[Editors note: The notations cited below as “./(dir-name)” refer to the particular subdirectory's “dir-name" in the CRU files that have recently been released on the Internet. “./(dir-name)” is command-line notation in Unix and DOS.]From day one of ClimateGate there has been conflict over how to frame the release: an illegal hack, or a protected leak by a whistleblower.Many have commented that the incident has the signature of a leak. A network administrator, Lance Levsen, has conducted an analysis of the two main subdirectories of ./FOIA.Regarding the highly ordered ./mail subdirectory, the author concludes that a hacker: [Would] have to have access to the gateway mail server and/or the Administration file server where the emails were archived. This machine would most likely be an Administrative file server. It would not be optimal for an Administrator to clutter up a production server open to the Internet with sensitive archives.Not being...(Read Full Post)