full of bullshit" in a court deposition in the U.S. The Scientology organization has been less complimentary the executor of Hubbard's estate called it "a scumbag book. Ron Hubbard" - and praise the quality and depth of Miller's research. Reviews of the book have been broadly positive - one calling it "the best and most comprehensive biography of L. Courts in the UK and Canada took an opposite view, allowing publication of Bare-faced Messiah in the public interest. Supreme Court's decision to let a lower court's ruling stand, denying fair use protection for the book's use of unpublished sources, set a precedent favouring copyright protection of unpublished material over biographers' freedom of speech. The organization and related corporate entities attempted to prevent the book's publication in court, resulting in cases that reached the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the Federal Court of Canada. However, a leak of internal Scientology documents to the press in 1990 disclosed many details of the campaign. The organization was accused of organising a smear and harassment campaign against Miller and his publisher, though it strenuously denied this accusation, and a private investigator involved in the campaign denied that the organization was his client. Finished read Bare-Faced Messiah.This is the book that Scientologists dont want you to read.This is the real biography of L.Ron hubbard,not one edited by The Church of Scientology.Hubbard was an only child,spoiled and a habutiual liar through out his whole life.In his last years he admitted to a doctor he did everything for power and money.A. The Church of Scientology strongly opposed the book's publication.
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