Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief(153)

[page]140 “In July 1949 I was in Elizabeth”: Church of Scientology California v. Gerald Armstrong.

141 “Your good friend, J. Edgar Hoover”: Letter from Sara Northrup Hubbard Hollister to Paulette Cooper, March 1972.

142 “an insatiable lust”: David Mayo interview with Russell Miller, “The Bare-Faced Messiah Interviews,” Aug. 28, 1986, www.lermanet.com/barwell/david-mayo-interview.txt.

143 “MAKE MONEY”: Hubbard, HCO policy letter, “Income Flows and Pools,” Issue I, Finance Series 11, Mar. 9, 1972.

144 more than $300 million: Robert Lindsey, “Scientology Chief Got Millions, Ex-Aides Say,” New York Times, July 11, 1984. Reitman notes that by the 1970s Hubbard held accounts in Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Liechtenstein. Money was transferred from a Liberian shell corporation, the Religious Research Foundation, into his accounts. She quotes Laurel Sullivan: “It was fraud, an out-and-out ripping off of funds that were supposed to go to the church.” Inside Scientology, p. 97.

145 “Church’s was bigger”: Kima Douglas interview with Russell Miller, “The Bare-Faced Messiah Interviews,” www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/miller/interviews/?kima.htm.

146 “great chunks of cash”: L. Ron Hubbard, Jr., testimony, “City of Clearwater Commission Hearings Re: The Church of Scientology,” May 6, 1982.

147 “Making money, I think”: Hana Eltringhim (Whitfield) interview, “Secret Lives—L. Ron Hubbard,” Channel 4, UK, 1997.

148 Hubbard had lost interest: Interviews with Tracy Ekstrand, Jim Dincalci, and Hana Eltringham Whitfield.

149 “I could hear him chortling”: Interview with Hana Eltringham Whitfield.

150 When she learned: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org member.

151 “Maybe a hundred Sea Org”: Bornstein, A Queer and Pleasant Danger, p. 93.

152 Hubbard observed that 1972: Interview with Kate Bornstein.

153 flown to New York: Interview with Hana Eltringham Whitfield and anonymous Sea Org member.

154 convicted in absentia: Robert Gillette and Robert Rawitch, “Scientology: A Long Trail of Controversy,” Los Angeles Times, Aug. 27, 1978.

155 Hubbard flew to New York: Jim Dincalci, personal communication.

156 It was an odd interlude: Interview with Jim Dincalci.

157 “I’m PTS to nations”: Ibid.

158 “free to frequent”: Hubbard, “Guardian Order, Secret, Snow White Program,” Apr. 20, 1973.

159 Under Mary Sue’s direction: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 115; Unsigned, “Mystery of the Vanished Ruler,” Time, Jan. 31, 1983; Gordon Gregory, “Prosecutors: Scientologists Infiltrated Washington Post,” St. Petersburg Times, Dec. 4, 1979; “Sentencing Memorandum,” United States of America v. Mary Sue Hubbard, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia.

160 In September 1973: Interviews with Jim Dincalci and anonymous former Sea Org member.

161 They strapped Hubbard’s injured arm: Interviews with Jim Dincalci and anonymous former Sea Org members. www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/miller/interviews/?kima.htm.

162 “You’re trying to kill me!”: Interview with Jim Dinealei.

163 “If he is who”: Interview with Hana Eltringham Whitfield.

164 “redemption”: Hubbard, Flag Order 3434B, “The Rehabilitation Project Force,” Jan. 7, 1974, revised Aug. 21, 1976, re-revised May 30, 1977.

165 When Eltringham came aboard: Interview with Hana Eltringham Whitfield. Ken Urquhart, who was then Hubbard’s “personal communicator,” actually wrote the protocol for the RPF. Ken Urquhart, personal communication.

166 “He was in total control”: Interview with Karen de la Carriere.

167 Bruce Welch: Interviews with Mike Rinder, Mike Goldstein, Karen de la Carriere, and Daniel Holeman.

168 “Bring the Commodore”: Interview with Mike Rinder.

169 “You’re the devil”: Interview with Karen de la Carriere.

170 “I have made a technical”: Hubbard, “The Technical Breakthrough of 1973! The Introspection Rundown,” Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin, Jan. 23, 1974.

171 “A madman was made sane”: Interview with Karen de la Carriere.

172 “revolutionize music”: Interviews with Mike Goldstein and Neil Safarti.

173 Quentin wanted to join: Miller, Bare-Faced Messiah, p. 325.

174 Quentin’s great ambition: Interviews with Candy Swanson, Hana Eltringham Whitfield, and Mike Goldstein; Hal Holmes, personal communication.

175 Jim Dincalci, the medical: Interview with Jim Dincalci.

176 “You have to improve”: Interview with Hana Eltringham Whitfield.

177 “Daddy doesn’t love me”: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org member.

178 sexually involved with a woman: Monica Pignotti, “My 9 Lives in Scientology,” www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/pignotti/.

179 180 IRS agents: “Catherine Harrington,” personal communication.

180 The federal agents had: Church of Scientology of Hawaii v. The United States of America.

181 He sent a pizza: “Catherine Harrington,” personal communication.

182 Hubbard was just five miles: Garrison, Playing Dirty, pp. 83–84.

183 He weighed 260 pounds: Kima Douglas, “The Bare-Faced Messiah Interviews,” Aug. 27, 1986, www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/miller/interviews/?kima.htm.