It turns out the when it comes to AGW, she basically farms out her opinion on the science to someone from the Cato Institute, from what I see on Climate Progress. It takes real courage to be a mouthpiece for a right wing freemarket think tank (in the process of being taken over by the Kochs), rather than do some research of your own.

McArdle was at least honest enough to admit she now has zero credibility, but not honest enough to admit to herself that she’s a really rubbish ‘journalist’.

no one (and that includes you) can make the claim that he committed the crime of identity theft.

I’m not trying to make the claim that he committed the crime of identity theft. I pointed out that the above definition of identity theft is bizarre. According to that definition, IF Gleik used someone else’s name in the blacked-out space then it is identity theft according to that bizarre definition.

You are making a leap that may be correct, but at this point it is unknown and therefore, stated in the terms you’ve used, misinformation. Lies, even. So cut that out, please.

If you don’t know what name he used

I presume it’s the name that is blacked out in this email and I presume the name is not Gleick’s.

What is the name to which you refer?

I don’t know exactly but whatever name it was that Gleick was using in the emails he sent to Heartland.

It appears to include (1) uses any personal identifying information

“It” meaning identity theft.