(Source: Peter Gleick Confesses to Obtaining Heartland
Documents Under False Pretenses, Atlantic, February 21, 2010.
Gleick acknowledges that he, an outside critic of the organization, solicited and received Heartland
documents under false pretenses, an action he describes as a «serious lapse of my own and professional judgment and ethics.»
From the PRweb service, proof that Peter Gleick might have made a dent with his theft of
documents under false pretenses, but he sure didn't stop the effort.
In one is unethical in one area — obtaining
documents under false pretenses — one can not be trusted in other areas — discussing scientific issues.
Not exact matches
What I wrote then is far more relevant now with the saga of Peter Gleick, the water and climate analyst and writer who has admitted to obtaining climate and financial
documents from the anti-regulatory Heartland Institute
under false pretenses (Heartland has posted what it says are the e-mail exchanges).
Confidential
documents, including personnel matters and financial records, were recently obtained from that organization
under false pretenses.