One of the leading Climategate researchers, Dr. Phil Jones, is “standing aside” as Director of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Great Britain while an independent review board investigates the case.
Scientist Steps Down in Climategate Investigation
Professor Jones's original raw data has dissapeared (deleted by him) but still has the modified data only. Anyone scientist knows that their data must be readily available so that other scientists can reproduce the results.
A.k.a: "I lied, I got caught, I'm stepping down"
This is just getting jucier.
Professor Mann is up next soon.