ATI’s Horner in Wash. Examiner: DOJ Joins Britain’s ‘Climategate’ Leaker Manhunt
Chris Horner, Washington Examiner:
I have seen apparent proof that the United States Department of Justice (DOJ), Criminal Division, is working with United Kingdom police to pursue the leaker of the 2009 and 2011 “Climategate” emails.
I have learned that last week DOJ sent a search-and-seizure letter to the host of three climate-change “skeptic” blogs. Last night, UK police raided a blogger’s home and removed computers and equipment.
The leaked records derailed “cap-and-trade” legislation in the U.S. and, internationally, as well as talks for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The emails and computer code were produced with taxpayer funds and held on taxpayer-owned computers both in the US and the UK, and all were subject to the UK Freedom of Information Act, the U.S. Freedom of Information Act and state FOIA laws.
Read more at the Washington Examiner.
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http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/12/14/uk-police-seize-computers-of-skeptic-in-england/
UK police seize computers of skeptic blogger in England
Posted on December 14, 2011 by Anthony Watts
UPDATE: 12/15/11 11AM This is getting traction in the press, so I’ve decided to make it a sticky post. I’ll add updates and links into the body of this post. New stories will appear below this one. – Anthony
The first blogger to break the Climategate2 story has had a visit from the police and has had his computers seized. Tallbloke’s Talkshop first reported on CG2 due to the timing of the release being overnight in the USA. Today he was raided by six UK police (Norfolk Constabulary and Metropolitan police) and several of his computers were seized as evidence. He writes:
After surveying my ancient stack of Sun Sparcstations and PII 400 pc’s, they ended up settling for two laptops and an adsl broadband router. I’m blogging this post via my mobile.
That means his cellphone. In his blog report are all the details. including actions in the US involving WordPress and the US Department of Justice. Jeff Id at The Air Vent also has a report here.
They have at least caught on to the fact that is was an inside job and not a “hacker,” but they will never find him because it has to be someone high up on the East Anglia University CRU totem pole. Power prevails.
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