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L. Ron Hubbard

American writer and Scientology founder (1911–1986)

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Dec 6, 2025

Is John mappin associated with Scientology

Multiple reputable and local reports identify John Mappin as a Scientologist: he studied Scientology in Los Angeles for years and has been described repeatedly as a practising or “known” Scientologist...

Jan 14, 2026

The “Alice in Wonderland” technique (also called the confusion technique) is a psychological‑interrogation method that deliberately tries to disorient and destabilise a person’s sense of reality.

The “Alice in Wonderland” or “confusion” technique is a documented interrogation method described in CIA manuals that deliberately uses contradiction, nonsense, abrupt topic shifts and sustained disor...

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L. Ron Hubbard

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Is John mappin associated with Scientology

The “Alice in Wonderland” technique (also called the confusion technique) is a psychological‑interrogation method that deliberately tries to disorient and destabilise a person’s sense of reality.

The “Alice in Wonderland” technique (also called the confusion technique) is a psychological‑interrogation method that deliberately tries to disorient and destabilise a person’s sense of reality.