Memorandum submitted by Douglas J Keenan
(UEA Reviews 02)
This letter concerns the upcoming oral evidence
sessions on the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University
of East Anglia. I am the sole person to have made a substantiated
allegation of fraud against a researcher at CRU. The allegation
was published in a peer-reviewed paper. It has also received substantial
media coverage; in particular, The Guardian had a front-page story
about my allegation: the story was positive, despite The Guardian
being a strong advocate of action on global warming. Indeed, the
evidence for fraud is conclusive—and it does not require
scientific training to understand.
The report by Lord Oxburgh et al claimed to
assess the integrity of the researchers at CRU. Yet it ignored
the allegation.
The report by Sir Muir Russell et al does
discuss the allegation: Section 6.6 is devoted to this. That section,
however, does not consider any of the evidence for the allegation.
Instead, the section claims that the head of CRU, Phil Jones,
denied the allegation. The claim is false, and would be obviously
irrelevant even if it were true.
Neither Oxburgh nor Russell contacted me.
Douglas J Keenan
September 2010
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