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39 “He’d say that Tom Cruise”: Jeff Hawkins, quoted in Reitman, Inside Scientology,
p. 290.
40 “Miscavige convinced Cruise”: Rathbun, The Scientology Reformation, p. 77.
41 “He didn’t have”: Interview with Marshall Herskovitz.
42 “Well, John, if you have powers”: Interview with Josh Brolin. Travolta, through
a lawyer, agreed that the incident with Brando occurred, but characterized it as
“tabloid-esque.”
43 The cook was summarily sent: Lana Mitchell, personal correspondence.
44 “At Flag”: Interview with Mark “Marty” Rathbun.
45 showed him how to shoot: Ibid.
46 “I am writing this public announcement”: Marty Rathbun, “Public
Announcement,” Sept. 28, 2003. Freedom, “The Posse of Lunatics,” undated.
47 forty or fifty people: Mariette Lindstein, personal communication.
48 the Hole: Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, “Ex-Clearwater Scientology Officer
Debbie Cook Testifies She Was Put in ‘The Hole,’ Abused for Weeks,” Tampa Bay
Times, Feb. 10, 2012.
49 “Org Board”: Lauren Wolf interview with Mike Rinder.
50 nine hundred positions: Ibid.
51 for four years: Mariette Lindstein, personal communication. Reitman, Inside
Scientology, p. 340.
52 The entire base became paralyzed: Mariette Lindstein and Tom De Vocht,
personal communication.
53 Mike Rinder was in the Hole: Interview with Mike Rinder; Rathbun, The
Scientology Reformation, p. 88.
54 open scabs: Mark “Marty” Rathbun, personal communication.
55 “he’s just an SP”: Interview with Tom De Vocht.
56 When another executive spoke up: Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, “Ex-
Clearwater Scientology Officer Debbie Cook Testifies She Was Put in ‘The Hole,’
Abused for Weeks,” Tampa Bay Times, Feb. 10, 2012.
57 “Pie Faces”: Interview with Tom De Vocht.
58 “punch you guys out”: markrathbun.wordpress.com/category/debbie-cook/; also,
Rathbun, The Scientology Reformation, p. 81.
59 “homosexual tendencies”: http://markrathbun.wordpress.com/category/debbiecook/;
Debbie Cook testimony, Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization, Inc.,
vs. Debra J. Baumgarten, AKA Debbie Cook Baumgarten, AKA Debbie Cook, and
Wayne Baumgarten. Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, “Ex-Clearwater Scientology
Officer Debbie Cook Testifies She Was Put in ‘The Hole,’ Abused for Weeks,” Tampa
Bay Times, Feb. 10, 2012. When Cook later complained to other Scientologists