In “Yaron’s News Briefing” Episode 13 of 4 January 2018 Mr. Brook takes Trump to task for threatening to sue the publisher of Bannon’s tell all book for libel if they go through with it. Mr. Brook says he is a public figure too and he doesn’t get upset when people criticize him. After saying go read this and that:
“... and go read, I’m not, I’m not gonna refer to the website, there’s a [raises voice] whole website dedicated to attacking me. A whole website! Just to attacking me! Goes into great detail! [throws up right hand] I’m a, you know, on, on what kind of a monster I am. You know, so what. I’ve never talked about it, I’ve never gotten angry about it. I’ve never written nasty letters about it. The hell with it.”
LOL. It’s true that ARI Watch calls Mr. Brook names but only after reasoned arguments based on abundant evidence provided to the reader. He makes it sound as if all ARI Watch does is call him names. That way he needn't address the arguments and evidence.
Since Yaron Brook has been reading the website – for quite a while it sounds like – he must know about Carl Barney by now. The website proves that Barney was an executive in the Church of Scientology on the same level as David Miscavige, the man who later succeeded L. Ron Hubbard. Barney ran five “missions” in California for nine years, and left only because Hubbard kicked him out.
Yet so far no comment from Mr. Brook or anyone else at ARI.
ARI has doubled down in its association with Barney. Its Annual Report which just came out features him prominently to the left of the Table of Contents: a photograph and a long quote.