 In the "Boston Globe" in 1992, Fulani claimed "the entire thing is a lie", and cited what she described as Political Research Associates ties to the Democratic Party.Berlet's claims of cultism have been disputed by some of Newman's peers in the therapeutic milieu.According to British psychologist Ian Parker, "Even those [Newman and Holzman] who have been marked by the FBI as a 'cult' may still be a source of useful radical theory and practice.