Are Scientists Above the Law? — Some Seem to Think So.

SEE HERE The issue isn't so much science as conscious and intentional fraud with intent to deceive. The idea that Michael Mann should be above investigation because he is a "scientist" suggests a new standard for legal exclusion. Who else should be put above the law? Are good intentions enough to trump intentional deception? Where should the line be drawn? Good science is not just an issue to be decided among scientists it seems to me. The issue is more important than that since it bears on public policy. How is the public to distinguish good science from deceitful, agenda driven, cherry picking science motivated by the desire to advance, not scientific truth, but a political policy objective, possibly greed, control and power? Where does the public that pays for all this "science" sit at the table of judgment?