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anti-psychiatry • arizona republic • bruce wiseman • celebrity centre • citizens commission on human rights (cchr) • danièle gounord • france • fraud, lie, deceit, misrepresentation • germany • internal revenue service (irs) • john travolta • legal • les koel • lobbying • mental illness • national foundation of women legislators (nfwl) • olivier morice • operation snow white • oxford capacity analysis (aka, "free scientology personality test" aka "u-test" aka "pape test") • psychiatry: an industry of death • richard a. haworth • ritalin • second chance (related, criminon) • tom cruise • xenu (operating thetan level 3, ot 3, wall of fire)
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May 26, 2009
Tom Cruise and a trial that could drive Scientology out of France — The Independent (UK)
Type: Press
Author(s): John Lichfield
Source: The Independent (UK)
Movement accused of 'organised fraud' against two female members persuaded to part with €20,000 The Scientology movement went on trial in Paris yesterday for "organised fraud" in a case which could lead to the cult's organising bodies being outlawed in France. The French state prosecution service has failed to back the trial but denies that its decision was influenced by the lobbying of French politicians, including Nicolas Sarkozy before he became President, by leading Scientologists, including the actor Tom Cruise. After ...
Jul 12, 2007
Secret Scientology letter war exposed — News.com.au
Type: Press
Author(s): Joe Hildebrand
Source: News.com.au
SCIENTOLOGISTS have been bombarding NSW MPs with letters urging them not to make psychiatric drugs more available as part of an orchestrated campaign to stamp out their use. But not one of more than 120 letters obtained by the Daily Telegraph identifies the author as a Scientologist despite many coming from its inner-west offices. The move has raised serious concerns about religious groups or cults lobbying governments and politicians for a change in the law without identifying their links. The practice ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Mar 11, 2006
Scientology group finds support in Legislature — Arizona Republic
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Type: Press
Author(s): Amanda J. Crawford
Source: Arizona Republic
A group affiliated with the Church of Scientology has forged close ties with several influential members of the Arizona Legislature as part of a nationwide battle against the mental-health industry. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights has courted key lawmakers with trips to glitzy Scientologist events in Hollywood. And, observers say, it has been the force behind more than two dozen bills in Arizona in recent years, including measures to restrict prescriptions of Ritalin and mood-altering drugs. One of the measures ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jun 15, 2003
The Reliable Source // Leave no movie star behind — Washington Post
Type: Press
Author(s): Lloyd Grove
Source: Washington Post
[...] Leave no movie star behind: Church of Scientology cause celeb Tom Cruise slipped into town this week for private meetings with senior Bush administration officials at the Department of Education and the White House. On Thursday, Education Secretary Rod Paige hosted a lunch for Cruise – a conspicuous supporter of Bill Clinton before President Bush took office – so the actor could gab with education officials in the secretary's dining room. "He wanted to learn more about the president's 'no ...
May 9, 1999
Is Scientology above the law? — France 2
Mar 29, 1998
Scientology's influence grows in Washington — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s): David Dahl
Source: St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
WASHINGTON – After years of holding the U.S. government in contempt, the Church of Scientology is enlisting members of Congress, the U.S. State Department and even President Clinton to advance its agenda in foreign lands. Prodded by the Scientologists' paid lobbyists and its cadre of sympathetic entertainers, several lawmakers and the Clinton administration have criticized the German government for allegedly discriminating against Scientology practitioners. They even got their argument against Germany to the floor of the House of Representatives last November. ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
Jun 29, 1990
The Scientology Story: Attack the Attacker // Suits, Protests Fuel a Campaign Against Psychiatry — Los Angeles Times (California)
Type: Press
Author(s): Joel Sappell, Robert W. Welkos
Source: Los Angeles Times (California)
As part of its strategy, the movement created a nationwide uproar over the drug Ritalin, used to treat hyperactive children. In recent years, a national debate flared over Ritalin, a drug used for more than three decades to treat hyperactivity in children. Across the country, multimillion-dollar lawsuits were filed by parents who contended that their children had been harmed by the drug. Major news organizations—including The Times—devoted extensive coverage to whether youngsters were being turned into emotionally disturbed addicts by psychiatrists ...
Item contributed by: Ron Sharp
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