Posted on 12/02/2009 12:43:30 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Boxer: Hacked 'Climategate' emails may face criminal probe By Michael O'Brien - 12/02/09 03:26 PM ET
Leaked emails allegedly undermining climate change science should be treated as a criminal matter, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Wednesday.
Boxer, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said that the recently-released emails, showing scientists allegedly overstating the case for climate change, should be treated as a criminal matter.
"You call it 'Climategate,' I call it 'E-mail-theft-gate,'" she said during a committee meeting on Wednesday. "Whatever it is, the main issue is are we facing global warming or are we not. I'm looking at these emails, that, even though they were stolen, are now out in the public."
The emails, from scientists at the University of East Anglia, were obtained through email hacking. The messages showed the director of the university's Climate Research Unit discussing ways to strengthen the unit's case for global warming. Climate change skeptics have seized on the e-mails, arguing that they demonstrate manipulation in environmental science.
Boxer said her committee may hold hearings into the matter, as its top Republican, Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), has asked, but that a criminal probe would be part of any such hearings.
"We may well have a hearing on this, we may not. We may have a briefing for senators, we may not," Boxer said. "Part of our looking at this will be looking at a criminal activity which could have well been coordinated."
"This is a crime," Boxer said.
Evildoers hate it when they get caught. Reminds me of ACORN after the videos.
And the old Douche Bag misses the total point AGAIN!
there should be at least 535 pikes on the fence surrounding the White House, arent there?
Libs loooooove to embrace the notion of speaking truth to power; they invented the phrase. Fight the man, they said.
Unless, of course, the “man” is the democrat political machine, and the truth reflects very, very badly on their liberal socialist dogma. Then, they have no problem whatsoever crushing dissent under the jackbooted heel of government power.
Well, Ma’am, do ya?
Pleeeease don’t call her ma’am. Shes worked too hard to be called ma’am /s OK, how about stupid ma’am.
She is an idiot. The cover up is not the crime, but discovering the cover up is... What an ahole.
Off with her head. Place it on a pike
Or, we could throw her off the peak :)
Sorry Babs, but it is now becoming clearer that this may be a whistleblower. You know you love whistleblowers, right?
You are just pissed because your fraud and plan to fleece citizens is going down the pot. How much did you invest Babs? Lots I bet and you and those crooks in Congress could just smell the money coming in.
I think you and your buddies ought to be probed and prosecuted for treason, spat upon and jailed forever.
Truth and reality are never friendly to liberal ideology.
This Boxer is punchy, there is no other explanation ....
“This is a crime,” Boxer said.
Something she should have intimate knowledge of:
House Banking Scandal
The PBS onlineNewshour summarizes the House Banking Scandal, also known as Rubbergate: “In 1992, many House members were suspected of bouncing checks from accounts they held at the so-called “House Bank” — a loose operation that allowed member of Congress to cash their checks but kept shoddy records and often were quite delayed in recording deposits or withdrawals. Although the lawmakers had broken no laws and many did not even know they were bouncing checks, several took advantage of the bank system and many voters viewed the scandal as a blatant abuse of power. Of the 296 sitting representatives and 59 former members who had overdrafted their personal accounts in the preceding 39 months, the House Ethics Committee released a list of the 24 worst abusers.”
Barbara Boxer was among the top 24 involved in the House bank scandal. On March 1, 1992 the Sacramento Bee quoted Boxer as admitting she didn’t pay enough attention to her House bank account. More specifically, that meant 143 bad checks totaling $41,417 over a three-year period that she had written on the House bank.
I don’t consider the emails were stolen at all. I think they were simply “released” from captivity.
.and I think Sen Idiot knows that the lid is totally off the Global Warming Hoax
I wonder if Idiot Ma’am is scrambling to sell her global warming investments? Hummmmm.
Climategate? I call it Climaquidick.
“You call it ‘Climategate,’ I call it ‘E-mail-theft-gate,’” she said during a committee meeting on Wednesday. “Whatever it is, the main issue is are we facing global warming or are we not. I’m looking at these emails, that, even though they were stolen, are now out in the public.”
From the quote above it’s not clear to me she’s attacking the messenger...
It certainly is... thank heavens the email hackers have helped bring it to light.
Yes but Boxer is set to lose millions, and she will poo poo this as long as she can.
Hey, buddy! That's Senator Douche Bag, if you please!
Apologies for those that have already seen this, but...
This is a great opportunity to “pants” the fascists if they say that climategate doesn’t matter.
To wit:
Oh, so you want to go through with your economy killing policies ANYWAY even though there are serious doubts about your entire reason for doing it? You want to curtail individuals’ use of energy ANYWAY?
Could it be that GW really didn’t matter to you at all? That you just wanted to control individuals’ behavior and consumption just because you’re a fascist a$$hole?
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