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Absolute cobblers. There's no such thing as a "statute of limitations" in England and Wales, and if you're going to accuse people of criminal behaviour you'd b

Absolute cobblers. There's no such thing as a "statute of limitations" in England and Wales, and if you're going to accuse people of criminal behaviour you'd better back it up with a reference, sonny.

jackfoxy 17y ago
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246661/New-scandal-Climate-Gate-scientists-accused-hiding-data-global-warming-sceptics.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246661/New-scandal-... "Statute of Limitations" was my wording for the following from the article "But the scientists will escape prosecution because the offences took place more than six months ago." Excuse me if I used a technical law term incorrectly. Someone decided (outside of the law?) that more than 6 months deserves forgiveness. There you go...gramps.
- handelaar 17y ago
  You claimed "It's been determined the East Anglia University climate researchers broke the law by obfuscating data". Your link says that UEA failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request within the required time limit. UEA is the body legally required to make that response, not any of its individual employees. That detail is the same in the US. So, in short, "broke the law by obfuscating data" is an outright falsehood, for which you should now apologise.
  - jackfoxy 17y ago
    First paragraph of the story reads: "Scientist at the heart of the 'Climategate' email scandal broke the law when they refused to give raw data to the public, the privacy watchdog has ruled." The first word appears to be a misprint since the ensuing sentence requires a plural subject. The same story appeared in other news sources today. Try doing a Google News search. You can have the last word if you want. I'm done.
    - pbhjpbhj 17y ago
      Individuals do not have to respond to FoI requests they are for organisations. The Uni of East Anglia is in charge of the data - they are responsible for responding to the FoI. Admittedly the request could be derailed by particular individuals but then it would be an internal issue to be handled in the normal way. Sacking the scientists and releasing the data for example would have allowed the Uni to meet their lawful duty.

jackfoxy 17y ago

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246661/New-scandal-Climate-Gate-scientists-accused-hiding-data-global-warming-sceptics.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1246661/New-scandal-... "Statute of Limitations" was my wording for the following from the article "But the scientists will escape prosecution because the offences took place more than six months ago." Excuse me if I used a technical law term incorrectly. Someone decided (outside of the law?) that more than 6 months deserves forgiveness. There you go...gramps.

handelaar 17y ago
You claimed "It's been determined the East Anglia University climate researchers broke the law by obfuscating data". Your link says that UEA failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request within the required time limit. UEA is the body legally required to make that response, not any of its individual employees. That detail is the same in the US. So, in short, "broke the law by obfuscating data" is an outright falsehood, for which you should now apologise.
- jackfoxy 17y ago
  First paragraph of the story reads: "Scientist at the heart of the 'Climategate' email scandal broke the law when they refused to give raw data to the public, the privacy watchdog has ruled." The first word appears to be a misprint since the ensuing sentence requires a plural subject. The same story appeared in other news sources today. Try doing a Google News search. You can have the last word if you want. I'm done.
  - pbhjpbhj 17y ago
    Individuals do not have to respond to FoI requests they are for organisations. The Uni of East Anglia is in charge of the data - they are responsible for responding to the FoI. Admittedly the request could be derailed by particular individuals but then it would be an internal issue to be handled in the normal way. Sacking the scientists and releasing the data for example would have allowed the Uni to meet their lawful duty.