Er, no. The scandal of climategate is the CRU’s destructive efforts against scientific inquiry.

Destruction of the raw data upon which trillion dollar policy decisions are being based is a scandal. It is not a “conspiracy” but is an enormously stupid crime against free inquiry.

Stonewalling release of taxpayer-funded research; unbelievable.

Conspiring to Delete emails and data in the face of lawful FOIA requests is a flat-out crime.

Efforts to quash dissenting views and manipulate the peer-review process are disgusting.

This is a true disaster, and I do not understand the attempts to defend the indefensible.

It is not a problem of the “right wing blogosphere”, it is a problem of men (scientists) making very poor decisions with enormous effects on world policy.