kch,
I said in a previous thread that Gleick was wrong to do what he did given the position he is in. What I object to is people feigning outrage at supposed unlawful behaviour when they have applauded such behaviour by others.
Either we are prepared to sometimes condone unlawful actions which result in the release of information which is in the public interest or we are not. Personaly I am prepared to do so, it would seem from their reaction to “climategate” that most skeptics are as well. So I’m not buying any claims that the skeptics have any kind of moral high ground here.