Fred Pearce suggests that recent warming was "independent of past natural variability". He forgets to tell us how he knows that

Secrecy in science – an argument for open access | Fred Pearce

If McIntyre eventually gets the data, could it undermine the case that man is warming the world? Certainly not; that is independent of past natural variability. Could it change our ideas about past natural climate change? Conceivably, yes. Is it a scandal that McIntyre cannot get to see the data to review CRU’s work and do his own science? I believe it is.