Charles is going a bit over-the-top with his global warming posts lately.

The Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia is one of the most reputable and respected centers of climate science in the world...

Perhaps it was up until a couple of weeks ago. Right now, a good chunk of those paying attention should at least have some doubts about them. Give it 3-6 months and we'll see how reputable and respected they are as additional information continues to be revealed.

No data was manipulated, and nothing was "hidden."

From their own mouths:

In a statement on its website, the CRU said: "We do not hold the original raw data but only the value-added (quality controlled and homogenised) data."

Value added. Quality controlled. Homogenised. Those all mean the same thing as manipulated. We can argue that those were useful, accurate and necessary manipulations - but they are still manipulations.