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To: Eric who wrote (21678)7/7/2010 7:16:47 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 86352
 
Global warming: An inquiry that doesn't look at the science cannot understand Climategate

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this is the same modus operandi used by the government of the United Kingdom in all of its investigations into controversial actions or decisions--whether it be about Iraq, the Bloody Sunday massacre or the corruption scandal involving BAE and the Saudi government.

In each case, a number of inquiries are commissioned. They do not run simultaneously. The are each given specific terms of reference, which they don't always disclose. The terms of reference taken as a whole leave huge gaps in what should be investigated. The inquires consistently exonerate the principals they are investigating, but there is a wide sense of dissatisfaction among those following the issue, as it is clear that central questions were not addressed.

In the Russell report, Russell writes that the Oxburgh inquiry looked at the science. Lord Oxburgh has specifically stated that his inquiry did not look at the science. Nor did the Parliamentary sub-committee's one day hearing. Nor did either of the Penn State investigations.

The behaviour of the Climategate scientists cannot be understood or even traced effectively unless the scientific issues are examined in parallel. As the inquiry chose not to take oral testimony from witnesses and relied on submissions emailed before their terms of reference were clear, the science that drove their behaviour has been left unexamined.
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But in terms of making this issue go away, which is the obvious goal of all these investigations, it failed to do what it was meant to do. I have no doubt that on all the consensus websites there will be triumphant posts about all the investigations coming back with a 'not guilty' verdict for their champions.

But without looking at the science, they didn't look at Climategate.

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