The Heartland Institute's Fourth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-4) took place in May 2010 in Chicago, Illinois. Steve McIntyre outlines how he exposed Mann's Hockey Stick, and the subsequent "Whitewashed Investigations". The whitewashed "Investigation" is outlined here; http://climateaudit.org/2011/11/10/pe... Michael Mann was exonerated during the 'inquiry'; three of four allegations are dismissed out of hand at the outset; no interviews or evidence was taken from critics of Mann's work. Results of the Inquiry; "This level of success in proposing research, and obtaining funding to conduct it, clearly places Dr. Mann among the most respected scientists in his field. Such success would not have been possible had he not met or exceeded the highest standards of his profession for proposing