Climategate: CRU Was But the Tip of the Iceberg
Perhaps the key point discovered by Smith was that by 1990, NOAA had deleted from its datasets all but 1500 of the 6000 thermometers in service around the globe.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2434568/posts
If you don't know Latin -- or can't guess the meaning, Google it and you'll get the translation -- it's worth it! '-)