Hackers 'expose global warming con': Claims that leaked emails reveal research centre massaged temperature data | Mail Online

The CRU, which plays a leading role in compiling UN reports and tracks long-term
changes in temperature, has repeatedly refused to provide detailed information about the data underlying the temperature records.

It is thought that this could have triggered the theft.
...
Spokesman Dave Britton said the two organisations had to turn down numerous Freedom of Information requests because they did not hold the copyright to the data.

‘There is a feeling we are hiding something,’ he said. ‘But we are not, we just can’t
release the data.’

Alleged CRU Emails - Searchable

From: Phil Jones To: Tom Wigley Subject: Re: FOIA Date: Fri Jan 21 15:20:06 2005 Cc: Ben Santer
...
I wouldn't worry about the code. If FOIA does ever get
used by anyone, there is also IPR to consider as well.
Data is covered by all the agreements we sign with people,
so I will be hiding behind them. I'll be passing any
requests onto the person at UEA who has been given a post to
deal with them.

Twitter / [What's Andy Revkin saying here?]

@tboggia Way worse than computer fraud. But it's not up to me to catch them or "let them get away." http://j.mp/dotEmails

In pictures: Behind the scenes in Copenhagen with Ed Miliband | Environment | guardian.co.uk

Ed Miliband talks to a Swiss delegate in the conference hall. Miliband describes the difficulty of reaching an agreement in Copenhagen: 'Imagine if you knew 189 people, and you got them all together and said, "Here’s how we want you to run a significant part of your lives in the next 30 or 40 years – and by the way, you have to have unanimously agree that that’s how you want to do it".'