date: Mon Aug 24 17:00:16 2009 from: Phil Jones subject: Fwd: Freedom of Information to: "Palmer Dave Mr (LIB)" Dave, From the language in this request, I'd regard it as vexatious. Cheers Phil X-Authentication-Warning: ueamailgate01.uea.ac.uk: defang set sender to using -f Subject: Freedom of Information Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:33:56 +0100 X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Freedom of Information Thread-Index: Acoc/QT7+Yv13Ew0Q5SXODkiAy56LA== Priority: Urgent From: "Keiller, Donald" To: , Cc: X-ARU-HELO: CAMEXCH.ANGLIA.LOCAL X-ARU-sender-host: cambe02.ad.anglia.ac.uk (CAMEXCH.ANGLIA.LOCAL) [193.63.55.173]:52733 X-ARU-Mailhub: yes X-ARU-Exchange: yes X-ARU-MailFilter: message scanned X-Spam-Status: no Reply-to: Don.Keiller@anglia.ac.uk X-Canit-CHI2: 0.00 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN, f028) X-Spam-Score: 0.00 () [Hold at 5.00] SPF(none,0) X-CanItPRO-Stream: UEA:f028 (inherits from UEA:default,base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 28247697 - c260ea255a6a (trained as not-spam) X-Antispam-Training-Forget: [1]https://canit.uea.ac.uk/b.php?i=28247697&m=c260ea255a6a&c=f X-Antispam-Training-Nonspam: [2]https://canit.uea.ac.uk/b.php?i=28247697&m=c260ea255a6a&c=n X-Antispam-Training-Spam: [3]https://canit.uea.ac.uk/b.php?i=28247697&m=c260ea255a6a&c=s X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 139.222.131.184 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 Papers produced without such supporting data become hearsay and must be withdrawn.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. For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), a request is to be treated as made in 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, Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT -- EMERGING EXCELLENCE: In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, more than 30% of our submissions were rated as 'Internationally Excellent' or 'World-leading'. 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