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If there's one dude unafraid to live on Xenu's bad side, it's the sultan of political satire, Stephen Colbert!

On last night's Report, Pulitzer Prize winning author Lawrence Wright discussed Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, his latest book on the abuse handed out by Scientology leader David Miscavige.

Was John Travolta one of the abused?

We sure hope not!

Steve and Larry's fascinating discussion explores Tom Cruise's reputation-damaging affiliation with the religion.

Find out why the A-list actor continues destroying his credibility with Scientology…AFTER THE JUMP!!!

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Oh boy…

We all knew the CRAZY was coming in a big way when it was announced that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright would be releasing an expose on Scientology called Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood & the Prison of Belief, but now that it's set to be released this week and is already garnering critical praise left and right, new details about just WHAT exactly goes down in the religious organization are spilling out…and they make the earlier excerpts regarding Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman's marriage look like the paradigm of sanity and logic!

In fact, according to new details, the controversial actor, who has been praising Xenu since he was only 23, was able to rise to the top of Scientology because of his celebrity status and friendship with David Miscavige and now, is reportedly number three in the hierarchy!

As he apparently told

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Scientolgy is one erm, interesting, "religion" which seems to attach itself to those with power, charisma, and potential…

Which is probably why Tom Cruise was SO heavily courted by the Church when his acting career began to bloom!

In a new book detailing Scientology and its influence in Hollywood, Pulitzer-prize winning author Lawrence Wright describes how Scientology's leader David Miscavige seemed obsessed with Cruise and explains how he became best buds with Tom who, in turn, grew more involved in the church.

Wright details:

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