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Church of Scientology: We're being vilified [Letter from Cyrus Brooks presented as an article]

Title: Church of Scientology: We're being vilified [Letter from Cyrus Brooks presented as an article]
Date: Friday, 20 November 2009
Publisher: The Age (Australia)
Main source: theage.com.au

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Senator Nick Xenophon is a lawyer. So he understands the difference between allegations and facts. Yet when he spoke in the Senate on Tuesday night he presented unsubstantiated allegations as if they were factual evidence of what he labelled "criminal" behaviour. He spoke under Parliamentary privilege, so as to avoid the risk of defamation. But in the sense that he presented spurious allegations as if it were evidence, he abused the privilege that Parliament offered him. Advertisement: Story continues below This ... [Read the rest at theage.com.au]