What we are really seeing in Climategate is the inner workings of one part of a huge cartel. Let’s call it the AGW Cartel. Members: 1) United Nations sub group IPCC, 2) EU, 3) United States, 4) Australia, 5) Japan and 6) Russia.
The scientific reports are generated by small sub groups of climatologists and Universities by in large but not entirely to get funding and increase their prestige. The various media publish information with only a bare minimum of fact checking. Usually a Jones or Mann type will step up and lend support if questions arise. After all this is lofty science, it shouldn't be questioned.
Cartels manipulate, restrict, control, collude, are anti-competitive and are capable of using judicial, legislative, administrative, financial and bureaucratic entities to achieve their goals.
Like any scheme, many well meaning persons are taken in by lofty goals like "Save the Earth" "Stopping pollution", etc.
Everyone on this board can easily see how the AGW Cartel has operated. The interesting fact is cartels are illegal in the countries participating in this one.............