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Whether or not he came to believe it - so many people, when they have a mission, come to believe something in a way that may have started out as a slogan. You know, L. Ron Hubbard, not to make a random comparison, started Scientology as a scam.

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Alex Gibney
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: October 23
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New York City
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Philip Alexander Alex Gibney
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