For clarity: his fraud was not related to climate science at all, but "for lying to his bosses and saying he was a CIA spy working in Pakistan so he could avoid doing his real job."
Kind of unfortunate NBC has chosen to use a title that makes you believe the article will be about lies on climate change, likely just to click bait.
THIS fraud was not related to climate science, but who can imagine what else he can do?
Well I think the problem is that from the title, NBC seems to suggest (at least in my opinion) that he is a scientific researcher. I think he's actually a policy maker, which puts his credibility in a different light.