In fact, if there ever were such
confidentiality agreements, then CRU had
breached them right from the start — by sending the 1991 version
of the data to the US Department
of Energy which published the station data online; by placing the 1996 version online at CRU as part
of the ADVANCE / 10K program; and by sending station data out on request (not just to Georgia Tech, but to others, including Mann and Rutherford in 2005 and even to me in 2002 before I was identified as a
potential critic).
«Although it did not, the respondent's
breach of solicitor - client
confidentiality had the
potential to seriously prejudice the client in his criminal proceedings,» the panel said.