I'm sure everyone passing by here has heard of the recent CRU "hack" and release of email and data as reported at various blogs.
Some are over-reacting, in both directions, others are being prudently cautious, and yet others are trying to ignore it. A lot of questions remain to be answered, but what IS clear is that the emails appear to be legitimate.
Of course context is important, and I'm sure much of this is not taking that into account, or assuming a certain context. However, some of the more incriminating emails would be damning in any context.
What has been revealed is indeed a catastrophe, a catastrophe of elitist science and corruption of the peer-review process. At the very least, these "scientists" stand accused of hiding inconvenient results, gross hyperbole against other scientists, and probably outright fraud.
For what it's worth, I am willing to believe that CO2 might be a problem, but when we see incompetence and espionage such as these "scientists" have engaged in, it's difficult for me to take anything they say seriously ever again. They HAVE betrayed the public trust, and they don't seem to care. They have engaged in unethical practices made famous by "green" groups such as WWF, Greenpeace, Sierra Club, RAN, and others, by grossly overstating their case, manipulating results, and creating something that isn't there.
My hope out of all this, that one of the "elite" in these emails will step forward and tell the truth. But I'm not holding my breath.
Update: Just found this quote at the end of the "Rules of the Game" PDF included with the "hacked" file compilation:
“First they ignore you; then they laugh
at you; then they fight you; then you win.”
Mahatma Gandhi
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