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Scientology's Narconon Rehab Clinics: Are They a Racket Trying to Make New Converts?

Mark Ebner, Walter Armstrong, The Fix. June 1, 2011.

Narconon promises desperate addicts that they can sweat out their demons (and gobs of poisonous green ooze) by spending hours in sweltering saunas. But is it a real rehab?

Scientology Crusade: Coming to Your Neighborhood

TruthdigDecember 14, 2009.

Nancy Cartwright, the face behind Bart Simpson, is here to tell you in her non-cartoon voice about the excitement of recruiting new members.

Oscar-Winning Hollywood Big Shot: Why I'm Leaving Scientology

Guy Adams, Independent UK. October 31, 2009.

Paul Haggis, who wrote hits like Crash and Million Dollar Baby, fires parting shot at "hate-filled and bigoted" church.

Is France on the Verge of Banning Scientology?

John Lichfield, Independent UK. May 26, 2009.

The religious cult has been accused of "organized fraud" against two female members who were persuaded to part with $28,000.

Has American Society Gone Insane?

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. September 11, 2008.

America's mental health problems may be more than a matter of some "unadjusted" individuals. The entire culture might well need adjusting.

The Infamous Leaked Tom Cruise Scientology Infomercial [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. January 18, 2008.

Cruise explains how Scientologists are "the authorities on the mind", the only people who can bring peace and unite cultures.

Is Tom Cruise the Goebbels of Scientology?

Adam Howard, July 24, 2007.

Adam Howard: Germans aren't very happy about a new film in which Cruise will play Hitler's would-be assassin.

'Tom Cruise's Church of Hate Tried to Destroy Me'

Paul Bracchi, The Daily Mail. May 21, 2007.

Last week, people saw a video of BBC reporter John Sweeney losing his mind during an interview with a spokesperson from the "Church" of Scientology. Another reporter says he too was harassed after writing about the cult.