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Climategate: Which one blew the whistle?
Herald Sun (Australia) ^ | 12/5/2009 (Aussie time) | Andrew Bolt

Posted on 12/04/2009 11:37:08 AM PST by Pyro7480

Meet Tom Wigley, the Climategate insider who may finally have choked on all the deceit he witnessed.

It is almost certain that the leak of 4000 documents from the University of East Anglia was not the work of a hacker but of a whisteblower. The sheer effort of retrieving, itemising and sorting all those documents, and of weeding out any that were purely personal or irrelevant, required someone who had not just the computer skills and the access, but who knew what was important, and had the motivation to put in countless hours of work....

(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andrewbolt; climategate; msm; unknownhero; whistleblower
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Fascinating...
1 posted on 12/04/2009 11:37:10 AM PST by Pyro7480
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To: Pyro7480
hope he’s got his back covered - for our sakes too.

He’ll be needed to testify = his personal testimony can drive the final wedge - and the Goricals know that.

2 posted on 12/04/2009 11:41:27 AM PST by maine-iac7 ("He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help" Lincoln)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I have been wondering WHO knew what to ‘hack’/’leak’.


3 posted on 12/04/2009 11:41:30 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: Pyro7480

Whether it was an inside job or not he was still a hacker. What employer lets their employees read and copy other employee’s emails?


4 posted on 12/04/2009 11:42:22 AM PST by SeeSharp
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To: Pyro7480
Thumbs Up to Mr. Wigley
 
 
All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.


It is incumbent upon the honorable craftsman
to be aware of whether or not his services are being used
as a means to accomplish evil ends -
and to act accordingly.

5 posted on 12/04/2009 11:42:47 AM PST by LomanBill (Animals! The DemocRats blew up the windmill with an Acorn!)
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To: Pyro7480; Billthedrill
Yes, I agree that this is an interesting article at the Herald Sun by Mr. Bolt; the companion list If the CRU leak was an inside whistleblower, here’s the line-up of potential suspects heroes is also worth a look.
6 posted on 12/04/2009 11:42:58 AM PST by snowsislander
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To: snowsislander
Put him on trial. If's he the one, find him guilty and fine him $1.

Then throw a ticker-tape parade for him and enroll him in a Witness Protection Program....

7 posted on 12/04/2009 11:47:23 AM PST by Liberty1970 (Democrats are not in control. God is. And Thank God for that!)
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To: Pyro7480
Ruh, roh. The “hacker” “thief” script may be falling apart.
8 posted on 12/04/2009 11:48:36 AM PST by colorado tanker (What's it all about, Barrrrry? Is it just for the power, you live?)
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To: Pyro7480
Oh, much more interesting (from the Article):

"And I’m proud to say that for me the answer is a fellow Australian, Adelaide-born Tom Wigley, a senior scientist at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research and a CRU Visiting Fellow. "

9 posted on 12/04/2009 11:49:46 AM PST by sr4402
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To: Pyro7480; OKSooner; honolulugal; Killing Time; Beowulf; Mr. Peabody; RW_Whacko; SideoutFred; ...
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FReepmail me to get on or off

Ping me if you find one I've missed.


If true, this man is a hero.
10 posted on 12/04/2009 11:50:07 AM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: Pyro7480
Climategate: Which one blew the whistle?

Monica Lewinsky....no, she blew something else.

11 posted on 12/04/2009 11:51:00 AM PST by Retired COB (Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
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To: Pyro7480

Wow - this guy might be burned at the stake by the most open minded amongst us....


12 posted on 12/04/2009 11:51:58 AM PST by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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To: Pyro7480

Don’t the Dems love whistleblowers? Remember how “courageous” Joe Wilson was....


13 posted on 12/04/2009 11:53:28 AM PST by FTJM
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To: Pyro7480
What law is there that made the release of this data illegal?

I cannot help but be reminded of algore’s defense of ‘no controlling legal authority’, sure seems to have been part of this scam.

14 posted on 12/04/2009 11:54:56 AM PST by Just mythoughts
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To: SeeSharp

If they CC’d everyone on the e-mail list, all he’d have to do is not delete them. After all, it was assumed that they were all in on it.


15 posted on 12/04/2009 11:55:34 AM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Pyro7480

ClimateGate.

MUCH bigger than Watergate. The biggest lie in history, but total MSM blackout!

Show these ClimateGate clips to everybody you know:

http://BraveNewCommie.com


16 posted on 12/04/2009 11:55:56 AM PST by Islam=Murder (Hitler hated his Jewish side; Omoslem hates his white side.)
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To: SeeSharp

Might have been someone involved with the FOIA requests?


17 posted on 12/04/2009 12:00:56 PM PST by Eurotwit
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To: SeeSharp

So, information that was paid for by public taxes, ergo public domain, and should have been released via the FOIA requests, released by one of them, at one time, is worthy of prosecution? What ever happened to the evidence itself that he revealed that shows criminal activity, ignore that to what end?


18 posted on 12/04/2009 12:01:30 PM PST by Puckster
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To: Pyro7480
It is almost certain that the leak of 4000 documents from the University of East Anglia was not the work of a hacker but of a whisteblower. The sheer effort of retrieving, itemising and sorting all those documents, and of weeding out any that were purely personal or irrelevant, required someone who had not just the computer skills and the access, but who knew what was important, and had the motivation to put in countless hours of work....

Actually, I thought this file was collected for freedom of information request that they were still fighting. So it was just one file, very easy for anyone to copy since they mistakenly saved it in a public place..

19 posted on 12/04/2009 12:06:08 PM PST by Always Right
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To: Pyro7480

While we wait for MSM to come to the same conclusion that Climategate is a whistle blower, here are a couple of climategate one liners that have merit-—

1. Associated Press assigned eleven reporters to fact check Sarah Palin’s book but has not yet noticed anything newsworthy about Climategate ——Denis Keohane

2. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Al Gore has had to cancel a Copenhagen speaking event at which he had hoped to charge starry-eyed believers in his ManBearPig religion $1200 a piece for the privilege of shaking his hand, breathing in his CO2 and having his latest book inflicted on them.-— James Delingpole


20 posted on 12/04/2009 12:08:04 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
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