Disconcerting secrecy

While writing about global warming, I didn’t write on the CRU leak because I have only followed one side of the controversy, and so my opinion on it is naturally biased. However one particular aspect of the controversy which I find particularly troublesome is that some climate scientists are refusing to disclose the information about models used to analyze climate change, now with the caveat that I don’t know to what extent this is true, this is a serious matter. If the scientists are serious about the threat posed by climate change, they should be as open and forthcoming as possible, citing intellectual property rights as excuse for not disclosing the information just diminishes their credibility and what is important that of climate science.