Submission + - Virginia AG's Fishing Expedition Ended (washingtonmonthly.com)
jamie writes: "Back in May, the Attorney General for Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli, demanded "a sweeping swath of documents" from a prominent climate scientist. (Slashdot ran a story.) Today, a judge informed him that since his "subpoena failed to state a 'reason to believe' that Mann had committed fraud," it was set aside. Thus ends another politician's crusade against science. The next one begins in 5... 4... 3..."