If this turns out to be real, this is going to confirm every damn conspiracy theory I’ve harbored about these bastards. The punishment should be extremely severe.
The Director of Hadley CRU, Philip Jones, has confirmed that all of these documents are genuine.
See this interview:
http://briefingroom.typepad.com/the_briefing_room/2009/11/hadleycru-says-leaked-data-is-real.html