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Bishop Hill
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Dec 21, 2011 Climate: CRU Climate: Sceptics BBC East have published a story about the seizure of Tallbloke's computers.
Police who seized computers as part of the Climategate inquiry involving the University of East Anglia (UEA) have been accused of being "heavy-handed".
A Norfolk Police inquiry started after emails from the UEA's Climate Research Unit (CRU) were hacked in 2009.
Last week six police officers went to the Leeds home of a blogger and seized two computers.
Blogger Roger Tattersall said he was "shocked" by the incident. Police said the inquiry is continuing.
It's a longish piece, but frankly there's not a lot we didn't know before.
Update on Dec 21, 2011 by
Bishop Hill
Bishop Hill
The video is here - from 11 mins
Reader Comments (59)
Thanks Salopian, I will submit my evidence.
Hengist the email above clearlu says investifgating dat theft at UEA..
Andrew sent one in for the whole of UEA asking about who attended seminars.... !
Not an FOI for data, as all those others who were contacted for..
so a reasonable line of enquiry for police to focus on, those who foi'd for data.So you think you have 'evidence' that I'm wrong' in your mind, and need to tell everybody about it?
Who cares !!
Get a life, so shall I
China and India do not care.. they just want to emit lots of co2
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Neil,
Having to scrape the archives to find a near 5 year old blog entry to support their impartiality (ho, ho) speaks for itself.
What is completely irritating , are the following extracts:
The BBC is specifically prohibited from expressing a view of its own on any issue with the exception of those specifically related to broadcasting.
With regard to climate change- The BBC is committed to impartial and balanced coverage when it comes to this issue.
So why do they not keep to it !!
I have been banging on at them for years , but whether it be texts , phone ins , the "Gatekeepers" prevent anything .
I have private correspondence with the "Black Knight" , and it is embarassing that they are so blinkered.
It's probably time for some mass civil disobedience in the form of refusal to pay the licence fee , any one up for it ?
This is relevant.. a comment Tallbloke made a while back at Collide a Scape a while back, we were both in the comments having a 'debate'
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Rog Tallbloke:
http://www.collide-a-scape.com/2011/06/25/anthony-watts-phony-selective-outrage/#comment-66697
"Mosh, after my name got picked up by the alarmist crowd letters started arriving at the Pro Vice Chancellors office demanding I be sacked from my place of work. The threat is real, and the tactics are mean spirited and dirty. My contract has since been renewed so all is well, but that doesn’t make the MaCarthy-esque behaviour any less troubling. Anthony Watts is self employed, so the kind of attacks he suffers are different, but none the less real, and a genuine cause for concern.
So when Tim Wirth makes vague, undefined statements about “going after” “deniers”, it is understandable that Anthony Watts is concerned. It is not just ideas that get attacked. The ‘ends justify means’ people, and Wirth is one of them, are a real threat. People from all sides of the climate issue who believe in an open society and freely expressed scientific debate need to stand up and be counted here.
“I’m Spartacus!”
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It can be seriously damaging being on one side of the 'debate' fortuanately my 'boss and employer' at home and at work now is my wife ;-)
"I'm Spartacus"
It surprised me that the Norfolk Constabulary chose to contact me simply because I submitted an FOIA / EIR regarding the confidentiality agreements that CRU used as an excuse to deny an FOIA by Steve McIntyre.
It also surprised me that many of the questions asked by DC Baker were things like "What blogs do you read?"
I was also surprised that the CRU "leaked" my contact info to the Norfolk Constabulary.
Many (most?) of the questions seemed more targeted at determining connections between climate skeptics than having any relevance to find the leaker or hacker.
Maybe you should enlighten yourself. It may lead you to an epiphan.
Hey Hengist,
I got quizzed by Norfolk police after submitting an FOI request to the UEA prior to CG1 as well.
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