“This correspondence looks very bad,” Mr de Boer said. “But I think both the university is looking into this (and) I believe there is a police investigation going on whether the emails were leaked or stolen.“
Como se o método como se conheceram os email tivesse implicações sobre a sua (comprovada) veracidade…
Prof van Ypersele believes it was Russians who hacked into the CRU emails and leaked them, carefully timed to disrupt Copenhagen. “It’s a scandal,” he said. (…) As one of the world’s largest producers and users of gas and oil, Russia has a vested interest in opposing any agreement reached in Copenhagen to reduce emissions.
Como se o interesse do mensageiro (aceitando a teoria conspirativa de que foi realmente o governo russo a disseminar os emails) alterasse os factos (comprovados) da mensagem.