WOW, you sure make NOAA look like a bunch of idiots. Management is swayed by pretty colors, and this is your source for AGW? 

I know the stories I read and I know a hit piece when I read it. This is a hit piece, pure and simple. Lots of belittling and a persuasive argument that nothing Bates said should be listened to. It would be interesting to read their response to your opinion of the intellectual capacity of upper management for NOAA!