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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 8, 2010 23:02:42 GMT
The Norfolk Police are investigating the CRU Climategate hack/leak with the assistance of the The National Domestic Extremism Team
What is domestic extremism? Unlike terrorism, which is defined in the UK by the Terrorism Act 2000, there is no equivalent legal definition for domestic extremism. The terms are generally used to describe the activity, individuals or campaign groups that carry out criminal acts of direct action in furtherance of a campaign. These people and activities usually seek to prevent something from happening or to change legislation or domestic policy, but attempt to do so outside of the normal democratic process.
What kind of criminal activity is involved? The tactics used by extremists vary and are always changing. Incidents have included public disorder offences, malicious letters and e-mails, blackmail, product contamination, damage to property and occasionally the use of improvised explosive devices. Domestic extremist campaigns rarely cause a danger to life, but in some cases the aim is to create a climate of fear.
Cripes! Watch out all readers of this blog. Guilt by association. Apparently the marchesa is a supporter of National Domestic Extremism!
Ne’er mind folks, I’m not worrying! The whole purpose of this thread is just to post the following! Delicious, innit!
Climate of fear? Climate of fear of Climate.
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 8, 2010 23:11:47 GMT
“To capture the public imagination, we have to offer up some scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements and little mention of any doubts one might have. Each of us has to decide the right balance between being effective, and being honest.”
- Leading greenhouse advocate, Dr Stephen Schneider ( in interview for “Discover” magagzine, Oct 1989)
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 8, 2010 23:27:17 GMT
Stephen Brown says "... Simply by referring this matter to the NETCU gives the Norfolk Constabulary access to much more intelligence and investigative powers than they would normally have. An understanding of the politics and attitudes in play in this scenario is also important. Norfolk is predominantly a rural County with very conservative views. Hunting (of foxes with hounds, called The Hunt) is very popular but this has been banned by the present Government which is not very popular in the County. Five out of the eight Members of Parliament from this County are Conservatives (right wing). The acting head of the Norfolk Constabulary is Ian Learmonth It is too complex to explain here but his ambitions appear to be limited to his confirmation in the post. The strongly Conservative Police Authority will have a big say in this. The Acting Chief Constable’s personal attitudes towards AGW are not known, neither are those of his Police Authority Members nor his MPs. However, it could be reasonably construed that there is a substantial degree of reluctance to their absolute acceptance of the AGW premise. The highly probable demise of the present governing political party here in the UK is also going to have a bearing on how this present Police investigation progresses. The Norfolk Constabulary will, I think, investigate the whistleblower with all due diligence. At the same time, however, I think that all other offences uncovered are also going to be fully investigated and that includes any attempt to avoid any FOI requests. Investigations into the maladministration of Government-provided funds, fraudulent presentation of data etc will, I am sure, follow. It will take a great deal of time and effort which the Constabulary can ill-afford but I am sure that they are going to perform their appointed tasks to the best of their ability." wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/08/statement-from-norfolk-police/#comments
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Post by marchesarosa on Jan 13, 2010 17:39:17 GMT
A police unit set up to support forces dealing with extremism in the UK is helping investigate the leaking of climate change data in Norfolk. A spokesman for the unit said: "At present we have two police officers assisting Norfolk with their investigation, and we have also provided computer forensic expertise. "While this is not strictly a domestic extremism matter, as a national police unit we had the expertise and resource to assist with this investigation, as well as good background knowledge of climate change issues in relation to criminal investigations." "background knowledge of climate change issues in relation to criminal investigations" Uh? Would that be the Carbon Trading VAT multi million pound scam?
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