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Earlier today I posted two versions of Senator Edward Markey's missive of the alphabet regarding Herbalife. Read that post service first.

The Bill Ackman version was dated Jan 22, 2014.

The Edward Markey version was dated Jan 23, 2014.

This missive of the alphabet was highly marketplace position sensitive, as well as trading on it inwards advance would move insider trading nether either the Stock Act or the Supreme Court determination inwards the R. Forster Winans case.

I receive got no show nevertheless that anybody traded. I exclusively complaint the sensitivity of the letter.

I likewise tartly noted that Michelle Celarier's New York Post article on Senator Edward Markey's missive of the alphabet had the missive of the alphabet dated Jan 22, 2014 - the same engagement every bit the missive of the alphabet on Bill Ackman's website.

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This caused a tike stir inwards the Twittersphere. Witness this central betwixt Josh Brown as well as Michelle Celarier.





Previously Michelle Celarier insisted that she pulled the letters of Markey's website as well as that possibly Markey had updated them at around afterward stage:




As Michelle Celarier has called me "full of sh-t every bit usual" I experience the take to defend myself.

I note, other than the date, at that spot is 1 noun deviation betwixt the letters on Ackman's website as well as the 1 on Markey's website.

Here is the signature block on the Ackman-website letter:




Note that the signature is inwards grey.

And hither is the signature block on the Markey-website letter.





Note that the signature block is inwards blue.

I receive got checked many letters on Senator Markey's website.

As far every bit I tin transportation away state he e'er signs inwards blue.

The conclusion I receive got is that the missive of the alphabet on the Ackman website is a scanned letter.

This conclusion is confirmed past times looking at other details. The Ackman-website missive of the alphabet for illustration renders Edward Markey's letterhead unreadable:



(The moving painting actually is that faint.)

By contrast the Markey missive of the alphabet has a readable letterhead:


The document properties are likewise different. The Markey version was produced on a Hewlett Packard MFP.

The Ackman-website version was produced on an eCopy ShareScan.

The missive of the alphabet lay upward past times the New York Post was non the master copy letter. It was a scanned letter. It was likewise produced on an eCopy ShareScan as well as it has the same legibility issues every bit the Ackman-website letter.

Michelle Celarier is probable false close where she got the missive of the alphabet from.






John

An update is warranted: Google Cache clearly shows a missive of the alphabet dated Jan 22 was at 1 phase on Senator Markey's website.


However this does non obviate the fact that Michelle Celarier's re-create of the missive of the alphabet was a scanned re-create alongside Pershing Square consistent metadata. However it does take away around suspicion every bit to timing of receipt of the copy.


J



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