It was the correct decision by my standards. I’m no fan of Mann and his hockey stick. But black out the word “conservative group” and “environmentalist” and use something like “Atheist group” and “Professor of Theology” or “PETA” and “Nutritional Researcher” and even “CAIR” and “Nuclear Physics Researcher”, and see if you feel the same way.
If we were talking about a private college, I would agree with you. This is a public institution, though, and his “official” correspondence should be public record.
The difference being that the emails have already been released. The environuts are claiming the emails are not real.
Since when is conversation between two government employes considered protected?
“It was the correct decision by my standards. I’m no fan of Mann and his hockey stick. But black out the word “conservative group” and “environmentalist” and use something like “Atheist group” and “Professor of Theology” or “PETA” and “Nutritional Researcher” and even “CAIR” and “Nuclear Physics Researcher”, and see if you feel the same way.”
Wouldn’t happen the same way.
Mann is a gov’t employee who has also benefited from gov’t grants. His personal emails are private. But anything work related should be subject to the FOI act.
Especially if he’s going to be suing critics of his work for libel.
Silly comparison.
None of those examples are remotely likely to adversely affect the lives of hundreds of millions for generations, directly or indirectly.
The nebulous "carbon" scam, the proven fraudulent "climate change," and "alternative energy" fraud, all have insinuated themselves improperly into National Policy, costing trillions$ over generations, on demagoguic wild guesses by megalomaniacs...
When I worked for the US Air Force, I assumed any unclassified emails were fair game to anyone who wanted to see them. I was, on several occasions, required by a FOIA request to review emails for anything involving XYZ, and turn those over to investigators.
In an HOA dispute with an HOA that has since disbanded, the lawyer told the HOA they had to hand over any emails in their possession mentioning my name. Emails do not have very many privacy rights, particularly if you work for a government agency.