Sara: take a look at post#11 and the posts it refers to for the reason it may turn out to be bigger. There is reason for speculation that NCSE, who had just hired Gleick for the purpose of propagandizing children, could have been involved in the fake memo. Or, at a minimum, NCSE and Desmogblog were apparently mulling over how to generate a “target” for their propaganda activities - a target similar to “Discovery Institute” served for their pro-evolution campaign - and again, a motive for a broader game being played by bigger players than simply Gleick himself. At a minimum, Gleick was not simply frustrated, etc., as he maintained - this was a concerted fraudulent effort to enhance reputation and field of play for both him and NCSE, and it is possible that it involved conspiracy.
If watermelons plotted the “sin” of Heartland rejecting school children being taught that global warming doctrines are “settled science”, that is pretty weak. Global warming is not like evolution. It is a new piece of fake science and propaganda that has been slaughtered in the public square in Europe and the US.
Most Americans do not accept man-made global warming claims and solutions. The watermelons are on weak territory and they are desparate trying to reinvent the evolution game they played.
Is there a crime in NCSE forging documents, lying and faking science? Could have fooled me. Liberals do it all the time. As far as I know, liberals running guns to Mexican drug lords and cheating in elections, is fine and dandy, too.