[ The story of Paulette Cooper | Main Scientology page ]  Bomb
Threats forged by the Church of Scientology  Documents of the
United States District Court, District of Columbia, Washington,
DC 20001. Criminal Case Number 78-401. United States of America
vs Mary Sue Hubbard, Jane Kember, and Morris Budlong.  These
letters were sent by the Church of Scientology to itself. These
were made to look as though they had been sent by Paulette
Cooper. Both letters had been typed on her typewriter on paper
which had her fingerprints on it.  Scientology promptly
contacted the FBI regarding "threats against a Church."  [ Text
version ] Click on an image to get a higher resolution scan.
First letter  Second letter  When the first two bomb threat
letters failed to produce a satisfactory result, Scientology
planned a new death threat letter to Sec. of State Henry
Kissinger which has become known as "Operation Freak Out".