it’s a story from April:
VIDEO: 3mins41secs: 21 Apr: WSJ: Mary Kissel: Opinion Journal: How Government Twists Climate Statistics
Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin on how bureaucrats spin scientific data.
http://www.wsj.com/video/opinion-journal-how-government-twists-climate-statistics/80027CBC-2C36-4930-AB0B-9C3344B6E199.html?mod=trending_now_video_3
24 Apr: Daily Caller: Chris White: Former Obama Official: Bureaucrats Manipulate Climate Stats To Influence Policy
A former member of the Obama administration claims Washington D.C. often uses “misleading” news releases about climate data to influence public opinion.
Former Energy Department Undersecretary Steven Koonin told The Wall Street Journal Monday that bureaucrats within former President Barack Obama’s administration spun scientific data to manipulate public opinion.
“What you saw coming out of the press releases about climate data, climate analysis, was, I’d say, misleading, sometimes just wrong,” Koonin said, referring to elements within the Obama administration he said were responsible for manipulating climate data...
http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/24/former-obama-official-says-climate-data-was-often-misleading-and-wrong/
the whistleblower was Dr. John Bates
the whistleblower John Bates is mentioned further down in the Daily Caller article.