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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (899093)11/6/2015 11:45:15 AM
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American Meteorological Society to Congress: Ease off NOAA scientists
Letter to Lamar Smith says his actions “can be viewed as a form of intimidation.”

…Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) is clearly not happy with the fact that the apparent “pause” in temperatures has gone away. So, he started issuing requests for the data and methods used in the analysis. When NOAA pointed out that these were already publicly available, Smith issued subpoenas for all correspondence related to the temperature record, and the politician issued a statement suggesting NOAA scientists colluded to manipulate the record for political ends.

The American Meteorological Society (AMS) finds this all disturbing, and it has released an open letter to Smith in which it says the committee should be celebrating the fact that the data and methods were already available. Trying to get access to correspondence, in contrast, is worrisome:
arstechnica.com

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