I think we're using the wrong word...

...for the guys/gals who outed the "scientists" at the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit. The word "hacker" implies criminal conduct. I prefer the term "whistle blower". In any event, Senator Boxer there is criminal conduct in Climategate. You're just looking in the wrong place.

Actually, I don't deny the whistle blower[s] committed a crime. I just think it's overshadowed by the massive fraud committed by certain global warming scientists to push an agenda for a political rather than scientific purpose. Oh wait Senator Boxer...you're also pushing a political agenda based on global warming aren't you? I guess that makes you an accessory after the fact. Doesn't it?