11 “I was just floored”: Interview with Lauren Haggis.
12 In 1996, the church sent: Tony Ortega, “Sympathy for the Devil,” New Times L.A., Sept. 27, 2001. The church explains, “In 1996, the Church had in place a program to assist members to post websites about their activities as Scientologists. The Church included in the program a spam filter that these parishioners could use to modulate the inquiries they received as a result of placing their personal stories as Scientologists on the Internet. This program lasted about a year.” Karin Pouw, personal communication.
13 “The worldwide interest in Scientology”: www.youtube.com/watch/v=OfbLn9xPW4.
14 “Hana told us”: Interview with Mary Benjamin.
15 “I was PTS, but I”: “Celebrity Interview: Kelly Preston,” Celebrity, #376, undated.
16 “It was that”: Interview with Deborah Rennard Haggis.
17 “Until then”: Ibid.
18 “We tried to do”: Letter from “Mom and Bob” to Deborah and Paul Haggis, Sept. 14, 2006.
19 “You don’t have any money”: Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, “The Truth Rundown,” St. Petersburg Times, June 21, 2009.
20 “It was immensely tender”: Joe Childs and Thomas C. Tobin, “Scientology’s Response to Church Defectors: ‘Total Lies,’ ” St. Petersburg Times, June 20, 2009.
21 “At the top of the church”: Interview with Paul Haggis.
22 “We ran ourselves completely”: Interview with Jenna Miscavige Hill.
23 These stories reminded him: The church says that it adheres to “all child labor laws,” and that minors can’t sign up without parental consent; the freeloader tabs are an “ecclesiastical matter” and are not enforced through litigation.
24 “They were ten, twelve”: Interview with Paul Haggis.
25 “He turned off all women”: Bryan Burrough, “Sleeping with the Fishes,” Vanity Fair, Dec. 2006.
26 “Being a Scientologist”: “Tom Cruise Scientology Video—(Original UNCUT),” www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0.
27 “When somebody enrols”: Hubbard, “Keeping Scientology Working,” HCO Policy L, Feb. 7, 1965.
28 “We were a bunch of kids”: Interview with Gregg Housh.
29 “We shall proceed to expel”: Anonymous, Message to Scientology, video, Jan. 21, 2008.
30 the star had a favor: Haggis remembers the show being Larry King Live. A former professional associate of Cruise’s says it was Oprah, although both shows may have been approached.
31 “Yeah, I get that it sounds crazy”: Paul Haggis, personal communication.
32 “I came across”: Matt Lauer interview with Tom Cruise, Today, Dec. 15, 2008.
33 “a rocket ride”: Interview with Jason Beghe.
34 “Nobody tells me”: Interview with Paul Haggis.
35 “Tommy”: Paul Haggis, e-mail to Tommy Davis, Aug. 19, 2009.
36 “If you audit somebody”: Interview with Marc Headley.
37 “I just left”: Interview with John Brousseau.
38 “Hey, J.B.”: Ibid.
39 “seashells and butterflies”: Interview with Mike Rinder.
40 “No clearer than when”: Interview with Anne Archer.
41 “it was like reading”: Interview with Mark Isham.
42 They showed up at his office: Interviews with Michael Nozik and Gian Sardar.
43 “Tommy, you are absolutely right”: Interview with Paul Haggis.
44 “You’re a journalist”: Interview with Paul Haggis.
45 “Paul, what the hell!”: Ibid.
11. TOMMY
1 “It made little difference”: Interview with Tommy Davis.
2 “I want our time”: Tommy Davis, personal correspondence.
3 “Maybe Paul shouldn’t have”: Interview with Jessica Feshbach.
4 “I saw this girl”: Interview with Terry Jastrow.
5 “We were friends”: Interview with Anne Archer.
6 “I remember walking”: Ibid.
7 He would wander around: Interview with Tommy Davis.
8 “I am a really good dad”: Interview with Terry Jastrow.
9 His father, William Davis: Christopher Wood, “The CenterPort Partners,” Denver Business Journal, Nov. 29, 1991.
10 “a sweet and bright boy”: Interview with Paul Haggis. Tommy Davis told me in one instance that he didn’t meet Haggis until 1991, but on another occasion he said he has known Haggis since he was eighteen years old.
11 Archer had taken him: William Shaw, “The Cult of Personalities,” Details, Feb. 1996.
12 “You can either go to college”: Interview with John Peeler.
13 Davis would arrange for: Interview with Tiziano Lugli.
14 “Miscavige liked the fact”: Interview with Mike Rinder.
15 “When we told Tommy”: Interview with Amy Scobee.
16 Davis was disappointed: Interview with Tommy Davis.
17 When Miscavige found out: Interview with Amy Scobee. Davis admits that he has the tattoo.
18 Davis had been called Tom: Ibid.
19 “I made the decision”: 20/20, Dec. 20, 1998.
20 “Somehow dealing with Katie”: Interview with Mike Rinder.
21 “He complained about”: Interview with Donna Shannon.
22 Archer was also at the Clearwater base: Interview with Daniel Montalvo.