BBC News - Hackers target world's leading climate [fraud] unit

The e-mail system of one the world's leading climate research units has been breached by hackers.

Global Warming’s Blue Dress Moment? The CRU EMail Hack Scandal « Roy Spencer, Ph. D.

In reading these e-mails from the ‘other side’ of the scientific debate I am particularly amazed at the mindset of a few of these scientists. I exchange e-mails with other like-minded (read ‘skeptical’) scientists, as do the IPCC scientists with their peers. But never do I hear of anyone manipulating climate data to achieve a certain end. I must say that I am pleased to see that NCAR scientist Kevin Trenberth admits that it is a “travesty” that no one can explain the lack of global warming in recent years.

I think there is a good chance that this was an inside job…either a disgruntled employee at CRU, or someone who is simply getting fed up with the politicization of the IPCC’s science and wanted to reveal some of the inner workings of the IPCC process. I’m sure that further revelations will arise in the coming days.
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...If the hacked e-mails — with incriminating content — just happened to be Sarah Palin’s, does ANYONE believe that news reports would avoid disclosing the content of those e-mails?

ill and ancient

Professor Phil Jones - Head of the CRU at the University of East Anglia - thought that the death of climate change sceptic John L Daly is 'cheering news'

[Wait a minute--I'm not being blamed for this particular drought?!]: El Niño intensifies Latin American drought - Telegraph

From a devastating food crisis in Guatemala to water cuts in Venezuela, El Niño has compounded drought damage across Latin America this year.