re: Federal scientist cooked climate change books ahead of Obama presentation

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I'm legitimately curious as to why I or anyone else should dismiss this whistleblower or the article.

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Apparently Dr Bates had to later clarify the issue after the stories reported that he was alleging fraud. NYT's Story

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“The issue here is not an issue of tampering with data,” he said, “but rather really of timing of a release of a paper that had not properly disclosed everything it was.”

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Clearly there are some concerning issues, but I think people are trying to fit it into the exteme.