Background  in 2010 Mark Rathbun — also known as Marty — left the Scientology organization in 2004 after having been involved for 27 years. Throughout the majority of his tenure as a member of the organization, Rathbun held high-ranking executive posts and was involved with managing multiple litigation issues. He was raised in ,  . He first joined the Scientology organization in 1977 at age 20 after being introduced to a communications course in , . He subsequently joined the elite Scientology group known as the and was assigned to , California. He rose in the ranks and reported to Scientology leader David Miscavige in the 1980s as his lieutenant. He served as director of external legal affairs for the organization. He described his role within the organization to the , "I had the No. 2 position from 1998 until I left. I answered to no one but David Miscavige, who was chairman of the board. I was the personal counselor for  , , and ." Request for comment Wikinews reached out to for a comment about or , and to representatives of  for a comment related to  . As of this article's original publication no response was received. A subsequent response if received within 24 hours of this article's publication would be appended to this article as an addendum. You wrote the foreword to the book by  , published in 2009. Why did you agree to write the foreword, seeing as how Headley and yourself have differing views about Scientology?MR: "As covered in the forward itself." Are you aware of the situation unfolding now with the multiple recent deaths related to the Scientology drug rehab in ? What do you think of the controversy surrounding these four recent deaths? Should David Miscavige change the way is run, or promoted to potential patients?
Background Mark Rathbun in 2010 Mark Rathbun — also known as Marty — left the Scientology organization in 2004 after having been involved for 27 years. Throughout the majority of his tenure as a member of the organization, Rathbun held high-ranking executive posts and was involved with managing multiple litigation issues. He was raised in , California . He first joined the Scientology organization in 1977 at age 20 after being introduced to a communications course in , . He subsequently joined the elite Scientology group known as the and was assigned to , California. He rose in the ranks and reported to Scientology leader David Miscavige in the 1980s as his lieutenant. He served as director of external legal affairs for the organization. He described his role within the organization to the , "I had the No. 2 position from 1998 until I left. I answered to no one but David Miscavige, who was chairman of the board. I was the personal counselor for Tom Cruise , , and ." Request for comment Wikinews reached out to for a comment about Scientology or David Miscavige , and to representatives of Tom Cruise for a comment related to Mark Rathbun . As of this article's original publication no response was received. A subsequent response if received within 24 hours of this article's publication would be appended to this article as an addendum. You wrote the foreword to the book by Marc Headley , published in 2009. Why did you agree to write the foreword, seeing as how Headley and yourself have differing views about Scientology?MR: "As covered in the forward itself." Are you aware of the situation unfolding now with the multiple recent deaths related to the Scientology drug rehab in ? What do you think of the controversy surrounding these four recent deaths? Should David Miscavige change the way is run, or promoted to potential patients?
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