Now, I wouldn%u2019t want to jump to any conclusions here, but it kind of looks to me like the %u201Csmall group of scientists%u201D caught out by Climategate are pretty much the same people who make up the vast and strong scientific consensus on global warming and write the official reports that the U.S. and other governments rely on to inform their policy decisions. I%u2019m sure Dr. John P. Holdren, President Obama%u2019s science adviser, has a plausible alternative explanation. He always does.