Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 02/21/2012 9:11:46 AM PST by Qbert
It was all For The Planet, of course.
Global warming zealot Peter Gleick, in the name of defending “rational debate,” committed flabbergasting fraud to try and bring down the free-market Heartland Institute.
He’s finally ‘fessed up. But the Heartland Institute is going to fight for its reputation and for justice — in court.
From the confession:
The Origin of the Heartland DocumentsPeter Gleick
Since the release in mid-February of a series of documents related to the internal strategy of the Heartland Institute to cast doubt on climate science, there has been extensive speculation about the origin of the documents and intense discussion about what they reveal. Given the need for reliance on facts in the public climate debate, I am issuing the following statement.
At the beginning of 2012, I received an anonymous document in the mail describing what appeared to be details of the Heartland Institute’s climate program strategy. It contained information about their funders and the Institute’s apparent efforts to muddy public understanding about climate science and policy. I do not know the source of that original document but assumed it was sent to me because of my past exchanges with Heartland and because I was named in it.
Given the potential impact however, I attempted to confirm the accuracy of the information in this document. In an effort to do so, and in a serious lapse of my own and professional judgment and ethics, I solicited and received additional materials directly from the Heartland Institute under someone else’s name. The materials the Heartland Institute sent to me confirmed many of the facts in the original document, including especially their 2012 fundraising strategy and budget. I forwarded, anonymously, the documents I had received to a set of journalists and experts working on climate issues. I can explicitly confirm, as can the Heartland Institute, that the documents they emailed to me are identical to the documents that have been made public. I made no changes or alterations of any kind to any of the Heartland Institute documents or to the original anonymous communication.
I will not comment on the substance or implications of the materials; others have and are doing so. I only note that the scientific understanding of the reality and risks of climate change is strong, compelling, and increasingly disturbing, and a rational public debate is desperately needed. My judgment was blinded by my frustration with the ongoing efforts — often anonymous, well-funded, and coordinated — to attack climate science and scientists and prevent this debate, and by the lack of transparency of the organizations involved.
Nevertheless I deeply regret my own actions in this case. I offer my personal apologies to all those affected.
Heartland’s reaction:
“Earlier this evening, Peter Gleick, a prominent figure in the global warming movement, confessed to stealing electronic documents from The Heartland Institute in an attempt to discredit and embarrass a group that disagrees with his views.“Gleick’s crime was a serious one. The documents he admits stealing contained personal information about Heartland staff members, donors, and allies, the release of which has violated their privacy and endangered their personal safety.
“An additional document Gleick represented as coming from The Heartland Institute, a forged memo purporting to set out our strategies on global warming, has been extensively cited by newspapers and in news releases and articles posted on Web sites and blogs around the world. It has caused major and permanent damage to the reputations of The Heartland Institute and many of the scientists, policy experts, and organizations we work with.
“A mere apology is not enough to undo the damage.
“In his statement, Gleick claims he committed this crime because he believed The Heartland Institute was preventing a “rational debate” from taking place over global warming. This is unbelievable. Heartland has repeatedly asked for real debate on this important topic. Gleick himself was specifically invited to attend a Heartland event to debate global warming just days before he stole the documents. He turned down the invitation.
“Gleick also claims he did not write the forged memo, but only stole the documents to confirm the content of the memo he received from an anonymous source. This too is unbelievable. Many independent commentators already have concluded the memo was most likely written by Gleick.
“We hope Gleick will make a more complete confession in the next few days.
“We are consulting with legal counsel to determine our next steps and plan to release a more complete statement about the situation tomorrow. In the meantime, we ask again that publishers, bloggers, and Web site hosts take the stolen and fraudulent documents off their sites, remove defamatory commentary based on them, and issue retractions.”
The Heartland Institute is a 28-year-old national nonprofit organization with offices in Chicago, Illinois and Washington, DC. Its mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems. For more information, visit our Web site or call 312/377-4000.
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Question: Where are all the front-page mea culpas from the all the mainstream media outlets that ran with Gleick’s slime?
AGW a cult for college educated white liberals that makes them useful to the Left.
People have gone to prison for this. Let’s hope this clown does, too.
He’ll be back like a bad foot fungus until he is stripped of his academic credentials.
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And I hope that when in prison someone busts a hole in his o-zone.
The scumbag liar and thief Gleick even lies in his cofession!
The last thing on earth the "global warming" scammers want is real debate, because... "The science is settled."
They still have Heartland as being the villain.
It seems to me that so much of the despicable things that leftists do is because of their “frustration” with failing to get their way. Their failure to convince the retards like you and me to come around to their way of seeing things.
That kind of behavior is not tolerated in 3-year olds, so why should it be with grown men and women?
Back in April 2011, Peter Gleick was exposed by Calwatchdog.com for misleading about the amount of water California agriculture uses.
Read here:
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2011/04/05/no-shortage-of-water-myths-or-mythmakers/
Back in April 2011, Peter Gleick was exposed by Calwatchdog.com for misleading about the amount of water California agriculture uses.
Read here:
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2011/04/05/no-shortage-of-water-myths-or-mythmakers/
Back in April 2011, Peter Gleick was exposed by Calwatchdog.com for misleading about the amount of water California agriculture uses.
Read here:
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2011/04/05/no-shortage-of-water-myths-or-mythmakers/
Back in April 2011, Peter Gleick was exposed by Calwatchdog.com for misleading about the amount of water California agriculture uses.
Read here:
http://www.calwatchdog.com/2011/04/05/no-shortage-of-water-myths-or-mythmakers/
The DeSmogBlog, which has long covered the impacts global warming and fossil fuel industry-backed misinformation campaigns, on Tuesday released internal documents from the Heartland Institute -- "the heart of the climate denial machine" -- that discuss "its current plans, many of its funders, and details" confirming years of suspicion and reporting on their goals and machinations.
Cheers,
OLA
The left’s AGW/CO2 fraud has been exposed as the political lie that it is. They can not win the debate. Propaganda and misinformation was their tactic to hoodwink the american people into believing the global warming scam to begin with. These are the same tactics used by the NAZI GERMANS to sway public opinion in support of Hitler.
The fraud claims to have "solicited" the information fraudulently. But he received the material he asked for.
How does that constitute "stealing," as claimed by the Heartland Institute?
If he stole data he should pay the price. I he simply appropriated information which would otherwise be obtained legally, where's the foul?
Of course there is the other matter of claiming that he received data "anonymously" which he very weell could have manufactured after receiving data to make the fraud more believeable.
The lack of moral and ethics on the perp's part is clear.
Did I miss any Lib responses?
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