And open letter to Maureen Martin:

You are unbelievable. Threatening legal action against those who comment on what someone else released? Someone either leaked embarrassing sensitive information, or forged it. Either way, that individual is the only one who could plausibly be sued. Publicly talking about it is fully protected by the first amendment.

If you’re going to use the law to bully your critics, it would help to first learn the law. In case you haven’t already guessed, this was a bad attempt at damage control. I’d go so far as to call it counter-productive because by trying to shut people up you’ve made yourself and Heartland Institute appear guilty as hell. Additionally, making yourself appear ignorant of the law will also further encourage your critics.

It will take extraordinarily clever action to end, let alone reverse, this PR disaster. I honestly doubt that you nor anyone in your employ are capable of such action. Therefore, I will prepare some popcorn and enjoy watching your PR downward spiral.

Sincerely,

a pseudonym.