Montana attorney general launches inquiry into ‘Three Cups of Tea’ charity. Mortenson enter hospital as controversy swirls

Montana’s attorney general launched an inquiry Tuesday into the charity run by "Three Cups of Tea" http://www.threecupsoftea.com/ co-author Greg Mortenson after reports questioned whether Mortenson benefited from money donated to build schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Attorney General Steve Bullock’s statement Tuesday to The Associated Press follows investigations by "60 Minutes" and author Jon Krakauer into inaccuracies in the book and how money donated to the Bozeman, Mont.-based Central Asia Institute was spent.

Bullock oversees non-profit corporations operating in the state. He has been in contact with attorneys for the agency, and they have pledged their full cooperation, he said.

By MATT VOLZ Associated Press missoulian.com

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Mortenson enters hospital as controversy swirls

The embattled Central Asia Institute announced Tuesday that founder Greg Mortenson had been admitted to a Bozeman hospital for treatment of a heart ailment and that his charity had appointed a temporary director.

By GAIL SCHONTZLER, Chronicle Staff Writer The Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Full Story: http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/article_bc7efbec-6ae4-11e0-a66d-001cc4c002e0.html

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Ten sips from “Three Cups of Deceit” — starting in Seattle

Jon Krakauer describes Greg Mortenson’s “Three Cups of Deceit,” and its Seattle origins.

By Tom Paulson

Full Story: http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2011/04/ten-points-from-three-cups-of-deceit-starting-in-seattle/

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Three Cups of Bull: Greg Mortenson and the value of truth

Feeling a bit betrayed by what now appears to be a web of lies that formed the basis of Greg Mortensen’s bestselling "Three Cups of Tea" and the massive charity that grew from it?

Join the club.

Posted by Ron Judd

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