I've just read the opening part of the book which is available freely online.
It has 7 pages dedicated to his lie detector test and the individual previously working for the Secret Service who performed it.
Still, how can he say that he is telling the truth when he is recounting tales by other people? Of what value then, is his lie detector test?
I've only read the free portion of the book, I will not pay for it, but he does not appear to be naming any of his sources.
If he were a trained journalist, I would be happy to accept anonymous sources. In breaking the Watergate Story, Woodward and Bernstein did just that. By his own admission, he is not a journalist.
He also talks about himself a great deal. He uses the word "I" more than most people and he mentions his worldwide exclusive interview with the National Enquirer, as though that were a badge of honor. This makes the book read like a gossip column.
That being said, gossip columns are sometimes true. He mentions many people have told him sleazy stories about Travolta, which may go a way to explaining my objection of him 'telling the truth' when he is actually relaying it.
What is frustrating is that he makes no mention that the reports are consistent with each other, or what methods he used to check facts. Did he check that any of these men were actually members of the spas they claimed to be? How did he question them? This is what Russell Miller did in Bare Faced Messiah. This is why I say it is like a gossip column.
All in all I am not impressed by this book. It presents facts with no way of sourcing them.
I think there are probably 2 reasons Scientology hasn't sued
1) Because he has not made enough waves to be a problem and because suing him would make waves and do more damage.
2) Because at least some of it is true and provable.
The problem is we don't know which parts are true.
Also this logo bothered me. 100% TRUE? Apart from the fact that the image just makes it look like they are deliberately trying to appeal to the gullible, that statement couldn't be true. If he is relaying accounts from others, he can't know that it is 100% true.
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