Penn State issues Inquiry Report on Michael Mann

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Penn State release the initial results of their inquiry into Michael Mann's conduct with respect to "Climategate" emails. The University considered four possible charges, and found one warrants further investigation. The four charges considered were:

1. Did you engage in, or participate in, directly or indirectly, any actions with the intent to suppress or falsify data?

2. Did you engage in, or participate in, directly or indirectly, any actions with the intent to delete, conceal or otherwise destroy emails, information and/or data, related to AR4, as suggested by Phil Jones?

3. Did you engage in, or participate in, directly or indirectly, any misuse of privileged or confidential information available to you in your capacity as an academic scholar?

4. Did you engage in, or participate in, directly or indirectly, any actions that seriously deviated from accepted practices within the academic community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research or other scholarly activities?

The inquiry ruled that further investigation was warranted regarding #4.

Full Report: http://www.research.psu.edu/orp/Findings_Mann_Inquiry.pdf

Meanwhile, Steve McIntyre bitches that the University didn't ask his opinion...

http://climateaudit.org/2010/02/01/the-first-inquiry-to-report/