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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
by 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 agoFirst 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 agoIndividuals 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.