And here's the foregone conclusion: " . . . does not expect it to reach a hugely different conclusion about the impact of global warming. "
Of course, what is NOT stated in this article is that the CRU claims all the early data has been lost and the only remaining data is the massaged data. Thus, they are starting with tainted data and can only expect to arrive at a tainted conclusion. The fact that they neglect to mention this problem guarantees that the conclusion cited above is the one which will be reached.
Q.E.D.
They’ve done to irreplaceable weather data what Obama’s mentors did to his life history. That ought to be a crime of some kind.