Hacked emails suggest desire to withhold data from publiic scrutiny

Excerpts from the emails:



"... Keith/Tim still getting FOI requests as well as MOHC and Reading. All our FOI officers have been in discussions and are now using the same exceptions not to respond - advice they got from the Information Commissioner ...



The FOI line we're all using is this. IPCC is exempt from any countries FOI - the sceptics have been told this. Even though we (MOHC, CRU/UEA) possibly hold relevant info the IPCC is not part our remit (mission statement, aims etc) therefore we don't have an obligation to pass it on.



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"Can you delete any emails you may have had with Keith re AR4? Keith will do likewise. He's not in at the moment - minor family crisis. Can you also email Gene and get him to do the same? I don't have his new email address. We will be getting Caspar to do likewise."



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"... 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 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 inquiries within 20 days? - ours does !"




Source: New Zealand Herald


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Anthropogenic Climate Change »Anthropogenic Climate Change
Human impact on the Earth's climate? »Human impact on the Earth's climate?
Case for significant anthropogenic forcing remains unclear »Case for significant anthropogenic forcing remains unclear
IPCC process, science and modelling are flawed »IPCC process, science and modelling are flawed
IPCC process isn't wholly reliable »IPCC process isn't wholly reliable
Hacked emails raise questions about flaws in the scientific process »Hacked emails raise questions about flaws in the scientific process
Hacked emails suggest desire to withhold data from publiic scrutiny
No records deleted or altered with intent of avoding disclosure »No records deleted or altered with intent of avoding disclosure
Over 95% of raw station data accessible via GHCN for several years »Over 95% of raw station data accessible via GHCN for several years
Underlying data is not CRU's to disclose »Underlying data is not CRU's to disclose
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