“You call it ‘Climategate’; I call it ‘E-mail-theft-gate,'” she said during a committee meeting. “Whatever it is, the main issue is, Are we facing global warming or are we not? I’m looking at these e-mails, that, even though they were stolen, are now out in the public.”<\/p>\n
The e-mails, from scientists at the University of East Anglia, were obtained through hacking.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
That seems an odd thing to state as a conclusion; I’ve heard that it’s equally likely they were obtained from a conscientious whistle-blower.<\/p>\n
At any rate,\u00a0 Boxer seems to be serving the dictates of her lord and master Rahm Emanual, and is putting this crisis to good use:<\/p>\n
Boxer said her committee may hold hearings into the matter as its top Republican, Sen. James Inhofe (Okla.), has asked for, but that a criminal probe would be part of any such hearings.<\/p>\n
“We may well have a hearing on this, we may not. We may have a briefing for senators, we may not,” Boxer said. “Part of our looking at this will be looking at a criminal activity which could have well been coordinated.<\/p>\n
“This is a crime,” Boxer said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The biggest crime of all is that\u00a0Barbara Boxer\u00a0has a job more responsible than serving burgers at a truck stop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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