Just as Hubbard did, his successor David Miscavige demands unquestioning acceptance from his followers. For a long time Scientology has been an internationally operating company which lives by the sales of questionable psycho-services as well as by hefty payments made by its followers. Critics in press and politics are persecuted without mercy. Thus, the organization is spreading rumors that its former top manager Vaughn Young would be available to give false testimony as a witness for money and that he would be involved in the porn movie business. Germany was declared an enemy because of its stalwart rejection of Scientology by the state and the media.
Some federal states have the domestic intelligence agency keep the sect under surveillance.