[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

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[Matchett-PI]

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[mewzilla]

On a PSU-related note...

AccuWeather's Joe Bastardi surprises many with his resignation

[Captain Rhino]

Sorry to inject silliness into this thread, but whenever I read the phrase “To Serve Man,” I think of this Twilight Zone episode of the same name:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_(The_Twilight_Zone)

[kidd]

There is a better (clearer) summary of the significance of this issue at:

http://dailycaller.com/2011/03/08/penn-state-whitewashed-climategate/

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The issue is the Penn State University inquiry into Micheal Mann, and can be summarized as this:

PSU: This is potentially very grave. We must know: Did you do A or B?
Mann: I did not do A.
PSU: Ah. There we go. It appears there is no evidence he did A or B.

[ApplegateRanch]

Sources confirm that a federal inspector has questioned Eugene Wahl and Wahl has confirmed that Mann asked him to delete emails. Wahl has also informed the inspector that he did delete emails as the result of this request.

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[justa-hairyape]

Thanks for the ping. Been real busy lately. Mann apparently issued a response to the above, while spending time in Hawaii.

Mann, reached on vacation in Hawaii, said the stories yesterday were “libelous” and false. “They’re spreading a lie about me,” he said of the Web sites. “This has been known for a year and a half that all I did was forward Phil’s e-mail to Eugene.” Asked why he sent the e-mail to his colleague, Mann said, “I felt Eugene Wahl had to be aware of this e-mail … it could be used against him. I didn’t delete any e-mails and nor did I tell Wahl to delete any e-mails.” Why didn’t Mann call Wahl to discuss the odd request? “I was so busy. It’s much easier to e-mail somebody. No where did I approve of the instruction to destroy e-mails.”

In my mind, that defense would be equivalent to the following Clintonian defense.

I did have sex with that women, but I did not enjoy it.

The AGW Clown Posse just stepped into a legal trap. Every good lawyer supposedly will tell you to never admit anything in public. Now, as someone else asked on WUWT, how could that email be used against Wahl ? And if that email could be used against Wahl, would not the act of sending it to Wahl also be used against Mann ? These AGW clowns are real stupid.