Virginia AG Ken Cuccinelli's AGW Witch Hunt Continues

eldavojohn writes "A letter from Representative Edward Markey outlines Ken Cuccinelli's latest civil investigative demand targeting 39 people instead of just Michael Mann. You may recall that the original investigation was quashed by a judge, but the latest request demands records from people seemingly unrelated to Mann, including an Indian glaciologist. The Bad Astronomer calls Cuccinelli out in a similar manner and lists Cuccinelli's doubts about Mann's papers, including, 'Specifically, but without limitation, some of the conclusions of the papers demonstrate a complete lack of rigor regarding the statistical analysis of the alleged data, meaning that the result reported lacked statistical significance without a specific statement to that effect.' The school that hosted the research announced the new investigation, and the Union of Concerned Scientists accuses him of harassing scientists."

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[hsthompson69]

Mann is at the top of his field and lists well over 100 papers in his CV, many of them in journals such as Nature and Science.

Ah yes, the "he's so good and respected he couldn't *possibly* have done anything wrong!"

http://www.thegwpf.org/gwpf-reports/1531-the-climategate-inquries.html

"The way in which Mann was exonerated proved extremely controversial and even neutral commentators appeared to be taken aback by some of the panel’s reasoning. Writing in The Atlantic, Clive Crook, widely seen as a neutral on the question of global warming, said:"

“The report...says, in effect, that Mann is a distinguished scholar, a successful raiser of research funding, a man admired by his peers – so any allegation of academic impropriety must be false...
Mann is asked if the allegations (well, one them) are true, and says no. His record is swooned over. Verdict: case dismissed with apologies that Mann has been put to such trouble.”"