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Environment & Energy

Panich52

(5,829 posts) Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:03 AM Nov 2015

House GOP investigators want to pry into climate scientists’ emails. W. Post:

“Scientists and top officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have agreed to start interviews akin to depositions this week with House investigators … (But there is) pressure on NOAA’s parent agency to comply with his subpoena for e-mails that NOAA has refused to turn over.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2015/11/16/climate-scientists-to-be-grilled-by-congressional-investigators-but-their-e-mails-are-still-off-limits/

Yet another ideological waste of taxpayer money...

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House GOP investigators want to pry into climate scientists’ emails (Original Post) Panich52 Nov 2015 OP

What.The.Fuck. onecaliberal Nov 2015 #1

(32,861 posts)

1. What.The.Fuck.

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:06 AM

Nov 2015

(1,893 posts)

2. They are government employees who work for the department of commerce...

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:46 AM

Nov 2015

Yes the inquiry is stupid, but so is government employees trying to shield government emails.

(2,620 posts)

3. Yep - just like with any private company, any correspondance moving through their servers

Mon Nov 16, 2015, 11:57 AM

Nov 2015

does not belong to the individual.

Claiming otherwise shows ignorance and smacks of a cover-up. Why bother?