ClimateGate Inquiry: No Scientific Misconduct From "Squeaky Clean" Researchers

Months after the hack heard 'round the world, the independent review is finished. A panel of 11 led by the University of Oxford's Lord Oxburgh investigated the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, whose researchers were accused of manipulating data based on information gleaned from thousands of stolen emails. The panel's conclusion: The scientists did not intentionally distort the truth, though their statistical rigor leaves something to be desired.