The warmists really have no argument when it comes to the CRU whistleblower leak.The evidence in their own words, in the leaked emails that were being withheld from a Freedom of Information request is already deeply incriminating.  Even worse for their scientific case, the underlying database they used was hopelessly mis-organized and altered on an ad hoc basis, as demonstrated by Marc Sheppard Wednesday. Science still has accountability mechanisms. The refusal of the CRU to share its data, as the open science requirement demands, is already a scandal. But in light of the exchanges over manipulating the peer review process and the need use tricks to hide the decline, a full review of all their data is in order. Senator Inhofe, the ranking Republican on the environmental issues, is demanding an investigation. Science Magazine, the flagship of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, once virtually banned skeptical papers, but now is looking into the fraud. Rush...(Read Full Post)