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Cease and Desist Letters Regarding Fakegate

February 18, 2012

By Maureen Martin, Joseph Bast

Cease and desist letters The Heartland Institute sent concerning the Fakegate scandal and identity thief Peter Gleick.

Identity thief Peter Gleick, perpetrator of Fakegate scandal against The Heartland Institute

Click the links below to download a PDF of the cease and desist letters The Heartland Institute sent to blogs and online publications that linked to and reproduced excerpts from the stolen and faked documents in the Fakegate scandal surrounding Peter Gleick, president of the Pacific Institute.

Fakegate Legal Notice to DeepClimate

Fakegate Legal Notice to Brendan DeMelle at DeSmogBlog

Fakegate Legal Notice to Katherine Eastman at GreenBizGroup

Fakegate Legal Notice to Suzanne Goldenberg at The Guardian

Fakegate Legal Notice to Max Greenberg at National Wildlife Federation

Fakegate Legal Notice to John Harris at Politico

Fakegate Legal Notice to Arianna Huffington at Huffington Post

Fakegate Legal Notice to Charles Johnson at Little Green Footballs

Fakegate Legal Notice to Brad Johnson at ThinkProgress

Fakegate Legal Notice to Greg Laden

Fakegate Legal Notice to Scott Mandia at Suffolk County Community College

Fakegate Legal Notice to Dana Nuccitelli at Skeptical Science

Fakegate Legal Notice to Christine Penner Polle at 350 or Bust

Fakegate Legal Notice to Darren Samuelsohn at Politico

Fakegate Legal Notice to Dr. Hans von Storch

Fakegate Legal Notice to YouTube, LLC

Fakegate Legal Notice to Amos Zeeberg at Discover Magazine

Fakegate Legal Notice to Jess Zimmerman at Grist List

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Maureen Martin

Maureen Martin passed away on February 5, 2013. The Heartland Institute's page in tribute to her work and legacy is here.Maureen Martin was The Heartland Institute's senior fellow for legal affairs and managing editor of Lawsuit Abuse Fortnightly.

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Joseph Bast

Joseph Bast is the CEO of The Heartland Institute, a 33-year-old national nonprofit research center located in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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jbast@heartland.org @JosephLBast

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