160 In September 1973: Interviews with Jim Dincalci and anonymous former Sea Org member.
161 They strapped Hubbard’s injured arm: Interviews with Jim Dincalci and anonymous former Sea Org members. www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/miller/interviews/?kima.htm.
162 “You’re trying to kill me!”: Interview with Jim Dinealei.
163 “If he is who”: Interview with Hana Eltringham Whitfield.
164 “redemption”: Hubbard, Flag Order 3434B, “The Rehabilitation Project Force,” Jan. 7, 1974, revised Aug. 21, 1976, re-revised May 30, 1977.
165 When Eltringham came aboard: Interview with Hana Eltringham Whitfield. Ken Urquhart, who was then Hubbard’s “personal communicator,” actually wrote the protocol for the RPF. Ken Urquhart, personal communication.
166 “He was in total control”: Interview with Karen de la Carriere.
167 Bruce Welch: Interviews with Mike Rinder, Mike Goldstein, Karen de la Carriere, and Daniel Holeman.
168 “Bring the Commodore”: Interview with Mike Rinder.
169 “You’re the devil”: Interview with Karen de la Carriere.
170 “I have made a technical”: Hubbard, “The Technical Breakthrough of 1973! The Introspection Rundown,” Hubbard Communications Office Bulletin, Jan. 23, 1974.
171 “A madman was made sane”: Interview with Karen de la Carriere.
172 “revolutionize music”: Interviews with Mike Goldstein and Neil Safarti.
173 Quentin wanted to join: Miller, Bare-Faced Messiah, p. 325.
174 Quentin’s great ambition: Interviews with Candy Swanson, Hana Eltringham Whitfield, and Mike Goldstein; Hal Holmes, personal communication.
175 Jim Dincalci, the medical: Interview with Jim Dincalci.
176 “You have to improve”: Interview with Hana Eltringham Whitfield.
177 “Daddy doesn’t love me”: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org member.
178 sexually involved with a woman: Monica Pignotti, “My 9 Lives in Scientology,” www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/pignotti/.
179 180 IRS agents: “Catherine Harrington,” personal communication.
180 The federal agents had: Church of Scientology of Hawaii v. The United States of America.
181 He sent a pizza: “Catherine Harrington,” personal communication.
182 Hubbard was just five miles: Garrison, Playing Dirty, pp. 83–84.
183 He weighed 260 pounds: Kima Douglas, “The Bare-Faced Messiah Interviews,” Aug. 27, 1986, www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/miller/interviews/?kima.htm.
184 teeth and fingers were darkly stained: Interview with Mike Rinder and Jim Dincalci. The church maintains that Hubbard was not a chain-smoker and that he quit smoking in the later years of his life. Karin Pouw, personal correspondence.
185 In Cura?ao, he suffered: Personal correspondence with anonymous former Sea Org member.
186 “He’s risking his life”: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org member.
187 kicked out of Barbados: Garrison, Playing Dirty, p. 86.
188 When the mayor: Ibid., p. 245. Nancy Many, personal correspondence.
189 Several months passed: Charles Stafford; Bette Orsini, “Scientology: An In-Depth Profile of a New Force in Clearwater,” St. Petersburg Times, Jan. 9, 1980. “Religion: A Sci-Fi Faith,” Time, Apr. 5, 1976. Gary Weber, “Apology to Mayor Gabe Cazares, Richard Leiby and the Citizens of Clearwater Florida by an ex-Scientology Guardian,” www.lermanet.com/garyweber/apology.htm.
190 his tailor leaked the news: Tracy Ekstrand, personal communication.
191 “There they are!”: Russell Miller interview with Kima Douglas, “The Bare-Faced Messiah Interviews,” Aug. 27, 1986, www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/miller/interviews/?kima.htm. According to church spokesperson Karin Pouw, Hubbard left Florida “to pursue additional research.”
192 “He looked like Wild Bill”: Interview with Dan Koon.
193 He kept a hopped-up: Unsigned, “Mystery of the Vanished Ruler,” Time, Jan. 31, 1983.
194 “She looked like a witch”: Interview with Karen de la Carriere.
195 “I think a lot of my father’s stuff”: Dennis Erlich, “The End of the Quentin,” www.lermanet.com/exit/quentincoroner.htm. Interview with Dennis Erlich.
196 Tracy Ekstrand, who was: Interview with Tracy Ekstrand.
197 He left a confused note: Interviews with anonymous former Sea Org member.
198 Quentin had only just: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org member.
199 He was scarcely qualified: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org member.
200 Frantic, Mary Sue dispatched: Interviews with anonymous former Sea Org members.
201 “He was so happy”: Interview with Cindy Mallien.
202 But only a few days: Sharon Spigelmyer, “Scientology Student Death Probe,” Las Vegas Sun, Nov. 25, 1976.
203 “That little shit”: Interview with anonymous former Sea Org member and Hana Eltringham.
204 semen in his rectum: Interview with Kima Douglas in “The Bare-Faced Messiah Interviews,” www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/miller/interviews/?kima.htm.