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2 Robert Keith Gray: Susan B. Trento, “Lord of the Lies: How Hill and Knowlton’s Robert Gray Pulls Washington’s Strings,” Washington Monthly, Sept. 1992. Trento, The Power House.

3 “They took the babies”: Ted Rowse, “Kuwaitgate—Killing of Kuwaiti Babies by Iraqi Soldiers Exaggerated,” Washington Monthly, Sept. 1992.

4 The propaganda operation was: Tara Weiss, “NPR Insists Funding Doesn’t Influence News,” Hartford Courant, March 15, 2001.

5 “mindless actor”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

6 Ted Turner’s Goodwill Games: Behar, “Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power,” Time, May 6, 1991.

7 There were full-page ads: Hawkins, Counterfeit Dreams, p. 170.

8 “part storyteller, part flimflam man”: Richard Behar, “Scientology: The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power,” Time, May 6, 1991.

9 “Those who criticize the church”: Behar, “The Scientologists and Me,” Time, May 6, 1991.

10 He rehearsed for months: Interviews with Mark “Marty” Rathbun and Mike Rinder.

11 “I was up in the Van Allen Belt”: Nightline, Nov. 18, 2006.

12 “I got Ted the Emmy”: Marty Rathbun, personal communication. Marc Headley, personal communication.

13 “increase happiness and improve conditions”: Douglas Franz, “An Ultra-Aggressive Use of Investigators and the Courts,” New York Times, Mar. 9, 1997. According to 60 Minutes, “Now, when you call looking for information about a cult, chances are the person you’re talking to is a Scientologist.” Leslie Stahl, “The Cult Awareness Network,” 60 Minutes, Dec. 28, 1997. Garry Scarff, a former Scientologist, told me (and has testified) that he was instructed to learn how to sever the brake line on Cynthia Kisser’s car; he says that if the resulting accident failed to kill her, he was to pretend to be a good Samaritan, then reach into the car and strangle her. The plan was never put into action, however.

14 a $3 million campaign: David Miscavige on Nightline, Nov. 18, 2006. Hawkins, Counterfeit Dreams, pp. 208–9.

15 annual litigation budget of $20 million: J. P. Kumar, “ ‘Fair Game’: Leveling the Playing Field in Scientology Litigation,” Review of Litigation, Summer 1997, vol. 16, pp. 747–72.

16 it cost Time more money: John Huey, personal communication.

17 “to harass and discourage”:” Hubbard, “The Scientologist, A Manual on the Dissemination of Material,” Ability, ca. 1955.

18 “If attacked on some”: Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, “Dept of Govt Affairs,” Aug. 15, 1960.

19 “NEVER agree to an”: Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, “Attacks on Scientology,” Feb. 25, 1966.

20 “virtually incomprehensible”:” Douglas Frantz, “The Shadowy Story behind Scientology’s Tax-Exempt Status,” New York Times, Mar. 9, 1997.

21 $1 billion in arrears: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

22 Miscavige accused the: David Miscavige, Speech to the International Association of Scientologists, Oct. 8, 1993, http://www.xenu.net/archive/oca/speech.html.

23 the church upped the ante: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 163.

24 “They didn’t even have money”: David Miscavige, Speech to the International Association of Scientologists, Oct. 8, 1993, www.xenu.net/archive/oca/speech.html.

25 “All of America Loved Lucy”: Ibid.

26 A ten-thousand-dollar reward: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun. Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 165.

27 phony news bureau: Douglas Frantz, “The Shadowy Story behind Scientology’s Tax-Exempt Status,” New York Times, Mar. 9, 1997.

28 Some government workers: Reitman, Inside Scientology, p. 166.

29 religious cloaking: Interview with Denise (Larry) Brennan.

30 “A truly Suppressive Person”: Hubbard, HCOPL, “Cancellation of Fair Game,” Oct. 21, 1968.

31 “I was an Irishman”: Interview with Frank Flinn.

32 “Marty and I are just going to bypass”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

33 “Is he expecting you?”: David Miscavige, Speech to the International Association of Scientologists, Oct. 8, 1993, http://www.xenu.net/archive/oca/speech.html.

34 The level of distrust: Garrison, Playing Dirty, p. 101.

35 “Am I lying?”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

36 Final Solution document: David Miscavige, Speech to the International Association of Scientologists, Oct. 8, 1993, http://www.xenu.net/archive/oca/speech.html.

37 Two hundred Scientologists: Reitman, Inside Scientology, pp. 167–88.

38 Instead of the $1 billion bill: Elizabeth MacDonald, “Scientologists and IRS Settled for $12.5 Million,” Wall Street Journal, Dec. 30, 1997.

39 “I’m only doing this”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

40 began to strangle him: Interview with Stefan Castle. “He did not hurt me physically,” Castle told me. “More psychological.” Rathbun witnessed the incident.

41 “You just want to get rid”: Interview with Amy Scobee.

42 “You know the kind of pressure”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.

43 “cease acting like a madman”: markrathbun.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/the-joe-howard-paradigm-tech-outside-the-wall/.