Climate change expert sentenced to 32 months for fraud, says lying was a 'rush'

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9 pointsCozumel4 comments

'The EPA’s highest-paid employee and a leading expert on climate change was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison Wednesday for lying to his bosses and saying he was a CIA spy working in Pakistan so he could avoid doing his real job.'

So the lying had nothing to do with climate change but NBC "news" decided it was a good idea to link the two in readers minds anyway?

Exactly! That's the angle all the news outlets seem to be running with, I just found it amazing he could pretend to be CIA and get away with it for so long!

You think this says nothing for his credibility overall? His title was Senior Policy Advisor and reported directly to the Assistant Administrator.

His wife is Nancy Kete, another former EPA employee and currently a managing director of the Rockefeller Foundation. They spend a lot in grants regarding "climate change"[1].

[1] http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/fundraising-for-climate-ch...

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