[crescen7]

It isn't just the e-mails, it is the other data that was released along with the e-mails. And really, that data is more important than the e-mails in showing that these "scientists" were indeed cooking the books.

This is true. It bothers me that the balance of "FOIA2009.zip" (which is the much larger portion of the file) is rarely mentioned.

There are hundreds of fortran programs, and dozens of compressed files within compressed files. It will take huge numbers of man hours for anyone to try to re-assemble them in any definitive way. There are, of course, dozens of errors - as in all code. The tough thing is to try to determine what the particular piece of code was used for, and if it was pertinent in any publication.

I'm still suspect about the origin of this "release". There's quite a bit of exculpatory evidence in these files if anyone looks. I'm afraid that they may be part of a purposeful leak - and we're about to be deluged with defenses found in FOIA.zip.

Of course I realize I am the only person in the world that is that paranoid!

[azkathy]

They may have been “purposefully” leaked by an insider who was sick of the corruption.

In my opinion, the reason the emails are focused on is because “ordinary citizens” and not so ordinary journalists can understand the plain language of an email but the codes have to be interpreted by “experts.”