Police end 'ClimateGate' inquiry (BBC)
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News
The police investigation into the so-called "ClimateGate" affair is over.
Norfolk Constabulary says there is no realistic prospect of finding the culprit within the statutory time limit of three years since the 2009 offence.
The theft and release of e-mails from the University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit provoked a huge furore over the integrity of climate science.
Police say the theft was "sophisticated and orchestrated", and that no-one at the university is implicated.
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"I hope that the separate investigation underway by the Justice Department in the US will continue undaunted, especially since the British police concluded that the data breach was the result of a 'sophisticated and carefully orchestrated attack'," he told BBC News.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18885500
Anyone want to bet that the culprit has ties to US energy companies ? Koch Brothers, maybe ?