>the nature of science is that, at the very least, all results, data, and methodological information should be wide open The request for his e-mails had nothin

>the nature of science is that, at the very least, all results, data, and methodological information should be wide open The request for his e-mails had nothing to do with the scholarly process. When a professor wants to disprove another's research, he doesn't ask him to forward all his e-mails over. That's just not the way it works. I've read a bit into the case, the original request for e-mails was from an attorney general with an anti-climate change agenda. He lost, so a private conservative organization with the same agenda filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the e-mails. They lost. This shouldn't be a surprise, the request was unorthodox.