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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Heartland Institute claims some leaked documents
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Wed Feb 15 18:04:17 2012
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:54:09 -0800
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Heartland Institute claims some leaked documents altered or faked,
expresses concern over outing of their "anonymous" corporate donors
http://j.mp/A89KmR (Forbes)
"How did this happen? The stolen documents were obtained by an unknown
person who fraudulently assumed the identity of a Heartland board
member and persuaded a staff member here to "re-send" board materials
to a new email address. Identity theft and computer fraud are criminal
offenses subject to imprisonment. We intend to find this person and
see him or her put in prison for these crimes. Apologies: The
Heartland Institute apologizes to the donors whose identities were
revealed by this theft. We promise anonymity to many of our donors,
and we realize that the major reason these documents were stolen and
faked was to make it more difficult for donors to support our work. We
also apologize to Heartland staff, directors, and our allies in the
fight to bring sound science to the global warming debate, who have
had their privacy violated and their integrity impugned."
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