Scientology and the CIA (and the mob, JPL, SRI, drugs, sex, occultism, Charlie Manson and the IRS)

"Remember one thing, we are not running a business, we are running a government. We are in direct control of people's lives." -- L. Ron Hubbard, Policy Letter from August 5, 1959

Scientology, The CIA, and MK-ULTRA

Ultimately, Scientology is far more than just another run-of-the-mill religion. In fact, its mostly untold history paints a picture of an organization that much more closely resembles a tax-exempt intelligence operation -- signed off by the highest members of the CIA and its primordial OSS -- than a wacky cult of alien worshippers invented by a pulp science-fiction author.