Investigation of theft of climate research emails ends
JUL 19, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.026181
BBC : The investigation into the 2009 hacking theft and publication of email from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has been closed. Facing a three-year deadline for bringing charges, Detective Chief Superintendent Julian Gregory, the officer in charge of the investigation, said that the international, online nature of the crime left the investigators with “no realistic prospect” for solving the case. The initial release of the documents, dubbed “Climategate,” misrepresented the scientific data for climate change and harmed the public’s trust of scientists . However, independent investigations have verified the data and cleared the researchers of any misbehavior.
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