In papers sent to UVA April 23, Cuccinelli’s office commands the university to produce a sweeping swath of documents relating to Mann’s receipt of nearly half a million dollars in state grant-funded climate research conducted while Mann— now director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State— was at UVA between 1999 and 2005.
If Cuccinelli succeeds in finding a smoking gun like the purloined emails that led to the international scandal dubbed Climategate, Cuccinelli could seek the return of all the research money, legal fees, and trebled damages.
“Since it’s public money, there’s enough controversy to look in to the possible manipulation of data,” says Dr. Charles Battig, president of the nonprofit Piedmont Chapter Virginia Scientists and Engineers for Energy and Environment, a group that doubts the underpinnings of climate change theory.
… The Attorney General has the right to make such demands for documents under the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, a 2002 law designed to keep government workers honest.
AWESOME!
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Wow, Ken's on a roll! First health care, then AGW---what's next? VA's illegal immigration problems? I am glad to see our AG is getting things done.
UK is heading back to the Dark Ages, courtesy of BBC: last night a programme on Radio 4 spent half an hour interviewing Mann and another fraud from East Anglia, discussing the hockey stick as if it were real!! unbelievable.
On BBC website, there is "listen again" facility for 1 week after broadcast.
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