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Re: Senator Barbara Boxer's new name for Climategate
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johnturmel
Dec 5, 2009, 4:10:08 PM12/5/09
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On Dec 2, 9:01 pm, "b o o z n" <b...@s.com> wrote:
> Senator Barbara Boxer's new name for Climategate
>
> By Damian Thompson Politics Last updated: December 3rd, 2009
>
> Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) thinks those responsible for Climategate
> should face criminal charges. "Wow, that's a bit harsh," I thought when I
> read it.
>
> On closer inspection, however, Boxer was calling for prosecution of the
> hackers, not the resourceful prof and his pals. As she told the Senate
> Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday: "You call it Climategate;
> I call it E-mail-theft-gate."
>
> E-mail-theft-gate. Sorry, Babs, but I don't think it will catch on. Except,
> perhaps, at the BBC.
> Senator Barbara Boxer's new name for Climategate
>
> By Damian Thompson Politics Last updated: December 3rd, 2009
>
> Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) thinks those responsible for Climategate
> should face criminal charges. "Wow, that's a bit harsh," I thought when I
> read it.
>
> On closer inspection, however, Boxer was calling for prosecution of the
> hackers, not the resourceful prof and his pals. As she told the Senate
> Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday: "You call it Climategate;
> I call it E-mail-theft-gate."
>
> E-mail-theft-gate. Sorry, Babs, but I don't think it will catch on. Except,
> perhaps, at the BBC.
Jct: Was it whistleblowing or hacking? Is it really a crime to
illegally expose a crime?
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