Penn State scientist threatens legal action over Sandusky comparison

Politico: Penn State University global warming researcher Michael Mann is lawyering up to counter attacks by conservatives who have referred to him as the "Jerry Sandusky of climate science." Mann's lawyer wrote Friday to National Review Executive Publisher Scott Budd demanding a retraction and apology for a July 15 blog post that compares Penn State's mishandling of years of child sexual abuse to the university's investigation of "Climategate." The charged reference to Sandusky, the convicted child...

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