date: Fri Oct  2 11:42:32 2009
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Fwd: Freedom of Information
to: k.briffa@uea.ac.uk

    Keith,
       Here is the email he sent me on Aug 14. I seem to have deleted others he sent, or maybe
   they are in something Dave Palmer sent.
    Below he says
   Papers produced without such supporting data become hearsay and must be
   withdrawn.

    Perhaps you could reply briefly saying you'll respond to comments on specific things in
   papers you've written  - then send him a few.
    He is emailing you because of a blog site, not a peer-review paper.  I reckon a blog is
   hearsay!
    Cheers
    Phil

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     Dear Mrs Palmer, I have been reading with increasing disbelief the litany of
     excuses offered by CRU FOI Officers to Steve McIntyre at "Climate Audit"
     ([4]http://www.climateaudit.org/) to refuse release of original temperature data
     held at CRU.
     The refusal of FOI requests on the basis of confidentiality agreements which
     were either "verbal", or "lost" is clearly illegal.
     If you cannot substantiate these agreements, then they are null and void.
     Similarly the refusal to provide data to allow fellow scientists access to
     original data to reproduce published findings strikes at the very heart of
     scientific enquiry.
     Papers produced without such supporting data become hearsay and must be
     withdrawn.
     Accordingly I make the following FOI request, confirming that I am a academic
     who has published in the area of climate change in the past and that I
     currently work in an academic institution.
     Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (2000) "General right of access to
     information held by public authorities"
     In this Act any reference to a "request for information" is a reference to
     such a request which-
     (a) is in writing,
     (b) states the name of the applicant and an address for correspondence, and
     (c) describes the information requested.
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     writing where the text of the request-
     (a) is transmitted by electronic means,
     (b) is received in legible form, and
     (c) is capable of being used for subsequent reference.
     I hereby request:
     1. A copy of any digital version of the CRUTEM station data set that has been
     sent from CRU to Peter Webster and/or any other person at Georgia Tech
     between January 1, 2007 and June 25, 2009
     2. A copy of any instructions or stipulations accompanying the transmission
     of data to Peter Webster and/or any other person at Georgia Tech between
     January 1, 2007 and June 25, 2009 limiting its further dissemination or
     disclosure.
     Yours sincerely,
     Dr. D.R. Keiller.
     Department of Life Sciences,
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