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To: Brumar89 who wrote (662)	9/3/2011 10:22:48 AM
From: Alastair McIntosh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

Didn't the Wegman commission have something to say about Mann's work? Yes, Wegman agreed with MM's criticism of Mann's paper. Your point being?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (662)	9/3/2011 11:06:17 AM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 85487

"Something" is the correct answer. Wegman paper pulled for plagiarism Category: climate communication Posted on: June 2, 2011 3:55 PM, by [url=]William M. Connolley[/url] [May 26th: Pulled to the top to update with the Nature editorial which, as well as noting the paper being pulled, also notes the mysteriously dilatory George Mason University investigation. scienceblogs.com Wegman exposed: Experts find “shocking” plagiarism in 2006 climate report requested by Joe Barton (R-TX) Meanwhile, evidence grows that recent global warming is unprecedented in magnitude and speed and cause November 21, 2010 Message 26978269 Wegman under investigation by George Mason University Posted on October 8, 2010 by Deep Climate\| 275 Comments [Update, Oct. 11: George Mason University spokesperson Doug Walsch has clarified that the complaint against Wegman has moved past the preliminary "inquiry" phase and is now under formal investigation. ] [Update, Oct. 15, 19: I have added pointers to my previous discussions and updated side-by-side comparisons relevant to allegations of plagiarism forwarded to George Mason University last March and April. The allegations concern not only the Wegman report, but also the federally-funded Said et al 2008 (published in Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, with Wegman and two other Wegman proteges as co-authors). ] Continue reading deepclimate.org Experts claim 2006 climate report plagiarized Updated 1h 34m ago By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY An influential 2006 congressional report that raised questions about the validity of global warming research was partly based on material copied from textbooks, Wikipedia and the writings of one of the scientists criticized in the report, plagiarism experts say. Review of the 91-page report by three experts contacted by USA TODAY found repeated instances of passages lifted word for word and what appear to be thinly disguised paraphrases. usatoday.com