Michael Meisner

Michael Meisner was Assistant Guardian for Information in the District of Columbia (AG I DC). In his new post, Mr. Meisner was responsible for all overt and covert intelligence investigations and operations. This included the implementation of all Guardian orders, programs, and projects within the District of Columbia applicable to the Information Bureau, as well as overall supervision of all covert operatives in private and governmental agencies. After being held captive by GO staffers, Meisner left Scientology and became a witness for the prosecution.

Michael Meisner in the News

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September 3, 1976 Richard Weigand, Mike Cooper, Michael Meisner, -, fugitive Richard Weigand writes to Mike Cooper about hiding Michael Meisner from the authorities - this constitutes harboring a fugitive. Michael Meisner
September 1, 1976 With, GO Scientologists, Michael Meisner, Richard Weigand's, Los Angeles, Jeff Marks. He's, appearance. GO, there's, Meisner's a With the help of other GO Scientologists, Michael Meisner moves out of Richard Weigand's house and into a hotel in Los Angeles, registering under the name of Jeff Marks. He's ordered to change his appearance. GO executives know there's a warrant out for Meisner's arrest; they're now harboring a fugitive. Los Angeles, Michael Meisner
February 29, 1976 Scientologist Sharon Thomas, Scientology's, Department, Justice, Information, Privacy Unit, Civil Division. Soon, there, Unit, S Scientologist Sharon Thomas begins working as Scientology's covert operative within the Department of Justice. She works as a secretary to two trial attorneys in the Information and Privacy Unit or the Civil Division. Soon after she begins working there, she starts stealing documents from that Unit which were the basis for a number of pending Scientology-initiated FOIA lawsuits, taking the documents after working hours or on weekends. She meets with Michael Meisner every week, on either a Monday or a Tuesday, at a restaurant or her apartment. During this period, Meisner instructs her to obtain all files on Scientology from the office of Department of Justice attorney Paul Figley, who was supervising the Freedom of Information Act cases within the Department. After collecting all the documents in Figley's office, she was to monitor his office and take any new documents placed in his files. She was also directed to be attentive to Figley in the hopes that she might become his secretary and have immediate access to all his files. In June 1976, she succeeds in becoming Figley's secretary. Michael Meisner
November 18, 1975 Michael Meisner, Cindy Meisner Michael Meisner sends a memo to Cindy Meisner entitled "Re: DEA FOI Case -- D of J Data -- Figley". It summarized documents stolen from the office of IRS employee Paul Figley, who was working on Freedom of Information Act requests relating to Scientology. The stolen documents were attached to Meisner's memo. IRS, Michael Meisner
November 17, 1975 Michael Meisner, Cindy Meisner Michael Meisner sends a memo to Cindy Meisner entitled "Re: Justice Department, FOI Suits -- Figley". It summarized documents stolen from the office of IRS employee Paul Figley, who was working on Freedom of Information Act requests relating to Scientology. The stolen documents were attached to Meisner's memo. IRS, Michael Meisner
September 30, 1975 Scientologist Michael Meisner, Guardian's Office Scientologist Michael Meisner sends a memo to his superiors in the Guardian's Office, summarizing stolen government documents regarding "the IRS National Office Intelligence files" and the "SSS [Special Services Staff] files". The latter were specifically called for in Guardian's Order 1361, Target 10. Guardian Office, Michael Meisner
September 24, 1975 Scientologist Michael Meisner, Guardian's Office Scientologist Michael Meisner sends a memo to his superiors in the Guardian's Office, summarizing stolen government documents regarding the "IRS/Hawaii Intelligence Files." Guardian Office, Michael Meisner
September 10, 1975 Cindy Raymond, Michael Meisner, Justice Department Tax Division, Scientology Cindy Raymond writes to Michael Meisner reminding him of his assignments to infiltrate the Justice Department Tax Division and obtain all files on Scientology. Michael Meisner, taxes
June 11, 1975 GO, IRS, Church, California. Accordingly, GO, IRS' The GO gets wind of a major financial audit to be made by the IRS of the Church of Scientology of California. Accordingly, the GO decides to obtain as much inside information as possible on the IRS' "line of attack". Michael Meisner devises "Project Beetle Cleanup" for obtaining "all DC IRS files on LRH, Scientology, etc., in the Intelligence section, OIO [Office or International Operations], and SSS [Special Services Staff]". The project proposes the placement of "FSMs" (Field Staff members, or agents) in the "required areas or good access developed", and further that "Pitts" (the code name for Nancy Douglass - a GO agent who had infiltrated the Drug Enforcement Agency) and "Silver" (Wolfe) attempt to obtain employment at the Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Division and Office of International Operations respectively. IRS, Michael Meisner
January 10, 1975 Gregory Willardson, Michael Meisner, Cindy Raymond, "Raw Data Report Re: IRS-Charlotte Murphy File." It, Gerald Wolfe, Barbara B Gregory Willardson initials a memo from Michael Meisner to Cindy Raymond, entitled "Raw Data Report Re: IRS-Charlotte Murphy Scientology File." It summarizes documents taken by the Gerald Wolfe from the offices of Barbara Bird at the IRS. Meisner appended at least 98 pages of documents taken from the IRS. Michael Meisner