NOAA refuses to comply with House subpoena for documents on climate

From Rick Moran at The American Thinker:

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is refusing to fully comply with a subpoena from Science Committee chair Lamar Smith that would shed light on the 15 year "pause" in warming.

The agency cites "confidentiality" in refusing to turn over documents.

Confidentiality, the documents were paid for by the American Taxpayer. WE own the documents.

Aside from the shocking arrogance in defying a subpoena from Congress, it's pretty obvious that the NOAA doesn't want to release the data because it will either show they cooked the books, or, as they've done in the past, misinterpreted the data. Smith can go to court, but by the time the issue is adjudicated, the next Congress will be sitting.

There is a simple solution. Zero out the NOAA budget until they comply.