>And subversives can expose diplomatic secrets, critics can expose scientific hoaxes, and governments can track conspiracies

While part of me is still hoping he's talking about Snopes, I know this is a reference to the University of East Anglia emails, which were about as much a blow to climate science as the Arsenic bacteria were a boon to astrobiology. I may have to adopt your "pretend he doesn't exist in real life" approach.