
On Sunday, Wikinews interviewed creator of memorial site LisaMcPherson.org, former Lisa McPherson Trust employee and long time Scientology critic Jeff Jacobsen. 
LisaMcPherson.org is a memorial site created in 1997 containing information on her death and the resulting legal case against the Church of Scientology.
Lisa McPherson died in 1995 while in the care of the Church of Scientology. After a car accident, she became mentally unstable. Scientologists removed her from the hospital and placed her in the Introspection Rundown, she died 17 days later while still in care of the Church. She was used as an icon during Project Chanology, the protest of the Church of Scientology by Anonymous. Protesters were pictured with signs that said "Remember Lisa McPherson" and "Ask Scientology Why Lisa McPherson Died", other protesters had posters with her picture on it.
((Wikinews)) : Give a short description of yourself and what you do outside of protesting Scientology.
((WN)) : What was your job at the trust?
((WN)) : I see from your website that you list your "cult experience" as your once belonging to the United Pentecostal Church. Do you consider all organized religions as "cults"?
((WN)) : How do you finance your activities in this area?
((WN)) : What happened to Bob Minton, your former chief financial supporter? 
((WN)) : How powerful is the Church of Scientology in your opinion?
((WN)) : Do you feel mocking the silliness of the upper level teachings is helpful?
((WN)) : As we understand it, the Church believes their teachings allow you to overcome illness. Does this work? What do they do when it doesn't?
((WN)) : What is Church of Scientology policy for off-loading its members when they become seriously ill?
((WN)) : What is your key issue with the Church having tax exempt status within the United States?
((WN)) : Why mock an organization that has members who believe it has helped them?
((WN)) : Some people claim Scientology has worked for them, why should they be persecuted or hounded, for what after all is free choice of belief?
((WN)) : It is claimed by some anti-Church of Scientology campaigns that some Scientology doctrine is flawed or inconsistent, could not the same be said of the arguments put forward by those campaigns. (or indeed the ideological doctrines of any number of other religions)?
((WN)) : The German Government continues to pursue it's investigation into Church of Scientology, why should law enforcement waste time on such investigations?
((WN)) : One aspect of Scientology, is a rejection of modern psychiatry, would you not agree that even the best of shrinks can still get things badly wrong? (even when implementing so called ethical practices)?
((WN)) : When an organization faces an ideological challenge from specific individuals, is it not reasonable to have sufficient information to mount a robust defense?
((WN)) : How does campaigning against Church of Scientology materially differ from 'hate crimes' as defined by many laws?
((WN)) : If the campaigners are presenting genuine arguments, why has there not been more action from governments (in particular the United States)?
((WN)) : Church of Scientology has fought and won legal actions, juries cannot be that easy to sway?
((WN)) : Did you actually know Lisa? Or any of her family?
((WN)) : Isn't it disrespectful of Lisa's memory to use her memory for purposes so clearly counter to her known beliefs?
((WN)) : Is it possible to bring murder or manslaughter charges against the Church of Scientology again?
((WN)) : Do you know any details about the 2004 settlement with Lisa's relatives? Is it true that they have not yet received any money from this settlement with the Church of Scientology?
((WN)) : What do you expect Project Chanology to accomplish and when?
((WN)) : Anonymous utilized criminal tactics, why should such organizations be trusted and regarded as credible?
((WN)) : What should be the next step for the Anonymous movement?
((WN)) : What are your crimes?
((Justice2)) : What keeps you going? And how much fair game have you got got?
((Justice2)) : What advice would you give to those who get "Fair Gamed"?

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Wikinews interviews Jeff Jacobsen, creator of LisaMcPherson.org