It's a bad day to be a AGW huckster. A ton of data has been stolen from a CRU computer. I haven't had time to go through much of it; but this excerpt from an e-mail gives you an idea of the kind of problems they've got ahead of them:
Just sent loads of station data to Scott. Make sure he documents everything better
this time ! And don't leave stuff lying around on ftp sites - you never know who is
trawling
them. The two MMs [McIntyre and McKitrick] and have been after the CRU station data for years. If they ever hear
there
is a Freedom of Information Act now in the UK, I think I'll delete the file rather than
send
to anyone. Does your similar act in the US force you to respond to enquiries within
20 days? - our does ! The UK works on precedents, so the first request will test it.
We also
have a data protection act, which I will hide behind.
Isn't that lovely: The data must be kept from scientists who might disagree with our work. "I'll delete the file rather than send it to anyone."
From a quick perusal of the files one thing is clear. These guys aren't scientists so much as advocates. Good that some Russian teenager has strung out their laundry for all to see.
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