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>> NARRATOR: It is one of the
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most secret organizations in
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America...
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>> MARK RATHBUN: You want to
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talk about secrets?
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These people are the ne plus
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ultra of secrets.
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>> NARRATOR: ...and boasts more
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than 100,000 faithful followers
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throughout the world.
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>> J. GORDON MEL They are
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trying to save all humankind.
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>> NARRATOR: For some, it is a
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cult.
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>> MARC HEADLEY: When you hear
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about people that have "escaped
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from Scientology," they really
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did escape.
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>> NARRATOR: To its members,
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it's a way of life, a religion
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based on the cosmic revelations
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of an inspired genius.
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>> ORTEGA: Everything in
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Scientology is about you
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discovering the universe within
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yourself.
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>> NARRATOR: But what exactly is
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Scientology?
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>> JENNA MISCAVIGE HILL: All
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Scientologists are definitely
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not equal.
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>> NARRATOR: And what is its
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ultimate plan?
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>> RICK ROSS: Scientologists see
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their mission as clearing the
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planet.
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>> NARRATOR: There are those
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who believe in the existence
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of a book.
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A book that contains the most
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highly guarded secrets of the
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United States of America.
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A book... whose very existence
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is known to only a select few.
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But if such a book exists,
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what would it contain?
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Secret origins?
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Secret membership?
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Secret agendas?
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Does there really exist
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America's Book of Secrets?
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Hollywood, California.
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July 11, 2013.
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Actress Leah Remini publically
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quits the Church of Scientology
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and ignites a major scandal for
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the already notorious
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organization.
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The firestorm of controversy
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escalates when journalist Tony
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Ortega breaks the news that
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Remini had also filed a missing
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person report for the wife of
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Scientology's leader, David
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Miscavige.
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According to Remini, Miscavige's
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wife, Shelly, had not been seen
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in public for more than six
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years.
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(plane whirring)
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>> ORTEGA: This was somebody
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that used to run Scientology.
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Where did she go?
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I mean, how can the lea... how
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can the wife of the leader of a
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worldwide, billion-dollar
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organization just vanish?
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I broke the news on a Thursday
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morning.
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By that Thursday afternoon, the
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LAPD was telling reporters, "No,
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no, no, we've talked to her.
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She's fine.
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Case closed."
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>> NARRATOR: But the Church of
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Scientology's secrecy is not
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unique to this case.
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In fact, much of what is known
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about the mysterious
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organization is speculation,
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including the size of its
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membership.
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>> ORTEGA: I heard the other day
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Kirstie Alley claimed 20
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million.
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They've always exaggerated their
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membership.
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>> NARRATOR: But regardless of
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its size, the Church of
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Scientology is unquestionably a
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wealthy and influential
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institution.
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>> ROSS: The Church has vast
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resources.
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I mean, we're talking about an
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organization that is worth
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billns, with an annual income
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measured in not tens of millions
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but hundreds of millions of
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dollars.
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>> NARRATOR: In addition to its
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vast real estate holdings in Los
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Angeles, the Southern
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California-based organization
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also owns billions of dollars
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worth of property all over the
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world, including the $100
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million Super Power Building
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in Clearwater, Florida, and the
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massive Church of Spiritual
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Technology, known as Trementina
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Base, in New Mexico.
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The Church's headquarters, which
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insiders refer to as Gold Base,
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is situated on a 700-acre
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compound 90 miles from Los
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Angeles.
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It includes a multimillion-
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dollar mansion and even a film
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studio.
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Strictly off-limits to
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outsiders, the compound is
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reportedly protected by spiked
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fences and hidden bunkers.
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Here, the Church leaders, known
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as Sea Org, are protected from
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outside influences.
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>> MELTON: The Church of
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Scientology is run by a-a group
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of people who are essentially
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monks.
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>> RATHBUN: Sea Org is akin to
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their priesthood.
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The people who are in it don't
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really interface with the
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outside public except as they
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deliver services to
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Scientologists.
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The vast majority of Sea Org
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members are not permitted to
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read newspapers.
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They're not permitted to go on
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the Internet.
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They're completely cloistered
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from the outside world.
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>> NARRATOR: But while the
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Church often boasts that it is
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the fastest growing new religion
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in the world, an increasing
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number of former members, like
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Jenna Miscavige Hill, the niece
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of Scientology leader David
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Miscavige, have denounced the
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organization.
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>> HILL: This blue building
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right behind me is the Pacific
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headquarters for Scientology.
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I can see how it could look like
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a benign environment, with the
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big cross on the top, but the
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reality of what goes on in there
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is completely different.
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>> L. RON HUBBARD: I am studying
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ancient civilizations, trying to
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find what happened to them.
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>> NARRATOR: Founded in 1952 by
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a modestly successful science
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fiction writer by the name of L.
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Ron Hubbard, Scientology was
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controversial from the very
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beginning.
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>> ROSS: Some people considered
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L. Ron Hubbard a messiah.
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Other people called him a
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madman.
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>> JAMIE DeWOLF: L. Ron Hubbard
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is my great-grandfather on my
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mother's side.
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It's dangerous for me even to
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sit here and to talk about him.
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Um, I'm the only one in my
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family that will.
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L. Ron was a natural born
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storyteller, one of the most
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prolific writers, easily, of the
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last century, and famously was
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able to write books in an hour
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in any genre while the
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publishers were downstairs in
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the hotel lobby.
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into a science fiction career.
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>> NARRATOR: In 1950, Hubbard's
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literary success peaked with a
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self-help book entitled,
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Dianetics: The Modern Science
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of Mental Health.
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It made The New York Times Best
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Seller list and was so popular
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it virtually launched the
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self-help industry.
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But just how and why did Hubbard
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turn his popular book into a
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worldwide religion?
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>> ORTEGA: Hubbard, from the
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beginning, was saying, "If you
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follow my counseling, you're
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gonna be impervious to disease,
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you're gonna have total recall,
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you're gonna be this superhuman
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being."
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The government didn't like that.
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He realized that if he kept
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calling it a science that he
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was gonna run into big trouble.
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And so in 1953, he started
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talking to a follower about,
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"Maybe we should try the
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'religion' angle."
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>> NARRATOR: Hubbard allegedly
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told several people, including
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his agent, Forrest J Ackerman,
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that by starting a new religion
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based on Dianetics, he and the
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other founding members could get
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rich.
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>> BRIAN FORBES: Forrest
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Ackerman told me that L. Ron
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Hubbard told him point-blank
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that if you want to make a lot
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of money, create a religion.
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>> NARRATOR: But when Hubbard
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created the Church of
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Scientology, he expanded on the
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principles of Dianetics by
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adding a secret spiritual
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doctrine, one that would only be
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revealed to members who followed
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a strict series of steps.
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But why?
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>> HILL: The secretiveness, um,
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if you're a member, sort of adds
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to its allure.
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interested, and it's like...
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once you achieve one step,
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there's always another step that
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you don't know about that you're
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not allowed to know about until
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you're at that level.
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You're taught that if those are
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revealed to you before you're
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ready, then you can die.
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>> NARRATOR: Scientology's
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spiritual path, called the
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"Bridge to Total Freedom,"
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starts by erasing the so-called
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"reactive mind" until one
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reaches a state known as
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"clear."
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>> ROSS: Scientologists see
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their mission as clearing the
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planet.
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And what they mean by that is
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clearing the negative reactive
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mind through the technology.
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And they believe that,
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person by person, they will
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change the world.
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They will make it free of
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insanity, free of criminal
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activity, a better place for
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everyone to live.
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>> NARRATOR: Once members are
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"clear," they're encouraged to
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work their way up to becoming an
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Operating Thetan and slowly
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release supernatural powers
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which Hubbard claimed were
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trapped within.
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Members do not pray to climb the
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Bridge.
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They must take classes and
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undergo audits, the spiritual
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equivalent of religious
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services.
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>> HILL: Unlike any other Church
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in the world, everybody has to
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pay to do services, and they're
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not cheap.
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>> ORTEGA: The first course will
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only cost you $50, but by the
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time you get to the top of the
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Bridge, you're paying up to
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$1,000 an hour for counseling.
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>> J. GORDON MELTON: It's really
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for the individual to judge if
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the amount of money that they
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paid for those classes is worth
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the help they receive.
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The Church of Scientology is a
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religion in the fullest sense of
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the word, so they are trying to
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save all of humankind, uh, save
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the world, as it were.
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>> PROTESTER: Knowledge is free!
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>> NARRATOR: But according to
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its critics, the high cost of
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Scientology also forces the
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question about whether it is
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sincere in propagating an
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enlightened spiritual
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philosophy.
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Or is it really all about
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money?
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>> MARK EBNER: None of these
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human beings that have paid all
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that money and gotten so far in
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Scientology have been gifted
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with any of the "quote unquote"
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superpowers that were promised
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to them.
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>> NARRATOR: But despite the
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frequent allegations of it being
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a money-making scheme, the
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Church of Scientology continues
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to thrive, especially in
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Hollywood.
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But why?
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What is it about this
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organization that attracts so
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many prominent celebrities?
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>> NARRATOR: As Scientology was
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virtually founded in Hollywood,
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today it is virtually funded
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by it.
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Of the thousands of members who
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live and work in and around
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Southern California, many are
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prominent players in the film
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and television industry.
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And although some prefer to
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remain in the shadows, there are
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many who are quite open in their
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advocacy.
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>> MAN: Get back, get back.
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>> NARRATOR: In addition to Tom
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Cruise, the list of prominent
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Scientologists includes John
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Travolta,
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Kirstie Alley,
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Greta Van Susteren,
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Jenna Elfman,
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and Jason Lee.
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But just in case anyone thinks
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that joining Scientology means
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they will soon be rubbing elbows
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with the likes of Tom Cruise or
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Kirstie Alley, think again.
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>> ROSS: There are three primary
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levels of Scientologists.
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There are the full-timers, the
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Sea Organization, the workers.
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Then there are the Publics, who
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pay for courses and live in the
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community.
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And then there is this special
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tier of celebrities that are
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given preferred treatment.
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>> HILL: All Scientologists are
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definitely not equal.
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They have the best-looking
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church with their secret
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entrances, and they're cared for
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by specific handlers.
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>> CLAIRE HEADLEY: I had
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personal interaction with Tom
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Cruise in 2004.
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And no expense was spared to see
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to it that he was serviced in
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every way ssible-- gourmet
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meals, beautiful lodgings.
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Every effort was made to keep
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him happy.
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>> NARRATOR: But just how and
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why did Scientology become so
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entrenched in Hollywood?
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>> EBNER: Hubbard was big on
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opinion leaders.
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He was big on recruiting, uh,
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celebrities.
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He tried to recruit Walt Disney.
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Walt was like, "Uh-uh, no way."
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>> ROSS: Celebrities are
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important to Scientology because
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they are magnets for
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recruitment.
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>> CLAIRE HEADLEY: They use
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their celebrity members in the
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extreme to suck people in.
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>> NARRATOR: It is also believed
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that members who are also
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powerful Hollywood writers and
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producers can be instrumental in
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planting Scientology messages in
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numerous films and television
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shows.
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>> ORTEGA: Battlefield Earth,
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uh, was clearly an attempt by
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John Travolta to bring a novel
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written by L. Ron Hubbard to the
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screen in order to spread, uh,
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admiration for Hubbard and
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ultima Scientology itself.
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David Miscavige, the leader of
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Scientology, was intimately
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involved in the production of
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Battlefield Earth.
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>> NARRATOR: But just what is
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Scientology's appeal in
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Hollywood?
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Especially considering its
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controversial status.
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>> ORTEGA: There are few
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organizations more dedicated to
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narcissism than Scientology.
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When you go to a Catholic
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church, you're asked to kind of
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give up yourself to this larger
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purpose.
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What Scientology's like is you
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sit down with one other person
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and they ask you question
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after question after question
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about what?
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You.
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Everything in Scientology is
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about you discovering the
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universe within yourself.
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>> ROSS: The acting profession
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is tough.
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And they seem to be, often, very
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vulnerable people.
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And so Scientology gives actors
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a sense of security, a sense
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that, yes, I can control my own
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universe.
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>> NARRATOR: But just how
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powerful is Scientology's hold
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over the Hollywood community?
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And is there any truth to the
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rumor that many actors strike a
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kind of devil's bargain in
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exchange for Scientology helping
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to keep their secrets?
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>> ORTEGA: One of the things
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that we didn't know, in the
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press, was that Tom Cruise was
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virtually out of Scientology for
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most of the time he was married
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to Nicole Kidman.
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Then he and Nicole broke up and
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Miscavige then made it job one:
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we're getting Tom back in.
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>> RATHBUN: Some of the more
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important projects I worked on
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were the recovery of Tom Cruise
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back to Scientology and serving
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as his personal counselor over a
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three- or four-year period.
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>> NARRATOR: But in addition to
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a celebrity using Scientology to
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protect his or her secrets,
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could the organization also be
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using those secrets to keep
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those people firmly under their
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control?
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>> MARC HEADLEY: One of my jobs,
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when I worked for Scientology,
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was to install audio-visual
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systems, and I installed
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hundreds and hundreds of cameras
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in counseling rooms that would
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record a person who's receiving
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counseling.
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>> HILL: Every session has a
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case supervisor who is behind
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the scenes directing every
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action that the auditor does.
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And those case supervisors are
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controlled by some other
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executive in Scientology.
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>> ORTEGA: David Miscavige is
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able to watch some auditing
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sessions live from his remote
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locations or get recordings of
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them and watch them later.
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There are decades of court
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documents showing that they do
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this... that these people give
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up their innermost secrets.
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>> ROSS: So there is this level
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of fear on the part of a person
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in Scientology, even
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celebrities, that they know
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everything, that there are no
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boundaries in the auditing
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process, which is a kind of
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confessional...
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and that the notes or the
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videotapes of these sessions are
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the church property of
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Scientology.
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And many have said: I was afraid
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that they would use the
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information that they had on
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me and expose me.
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>> EBNER: And guess what?
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You've sold all your innermost
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secrets to Scientology, and
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they're building a dossier
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on you.
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>> NARRATOR: Fear?
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Intimidation?
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Is that really the way
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Scientology keeps their members
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tightly in their grip?
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Or do they also employ other,
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even more secret methods?
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Methods that involve control,
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not of a member's reputation,
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but of their mind.
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>> NARRATOR: Los Angeles,
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California.December 17, 2005.
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The Church of Scientology throws
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a grand opening party for its
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newest museum-- Psychiatry: An
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Industry of Death.
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Inside, visitors are presented
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with a horror show of
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psychiatric treatments gone
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wrong.
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>> ORTEGA: The story goes that
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in 1948, Hubbard had formulated
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his ideas, and he approached
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the American Psychiatric
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Association, says, "Here, I've
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discovered how the mind works."
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And... they rejected it.
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And Hubbard's own personal
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hatred for psychiatry then
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permeated the organization.
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>> MARC HEADLEY: You're
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basically taught that
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psychiatrists are responsible
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for 99% of everything that's
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wrong with the... with the
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universe.
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Not just Earth, but the
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universe.
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>> ROSS: Some of the things that
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they say have gained credence,
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such as: some people are
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overmedicated.
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But make no mistake about it,
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Scientology is opposed to the
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entire mental health profession.
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>> NARRATOR: For most new
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recruits, Scientology is
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appealing because it promises to
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unlock the secrets to their
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happiness.
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And part of that process
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involves conducting what are
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called "assessment tests."
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>> MARC HEADLEY: You'll have
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somebody who is walking down the
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street, and he sees a little
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table that says "stress test,"
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and this guy just broke up with
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his girlfriend five minutes ago.
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And they say, "Listen, you're
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having problems with
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relationships.
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We've got a course on how you
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can handle that."
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>> EBNER: I took the personality
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test.
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They deemed me suicidal.
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Said, "Scientology can help you
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with that."
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They sold me their Scientology
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bible Dianetics.
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Uh, you know, the money train
606
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started right away, and I
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underwent auditing and
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everything else.
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>> ORTEGA: I've always felt that
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what Scientology offers that is
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attractive to people is
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certainty.
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Scientology comes to you and
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says: we have all the answers.
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We're gonna help you make more
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money, we're gonna help your
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relationships.
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Some of the people I've met who
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have left Scientology are among
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the smartest people I've ever
621
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met, but when I ask them, "What
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was it that got you?"
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And every single time, they talk
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about being vulnerable.
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They have just gone through a
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breakup, they just lost a job.
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There was something in their
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lives that made them look for an
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answer and something they could
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grab on to.
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>> HILL: Their patter is to say,
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"Well, Scientology can help you
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with that."
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They get people at a vulnerable
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point, and they bring you in
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using that.
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>> NARRATOR: Jenna Miscavige
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Hill came into Scientology
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because her parents were Church
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executives.
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She was sent to live at a
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Scientology boarding school.
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>> HILL: Every aspect of our
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life at the ranch was
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controlled.
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And we would meet up at a
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gathering called the "muster,"
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where we all had our individual
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lines.
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They would literally salute,
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like, "Unit one, all present
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and accounted for."
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Stepping out of line was futile.
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We knew that, because we
655
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practiced saying it every day,
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saying that human emotion and
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reaction was the primary block
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to productivity.
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>> ORTEGA: From a young age,
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children are taught that if they
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see their own parents saying
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something negative about
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Scientology, they have to turn
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them in.
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You have to write what's called
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a "knowledge report," a K.R.,
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d turn that in.
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(camera shutter clicks)
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>> NARRATOR: Scientologists also
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have their own secret language,
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in the form of military-style
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acronyms.
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Key terms include:
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K.S.W., for "Keep Scientology
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Working..."
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00:23:18,631 --> 00:23:21,701
O.T., for "Operating Thetan,"
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a phrase for someone high up on
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the Bridge to Total Freedom,
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and S.P., which stands for
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"Suppressive Person," or someone
681
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who is an enemy of Scientology.
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>> MARC HEADLEY: And there are
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so many acronyms that not only
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can we have a conversation and
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the person next to us doesn't
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00:23:39,452 --> 00:23:41,052
understand it, but if you're
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pretending to be a
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00:23:42,188 --> 00:23:44,488
Scientologist, I can tell in
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one second that you're not, just
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by the way you're talking to me.
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>> CLAIRE HEADLEY: It keeps
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00:23:49,862 --> 00:23:51,502
members in, and it excludes
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outsiders.
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It's very much a part of the
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mindset and the mental triggers
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that are put in place for a
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00:23:58,671 --> 00:23:59,871
Scientologist.
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I know it took me years to get
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past that.
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>> NARRATOR: But is the unique
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00:24:07,079 --> 00:24:08,519
language of the Church of
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Scientology really designed to
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00:24:10,683 --> 00:24:13,493
keep practices a secret from the
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public?
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Or is it, as some insiders
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believe, a way to control a
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member's behavior, and even
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their innermost thoughts?
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>> NARRATOR: One of the tools
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Scientologists use in breaking
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down a member's past emotional
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traumas...
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(camera shutter clicking)
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...is an electropsychometer,
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or E-meter.
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It is used during audit sessions
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to measure a member's so-called
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"static field."
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>> ROSS: An E-meter is a
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galvanic response measuring
721
00:25:00,567 --> 00:25:02,767
apparatus...
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00:25:02,769 --> 00:25:05,639
which measures nervous tension
723
00:25:05,638 --> 00:25:07,708
in your hands.
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It's part of a polygraph
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00:25:10,076 --> 00:25:12,106
machine, which would also have a
726
00:25:12,111 --> 00:25:13,811
galvanic response measuring
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00:25:13,813 --> 00:25:17,253
apparatus feature.
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>> RATHBUN: An E-meter detects
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resistance in electric flow--
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00:25:20,953 --> 00:25:22,563
because the body does conduct
731
00:25:22,555 --> 00:25:24,585
electricity-- and so the meter
732
00:25:24,591 --> 00:25:26,991
reads when that flow is
733
00:25:26,993 --> 00:25:30,003
disrupted, and that tends to
734
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indicate that what you're
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00:25:31,130 --> 00:25:33,100
discussing is an area that
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likely has some trauma beneath
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it.
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I'm gonna do what's called a
739
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"pinch test," and I'm gonna
740
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pinch you, and I want you to
741
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watch the needle so you can see
742
00:25:42,241 --> 00:25:43,611
that you're gonna get a read on
743
00:25:43,610 --> 00:25:45,280
that needle.
744
00:25:45,277 --> 00:25:46,277
See, you got a little bit of
745
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a... to the right?
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>> MAN: Mm-hmm.
747
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>> RATHBUN: And then what I will
748
00:25:49,015 --> 00:25:50,145
do is, I'll ask you to recall
749
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the moment of that pinch.
750
00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:53,724
See? You got a little...
751
00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,150
Now, recall a moment of that
752
00:25:55,154 --> 00:25:57,294
pinch-- you got a less one.
753
00:25:57,289 --> 00:25:59,289
Each time through it, it lessens
754
00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:01,291
that read until, finally, you're
755
00:26:01,293 --> 00:26:02,263
done with it.
756
00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:03,904
And that was how the auditing
757
00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:07,766
session actually works.
758
00:26:07,767 --> 00:26:09,037
>> EBNER: When I went in as a
759
00:26:09,035 --> 00:26:10,895
journalist and joined at the
760
00:26:10,903 --> 00:26:14,143
very base level of Scientology
761
00:26:14,173 --> 00:26:16,283
auditing, I could see some value
762
00:26:16,275 --> 00:26:17,305
in it.
763
00:26:17,309 --> 00:26:20,109
What happens is, is they'll say,
764
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"Take me back to an early trauma
765
00:26:22,014 --> 00:26:23,324
in your life."
766
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You will repeat this same story
767
00:26:25,652 --> 00:26:27,892
over and over to the point where
768
00:26:27,887 --> 00:26:31,857
you're just absolutely, uh, at a
769
00:26:31,858 --> 00:26:34,028
point of elation and good humor
770
00:26:34,026 --> 00:26:35,056
about it.
771
00:26:35,061 --> 00:26:36,661
They want to break you down like
772
00:26:36,663 --> 00:26:37,763
that, and they will tell you
773
00:26:37,764 --> 00:26:38,774
this.
774
00:26:38,765 --> 00:26:39,795
You've blown the charge of that
775
00:26:39,799 --> 00:26:40,799
trauma.
776
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:41,800
The truth of the matter is,
777
00:26:41,801 --> 00:26:43,301
you're being hypnotized.
778
00:26:43,302 --> 00:26:45,912
Hypnosis is not a bad thing at
779
00:26:45,905 --> 00:26:48,205
its core, in its essence.
780
00:26:48,207 --> 00:26:49,337
It's helped a lot of people
781
00:26:49,341 --> 00:26:51,341
therapeutically.
782
00:26:51,343 --> 00:26:52,683
>> NARRATOR: But there are those
783
00:26:52,679 --> 00:26:54,349
that wonder: if the E-Meter can
784
00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:56,346
help to improve a person's
785
00:26:56,348 --> 00:26:58,818
mental health, could it also be
786
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used to impair it?
787
00:27:03,355 --> 00:27:05,355
Could auditing-- the religious
788
00:27:05,357 --> 00:27:08,657
core of Scientology-- also be
789
00:27:08,661 --> 00:27:11,231
part of a secret process?
790
00:27:14,366 --> 00:27:15,696
>> ROSS: In my opinion,
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Scientology's process of putting
792
00:27:18,705 --> 00:27:21,105
people through auditing breaks
793
00:27:21,107 --> 00:27:22,907
down critical and independent
794
00:27:22,909 --> 00:27:25,379
thinking and promotes a mindset
795
00:27:25,377 --> 00:27:28,847
where Scientology basically
796
00:27:28,848 --> 00:27:31,078
takes control of people.
797
00:27:33,853 --> 00:27:34,993
>> HILL: Many times, they would
798
00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:36,087
ask questions like, "Did you
799
00:27:36,122 --> 00:27:37,922
steal this?"
800
00:27:37,924 --> 00:27:39,994
And I would be like, "No."
801
00:27:39,992 --> 00:27:42,232
And they would indicate that the
802
00:27:42,228 --> 00:27:43,998
E-meter is saying that I did.
803
00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:45,726
And so, it would mess with your
804
00:27:45,732 --> 00:27:46,732
mind.
805
00:27:46,733 --> 00:27:47,873
It would be like you've been
806
00:27:47,867 --> 00:27:49,267
taught to trust this E-meter,
807
00:27:49,268 --> 00:27:50,938
and you're like, "Did I steal
808
00:27:50,937 --> 00:27:52,337
it and I'm so deluded that I
809
00:27:52,338 --> 00:27:54,208
don't even think I did, but I
810
00:27:54,206 --> 00:27:55,406
really did?"
811
00:27:55,407 --> 00:27:57,437
It makes you crazy.
812
00:27:58,878 --> 00:28:00,478
>> ROSS: So what the auditor
813
00:28:00,479 --> 00:28:03,949
has at his or her disposal is a
814
00:28:03,950 --> 00:28:05,890
machine that can measure if
815
00:28:05,885 --> 00:28:07,485
you're nervous when they're
816
00:28:07,486 --> 00:28:10,116
asking you questions.
817
00:28:10,122 --> 00:28:12,762
And so that gives them an edge
818
00:28:12,759 --> 00:28:14,759
to potentially exploit the
819
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session and manipulate the
820
00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:20,029
person who is being audited.
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00:28:20,032 --> 00:28:21,502
>> HILL: If you try to leave the
822
00:28:21,500 --> 00:28:23,170
room, you are physically
823
00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:26,039
stopped.
824
00:28:26,038 --> 00:28:27,968
So you cannot get out of that
825
00:28:27,974 --> 00:28:30,414
room unless you answer the
826
00:28:30,442 --> 00:28:32,442
question that the E-meter said
827
00:28:32,444 --> 00:28:36,084
you did or didn't do.
828
00:28:36,082 --> 00:28:37,282
>> ORTEGA: They have something
829
00:28:37,283 --> 00:28:38,793
called a sec check.
830
00:28:38,785 --> 00:28:40,285
A security check.
831
00:28:40,286 --> 00:28:42,016
If you're suspected of having
832
00:28:42,021 --> 00:28:44,061
negative thoughts, you not only
833
00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:45,886
have to go in to be questioned,
834
00:28:45,892 --> 00:28:48,062
but then you're billed for it.
835
00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:50,330
Leah Remini, after she expressed
836
00:28:50,329 --> 00:28:51,459
some concern about the leader of
837
00:28:51,463 --> 00:28:54,203
the Church-- her sec check took
838
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,340
three months, and at the end of
839
00:28:56,335 --> 00:29:00,035
it, she was billed $300,000, and
840
00:29:00,039 --> 00:29:01,769
by the end of that time, she
841
00:29:01,774 --> 00:29:03,014
then rescinded her report about
842
00:29:03,009 --> 00:29:04,139
the leader.
843
00:29:04,143 --> 00:29:05,343
That's how Scientology maintains
844
00:29:05,344 --> 00:29:06,484
control.
845
00:29:06,478 --> 00:29:08,348
People are terrified of having
846
00:29:08,347 --> 00:29:09,147
to go through that kind of
847
00:29:09,148 --> 00:29:10,348
questioning, and so they don't
848
00:29:10,349 --> 00:29:12,019
dare say anything negative about
849
00:29:12,018 --> 00:29:13,918
Scientology.
850
00:29:15,021 --> 00:29:16,221
>> NARRATOR: But is it really
851
00:29:16,222 --> 00:29:18,492
machines like E-meters that are
852
00:29:18,490 --> 00:29:21,090
controlling members' behavior,
853
00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:23,503
or could it be the collective
854
00:29:23,495 --> 00:29:24,555
behavior of the members
855
00:29:24,563 --> 00:29:26,503
themselves?
856
00:29:26,498 --> 00:29:29,298
Some believe peer pressure plays
857
00:29:29,301 --> 00:29:31,101
a large role in keeping
858
00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:34,573
Scientologists under control.
859
00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:35,943
>> DeWOLF: You are paying
860
00:29:35,942 --> 00:29:38,112
someone to brainwash you.
861
00:29:38,110 --> 00:29:40,250
And that's incredibly painful
862
00:29:40,246 --> 00:29:41,846
for people to admit when they
863
00:29:41,848 --> 00:29:44,178
emerge, because a lot of them
864
00:29:44,183 --> 00:29:45,123
believed that they were helping
865
00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:45,987
the world.
866
00:29:45,985 --> 00:29:47,485
>> ROSS: I have worked with
867
00:29:47,486 --> 00:29:49,816
people through interventions to
868
00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:53,262
get them out of Scientology, and
869
00:29:53,259 --> 00:29:56,399
what I've seen is that people
870
00:29:56,395 --> 00:29:57,855
have a sense that: I have
871
00:29:57,864 --> 00:30:00,334
invested so much time and money
872
00:30:00,332 --> 00:30:03,342
in Scientology that I can't walk
873
00:30:03,335 --> 00:30:05,335
away from this.
874
00:30:05,337 --> 00:30:06,607
>> MARC HEADLEY: It takes a big
875
00:30:06,605 --> 00:30:09,005
person to say, "I just wasted 30
876
00:30:09,008 --> 00:30:10,278
years of my life on something
877
00:30:10,276 --> 00:30:12,476
that I gave $2 million to,
878
00:30:12,478 --> 00:30:15,148
and it's amounted to nothing."
879
00:30:15,147 --> 00:30:16,877
And that's where you get a lot
880
00:30:16,883 --> 00:30:18,023
of people going, "You know what?
881
00:30:18,017 --> 00:30:20,247
I'm just gonna stay."
882
00:30:22,288 --> 00:30:23,858
>> NARRATOR: But with all the
883
00:30:23,856 --> 00:30:25,886
negative publicity and
884
00:30:25,892 --> 00:30:28,032
controversy surrounding
885
00:30:28,027 --> 00:30:31,127
Scientology, how is it that they
886
00:30:31,130 --> 00:30:33,300
are still able to recruit new
887
00:30:33,299 --> 00:30:35,129
members?
888
00:30:35,134 --> 00:30:37,444
Is what Scientology offers
889
00:30:37,436 --> 00:30:40,166
really so appealing?
890
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:43,982
Or could there be other, perhaps
891
00:30:43,976 --> 00:30:46,876
more secret, reasons?
892
00:30:56,923 --> 00:31:00,333
>> NARRATOR: February 10, 2008.
893
00:31:00,326 --> 00:31:02,526
A group of Internet hackers
894
00:31:02,528 --> 00:31:05,458
calling themselves "Anonymous"
895
00:31:05,464 --> 00:31:08,304
stages a global protest against
896
00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:11,040
the Church of Scientology.
897
00:31:11,037 --> 00:31:13,567
Thousands of people, from 14
898
00:31:13,572 --> 00:31:15,442
different countries and more
899
00:31:15,441 --> 00:31:18,441
than 50 cities, show up.
900
00:31:18,444 --> 00:31:21,354
Just weeks earlier, Anonymous
901
00:31:21,347 --> 00:31:23,147
had uploaded a "Message to
902
00:31:23,149 --> 00:31:25,579
Scientology," accusing the
903
00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:27,924
Church of multiple crimes.
904
00:31:30,056 --> 00:31:31,316
>> ANONYMOUS: Hello, leaders
905
00:31:31,323 --> 00:31:32,323
of Scientology.
906
00:31:32,324 --> 00:31:33,634
We are Anonymous.
907
00:31:33,625 --> 00:31:35,925
We have been watching you.
908
00:31:35,928 --> 00:31:37,298
We shall expel you from the
909
00:31:37,296 --> 00:31:39,926
Internet and systematically
910
00:31:39,932 --> 00:31:41,202
dismantle the Church of
911
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,100
Scientology.
912
00:31:45,304 --> 00:31:47,044
>> NARRATOR: Anonymous's
913
00:31:47,039 --> 00:31:49,209
relentless campaign against the
914
00:31:49,208 --> 00:31:52,078
Church was sparked after a video
915
00:31:52,078 --> 00:31:55,108
of Tom Cruise extolling the
916
00:31:55,114 --> 00:31:57,524
virtues of Scientology was
917
00:31:57,516 --> 00:31:59,946
leaked to the media in January
918
00:31:59,952 --> 00:32:01,652
2008.
919
00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:03,223
The Church threatened legal
920
00:32:03,222 --> 00:32:05,062
action against anyone who
921
00:32:05,057 --> 00:32:07,257
streamed it.
922
00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:09,129
But as far as Anonymous was
923
00:32:09,128 --> 00:32:12,098
concerned, that threat infringed
924
00:32:12,098 --> 00:32:14,098
on what they called "Internet
925
00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:15,630
freedom."
926
00:32:15,634 --> 00:32:16,644
>> HOUSH: One of the big
927
00:32:16,635 --> 00:32:17,965
problems of Scientology at that
928
00:32:17,970 --> 00:32:19,370
point was that the media would
929
00:32:19,405 --> 00:32:20,665
not talk about them in any
930
00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:23,012
negative way.
931
00:32:23,009 --> 00:32:24,479
We thought one of the things
932
00:32:24,476 --> 00:32:25,636
that would help was getting
933
00:32:25,644 --> 00:32:28,984
everyone's eyeballs on them.
934
00:32:28,981 --> 00:32:30,281
>> NARRATOR: After the protest,
935
00:32:30,282 --> 00:32:31,682
some of the members of
936
00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:34,153
Anonymous, including Gregg
937
00:32:34,153 --> 00:32:36,423
Housh, say they found themselves
938
00:32:36,422 --> 00:32:37,562
under attack.
939
00:32:37,556 --> 00:32:38,556
>> HOUSH: Scientology's
940
00:32:38,557 --> 00:32:40,287
retaliation took on a lot of
941
00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:41,532
different facets.
942
00:32:41,527 --> 00:32:43,997
One of them was that they would
943
00:32:43,996 --> 00:32:45,756
follow various members of
944
00:32:45,764 --> 00:32:47,304
Anonymous from the protests to
945
00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:48,299
their houses.
946
00:32:48,300 --> 00:32:50,040
And they would hire private
947
00:32:50,036 --> 00:32:51,296
investigators to stay overnight
948
00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:52,543
and wait until the person went
949
00:32:52,538 --> 00:32:54,008
to work so they would get good
950
00:32:54,006 --> 00:32:55,036
pictures of them so they could
951
00:32:55,041 --> 00:32:56,541
call up their bosses and call
952
00:32:56,542 --> 00:32:57,712
them "cyber terrorists," trying
953
00:32:57,709 --> 00:32:59,009
to get people fired from their
954
00:32:59,011 --> 00:33:01,051
jobs.
955
00:33:01,047 --> 00:33:02,777
They would file false police
956
00:33:02,781 --> 00:33:04,281
reports to harass us with the
957
00:33:04,283 --> 00:33:05,423
law.
958
00:33:05,417 --> 00:33:07,187
I spent seven months in court
959
00:33:07,186 --> 00:33:08,416
for those charges that,
960
00:33:08,420 --> 00:33:10,420
actually, I got off on, because
961
00:33:10,422 --> 00:33:12,322
I didn't do it.
962
00:33:15,027 --> 00:33:17,157
>> NARRATOR: Anonymous's battle
963
00:33:17,163 --> 00:33:19,173
with Scientology was known as
964
00:33:19,165 --> 00:33:22,725
"Project Chanology."
965
00:33:22,734 --> 00:33:25,674
And caught in the crosshairs was
966
00:33:25,671 --> 00:33:28,171
Craigslist, a Web site often
967
00:33:28,174 --> 00:33:30,084
used by Scientology in its
968
00:33:30,076 --> 00:33:32,576
recruiting efforts.
969
00:33:32,578 --> 00:33:34,478
Sherri Pender was fresh out of
970
00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:36,450
college when she said she
971
00:33:36,448 --> 00:33:38,378
answered a job ad on Craigslist
972
00:33:38,417 --> 00:33:40,147
for a teaching position at an
973
00:33:40,152 --> 00:33:42,452
art school.
974
00:33:42,454 --> 00:33:43,594
>> PENDER: When I went in for
975
00:33:43,589 --> 00:33:44,589
the interview, everything
976
00:33:44,590 --> 00:33:46,560
looked totally legit.
977
00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:48,728
And after I met with somebody
978
00:33:48,727 --> 00:33:51,127
briefly, they sat me down with
979
00:33:51,163 --> 00:33:52,733
personality test, I guess, is
980
00:33:52,731 --> 00:33:54,371
what it's called.
981
00:33:54,366 --> 00:33:55,366
>> NARRATOR: According to
982
00:33:55,367 --> 00:33:57,097
Pender, she was offered the
983
00:33:57,103 --> 00:33:59,343
position, but was told she would
984
00:33:59,338 --> 00:34:01,238
have to undergo special
985
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:02,240
training.
986
00:34:02,241 --> 00:34:03,241
>> PENDER: A few weeks into the
987
00:34:03,242 --> 00:34:04,842
training, I thought it was
988
00:34:04,843 --> 00:34:06,313
really strange.
989
00:34:06,312 --> 00:34:08,312
I remember being, like, affected
990
00:34:08,314 --> 00:34:09,384
emotionally by it.
991
00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:10,621
Like, there were many days when
992
00:34:10,616 --> 00:34:12,076
I would leave after training,
993
00:34:12,084 --> 00:34:13,654
and I was very, like, upset.
994
00:34:13,652 --> 00:34:15,452
I would start crying in my car.
995
00:34:15,454 --> 00:34:16,794
I didn't know what was going on.
996
00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:18,388
>> NARRATOR: Pender researched
997
00:34:18,390 --> 00:34:19,790
terminology being used by the
998
00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:22,491
school, suspecting it was linked
999
00:34:22,494 --> 00:34:24,534
to Scientology.
1000
00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:26,130
She then reached out to
1001
00:34:26,132 --> 00:34:27,532
investigative journalist Mark
1002
00:34:27,533 --> 00:34:30,143
Ebner for advice.
1003
00:34:30,136 --> 00:34:31,196
>> EBNER: She was like,
1004
00:34:31,237 --> 00:34:32,797
"They're using weird jargon, and
1005
00:34:32,804 --> 00:34:35,144
I think this is Scientology."
1006
00:34:35,141 --> 00:34:37,241
I did some research, and yes,
1007
00:34:37,243 --> 00:34:39,113
this program was a Scientology
1008
00:34:39,111 --> 00:34:41,651
front group, and I said, "You
1009
00:34:41,647 --> 00:34:43,347
seem to be a talented artist and
1010
00:34:43,349 --> 00:34:44,519
a nice person.
1011
00:34:44,516 --> 00:34:46,346
Get the hell out."
1012
00:34:46,352 --> 00:34:48,252
And she did.
1013
00:34:50,356 --> 00:34:51,756
>> NARRATOR: Anotherently
1014
00:34:51,757 --> 00:34:53,357
exposed front group for
1015
00:34:53,359 --> 00:34:56,529
Scientology is Narconon, a
1016
00:34:56,528 --> 00:34:58,758
nationwide drug rehab program
1017
00:34:58,764 --> 00:35:01,174
founded in 1966.
1018
00:35:01,167 --> 00:35:03,367
>> ROSS: If you become involved
1019
00:35:03,369 --> 00:35:06,169
in Narconon, that can be the
1020
00:35:06,172 --> 00:35:08,142
gateway to becoming involved
1021
00:35:08,140 --> 00:35:10,440
with Scientology, because
1022
00:35:10,442 --> 00:35:13,452
Narconon is all about the
1023
00:35:13,445 --> 00:35:16,315
technology, the training as
1024
00:35:16,315 --> 00:35:17,775
conceived and written by L. Ron
1025
00:35:17,783 --> 00:35:19,793
Hubbard.
1026
00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:21,845
>> ORTEGA: So, for example, one
1027
00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:23,663
early form of training in
1028
00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:26,185
Scientology is to shout
1029
00:35:26,192 --> 00:35:29,602
instructions at an ashtray.
1030
00:35:29,595 --> 00:35:31,155
You're literally asked to tell
1031
00:35:31,163 --> 00:35:32,703
this ashtray to stand up, sit
1032
00:35:32,698 --> 00:35:33,868
down, and you move this ashtray
1033
00:35:33,865 --> 00:35:34,865
around.
1034
00:35:34,866 --> 00:35:36,436
They say it's to help you get
1035
00:35:36,435 --> 00:35:38,465
your intention across.
1036
00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:40,210
At Narconon, one of the things
1037
00:35:40,206 --> 00:35:41,706
you have to do is talk to an
1038
00:35:41,707 --> 00:35:42,837
ashtray.
1039
00:35:42,841 --> 00:35:44,741
>> NARRATOR: The Church of
1040
00:35:44,743 --> 00:35:48,483
Scientology insists Narconon has
1041
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,850
nearly a 90% success rate.
1042
00:35:51,850 --> 00:35:54,690
Even Lisa Marie Presley famously
1043
00:35:54,686 --> 00:35:56,616
credited the program with saving
1044
00:35:56,622 --> 00:35:58,492
her life.
1045
00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:00,730
But even though it boasts a list
1046
00:36:00,726 --> 00:36:02,756
of prominent and powerful
1047
00:36:02,761 --> 00:36:05,331
advocates, are the Church's
1048
00:36:05,331 --> 00:36:08,371
detractors winning the war
1049
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:10,467
against it?
1050
00:36:10,469 --> 00:36:13,209
Could Scientology's entire
1051
00:36:13,205 --> 00:36:16,235
future be in jeopardy?
1052
00:36:29,321 --> 00:36:30,761
>> NARRATOR: New York City.
1053
00:36:30,756 --> 00:36:34,626
June 28, 2012.
1054
00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:36,826
Actress Katie Holmes files for
1055
00:36:36,828 --> 00:36:40,598
divorce from Tom Cruise.
1056
00:36:40,599 --> 00:36:42,629
Court records later reveal that
1057
00:36:42,634 --> 00:36:44,604
she allegedly left him to
1058
00:36:44,603 --> 00:36:47,343
protect their daughter Suri
1059
00:36:47,339 --> 00:36:50,909
from the Church of Scientology.
1060
00:36:50,909 --> 00:36:52,439
But given Scientology's
1061
00:36:52,444 --> 00:36:54,784
reputation for tightfisted
1062
00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:56,880
control, are members really
1063
00:36:56,882 --> 00:36:59,922
allowed to simply walk away from
1064
00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:03,518
the Church?
1065
00:37:03,522 --> 00:37:05,722
>> HILL: I decided to leave
1066
00:37:05,724 --> 00:37:09,534
Scientology after a lifetime of
1067
00:37:09,528 --> 00:37:14,368
control, manipulation, abuse...
1068
00:37:14,366 --> 00:37:18,336
both physical and mostly mental.
1069
00:37:18,337 --> 00:37:20,937
And at some point, I realized
1070
00:37:20,939 --> 00:37:23,409
the hypocrisy of everything, and
1071
00:37:23,409 --> 00:37:24,879
I just couldn't live with that
1072
00:37:24,876 --> 00:37:26,546
anymore.
1073
00:37:26,545 --> 00:37:28,675
>> MARC HEADLEY: When you hear
1074
00:37:28,680 --> 00:37:30,580
about people that have "escaped
1075
00:37:30,616 --> 00:37:32,046
from Scientology," they real
1076
00:37:32,050 --> 00:37:34,290
did escape.
1077
00:37:34,286 --> 00:37:35,386
It's not something that's being
1078
00:37:35,387 --> 00:37:36,917
sensationalized.
1079
00:37:36,922 --> 00:37:38,422
There are a lot of people that
1080
00:37:38,424 --> 00:37:39,964
literally had to physically
1081
00:37:39,958 --> 00:37:42,058
escape from Scientology, 'cause
1082
00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:44,660
they send people after people to
1083
00:37:44,663 --> 00:37:46,673
get them back, and it's all for
1084
00:37:46,665 --> 00:37:48,525
one reason: so that these
1085
00:37:48,534 --> 00:37:50,704
secrets that they have don't get
1086
00:37:50,702 --> 00:37:52,302
leaked out.
1087
00:37:52,304 --> 00:37:53,974
>> NARRATOR: Marc and Claire
1088
00:37:53,972 --> 00:37:56,072
Headley met and married in the
1089
00:37:56,074 --> 00:37:57,944
Sea Org.
1090
00:37:57,943 --> 00:37:59,313
When they decided to leave the
1091
00:37:59,311 --> 00:38:01,051
Church, they planned separate
1092
00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:03,419
escapes, not knowing if they
1093
00:38:03,415 --> 00:38:05,975
would see each other again.
1094
00:38:05,984 --> 00:38:07,854
>> CLAIRE HEADLEY: It's against
1095
00:38:07,853 --> 00:38:11,093
their laws to even express
1096
00:38:11,089 --> 00:38:13,429
wanting to leave, so I never
1097
00:38:13,425 --> 00:38:14,825
expressed anything of that to
1098
00:38:14,826 --> 00:38:17,426
Marc, um, and vice versa.
1099
00:38:17,429 --> 00:38:18,759
He never said anything of that
1100
00:38:18,797 --> 00:38:21,997
to me, um, until January 2005
1101
00:38:22,000 --> 00:38:24,040
when he made his escape.
1102
00:38:24,035 --> 00:38:26,565
>> MARC HEADLEY: When I decided
1103
00:38:26,572 --> 00:38:29,112
to leave Scientology, I knew
1104
00:38:29,107 --> 00:38:31,577
that there was a very, very high
1105
00:38:31,577 --> 00:38:33,007
chance that I would never see my
1106
00:38:33,011 --> 00:38:35,111
family or my friends ever again
1107
00:38:35,113 --> 00:38:38,623
for the rest of eternity, so it
1108
00:38:38,617 --> 00:38:40,487
was almost like I'm gonna
1109
00:38:40,486 --> 00:38:42,616
suffer and I'm gonna be part
1110
00:38:42,621 --> 00:38:44,361
of this organization
1111
00:38:44,356 --> 00:38:46,456
and be connected to my family or
1112
00:38:46,458 --> 00:38:48,128
I can just leave and take the
1113
00:38:48,126 --> 00:38:49,726
chance that maybe they'll also
1114
00:38:49,728 --> 00:38:52,458
leave.
1115
00:38:52,464 --> 00:38:53,874
>> NARRATOR: Many former
1116
00:38:53,865 --> 00:38:56,095
Scientologists claim that the
1117
00:38:56,101 --> 00:38:57,741
Church has a secret
1118
00:38:57,736 --> 00:39:00,606
"disconnection policy."
1119
00:39:00,606 --> 00:39:03,506
It exists not only to discourage
1120
00:39:03,509 --> 00:39:06,649
people from leaving, but also to
1121
00:39:06,645 --> 00:39:08,475
prevent them from revealing the
1122
00:39:08,514 --> 00:39:09,724
organization's closely guarded
1123
00:39:09,715 --> 00:39:11,745
secrets.
1124
00:39:11,750 --> 00:39:13,890
>> EBNER: Scientology is not a
1125
00:39:13,885 --> 00:39:16,015
turn-the-other-cheek religion.
1126
00:39:16,021 --> 00:39:17,861
If you're against us, we will do
1127
00:39:17,856 --> 00:39:19,156
everything we can to destroy
1128
00:39:19,157 --> 00:39:20,157
you.
1129
00:39:20,158 --> 00:39:21,788
>> MELTON: The Church of
1130
00:39:21,793 --> 00:39:24,403
Scientology wants to make sure
1131
00:39:24,396 --> 00:39:26,156
that people who are disconnected
1132
00:39:26,164 --> 00:39:28,674
from the Church do so on cordial
1133
00:39:28,667 --> 00:39:30,667
terms.
1134
00:39:30,669 --> 00:39:32,499
The Church has formalized that
1135
00:39:32,504 --> 00:39:35,414
into a very set process.
1136
00:39:35,407 --> 00:39:36,777
It's all part of what they call
1137
00:39:36,775 --> 00:39:39,505
the technology process, and they
1138
00:39:39,511 --> 00:39:41,181
get upset when people skip that
1139
00:39:41,179 --> 00:39:43,479
process.
1140
00:39:43,482 --> 00:39:45,652
>> NARRATOR: Could the Church of
1141
00:39:45,651 --> 00:39:48,421
Scientology really be what its
1142
00:39:48,420 --> 00:39:50,790
critics say it is?
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Is it masquerading as a
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religion?
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A business that will stop at
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nothing to control its members?
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>> ROSS: It has its critics, but
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I think there are people that
1149
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have benefited in some way,
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00:40:06,938 --> 00:40:09,208
shape or form from Scientology.
1151
00:40:09,207 --> 00:40:11,077
>> RATHBUN: The Church of
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Scientology is built on secrets.
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00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:15,509
The compartmentalization of
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00:40:15,514 --> 00:40:18,224
information is so well organized
1155
00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:20,516
within Scientology that it's
1156
00:40:20,519 --> 00:40:22,219
almost impossible to show the
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00:40:22,220 --> 00:40:23,660
world what's actually happening
1158
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inside.
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>> NARRATOR: Attacked by the
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tabloids... plagued by
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00:40:30,996 --> 00:40:34,466
scandal... and shrouded in
1162
00:40:34,466 --> 00:40:37,466
secrecy.
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00:40:37,469 --> 00:40:39,609
Does Scientology still have a
1164
00:40:39,605 --> 00:40:41,605
future?
1165
00:40:41,607 --> 00:40:43,237
And can it survive in th
1166
00:40:43,241 --> 00:40:45,581
so-called Information Age?
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00:40:45,577 --> 00:40:47,207
>> DeWOLF: Scientology claims to
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be the fastest growing religion
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on the planet.
1170
00:40:51,016 --> 00:40:53,616
From what I understand, they're
1171
00:40:53,619 --> 00:40:55,889
dwindling by the day, because
1172
00:40:55,887 --> 00:40:57,887
with a mouse click, I can find
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out what normally would have
1174
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taken me two decades and
1175
00:41:01,627 --> 00:41:03,827
$100,000 to find out, then
1176
00:41:03,829 --> 00:41:07,029
you have nothing to sell me.
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00:41:07,032 --> 00:41:08,702
>> ROSS: Even though people are
1178
00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:11,770
leaving, the Church soldiers on.
1179
00:41:11,770 --> 00:41:13,640
I think Scientology will
1180
00:41:13,639 --> 00:41:16,139
continue to go on as long as it
1181
00:41:16,141 --> 00:41:18,141
has its vast resources and
1182
00:41:18,143 --> 00:41:20,783
cash flow.
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00:41:20,779 --> 00:41:22,279
>> NARRATOR: Is Scientology
1184
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really a religion-- a spiritual
1185
00:41:25,584 --> 00:41:26,994
choice that helps its members
1186
00:41:26,985 --> 00:41:29,915
achieve an inner peace?
1187
00:41:29,921 --> 00:41:32,721
Or is it fueled by false
1188
00:41:32,724 --> 00:41:34,794
hopes and paranoia?
1189
00:41:34,793 --> 00:41:36,903
One thing is certain:
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Scientology is alive and well.
1191
00:41:40,732 --> 00:41:42,602
It is rich and it is powerful
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00:41:42,601 --> 00:41:44,071
and it may very well be here to
1193
00:41:44,069 --> 00:41:46,039
stay.
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