Email 5286, von Storch: "We should explain why we don't think the information robust yet. Climate research has become a postnormal science, with the intrusion of political demands and significant influence by activists driven by ideological (well meant) concerns."

ClimateGate FOIA grepper!

We should be aware that it is our responsibility to assess the certainty and uncertainty of information on the regional scale.We should respond to critique concerning incomplete or incorrect analysis of what has been published, also concerning linguistic readability. But we must not respond positively to requests for information to be used in impact and policy analysis, which we do not consider sufficiently robust for this purpose. We should explain why we don't think the information robust yet. Climate research has become a postnormal science, with the intrusion of political demands and significant influence by activists driven by ideological (well meant) concerns. On the other hand, we have to defend the credibility of our science. ... Hans von Storch

Hat tip: AJ