Convenient timing.

[Gillette]

French court fines Scientologists, allows operations - Yahoo! Canada News

When the hearing opened, there were expectations that the court could order the group to be banned in France but due to a mix-up over a law that passed in parliament just before the start of the trial in May, that option was ruled out.

"It is very regrettable that the law quietly changed before the trial," Georges Fenech, head of the Inter-ministerial Unit to Monitor and Fight Cults, told television station France 24.

Given the insidious nature of this organization, including blackmail, don't you have to wonder about the timing of that little legislative 'oops'?