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Pulitzer Winner Sheds Light on Scientology, Reveals Abuse and IRS 'War'

Interview with Lawrence Wright. Lawrence Wright is a writer for "The New Yorker," and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his book "The Looming Tower" on the history of Al-Qaeda. His most recent book "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood ad the Prison of Belief" has upset a lot of people in controversial religion. He sat down with Madeleine to talk about some of what he discovered.

You can follow Lawrence on Twitter at @lawrence_wright.

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Church of Scientology of Los Angeles (Credit: daftgirly/Flickr)

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