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Is the Heartland "Strategy Memo" a Fake? Let's try using science!

gregladen | February 23, 2012

As you know, there is much discussion about whether or not a "strategy memo" leaked from the Heartland Institute is a fake. We are told by a trustworthy source that this policy memo was leaked to him, and that he then tricked the Heartland Institute to supply him with additional documents, which he then used to verify the "strategy memo" based on cross reference of factual information. Only after the apparent veracity of the memo was determined did that individual, Peter Gleick, release all of the documents to the public. Subsequently, a number of untrustworthy sources, such as Heartland…