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After calling 911, Rathbun jumped in his truck to go to the motel, but four cars lled
with Scientologists blocked his way. He says they were led by Michael Doven, Cruise’s
former personal assistant.
Brousseau waited in his room until the police officers arrived. Davis and the others left
empty-handed. 10
Brousseau talked to Whitehill and Venegas at the FBI. He was under the impression
that the federal agents were considering a raid on Gold Base. Brousseau says he was
shown high-resolution photos of the base taken from a drone aircraft. He says he was
told that they had even gathered the tail numbers on Tom Cruise’s aircraft, in case
Miscavige tried to escape. Brousseau and others claim to have discouraged the idea,
saying that such a raid would turn Miscavige into a martyr; and, in any case, no one
would testify against him. Rinder told the agents it would be a waste of time, because
everyone would tell them their lives are all “seashells and butteries.” The investigation
was reportedly dropped. 11
AFTER SENDING COPIES of his resignation letter to his closest friends in Scientology, Haggis
wasn’t surprised when he came home from work a few days later to nd nine or ten of
them standing in his front yard. “I can’t imagine why you’re here,” he joked, but he
invited them to sit on the back porch and talk. Anne Archer and her husband, Terry
Jastrow, an Emmy-winning producer for ABC Sports, were there. Mark Isham, a
composer who worked with Haggis for years, came with his wife, Donna. Sky Dayton,
the founder of EarthLink and Boingo Wireless, joined them, along with several other
friends and a representative of the church that Haggis didn’t know. His friends could
have served as an advertisement for Scientology—they were wealthy high achievers
with solid marriages who exuded a sense of spiritual well-being.
Scientologists are trained to believe in their persuasive powers and the need to keep a
positive frame of mind. But the mood on Haggis’s porch was downbeat and his friends’
questions were full of reproach.
“Do you have any idea that this might damage a lot of wonderful Scientologists?”
Jastrow asked. “It’s such a betrayal of our group.”
Haggis responded that he didn’t mean to be critical of Scientology. “I love
Scientology,” he said. Everyone knew about Haggis’s nancial support of the church and
the occasions when he had spoken out in its defense. He reminded his friends that he
had been with them at the Portland Crusade, when he had been drafted to write
speeches.
Archer had a particular reason to feel aggrieved: Haggis’s letter had called her son a
liar. She could understand the pain and anger Haggis felt over the treatment of his own
gay daughters, but she didn’t think that was relevant. In her opinion, homosexuality is
not the church’s issue. She had personally introduced gay friends to Scientology.
Isham was especially frustrated. He felt that they weren’t breaking through to Haggis.
Of all the friends present, Isham was the closest to Haggis. They had a common artistic
sensibility that made it easy to work together. Isham had won an Emmy for the theme