• The UEA response has been frankly pathetic. It was informed by Real Climate of the hack on 17 Novem­ber but only reacted two days later when journal­ists caught on to the story. It refused to confirm whether the emails were accurate or not and, for a long time, refused to comment at all.
• Climate Outreach and Infor­ma­tion Network founder George Marshall • Discussing the Univer­sity of East Anglia’s weak response to the hacked e-mail contro­versy despite the fact that the e-mails don’t reveal any sort of conspir­acy. He argues instead that it’s merely been integrated into longstand­ing skeptic opinions. “The speed with which the emails have been cut apart and fed into exist­ing story­lines is remark­able,” he notes. He also notes the timing is extremely suspect. source

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