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...This is the man whose work is now featured on the FBI official website. And the man whose “BITE Model,” a subjective framework built on emotional, behavioral, and thought control, is being used to train FBI agents on how to identify “cult victims.”... ... the DOJ built its case on a podcast that featured Hassan as their expert voice, while that same guy was privately guiding the emotional and legal narratives of the two key witnesses ... This wasn’t law enforcement. It was narrative laundering. And the deeper you go, the clearer it becomes: this isn’t just about OneTaste. It’s...

CAMEROTA: “Before we get to how that’s going to happen, I just want to show a little bit more of what happened inside the U.S. Capitol. Just so that we understand, some of the people, Mr. Hassan, you see here were once elementary school counselors. Some of these people were firemen. One of them was an Olympic swimmer. How is it that they lose control of their own sort of judgment and that a cult leader, or in this case President Trump, takes over their mindset and allows them to risk their lives for him?” HASSAN: “So, in studying all...

WASHINGTON - Gov. Jerry Brown had just finished meeting privately with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius this afternoon when, on his way out, he ran into The Washington Times. It did not go well. "I'm just saying you've got some criticism that you've ceded way too much to the unions," said the Times' Kerry Picket. . . . When Picket asked again about bankruptcy, Duran said, "You're lying." Brown asked her, "Are you a Moonie, by any chance?"

America has probably supplied the world with more new religions than any other nation...the country's atmosphere of religious experimentation has produced dozens of movements, from Mormonism to a wide range of nature-based practices grouped under the name Wicca. ...how do we tell when a religious movement ceases to be novel or unusual and becomes a cult? ...Hollywood writer-director Paul Haggis...left the Church of Scientology and has accused it of abusive practices, including demands that members disconnect from their families... In the early 19th century, the "Burned-over District" of central New York state—so named for the religious passions of those who...

When the Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his wife were crowned the "King and Queen of Peace" on March 23\super \nosupersub -- inside the Dirksen Senate Office Building with Members of Congress looking on -- few news outlets took notice. But in the months since Moon's March 23\super rd\nosupersub "coronation" as Messiah, a growing number of people are questioning the appropriateness of allowing a "coronation" to take place inside a government building. At a press conference on Wednesday, Jewish, Muslim and Christian representatives from the organization that sponsored Moon's coronation unapologetically defended the ceremony, its location, and Moon's Messiah declaration....