Operation Snow White and the Epstein Files?

I hope you’re bored when you click on this, because you will have to be to suffer through some of the original sources of information that I will present in this article.

To get you interested, I’ll start with a flashy mini-scandal that quickly captured the public’s attention, and just as quickly went away. And then it’s up to you how much you can tolerate.

THE MINI-SCANDAL

Representative Anna Paulina announced on February 11 that she would be leading a House Oversight Committee on Declassification of Federal Secrets, which included information on Jeffrey Epstein. On February 21, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the “Epstein files” were sitting on her desk and that she was reviewing them. By February 24, Representative Luna said the Department of Justice had not responded to letters the House Oversight Committee had sent questioning the status of the secret files. On February 26, Bondi said that the Epstein files would start dropping the following day.

Bondi did release some documents on February 27, but it certainly wasn’t what anyone was expecting. Instead of releasing the documents online, Bondi chose to hand out paper copies to social media influencers. I can’t think of an example where this has ever happened before- perhaps some others can. As Robert Mueller would say: “it was out of the ordinary.”

The release was widely ridiculed because it contained almost no new information.

Many people on social media called the disappointing release a “PSYOP,” a term which in my opinion has become a cliche for things that people just don’t understand. I’m pretty good at understanding PSYOPS, and I thought this handing out paper copies event was just plain weird- out of the ordinary, but I didn’t understand why.

Since you’re still here, let’s get into some really. really weird stuff.

Scientology.

I really think it’s important for you to view as much of the video below as you can stand. Not that the presenter didn’t do a good job- he did a great job. It’s just that discussions of Scientology make my brain waves go flat for some reason. Maybe it’s because of all those late night “Dianetics” informercials I used to watch in the 90’s. If you’re old enough, I’m sure you suffered through many yourself.

The video I must present is from a former member of the Church of Scientology, Aaron Smith-Levin.

SCIENTOLOGY ÅLLY

Aaron researched the ties of Bondi to Scientology, who was associated with Scientology at least in 2010 and 2014 when she was running for Attorney General in Florida, and then again in 2016. This, after the FBI investigated the Church of Scientology for human trafficking crimes in 2009.

Here’s an important take from Aaron Smith-Levin that I didn't find in other sources.

“She’s not a Scientologist. But the truth is, Scientology doesn’t want, really, its own members to be in positions of power. I know that seems a little counter-intuitive. They would much rather have a Scientology ally be in a position of power than have one of their own members be in a position of power. … Scientologists are actually told that they are not allowed to run for elected office. Can you believe that? I know there will be a lot of people surprised to hear that. Having their own members in a position of power would just serve as a lightning rod for widespread, high-profile criticism and exposure of Scientology. And so someone like Pam Bondi, being in an office as high as Attorney General, that’s like, the best-case scenario for Scientology.”

OPERATION SNOW WHITE

I know a lot of people say “oh it’s Wikipedia,” but anyone, including you, can register for a Wikipedia account and write and edit pages, just like here on Substack. The page on Operation Snow White is very well-written and sourced.

Operation Snow White was a criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. This project included a series of infiltrations into and thefts from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates, as well as private organizations critical of Scientology, carried out by Church members in more than 30 countries.^[1] It was one of the largest infiltrations of the United States government in history,^[2] with up to 5,000 covert agents.^[3] This operation also exposed the Scientology plot "Operation Freakout", because Operation Snow White was the case that initiated the U.S. government's investigation of the Church.^[3]

Under this program, Scientology operatives committed infiltration, wiretapping, and theft of documents in government offices, most notably those of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Eleven highly placed Church executives, including Mary Sue Hubbard (third wife of founder L. Ron Hubbard and second-in-command of the organization), pleaded guilty and were convicted in federal court of obstructing justice, burglary of government offices, and theft of documents and government property. The case was United States v. Mary Sue Hubbard et al., 493 F.Supp. 209 (D.D.C. 1979).^[4][5][6][7]

We now have an Attorney General from Florida, who is associated with Scientology, which is based in Florida. Scientology is associated with human trafficking, and the Attorney General is in possession of documents related to human trafficking in Florida. Stay with me here.

MAKING COPIES

Operation Snow White, continued.

The GO's actual infiltration of the government likely began when Gerald Wolfe and Michael Meisner were able to gain employment at the IRS as clerk-typists. Under direction of the Guardian Office, Wolfe monitored files on tax-exempt organizations and, when requested, illegally made copies for Scientology.^[19] Meisner supervised both Wolfe and the Information Bureau section in DC, and reported to the GO's Deputy Guardian for Information in the US.^[26]

In November 1974, Operation Snow White took an unexpected turn for the GO when they received word that the IRS would be conducting a meeting on Scientology's tax-exempt status. In response, the church sent a spy to bug the room.^[27] On the morning of November 1, the day before the meeting, a GO agent, Hermann,^[d] broke into the conference room and plugged the device into an electrical outlet. This device, in turn, then transmitted a signal on an FM frequency, which was picked up and recorded by Scientologists sitting in a car in the parking lot of the Smithsonian, which faced the office. After the meeting Hermann removed the device, and the taped recording of the meeting was sent to Los Angeles.^[29]

By December, Wolfe, Herman, and Meisner had sent a shipment of stolen documents 20 inches thick to Duke Snider. Snider, in turn, sent notification to Mo Budlong in Los Angeles. By the end of December, Wolfe was stealing documents from the IRS's Chief Counsel’s office. Just days after Christmas, Wolfe broke into the office of Barbara Bird, an attorney in the IRS's Refund Litigation Service. Bird had been present at the November 1st meeting. Instead of stealing files, Wolfe took them to a copier and made photocopies using government paper.^[30]

Later, Wolfe met Meisner at a restaurant, where he reported on his most recent theft. Meisner took the documents and underlined selections that he believed his superiors would find interesting or relevant and wrote a summary of the important points. This was then routed through the Assistant Guardian for DC and on to the Deputy Guardian for the US, the Deputy Guardian for Information in the US, the Branch I Director of the Information Bureau, and the Collections Officer, all of which were in Los Angeles. A copy was also sent to Mary Sue Hubbard. This was typically standard procedure for Meisner.^[30]

In early 1975, Operation Snow White expanded again as Sharon Thomas found employment in the U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence Agency and Nancy Douglass began work at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Douglass stole documents and made photocopies of others. These were transmitted to Hermann.^[31]

By spring, attention had been called back to the IRS case as Mary Sue Hubbard had instructed Kember and Heldt to "use any method at our disposal to win the battle and gain our non-profit (tax) status".^[32] Heldt wrote back telling that her request had been sent to the Information Bureau, who had been ordered to complete the collection of documents from the IRS and the Department of Justice's tax files within three months.^[33]

In April, Meisner procured a directory of the Department of Justice and located the offices that would have files pertaining to Scientology litigation. When he found what he wanted he sent in Wolfe, who broke into the offices of two attorneys on three successive Saturdays. Wolfe copied twelve files and met up with Meisner, as before, at a restaurant. These files were especially useful to Scientology, as it detailed the government's strategy in various court cases.

On March 4, Attorney General Pam Bondi said the FBI had delivered a “truckload” of Epstein documents to her.

On March 14, Representative Luna introduced the Stopping High-level Record Elimination and Destruction (SHRED) Act of 2025:

Fox News: It would levy a mandatory sentence of 20 years to life for any government official or employee of the Department of Justice (DOJ), or anyone in the wider intelligence community, found to have concealed, removed, or mutilated federal records, according to bill text previewed by Fox News Digital.

I just thought I would share. There appears to be much more to this cat-and-mouse game between the Attorney General, the FBI, and the House Oversight Committee over these documents than just a “PSYOP,” in my opinion.

Charles Wright