Letters to the Editor
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Verify
Additionally, all of the adornments (titles and pre-programmed signature lines and the like) and formatting are identical. Most convincingly (to me), Col. Boylan has, as I noticed during my prior email exchange with him, a -- how shall we say? -- idiosyncratic grammatical style that is quite recognizable though difficult to replicate, and the e-mail I received this morning -- from start to finish -- is written in exactly that style. I don't see any reason at all to doubt its authenticity.
As the following shows, other people have had access to the titles, signature lines, formatting and grammatical style.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2007/08/post_8.asp
The best way to verify is for you to write to Col. Boylan and request that he quote back in its entirety your request in his response as a proof of authenticity. While anyone can hack a mail server to send a email as Col. Boylan, it would take much more to intercept your email to him.