He is NOT a Federal Judge

The Post is really getting embarrassing.

Comments

[Brian W. Schoeneman]

That's a really amateurish mistake.

[Spock]

Wow and the article even reads:

"One such important action came in an Albemarle County courtroom, where ***Circuit Court Judge Paul M. Peatross Jr.*** put a damper on a pernicious fishing expedition by Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R)"

Do they even read what they write?

[Not Larry Sabato]

The Editorial Board often has views I agree with, but they don't even do basic research of facts with Virginia issues they write about. I don't know if this is also an issue in MD and DC also or not.

[martinlomasney]

Fred Hiatt strikes again.

When is the Graham family going to give him the gold watch?

[Chubber]

Again, as I pointed out in my prior comment, let's put this into the corporate context, and imagine an exchange of emails by corporate employees similar to what was leaked from the East Anglia Climate Research Unit. I don't think the Post's editors would be quite as sanguine about a judge quashing an investigative subpoena. This also isn't a molehill issue. As described in the article I linked to, the "trick" regarding the climate data allowed the the "hockey stick" to appear, which was a media sensation and drove tremendous funding for Mann et al including taxpayer-provided grants. This matter is squarely within the AG's authority to investigate under FATA.

http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/2010/08/cuccinelli-global-warming-suit-thrown-out.html?cid=6a00d83451b13369e20133f36bb1c7970b#comment-6a00d83451b13369e20133f36bb1c7970b

Also, I don't think the judge's ruling on the four federal grants will stand. Violations of FATA include knowingly presenting false or fraudulent claims for payment or approval to the Commonwealth. There is no caveat that the funds have to be from the Commonwealth. Certainly, it would be consistent with the purpose of FATA (stop fraud) to extend its coverage to approvals of payments of federal-provided dollars by Commonwealth universities.

[Barbara Munsey]

Interesting article at WUWT on new research involving the debunked hockey stick:

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/08/30/breaking-new-paper-makes-a-hockey-sticky-wicket-of-mann-et-al-99/

In addition, also WUWT, independent review trashes IPCC practices:

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/08/30/iac-slams-ipcc-process-suggests-removal-of-top-officials/

The Post is just following dogma by continuing to refer to the leaked emails as "stolen", as if that justifies ignoring the damning contents.

[Whitney Wilson]

The Post makes plenty of mistakes, but as I read the editorial on-line a few minutes ago, it didn't refer to the judge as a Federal judge. He appears to be sitting by designation as a Circuit Court judge for the Albemarle County Circuit Court.

[reston libertarian]

The reference to the Judge being a federal Judge was in the title.

That reference has now been removed, and has disappeared down the memory hole.

[Not Fred Hiatt]

Ask Bill Turque what happens when you anger The Board.