HMM: Trump transition says request for names of climate scientists was ‘not authorized’

The Trump transition team appeared to back away from a controversial questionnaire sent to the Energy Department last week that had asked for the names of department staffers who had worked on several climate-change initiatives under President Obama.

“The questionnaire was not authorized or part of our standard protocol,” Trump’s transition team said in a statement to The Washington Post. “The person who sent it has been properly counseled.”

I’d like to know exactly what “properly counseled” entails before drawing any conclusions.