in february 2003, lomborg filed a complaint with the ministry, and in december 2003, the ministry found that the dcsd's handling of the investigation in the case had been improper, and remitted it for re-examination. in march 2004, the dcsd stated that since its finding had been to acquit lomborg of the charges of scientific dishonesty (although they had criticized his biased selection of data), there was no basis to re-open the investigation, and dismissed the case.