Link: http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns19856.html

...continues to deepen, with Renault due to appear before the WMSC in December to answer charges that look like a cross between the passing of IP data from Ferrari to Toyota in 2002, and the passing of the now-infamous 780 page design dossier from Ferrari to McLaren's chief designer Mike Coughlan in 2007.
Now it seems that Bernie Ecclestone held a meeting with all of the teams in Formula 1 not impacted by the current investigations (i.e. everybody except for Ferrari, McLaren and Renault). It is not clear what the purpose or outcome of the meeting was, but given the timing and the subject matter, it would have been interesting to have been a fly on the wall...
The FIA is currently caught between a rock and a hard place. If it follows the same punishment model for Renault, it is possible that Renault will withdraw from Formula 1, which would not only impact the Renault team, but also Red Bull Racing, who use Renault engines. If it imposes a lesser punishment on Renault, there will be a firestorm of allegations of inconsistency, and fans, media and sponsors may start to shy away from the sport. Large corporations demand at least the public appearance of fairness and transparency, and fans will not want to watch a sport if they suspect that the results are being influenced via nefarious behind-the-scenes machinations.
This thoughtful article at grandprix.com offers another way out of the mess, via a tactical retreat by the FIA from their original punishment of McLaren.
I agree with the conclusions of the article that the current approach to enforcing the regulations in Formula 1 is neither effective or positive for the sport. The "smoke filled room" approach to governance will not work with the current maturity and funding levels. If the governannce approach is not overhauled, the sport could collapse back to much lower levels of funding and public interest. The current succession of investigations is in danger of converting Formula 1 to a cross between a soap opera and a laughting-stock. The sport is current taking up media bandwidth for all the wrong reasons.