"On November 21, 1980, Fielding M. McGehee, III filed a suit in U.S. District Court in Washington asking the Central Intelligence Committee to respond to his Freedom of Information Act request of December 6, 1978. In two years the CIA had not responded to McGehee's request, in clear violation of FOIA law. Fielding, better known as Mac to the Moore family, wanted information from the CIA concerning Peoples Temple. Members of Peoples Temple suspected CIA interference with the group; a few weeks after voicing their ..."

"When it comes to Aum Shinrikyo - the sinister Japanese cult said to be responsible for the Tokyo subway Sarin attack in 1995 - almost anything is possible. But some serious journalists and independent scientists who have investigated the shadowy background of Aum, are unravelling sinuous connections that leap-frog the Aum story into another league altogether.[i] ..."

"Are we seeing the beginning of what we could term “the weather wars”? Are hurricanes Katrina and Rita but the latest examples of these developments, instead of just being “natural” phenomena?..."

"I stand before you having been accused in print by L. Ron Hubbard's followers of having an avid interest in black magic. I would like to put firmly on record that whatever interest I have is related entirely to achieving a better understanding of the creator of Dianetics and Scientology. Hubbard's followers have the right to be made aware that he had not only an avid interest, but that he was also a practitioner of black magic. Today I shall discuss these matters in depth, but I shall not repeat all of the proofs w..."

"Worshipping Satan, summoning demons, forced pregnancies, ritual abuse, and an over-fondness for the colour black are all accusations that have been levelled at one time or another at Satanism. This isn't the Satanism of Anton LaVey, with its focus on freedom and drama, but a far darker kind of Satanism that's threatened the world from the day the devil was cast out of heaven. Or has it?..."

"It has become synonymous with the terrorist attacks of September 11 - but what is the origin of the name al-Qaida? Giles Foden on how Bin Laden may have been inspired by Isaac Asimov's Foundation ..."

"On Tuesday, May 21st 2002, controversial religious figurehead, alleged cult leader and self-proclaimed Messiah Sun Myung Moon, is to sponsoring a banquet celebrating the newspaper's 20th anniversary. A substantial list of host Senators, Representatives and other politicians think they are supporting just a conservative newspaper, but are unwittingly endorsing the Moon agenda. Mr. Moon has used the newspaper along with U.P.I. to develop his power base for his ambitions­to establish and "automatic theocracy" in which..."