I saw this via Mr. Bingley this morning, and it has the potential to rock the political world:
Hackers have broken into the data base of the Hadley GRU unit - one of the world’s leading alarmist centres - and put the files they stole on the Internet, on the grounds that the science is too important to be kept under wraps.
The ethics of this are dubious, to say the least. But the files suggest, on a very preliminary glance, some other very dubious practices, too, and a lot of collusion - sometimes called “peer review”. Or even conspiracy.
A warning, of course. We can only say with a 90 per cent confidence interval that these emails are real.
The caution that this is all unconfirmed is one we should pay heed to. However, I downloaded the entire file this morning and took a look at some of those emails. If this is a hoax, somebody spent a hell of a lot of time setting it up. Many of the emails contain complete headers and details that can be easily checked, including message IDs that investigators can use to find emails or see if they have been deleted. There is plenty of evidence available to quickly confirm or debunk these emails.
This is a huge moment of truth for the mainstream media. If organizations like The New York Times or WaPo ignore or fail to at objectively investigate this story they will prove that they are absolutely worthless in providing the essential information that the public needs to make informed decisions. I think we should see how things work out before rendering judgment, but this is one hell of a lot of smoke.
Recent Comments