmy Mulligan, Commodore Staff | A full month before the Church of Scientology announces it has purchased the Fort Harrison Hotel, citizens of the city are still being told that an ecumenical group called United Churches of Florida will occupy the building; but Guardians Office executives are already making plans to establish listening posts for gathering information. Jimmy Mulligan, an assistant to Commodore Staff Guardian Mary Sue Hubbard, writes Dick Weigand, deputy guardian for information U.S. Mulligan tells Weigand that the Clearwater department planned to combine its communications with those of police departments in Dunedin and Largo, and that in "April 1976 -- the communications center is going 'all civilian.' ... I think this is an excellent opportunity for us and I would like to see us represented in that communications center." Thus, GO staffers lay plans for Scientology agents to infiltrate the police department's communications center. | |
| February 6, 1984 | Clearwater Police Dept. Report Number SR3.1 R (0-2a) | Clearwater Police Dept. Report Number SR3.1 R (0-2a) This report is concerning some information from the Ontario Provincial Police - Const. Bruce Burley. Const. Bruce Burley stated lawyers for Mary Sue Hubbard wanted to plea bargain his client. Also Const. Burley had documents to prove Hubbard is not a Doctor of Philosophy. Const. Burley agreed to send these documents to me, (Lt. Emmons) | |
| February 9, 1976 | Duke Snider, U.S., Henning Heldt, superior, Mary Sue Hubbard, Clearwater Sun | Duke Snider, deputy deputy guardian U.S., reports to Henning Heldt, his immediate superior, that Mary Sue Hubbard has approved a plan to have a church attorney tell Clearwater Sun officials the newspaper "could get off the hook" by printing an apology. | |
| November 4, 1974 | GO Document | Mary Sue Hubbard writes a document to other Scientology officials saying that Scientology must avoid being labeled a political group. The solution: "All political activity is to be carried on via front groups." | |
| February 27, 1976 | GO Document | Joe Lisa, assistant guardian for information at Flag, writes Jimmy Mulligan, an aide to Mary Sue Hubbard, that "a letter is going out to the Sun (one of those 5 day warning letters). Basically they are going to be warned not to print anymore ... or else we will sue." He also says, "Yesterday we turned over to PR scandal material for a Br I PR (branch one) attack on the medicos in these here parts. I am also having some follow up on this and am drawing up a project to get a large scale attack going on nursing homes, medical centers, mental health and psychiatric clinics. I'll be sending a copy up lines as soon as I get that completed." | |
| May 12, 1977 | GO Document | Dick Weigand replies to an inquiry from Mary Sue Hubbard about Scientologists who had been directed to infiltrate Florida newspapers and public organizations: "Basically the scene is that we had two agents one in the CW Sun and one in the CW Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce agent was used in the Easter Seal operation, not the CW Sun agent but the clincher is that both of these agents were in the AMA and had previously been blown." He says the liabilities of the situation are that agents Martin and Phillips could be traced back to Scientologist Mike Meisner, who has been stealing documents for Scientology in Washington. | |
| October 31, 1977 | GO Document | Mary Sue Hubbard writes to Richard Weigand proposing various aspects of the ongoing cover-up operation for Michael Meisner. She suggests that the following scenario be considered: Meisner (whom she refers to by the letter "H" for the code name Herbert which Meisner had assumed since going underground after the issuance of his arrest warrant) was having marital trouble and was jealous that his wife was being more productive than he. Therefore, he took it upon himself to organize the burglaries of government buildings and thefts of documents from those buildings to prove that he too could produce for the Guardian's Office. She instructed the defendant Weigand that "[i]f this seems workable" then Meisner should be ordered to work on the details of this aspect of that plan. | |
| October 21, 1975 | GO Letter | Cindy Raymond sends a letter to various Guardian's Office officials, enclosing Michael Meisner's letter from the 13th (dealing with a transcript of an interview between Gene Allard and California Deputy Attorney General Lawrence Tapper) and also appending stolen government documents. Among the recipients: Michael Taylor, Henning Heldt, Richard Weigand, Gregory Willardson, Jane Kember, Mo Budlong, and Mary Sue Hubbard. | |
| February 28, 1976 | GO Report | Mary Sue Hubbard writes her assessment of the Clearwater scene to Dick Weigand, deputy guardian for information, U.S. Of Mayor Cazares, she says: "He thought he had an excellent handle on us politically and was using it to gain PR for himself politically. He has nowhere to go except in the political arena. We were the football that blew up on him when we did not prove out to be tied to some gambling or other interests." She gives her assessments of reporters Snyder and Sableman and of The St. Petersburg Times. "Of all," she said, "I consider the SPT (Times) to be the most dangerous. Poynter obviously feels he owns this neck of the woods morally, spiritually, politically and otherwise." She was referring to Nelson Poynter, the Times' chairman of the board. | |
| November 2, 1970 | Hubbard, conspiracy. details, said | Hubbard declares that he is the victim of a vast and nefarious international conspiracy. The details, he said, are to be found in the "Tenyaka Memorial," a mysterious document that has so far never been unearthed. Hubbard instructs his wife, Mary Sue, to crank up security, already elaborate, to new heights to meet the threat. | |
| October 6, 1979 | Mary Sue Hubbard and 8 Other Scientology Executives Admit Massive Conspiracy | Hubbard's wife Mary Sue and eight other Scientology executives signed a 282-page (plus exhibits) Stipulation of Evidence that detailed the government's case. That document details the burglaries, forgeries, conspiracies, to obstruct justice and other crimes committed. | |
| January 7, 1983 | Mary Sue Hubbard Sentenced To Serve Four Years In Federal Correctional Institute | Mary Sue Hubbard sentenced to serve four years in Federal Correctional Institute, Lexington, KY, and fined $10,000. Sentencing was delayed after 1979 conviction pending an exhaustive study of her medical condition. | |
| May 27, 1975 | Mary Sue Hubbard writes a letter to her deputy | Mary Sue Hubbard writes a letter to her deputy, Jane Kember, on Scientology's "IRS Strategy". It states: Our overall strategy with the IRS shall be as follows: 1. To use any method at our disposal to win the battle and gain our non-profit status. 2. To buy all the time we can in terms of years ... So we work to win, but also to delay as time works on our side, not theirs ... | |
| August 15, 1978 | Mary Sue Hubbard, 8, theft, burglary, conspiracy, charges | Mary Sue Hubbard and 8 others are indicted by a federal grand jury on theft, burglary, conspiracy, and related charges. | |
| October 8, 1979 | Mary Sue Hubbard, al., trial | Mary Sue Hubbard et al. agree to plead guilty to one count each in return for a stipulation of evidence rather than a trial. | |
| October 26, 1979 | Mary Sue Hubbard, al., Washington DC Federal Court, Judge Charles E. Richey | Mary Sue Hubbard et al. are convicted in Washington DC Federal Court by Judge Charles E. Richey. | |
| May 1, 1980 | Mary Sue Hubbard, Controller, Church, David Miscavige | Mary Sue Hubbard ousted as Controller of Church of Scientology by David Miscavige. [May 80 - exact date unknown] | |
| January 2, 1978 | Mary Sue Hubbard, Los Angeles | Mary Sue Hubbard moves to Los Angeles. | |
| September 30, 1976 | Mary Sue Hubbard, Richard Weigand, Michael Meisner, illegally | Mary Sue Hubbard writes to Richard Weigand asking for a list of all the buildings Michael Meisner entered illegally. | |
| September 18, 1976 | Mary Sue Hubbard, Richard Weigand; she's, Michael Meisner, him | Mary Sue Hubbard writes to Richard Weigand; she's gotten a copy of the arrest warrant for Michael Meisner and says they need to establish an alibi for him. | |
| December 16, 1969 | Mary Sue Hubbard, that, purposes, (PC folders) | Mary Sue Hubbard issues instructions that, for internal security purposes, confidential auditing documents (PC folders) should be culled so that "double agents or disgruntled staff members, Scientologists, or relatives of Scientologists are detected and expunged using any means of potential harm or established harm or eventual harm for Scientology or Scientologists. [...] Extensive use of all the documents of an organization [...] this includes personnel records, ethics folders, [...] central files, training folders, auditing folders. [...] to gather complete data on each detected person for use in any possible attack, or to use it to prevent an attack." | |
| August 15, 1977 | Mary Sue Hubbard, theft, burglary, charges | Mary Sue Hubbard and eight others are indicted by a federal grand jury on theft, burglary, conspiracy and related charges. | |
| September 2, 1976 | Richard Weigand, Mary Sue Hubbard's, FBI | Richard Weigand responds to Mary Sue Hubbard's query as to how the FBI connected the alias "John M. Foster" with Michael Meisner: he says he doesn't know, but thought they might have been able to locate his apartment and have other tenants identify him from a photo. | |
| September 22, 1976 | Richard Weigand, Mary Sue Hubbard:, doesn't, Michael Meisner, option. Instead, they'll, Meisner, 5 years | Richard Weigand responds to Mary Sue Hubbard: he doesn't think establishing an alibi for Michael Meisner is a realistic option. Instead, he thinks they'll either need to turn Meisner in to the authorities or else continue to hide him for 5 years. | |
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