Rep. Issa: Obama's refusal to investigate 'Climategate' emails is 'unconscionable'

[bobbyw24]

By Tony Romm - 12/04/09 12:52 PM ET

The U.N.'s decision this week to investigate whether some of its climate change research had been manipulated constitutes a "direct rebuke" of the Obama administration, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Friday.

The White House's unwillingness to open a similar inquiry could now only be characterized as "a sad abdication of their responsibility to ensure that U.S. policies are not driven by corrupted science and data," the congressman added.

“The very integrity of the report that the Obama administration has predicated much of its climate change policy has been called into question and it is unconscionable that this administration and Congress is willing to abdicate responsibility of uncovering the truth to the United Nations," explained Issa, the ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

Motivating Issa's calls for a probe into climate change research, and the U.N.'s decision to launch one, was the publication last month of thousands of e-mails and other documents that global warming skeptics say prove the phenomenon does not exist.


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/70653-rep-issa-white-house-refusal-to-investigate-climategate-is-unconscionable-

[Dionysus]

I'm sure that Obama read a decade's worth of emails before making up his mind about the relevance of the bombshell that global warming is perhaps no more real than Santa Claus. But you wouldn't have to read the emails if you already knew that, but still thought it was a good excuse to tax the planet, just in case. <insert Hillary cackle here> You're either on the inside, one of 30K Goldman Sachs oligarchs (Hillary's son in law) making 2 million a year minimum, or you're a sucker like everyone on here.

[TCE]

Issa, for whatever reason, has actually been decent since September of last year. He was one of the strongest opponents of the bailout, and now with this attack on Obama regarding global warming, I have a little bit of hope for him on the domestic side.