Well, the majority opinion at RealClimate (run by Gavin Schmidt and Michael Mann)seems to be that the e-mail quotes are out of context and therefore irrelavant. In other words, much ado about nothing.
All these stories out of CRU are beginning to give me vertigo:
First, the whole deal was simply that someone had hacked into one of their servers.
Then, all of the information was some kind of elaborate prank, and even the existence of any emails at all was called “Alleged”.
Somebody chimed in about that time, screaming for the cops because somebody swiped his emails.
Now they’re, er....”out of context and therefore irrelavant”....
Somebody better get their spinmeisters coordinated, before they have a midair and bust something.
Funny how the roaches hustle around when the lights go on, ain’t it?