Well of course it wasn't a conspiracy, Tom, a conspiracy only happens when you don't get your way, this was just some misguided people who weren't try to decieve us, just tieding up the data which is what they have probably done all of their academic lives. It brings us to the point of asking what other hypotheses are wrong and manipulated to suit the idea that pure research should be fostered to keep these dills employed and out of the way of those trying to actually produce something. I mean these guys weren't supported by oil or coal companies or anything like that otherwise the data would have been tiedied in another direction.
There are some things I still don't get;
Why are the heat readings taken in one of the consistently hot spots of the globe?
Why are the CO2 readings taken within spitting distance of an active volcano?
Why are heat readings taken near air conditioning condensers.
Perhaps the data did need tieding up to make sure these were included?

