Police Close Climategate Investigation

ananyo writes "The Norfolk Constabulary has closed its investigation into the November 2009 release of private emails between researchers at the Climatic Research Centre at the University of East Anglia in Norwich after failing to identify those responsible. Despite not being able to prosecute any offenders, the police have confirmed that the data breach 'was the result of a sophisticated and carefully orchestrated attack on the CRU's data files, carried out remotely via the internet.' The investigation has also cleared anyone working at or associated with UEA from involvement in the crime. The hacking resulted in the release of more than 1,000 emails and shook the public's trust in climate science, though independent investigations after the breach cleared the scientists of wrongdoing."

Re:"Cleard them of wrongdoing"

[Jane Q. Public]

"I will bash the scientists involved. I have read all the e-mails and was appalled at what I saw."

Yes, I had them too. I don't claim to have read ALL of them, but I did read a significant portion and all of your allegations are true.

"As to them being "ultimately cleared them of wrongdoing"..."

It rather disgusts me when people say that. It is a gross distortion of the truth. Every one of the 5 completed investigations I am aware of questioned their methods or data, in one way or another. I count the House of Commons, which stated the scientists

"did not violate accepted practices, but those practices have to change."

[emphasis mine]