All, Is it just me or has there been a massive increase in the amount of email being falsely bounced around the place? I've already received email from a number of people I don't know, asking why I am sending them email. These can be explained by servers from Russia and elsewhere. Coupled with the false emails I received myself, it's really starting to annoy me. Am I the only one seeing an increase in recent weeks? Martin ======================================================================== Martin Whelan | Déise Design | www.deisedesign.com | Tel : 086-8888975 " Our core product Déiseditor © allows organisations to publish information to their web site in a fast and cost effective manner. There is no need for a full time web developer, as the site can be easily updated by the organisations own staff. Instant updates to keep site information fresh. Sites which are updated regularly bring users back. Visit www.deisedesign.com/deiseditor.html for a demonstration " Déiseditor © " Managing Your Information " ======================================================================== _______________________________________________ IIU mailing list IIU@iiu.taint.org


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Folks, Here are some thoughts about the Soon issue, partly arising from talking to Ben. What is worrying is the way this BS paper has been hyped by various groups. The publicity has meant that the work has entered the conciousness of people in Congress, and is given prominence in some publications emanating from that sector. The work appears to have the imprimateur of Harvard, which gives it added credibility. So, what can we as a community do about this? My concerns are two-fold, and I think these echo all of our concerns. The first is the fact that the papers are simply bad science and the conclusions are incorrect. The second is that the work is being used quite openly for political purposes. As scientists, even though we are aware of the second issue, we need to concentrate on exposing the scientific flaws. We also need to do this in as authoritative a way as possible. I do not think it is enough to speak as individuals or even as a group of recognized experts. Even as a group, we will not be seen as having the 'power' of the Harvard stamp of approval. What I think is necessary is to have the expressed support of both AGU and AMS. It would also be useful to have Harvard disassociate themselves from the work. Most importantly, however, we need the NAS to come into the picture. With these 4 institutions, together with us (and others) as experts, pointing out clearly that the work is scientific rubbish, we can certainly win this battle. I suggest that we try to get NAS to set up a committee to (best option) assess the science in the two BS papers, or (less good, but still potentially very useful) assess the general issue of the paleo record for global- or hemispheric-scale temperature changes over the past 1000 years. The second option seems more likely to be acceptable to NAS. This is arguably an issue of similar importance to the issue of climate sensitivity uncertainties which NAS reviewed earlier this year (report still in preparation). I am not sure how to fold AGU and AMS into this -- ideas are welcome. Similarly, perhaps some of you know some influential Harvard types better than I do and can make some suggestions here. The only way to counter this crap is to use the biggest guns we can muster. The Administration and Congress still seem to respect the NAS (even above IPCC) as a final authority, so I think we should actively pursue this path. Best wishes, Tom. Michael Oppenheimer wrote: > Dear All: > > Since several of you are uncomfortable, it makes good sense to step back and > think about a more considered approach. My view is that scientists are fully > justified in taking the initiative to explain their own work and its relevance in > the policy arena. If they don't, others with less scruples will be heard > instead. But each of us needs to decide his or her own comfort zone. > > In this case, the AGU press release provides suitable context, so it may be that > neither a separate letter nor another AGU statement would add much at this time. > But this episode is unlikely to be the last case where clarity from individuals > or groups of scientists will be important. > > Michael > > > > Tom Wigley wrote: > > >>Folks, >> >>I am inclined to agree with Peck. Perhaps a little more thought and time >>could lead to something with much more impact? >> >>Tom. >>_____________________________ >> >>Jonathan Overpeck wrote: >> >>>Hi all - I'm not too comfortable with this, and would rather not sign - >>>at least not without some real time to think it through and debate the >>>issue. It is unprecedented and political, and that worries me. >>> >>>My vote would be that we don't do this without a careful discussion first. >>> >>>I think it would be more appropriate for the AGU or some other >>>scientific org to do this - e.g., in reaffirmation of the AGU statement >>>(or whatever it's called) on global climate change. >>> >>>Think about the next step - someone sends another letter to the >>>Senators, then we respond, then... >>> >>>I'm not sure we want to go down this path. It would be much better for >>>the AGU etc to do it. >>> >>>What are the precedents and outcomes of similar actions? I can imagine a >>>special-interest org or group doing this like all sorts of other >>>political actions, but is it something for scientists to do as individuals? >>> >>>Just seems strange, and for that reason I'd advise against doing >>>anything with out real thought, and certainly a strong majority of >>>co-authors in support. >>> >>>Cheers, Peck >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>Dear fellow Eos co-authors, >>>> >>>>Given the continued assault on the science of climate change by some >>>>on Capitol Hill, Michael and I thought it would be worthwhile to send >>>>this letter to various members of the U.S. Senate, accompanied by a >>>>copy of our Eos article. >>>> >>>>Can we ask you to consider signing on with Michael and me (providing >>>>your preferred title and affiliation). We would like to get this out ASAP. >>>> >>>>Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>>Michael M and Michael O >>> >>>>______________________________________________________________ >>>> Professor Michael E. Mann >>>> Department of Environmental Sciences, Clark Hall >>>> University of Virginia >>>> Charlottesville, VA 22903 >>>>_______________________________________________________________________ >>>>e-mail: mann@virginia.edu Phone: (434) 924-7770 FAX: (434) 982-2137 >>>>  >>> >>>>Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:EOS.senate letter-final.doc >>>>(WDBN/MSWD) (00055FCF) >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>> >>>Jonathan T. Overpeck >>>Director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth >>>Professor, Department of Geosciences >>> >>>Mail and Fedex Address: >>> >>>Institute for the Study of Planet Earth >>>715 N. Park Ave. 2nd Floor >>>University of Arizona >>>Tucson, AZ 85721 >>>direct tel: +1 520 622-9065 >>>fax: +1 520 792-8795 >>> >>> >>


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Thanks. See my note about messaging (infrastructure, guns vs. tax returns) for next week re Zac. Just let me know best way to proceed. Mark Paustenbach National Press Secretary & Deputy Communications Director Democratic National Committee W: 202.863.8148 paustenbachm@dnc.org From: Miranda, Luis Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 4:24 PM To: Paustenbach, Mark Subject: RE: Yo!! FW: North Carolina Donald Trump and his Republican Party Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S(r)4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "Paustenbach, Mark" > Date: 05/13/2016 15:20 (GMT-06:00) To: "Miranda, Luis" > Subject: Yo!! FW: North Carolina How about this for a quote? Don't want to give her anything else: "We have spent significant time and resources building out our infrastructure and operations in perennial battleground states like North Carolina. Come November, we are confident that North Carolinians will embrace the forward-looking agenda of our nominee and reject the divisive and reckless positions of Donald Trump." - Mark Paustenbach, DNC National Press Secretary From: amanda.becker@thomsonreuters.com Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 5:14 PM To: amanda.becker@thomsonreuters.com ; Paustenbach, Mark Cc: Helmstetter, TJ Subject: RE: North Carolina FYI - RNC has provided some details about their operations on the ground in NC so I would like to offer counterpoint from the DNC if available. From: Becker, Amanda (Reuters News) Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2016 4:27 PM To: 'paustenbachm@dnc.org' Cc: 'Helmstetter, TJ' Subject: North Carolina I'm wrapping up the North Carolina story - is there anything you can say for use in print about the importance of the state this cycle, what operations you have put in place there or why it might flip again for the Democratic nominee in 2016? Amanda Becker Correspondent, Reuters 2016 Campaign Team Thomson Reuters 1333 H Street NW | Washington, DC 20005 m: (917) 968-7330 amanda.becker@thomsonreuters.com Follow me on Twitter @AmandaBecker


EFFector Vol. 15, No. 24 August 9, 2002 ren@eff.org A Publication of the Electronic Frontier Foundation ISSN 1062-9424 In the 224th Issue of EFFector: * EFF Submits Letter to FCC Chairman Regarding BPDG Proposal * Update on Intel Corp. v. Hamidi * DeCSS Author Johansen's Trial Rescheduled * Bunnie Presents Paper on XBox Reverse Engineering * Thanks to DefCon! * EFF Booth at LinuxWorld * Deep Links: Baen Books' Releases Reader-Friendly E-Books * Deep Links: Janis Ian on P2P * Deep Links: Hometown Paper Discusses Rep. Coble's Support of Berman P2P Hacking Bill * Administrivia For more information on EFF activities & alerts:  To join EFF or make an additional donation: EFF is a member-supported nonprofit. Please sign up as a member today! -------------------------------------------------------------------- * EFF Submits Letter to FCC Chairman Regarding BPDG Proposal The Honorable Michael K. Powell Chairman Federal Communications Commission 445 12th Street, S.W. Suite 8C453 Washington, DC 20554 BY FACSIMILE, ELECTRONIC MAIL, AND POSTAL MAIL Dear Chairman Powell: I am writing to you today in regards to the digital television Broadcast Flag; specifically, I write in response to Sen. Hollings' and Representatives Dingell and Tauzin's letters of July 19, which urged you to mandate the Broadcast Flag proposal outlined in the final report of the Broadcast Protection Discussion Group. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a donor-supported non-profit organization that works to uphold civil liberties interests in technology policy and law. EFF has played a critical role in safeguarding crucial freedoms related to computers, the Internet and consumer electronics devices, defeating the restriction on strong cryptography exports; securing the legal principle that Internet wiretaps must only proceed in conjunction with a warrant; and defending academics, researchers and commercial interests against DMCA-related prosecution. EFF was an active participant in the Broadcast Protection Discussion Group. We attended the group's meetings and conference calls and participated in the group's policy and technical mailing-lists. EFF also maintains a web-site that was and is the only public source of information on the Broadcast Flag negotiations and proposal. The site can be found at EFF devoted thousands of staff-hours to publicizing the existence and nature of the BPDG to the public, to civil liberties and consumer-advocacy groups, and to entrepreneurial companies and software authors whose products were threatened by the proceedings. When you and I met at Esther Dyson's PC Forum last March, we spoke briefly about the civil liberties interests that would be undermined by the Broadcast Protection Discussion Group's mandate. The BPDG proposal will have grave consequences for innovation, free expression, competition and consumer interests. Worst of all, it will add unnecessary complexity and expense to the DTV transition, compromising DTV adoption itself. As you are aware, technologists have traditionally manufactured those devices they believed would be successful in the market, often in spite of the misgivings of rights-holders. From the piano roll to the PVR, technologists have enjoyed the freedom to ship whatever products they believe the public will pay for; what's more, innovation has always thrived best where there were the fewest regulatory hurdles. NTSC tuners and devices are governed by precious few regulations, and consequently we see a rich field of products that interact with them, from the VCR Plus to tuner-cards for PCs to the PVR. The Broadcast Flag proposal would limit technologists to shipping those products that met with the approval of MPAA member companies. No entrepreneur or software author will know, a priori, whether his innovative DTV product will be legal in the market until he has gone to the expense of building it and taking it around to the Hollywood studios for review. Consumers and industry alike have benefitted greatly from the "Open Source" or "Free Software" movement, in which technologies are distributed in a form that encourages end-user modification. From server-software like the web-wide success-story apache, to operating systems like GNU/Linux, to consumer applications like the Mozilla browser, Free Software is a powerful force for innovation, consumer benefit and commercial activity. The BPDG proposal implicitly bans Free Software DTV applications -- such as the DScaler de-interlacer and the GNU Radio software-defined radio program -- as these applications are built to be modified by end-users, something that is banned under the BPDG proposal. The tamper-resistance component of the BPDG's "Robustness Requirements" will create and entire class of illegal software applications, abridging the traditional First Amendment freedom enjoyed by software authors who create expressive speech in code form under one of several Free Software/Open Source licenses. The BPDG nominally set out to create an objective standard, a bright line that technologists could hew to in order to avoid liability when deploying their products. However, the end product of the BPDG was a "standard" that contained no objective criteria for legal technology; rather, the standard required that new technologies be approved by MPAA member companies. Not uncoincidentally, the only technologies that were approved by the MPAA -- and hence the only legal technologies -- were those produced by the 4C and 5C consortia, a group of technology companies that acted as the MPAA's allies throughout the BPDG process. This is an harbinger of the sort of regime that the BPDG standard will usher in: technology companies will be able to shut their competitors out of the marketplace by allying themselves with Hollywood, brokering deals to allow certain technologies and outlaw others. The marketplace is a proven mechanism for rapidly and efficiently producing products that increase the value and desirability of new technologies, such as DTV. A BPDG mandate would subvert the market for DTV innovation. Competing companies with lower-cost DTV technology alternatives would be restrained from bringing these to market if they failed to assuage the MPAA's concerns about unauthorized redistribution. Furthermore, the universe of unauthorized-but-lawful uses for DTV programming will be shrunk down to the much smaller space of explicitly authorized uses. The ability of the public to make unauthorized-but-lawful uses of television programming has been an historical force for increasing the value of broadcast programming, from the VCR to the PVR. Ironically, the inevitable damage that a Broadcast Flag mandate would do to innovation, competition and consumer interests can only slow down DTV adoption, by driving up the cost of DTV devices while reducing the number of desirable features that an open market would create. If the public is offered less functionality for more money, they will not flock to DTV. The most disheartening thing about the Broadcast Flag is that there is neither a strong case that the Broadcast Flag is a necessary tool for protecting copyright, nor that the Broadcast Flag would be effective in that role. The existing practice of Internet infringement of broadcast programming -- analog captures from devices that satisfy the requirements of the BPDG proposal -- would not be stopped by the presence of a Broadcast Flag. Higher-resolution DTV signals will likewise present no challenge to determined infringers, who can capture full-quality analog signal from DTV devices and then re-digitize them, suffering only a single generation's worth of loss-of-quality before the programming enters the Internet. Meanwhile, the underlying rubric for a Broadcast Flag -- that infringement will undermine Hollywood's business to the point that movies will no longer be available to the public, reducing the value of DTV -- is no more than superstition. No credible study or analysis, undertaken by a neutral party, has ever been presented to Congress, the FCC, the CPTWG or the BPDG supporting this notion. The public is being asked to sacrifice its rights in copyright; industry is being asked to place its right to innovation in the hands of entertainers; the US government is being asked to mandate extraordinary, unprecedented regulation of the $600 billion technology sector -- all on the uncorroborated opinions of a few studio executives. EFF welcomes the FCC's oversight of the Broadcast Flag issue. The BPDG proceedings took place behind a shroud of secrecy, in a looking-glass "public process" where only those participants the organizers wanted to hear from were made privy to its existence, where the co-chairs invented rules and processes on the fly to suit the needs of the entertainment interests and the technology companies that had privately secured a promise of a legal monopoly for their products, where the press was banned. The FCC has an admirable tradition of seeking and weighing public opinion in its proceedings. As the FCC considers the Broadcast Flag, EFF hopes that it will start anew, setting aside the findings of the BPDG in light of the concerns raised by Microsoft, Philips, Sharp, Thomson, and Zenith, as well as non-profit organizations including EFF, Consumers Union, Consumer Federation of America, the Free Software Foundation, Public Knowledge, digitalconsumer.org, the Center for Democracy in Technology, and the Computer and Communications Industry Association. Thank you for attention in this matter. Please let me know if we can be of any further assistance to you. Sincerely yours, Cory Doctorow for the Electronic Frontier Foundation Links: EFF's BPDG Blog: An overview of our concerns with the broadcast flag: Letter from Sen. Hollings: Letter from Rep. Tauzin: -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Update on Intel Corp. v. Hamidi Intel Corp. v. Hamidi is now on appeal to the California Supreme Court. EFF filed an amicus brief in support of Ken Hamidi on Aug. 6, 2002. The facts are simple: Over about two years, Hamidi on six occasions sent e-mail critical of Intel's employment practices to between 8,000 and 35,000 Intel employees. Intel demanded that Hamidi stop, but he refused. Intel obtained an injunction barring Hamidi from e-mailing Intel employees at their Intel e-mail addresses, based on the common-law tort of "trespass to chattels." ("Chattel" is a legal term that refers to personal property, as opposed to property in land.) EFF's amicus brief argues three main points. (1) Intel did not qualify for relief under "trespass to chattels" because Intel's e-mail servers were not themselves harmed by Hamidi's e-mails. If Intel was harmed, it was because the content of Hamidi's e-mails affected Intel employees, not because sending the e-mails affected the functioning of Intel's servers. (2) By focusing on unwanted "contact" with the chattel and ignoring the harm requirement, the court of appeal turned "trespass to chattels" into a doctrine that threatens common Internet activity like search engines and linking. For example, if a website posted a "no trespassing" sign, any "contact" by a search engine could be considered a trespass even if it caused no harm. (3) The court of appeal wrongly held that the injunction did not infringe Hamidi's freedom of speech. The First Amendment limits private parties' legal remedies in many areas of law, such as libel, out of concern that private parties will use the law to suppress criticism. The same principle should apply here, where Intel's claims of harm stem from the meaning of Hamidi's speech. Links: The Intel v. Hamidi Archive: - end - -------------------------------------------------------------------- * DeCSS Author Johansen's Trial Rescheduled The trial of Norwegian teen Jon Johansen, who created the controversial DeCSS software, has been pushed back again. It is now scheduled to be heard on December 9, 2002, in Oslo, Norway. In the fall of 1999, Johansen and his team reverse-engineered the content scrambling system (CSS) software used to encrypt DVDs in an effort to build a DVD player for the Linux operating system. In January of 2002, the Norwegian Economic Crime Unit (OKOKRIM) charged Johansen with a violation of Norwegian Criminal Code Section 145.2, which outlaws breaking into a third-party's property in order to steal data that one is not entitled to. This prosecution marks the first time the law will be used to prosecute a person for accessing his own property (his own DVD). Johansen faces two years in prison if convicted. The prosecution is based on a formal complaint filed by the Motion Picture Association. The trial had originally been scheduled to take place in June of 2002 but was rescheduled when the court could not find any qualified judges to hear Johansen's case. Now the case is scheduled to be heard by a three-judge panel. Help Jon in his battle against Hollywood movie studios, donate to his legal defense fund at: Links: The DeCSS/Johansen Archive: Digital Rights Management Archive: - end - -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Bunnie Presents Paper on XBox Reverse Engineering Paper Explains Flaw in Videogame Security System Researcher Escapes Chilling Effect of Digital Copyright Law Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Advisory For Immediate Release: Thursday, August 9, 2002 San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pleased to announce that former MIT doctoral student Andrew "Bunnie" Huang will present a paper explaining a security flaw in the Microsoft Xbox (TM) videogame system. Huang will present his paper, "Keeping Secrets in Hardware: the Microsoft X-BOX Case Study," at 5:25 p.m. PDT on August 13, 2002, at the 2002 Workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES 2002) in Redwood City, California (Aug. 13-15, 2002). The Xbox security system is intended to allow people to play only videogames authorized by Microsoft. Huang's paper "shows how a person could defeat that system with a small hardware investment," said MIT Professor Hal Abelson, one of Huang's advisors. "More importantly, the paper relates the security vulnerability to a general design flaw shared by other high-profile security systems such as the government's Clipper Chip and the movie industry's Contents Scrambling System (CSS) for DVD players." Huang contacted EFF in March after his advisors told him that his preliminary findings raised potentially significant legal questions. With the help of Boston College law professor Joe Liu, EFF worked with Huang, Abelson, and MIT administrators to analyze the legal issues and draft letters notifying Microsoft of Huang's research findings and intended publication, one of the steps encouraged by Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Microsoft told Huang and Abelson that while it might prefer that the paper not be published, it would be inappropriate to ask MIT to withhold the paper. "Microsoft deserves praise for making no attempt to control publication," said Abelson. "Their response shows that they value academic freedom, and that they appreciate the critical role of unfettered research and publication in advancing technology." Other companies have reacted otherwise, using the DMCA to threaten researchers. The Recording Industry Association of America last year warned Princeton Professor Edward Felten after his research team exposed weaknesses in digital music security technologies. Last month, Hewlett Packard (HP) threatened research collective SnoSoft over exposing a security vulnerability in HP's Tru64 Unix operating system. Soon after, HP clarified that it would not use the DMCA to stifle research or impede the flow of information that would improve computer security. Huang said that while he is glad he can openly present his paper, "The DMCA clearly had a chilling effect on my work. I was afraid to submit my research for peer review until after the EFF's efforts to clear potential legal restraints." "Researchers should be analyzing security, not worrying about getting sued," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien. Links: For this release: For Huang's paper: ftp://publications.ai.mit.edu/ai-publications/2002/AIM-2002-008.pdf For the CHES program:  EFF "Unintended Consequences: Three Years Under the DMCA" report: RIAA sues Professor Edward Felten over SDMI: An article about Hewlett-Packard's threatening SnoSoft: - end - -------------------------------------------------------------------- * EFF Thanks Defcon EFF thanks The Dark Tangent and other organizers of the DEF CON X convention for their generous donation of exhibition space at DEF CON ( DEF CON is an "underground" computer security conference held each summer in Las Vegas. Links: Defcon Website: - end - -------------------------------------------------------------------- * EFF Booth at LinuxWorld Come visit EFF at booth #488 at Linuxworld next week. We'll be passing out information, good cheer, and a slew of new stickers. When: August 13 - 15 10a - 5p Where: Booth #5 Moscone Center 747 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94103 Links: LinuxWorld Conference Website: Floor Map and EFF Booth: .cvn?b=97& exbID=50 - end - -------------------------------------------------------------------- Deep Links Deep Links is a new department in the EFFector featuring noteworthy news-items, victories and threats from around the Internet. * Baen Books expands fair-use-friendly e-book program Baen Books will bind a CD-ROM into the October 2002 hardcover edition of *War of Honor,* the latest volume in David Weber's epic Honor Harrington space-opera. The CD will contain at least 22 complete novels, all in open formats like html and RTF, with the fair-use-friendly admonishment "This disk and its contents may be copied and shared but NOT sold." Included on the disk are the entire Honor Harrington series to date, as well as other titles from the Baen line, including Keith Laumer's *Retief!* and Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle's *Fallen Angels*. Baen has been a banner-carrier for fair-use in electronic publishing, shipping text and html files that can be played on a multitude of devices. Other publishers have chosen to publish their material in copy-controlled formats that make it impossible to legally loan or resell the titles you purchase, are locked to a specific device, can't play on every operating system, and occasionally lock out assistive technology like the screen-readers employed by the blind. Dmitry Skylarov, a Russian scientist, was arrested in July 2001, for demonstrating how end-users could defeat the copy-prevention employed by Adobe's e-book technology. Adobe asked the FBI to arrest Skylarov for violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which makes it a crime to describe techniques for circumventing copy-prevention technology. Though Skylarov was later released, his employer, ElcomSoft, is still facing charges in the USA, and the Russian government has issued an advisory warning Russian scientists to steer clear of American technical conferences until the DMCA is repealed. Here is Baen's statement on the CD release: You are about to start playing with a CD-ROM that has fairly extraordinary content. As of this writing it includes twenty-two UNENCRYPTED novels in several formats, the ten Honor Harrington Novels, 3 Honor Harrington Anthologies and 9 novels by friends of Honor, and by the time of distribution it may well contain more. (More than twenty novels for free, and with no stupid codes to work around. Think of that.) The reason for the plethora of formats is to try to please the people who want to read the novels on their Palm Pilots or other text-specialized palm-sized devices. Links: Baen Books's page for *War of Honor*: Slashdot discussion of *War of Honor* release: 149 EFF documents on Dmitry Skylarov and ElcomSoft: EFF documents on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA): - end - * Singer/Songwriter Janis Ian on P2P Lucid article on the benefits of peer-to-peer networks form an artists' perspective. - end - * Hometown Paper Discusses Rep. 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My initial thought is if you leave down ballot alone, they do ok and artificially lift trump somewhat. Insane Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "Paustenbach, Mark" Date: 05/13/2016 16:27 (GMT-06:00) To: "Miranda, Luis" Subject: Messaging for Next week... Zac Zac is okay with the focus on House and Senate Republicans being bad on infrastructure and guns. He just doesn't want to link the House and Senate Republicans to Trump. His broader point: the campaign does not want to connect Trump and the Republican Party. They want to make Trump look even more extreme than the rank-and-file Republican Member of Congress. Otherwise, in their mind, Trump will come across as less scary than he really is. Thoughts?


thought you all would be interested in this. Esper et al have played right into the hands of the contrarians: The wording o their abstract is franklyjust irresponsible... Mike -- Michael E. Mann Associate Professor Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC) Department of Meteorology Phone: (814) 863-4075 503 Walker Building FAX: (814) 865-3663 The Pennsylvania State University email: mann@psu.edu University Park, PA 16802-5013


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Great - thanks! From: Miranda, Luis Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 12:25 PM To: Walker, Eric; Paustenbach, Mark; Manriquez, Pablo Subject: RE: Trump called latina miss america "Miss Housekeeping" I'll push to him Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S(r)4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: "Walker, Eric" > Date: 05/20/2016 12:22 (GMT-05:00) To: "Miranda, Luis" >, "Paustenbach, Mark" >, "Manriquez, Pablo" > Subject: Trump called latina miss america "Miss Housekeeping" Missed it in my initial watch here, but she says in addition to being called "miss piggy," she was called "miss housekeeping". Happens at 1:25 Can one of you pitch to Adrian or someone else in Latino press? I think this could blow up pretty big. Thanks. Eric Walker walkere@dnc.org 732-991-1489 @ericmwalker


A lot of the stuff in the earlier version was redundant so we streamlined and only included the stuff directly relevant to Trump, not our usual talking points that the state parties get before primaries and debates. I will send the post-Indiana TPs as well. Research, can you give one more look before I send this to state parties? Thanks. Candidate Narrative: Donald Trump Donald Trump is unfit to be president. Every aspect of his candidacy will harm our country and damage our standing in the world. 1) Even as a candidate, Trump has done real damage to geopolitical relationships across the globe, and in the White House, Trump would undeniably make us less safe. * Donald Trump has no foreign policy experience and rather than seeking the advice of well-respected experts, Trump relies on his own misinformed ideas and "good brain." * Trump has falsely claimed that he knows "more about ISIS than the generals" and recommended that the U.S. military commit international war crimes. * Trump's threat to pull back from our most important military alliances like NATO, pull aid from our allies like Israel, and his gushing praise for dictators like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un would put our country on a dangerous path. * Trump has refused to rule out using nuclear weapons on European territory, and wants to allow countries that don't currently have nuclear weapons to get them, reversing long-held goals of international nuclear disarmament. 2) He has a decades-long record of denigrating women and promoting misogyny and his policies would make it harder for women to make their own choices when it comes to their healthcare or their career. * Trump once said you had to treat women "like shit" and has spent decades doing so himself by calling women names - "fat pig," "slob," or "bimbo" - and saying a man needs a woman to support him at home rather than always be "griping and bitching." * Trump repeatedly defended and touted his endorsement from convicted rapist Mike Tyson - during Tyson's trial Trump claimed Tyson could not have raped his victim because she was smiling the next day and after Tyson's conviction Trump called for a sentence without jail time. * Trump would take away a woman's right to make her own healthcare choices and has said women who had abortions should be punished - but not the doctors that performed them - and opposed exceptions for health of the mother because he thought women would use a cold as an excuse to have an abortion. * Trump thinks ensuring equal pay for women should just be left up to "the marketplace" and once suggested family leave policies should actually be scaled back and noted pregnancy was "an inconvenience for a business." Trump complained that when he employed mothers, they were not giving him "100 percent." 3) He's exploited racial anxieties and cultural fears in the pursuit of getting elected - to the point where his rallies have sparked violence against people of color, protestors, and the media. * Trump spouts hateful and dangerous lies about Muslims and called to surveil mosques, to ban Muslims from entering the country and to create a database of all Muslims in America - including U.S. citizens - and could not answer when pressed on how this would be any different from Nazi Germany. * Trump called Mexican immigrants "rapists" and criminals and said they brought disease into the country, said you needed to check if Native Americans were "real Indians," and claimed that a "well-educated black has a tremendous advantage" - but apparently not an advantage in finding housing in Trump properties, because in the 1970s, the Trump Organization was sued for discriminating against Blacks and Puerto Ricans. * Trump has been endorsed by former KKK leader David Duke, and his candidacy has been used as a recruiting tool for the white supremacist movement, which is no surprise since Trump refused to disavow David Duke and the KKK four times in one interview. * Trump has fostered violence against protestors at his rallies, suggesting that a Black Lives Matter protester maybe "should have been roughed up," promising to pay the legal fees if someone would "knock the hell" out of a protester and reminiscing about the old days when a protester would be "carried off on a stretcher." * Trump repeatedly threatened the First Amendment by calling to "open up" libel laws so he could sue reporters whenever they printed a story he did not like, made it a practice of banning media outlets he did not like from covering his rallies, and thought "closing" parts of the Internet was a rational strategy to combat ISIS. 4) Though he tries to paint a picture of his wealth and business success, his record is riddled with embarrassing failures and cheap schemes that are designed to turn quick a buck at the expense of his workers or everyday Americans. His policies would once again, leave Americans behind. * Despite his tough talk on trade deals and the loss of American jobs, Donald Trump manufactured his clothing line in countries he rails against, like China and Mexico. * Trump grew up wealthy with a maid and a chauffer, and owes everything he has to tens of millions of dollars in loans and bailouts he received from his family. * Trump's businesses have repeatedly gone bankrupt, leaving investors, contractors and small businesses holding the bag for his disastrous business decisions * During one of Trump's businesses bankruptcies, his personal finances were at the mercy of banks who put him on an "allowance" of $400,000 per month * His Trump "University" fleeced thousands of Americans simply looking to get ahead * Trump's unfounded predictions of recession under President Obama and warnings against investing in the stock market are reckless. * Economists have actually predicted Trump's policies could start an international trade war and even destabilize the global economy . * Trump's tax plan would overwhelmingly benefit the rich while costing the country $9.5 trillion to implement -- more than any other Republican plan proposed. It also violates his pledge not to increase the national debt. * Trump actually said at one of the Republican Party's debates that "wages are too high" and opposes raising the minimum wage * Trump wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which would jeopardize health care for 20 million Americans who've been able to get coverage under Obamacare. Finally, the rise of Trump is not an accident or a fluke. He can attribute his success to the Republican Party's pattern of obstruction, extreme rhetoric, and policies that sold out the middle class. That's why Republicans couldn't unite against him - he's the logical extension of their political philosophy. Democrats will not be afraid to hold Donald Trump accountable and defeat him. Eric Walker walkere@dnc.org 732-991-1489 @ericmwalker


Sounds good. I am not sure what phone number I put in the email. If I do not answer, please leave a voicemail and I will get back to you. Thank you again. Jeff Heuermann


" X-Mailer: 9.0 SE for Windows sub 5045 Professor Briffa, I have written a couple of blogs on the current report by Steve McIntyre that the data used by Mann to "prove" the hockey Stick was fabricated. This & the following day's [5] . As a result I have received this email from somebody I am not aquainted with throwing the entire blame on you. This seems improbable to me & possibly an alarmist damage limitation exercise. If you wish to comment I would be happy for you to do so. "Please note: Steve McIntyre's post concerns work by climate scientist Keith Briffa and not Michael Mann. You will probably wish to correct your post. Cheers Avisame" I have posted this as an update with my reply: "My understanding is that while Briffa did the tree ring measurement, Mann, in his paper, chose to choose 12 atypical tree rings out of at least 34 to fabricate the global warming trend. My assumption is that Mann is responsible for fabrications in his own paper & that this is a damage limitation exercise. I am open to correction on this & indeed have emailed Mr Briffa to see. " Neil Craig You may be interested in my political blog [6] We received this through our enquiries desk. I assume that you are aware of this person, including those copied on the message. If we are to respond, it would be to indicate that there are multiple sources of supporting evidence and that we continue to place our confidence in the international scientific assessment process. This confidence has proven to be well placed. Roger _____________________________________________________________________ From: Sonja A Boehmer-Christiansen Date: 2 October 2009 18:09:39 GMT+01:00 To: Stephanie Ferguson Cc: "Peiser, Benny" , Patrick David Henderson , Christopher Monckton Subject: RE: Please take note of potetially serious allegations of scientific 'fraud' by CRU and Met Office Dear Stephanie I expect that a great deal of UKCIP work is based on the data provided by CRU (as does the work of the IPCC and of course UK climate policy). Some of this, very fundamentally, would now seem to be open to scientific challenge, and may even face future legal enquiries. It may be in the interest of UKCIP to inform itself in good time and become a little more 'uncertain' about its policy advice. Perhaps you can comment on the following and pass the allegations made on to the relevant people. It is beyond my expertise to assess the claims made, but they would fit into my perception of the whole 'man-made global warming' cum energy policy debate. I know several of the people involved personally and have no reason to doubt their sincerity and honour as scientists, though I am also aware of their highly critical (of IPCC science) policy positions. I could also let you have statements by Steve McIntyre and Ross McKitrick. Ross McKitrick currently teaches at Westminister Business School and who is fully informed about the relevant issues. He recently addressed a meeting of about 50 people in London. Best wishes Sonja B-C Dr.Sonja A.Boehmer-Christiansen Reader Emeritus, Department of Geography Hull University Editor, Energy&Environment Multi-Science ([12] www.multi-science.co.uk) HULL HU6 7RX Phone:(0044)1482 465369/465385 Fax: (0044) 1482 466340 TWO copied pieces follow, both relate to CRU and UK climate policy a. THE MET OFFICE AND CRU'S YAMAL SCANDAL: EXPLAIN OR RESIGN " Jennifer Marohasy Leading UK Climate Scientists Must Explain or Resign, Jennifer Marohasy [15] - must-explain-or-resign/> Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email [16]p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Michael E. Mann Professor Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC) Department of Meteorology Phone: (814) 863-4075 503 Walker Building FAX: (814) 865-3663 The Pennsylvania State University email: [17]mann@psu.edu University Park, PA 16802-5013 website: [18]~mann/Mann/index.html "Dire Predictions" book site: [19] References Visible links 1. mailto:CrgN143@aol.com 2. mailto:CrgN143@aol.com 3. mailto:d03.64b01875.37f87aa4@aol.com 4. mailto:k.briffa@uea.ac.uk 5.  6.  7. mailto:Sonja.B-C@hull.ac.uk 8. mailto:stephanie.ferguson@ukcip.org.uk 9. mailto:B.J.Peiser@ljmu.ac.uk 10. mailto:pdhenderson18@googlemail.com 11. mailto:monckton@mail.com 12.  13. mailto:jennifermarohasy@jennifermarohasy.com 14.  15.  16. mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk 17. mailto:mann@psu.edu 18. ~mann/Mann/index.html 19.  Hidden links: 20.


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I didn't see it I'm on CNN this Sunday Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile > On May 13, 2016, at 2:25 PM, Paustenbach, Mark wrote: > > Hi all, I sent her background along the same lines of what we previously gave to Politico. Nothing new. > > Best, > Mark > > Mark Paustenbach > National Press Secretary & > Deputy Communications Director > Democratic National Committee > W: 202.863.8148 > paustenbachm@dnc.org > > From: Leah Daughtry > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 4:45 PM > To: Miranda, Luis; Donna Brazile; Patrice Taylor; Dacey, Amy; Paustenbach, Mark; April Mellody > Subject: RE: Washington Post inquiry > > Adding April Mellody on Convention team. > Luis/Mark: please make sure April is involved in any conversations with reporters about the Standing Committees; thanks. > > From: Miranda, Luis > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2016 4:36 PM > To: Donna Brazile ; Patrice Taylor ; Leah Daughtry ; Dacey, Amy ; Paustenbach, Mark > Subject: RE: Washington Post inquiry > > Plus Mark who is dealing with Abby on our end > > > > Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Donna Brazile > Date: 05/13/2016 15:04 (GMT-06:00) > To: Patrice Taylor , Leah Daughtry , "Dacey, Amy" , "Miranda, Luis" > Subject: Fwd: Washington Post inquiry > > I have no intentions of touching this. > > Why? Because I will cuss out the Sanders camp! > > Sent from Donna's I Pad. Follow me on twitter @donnabrazile > > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: "Phillip, Abby" > Date: May 13, 2016 at 11:51:50 AM PDT > To: "donnabrazile@me.com" > Subject: Washington Post inquiry > > Hi Donna, > > Do you have a minute to chat today? Wanted to ask you about this fight between the Sanders camp and DNC over adequate representation on the platform committee and others ahead of the convention. > > > > I can be reached on my cell at 857-928-7338. > > > > Abby > > > > > -- > Abby D. Phillip > National Political Reporter > Washington Post > (Cell) 857-928-7338 > Twitter: @abbydphillip


Stepan and Eugene I have asked INTAS for an extension on the report period. Stepan some problem has now arisen regarding your final payment . I have asked Janet to sort this out and contact you directly. I have to give an up to date report on chronology development and tree-line changes at the PAGES meeting in Avignon on October 24-26 and I would really appreciate some Figures that demonstrate the latest state-of-the-art in the Yamal and Taimyr (and any other good Russian evidence ) . The focus of the meeting is High-resolution variability of the Holocene , and the long records and evidence of tree-line changes is particularly valuable. Later there will be some large review papers (with many authors) summarising the information from high latitudes, mid latitudes, the tropics etc. The form of these papers is not yet decided but you would be contributing authors. I am also (with Ray Bradley,Julie Cole and Malcolm Hughes) writing a Chapter on the last 10000 years (with a major emphasis on the last 1000) for the PAGES Synthesis book and I intend to include a summary Figure that includes your work - I hope this is O.K Malcolm has just asked for a letter of support from me for a project he is submitting to NSF , in which I believe you are both involved. I have sent it to him. I am still exploring when we can resubmit our own proposal to the EC, and I will write an application to The Leverhulme trust before the end of this year. I am still discussing the Holocene ADVANCE-10K issue and I will be in touch about your papers. best wishes Keith


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Kevin, can you send me the link once its up? thanks, Mike Kevin Trenberth wrote: Mike You should have seen the first version. I drafted that yesterday and then today toned it down. I did add a couple of points, including the link you suggested. Will try to send off later today but just to nature.com Thanks Kevin Michael E. Mann wrote: guys, I've got a few minutes before I have to head out again. Kevin--thanks for helping return the Nature blog to respectability after a dubious start...I'd like to direct RealClimate readers to your piece as soon as it is up, so please let me know when that happens... Looks like Phil has hit several of the key points, but here are a few more: 1. The 'discrediting' that Akasofu cites has been discredited. IPCC Chapter 6 rejected the McIntyre and McKitrick's claims in no uncertain terms, referencing the Wahl and Ammann work (reprints attached) who show that (a) the reconstruction is readily reproducible and (b) McIntyre and McKitrick only failed to reproduce the reconstruction because of multiple errors on their part. This is true in addition to the more general point that Kevin has made (that multiple independent studies confirm and in fact now extend the previous conclusions, rather than contradict them). 2. To the extent that the "LIA" and "MWP" can be meaningfully defined, there has been much work (published in Nature, Science, etc.) showing that the main variations (both in terms of hemispheric mean changes and spatial patterns) can indeed be explained in terms of the response of the climate system to natural radiative forcing changes (solar and volcanism). Only someone completely unfamiliar with the advances of the past ten years in climate science would claim that there are no explanations for these. 3. Continuing in this theme, to claim that the modern warming is some sort of 'rebound' reflects a thorough apparent lack of understanding of how the climate system works. The climate doesn't rebound. It responds (with some lag) to changes in radiative forcing. The main patterns of variation of past centuries have been explained in terms of such responses to natural radiative forcing changes. As shown in countless studies, the late 20th century warming can only be explained in terms of the response to anthropogenic changes in radiative forcing. Kevin has more or less already made this point, in different words, in the current draft. 4. The bogus talking point that co2 lagging the warming in the ice cores has been debunked countless times before, and its an embarassment that it continues to be raised by one who ostensibly considers himself a scientist. This is total nonsense, and a nice refutation has been provided by Eric Steig on RealClimate here: [1] Perhaps worth just linking to that explanation? Kevin, perhaps you're too gentle in attributing this simply to some 'confusion' about the facts. Either Mr. Akasofu has literally no familiarity whatsoever with the advances in climate science of the past two decades, or he has intentionally sought to deceive. In either case, his piece is embarassment. Finally, let me withdraw my initial suggestion. For strategic reasons, it might make sense to submit this as letter to editor to WSJ (easy and quick to do online), and then publish it on the Nature blog in short order. I sea that as win-win because you can either call the WSJ for refusing to run your letter (which is very likely what will happen), or use the Nature blog piece to draw attention to your letter, should WSJ actually choose to publish your letter... please don't hesitate to let me know if I can be of any further help here. Will be back online a bit later today, mike Phil Jones wrote: Kevin, A few quick thoughts. Article is awful as we all know. It is important to learn about past climate change, especially over the past 1000 years, but it is even important to use new and improved evidence from proxy sources (i.e. not to cling to outdated concepts of the past such as the MWP and LIA). How can we ever hope to progress if we have conform to incorrect concepts? On the early mid-20th century warming - look at the figures in Ch 9. The decrease from 1940-75 didn't happen if you look at global records. MBH was published in 1998 and wasn't just a tree-ring study. The Thames doesn't and never did freeze solid. It did so 25 times between 1400 and 1820. Only about 5-6 of these were frost fairs. Most of these have CET data, so what is the use of the freeze dates! He plucks various figures out of the air! I think the reductions in Arctic sea ice this summer/September are alarming. They are 20% below the 2005 record. He comes from Alaska. Has he not seen the effects on the coast there? Cheers Phil Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email [2]p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Michael E. Mann Associate Professor Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC) Department of Meteorology Phone: (814) 863-4075 503 Walker Building FAX: (814) 865-3663 The Pennsylvania State University email: [3]mann@psu.edu University Park, PA 16802-5013 [4] -- **************** Kevin E. Trenberth e-mail: [5]trenbert@ucar.edu Climate Analysis Section, NCAR [6]www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/ P. O. Box 3000, (303) 497 1318 Boulder, CO 80307 (303) 497 1333 (fax) Street address: 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80305 -- Michael E. Mann Associate Professor Director, Earth System Science Center (ESSC) Department of Meteorology Phone: (814) 863-4075 503 Walker Building FAX: (814) 865-3663 The Pennsylvania State University email: [7]mann@psu.edu University Park, PA 16802-5013 [8] References 1.  2. mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk 3. mailto:mann@psu.edu 4.  5. mailto:trenbert@ucar.edu 6.  7. mailto:mann@psu.edu 8.


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Hi Jordan, Do we perhaps have numbers for the DNC roundtable that President Obama is doing this afternoon? Thanks, Mark Mark Paustenbach National Press Secretary & Deputy Communications Director Democratic National Committee W: 202.863.8148 paustenbachm@dnc.org


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Ben, Another point to discuss when you have your conference call - is why don't they ask Douglass for all his data. It is essentially the same. You can also think of all this positively - they think a few of us do really important work, so they concentrate on what they think are the cutting edge pieces of work. I have a big review on paleo coming out soon in The Holocene - with 20+ others. Won't be out till next year, but I can say for certain that it will feature strongly on CA. Not too much they can request via FOI, but they will think of something. This paper will explain where a Figure came from in the First IPCC Report - the infamous one that Chris Folland put together on the last 1000 yeas. CA will say they found this out - they had a thread on it 9 months ago according to Gavin. I have the submission date of the article and more detail though - to show we found out first. Cheers Phil At 03:57 12/11/2008, you wrote: Dear Tom, Thanks for your email regarding Steven McIntyre's twin requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Regarding McIntyre's request (1), no "monthly time series of output from any of the 47 climate models" was "sent by Santer and/or other coauthors of Santer et al 2008 to NOAA employees between 2006 and October 2008". As I pointed out to Mr. McIntyre in the email I transmitted to him yesterday, all of the raw (gridded) model and observational data used in the 2008 Santer et al. International Journal of Climatology (IJoC) paper are freely available to Mr. McIntyre. If Mr. McIntyre wishes to audit us, and determine whether the conclusions reached in our paper are sound, he has all the information necessary to conduct such an audit. Providing Mr. McIntyre with the quantities that I derived from the raw model data (spatially-averaged time series of surface temperatures and synthetic Microwave Sounding Unit [MSU] temperatures) would defeat the very purpose of an audit. I note that David Douglass and colleagues have already audited our calculation of synthetic MSU temperatures from climate model data. Douglass et al. obtained "model average" trends in synthetic MSU temperatures (published in their 2007 IJoC paper) that are virtually identical to our own. McIntyre's request (2) demands "any correspondence concerning these monthly time series between Santer and/or other coauthors of Santer et al 2008 and NOAA employees between 2006 and October 2008". I do not know how you intend to respond this second request. You and three other NOAA co-authors on our paper (Susan Solomon, Melissa Free, and John Lanzante) probably received hundreds of emails that I sent to you in the course of our work on the IJoC paper. I note that this work began in December 2007, following online publication of Douglass et al. in the IJoC. I have no idea why McIntyre's request for email correspondence has a "start date" of 2006, and thus predates publication of Douglass et al. My personal opinion is that both FOI requests (1) and (2) are intrusive and unreasonable. Steven McIntyre provides absolutely no scientific justification or explanation for such requests. I believe that McIntyre is pursuing a calculated strategy to divert my attention and focus away from research. As the recent experiences of Mike Mann and Phil Jones have shown, this request is the thin edge of wedge. It will be followed by further requests for computer programs, additional material and explanations, etc., etc. Quite frankly, Tom, having spent nearly 10 months of my life addressing the serious scientific flaws in the Douglass et al. IJoC paper, I am unwilling to waste more of my time fulfilling the intrusive and frivolous requests of Steven McIntyre. The supreme irony is that Mr. McIntyre has focused his attention on our IJoC paper rather than the Douglass et al. IJoC paper which we criticized. As you know, Douglass et al. relied on a seriously flawed statistical test, and reached incorrect conclusions on the basis of that flawed test. I believe that our community should no longer tolerate the behavior of Mr. McIntyre and his cronies. McIntyre has no interest in improving our scientific understanding of the nature and causes of climate change. He has no interest in rational scientific discourse. He deals in the currency of threats and intimidation. We should be able to conduct our scientific research without constant fear of an "audit" by Steven McIntyre; without having to weigh every word we write in every email we send to our scientific colleagues. In my opinion, Steven McIntyre is the self-appointed Joe McCarthy of climate science. I am unwilling to submit to this McCarthy-style investigation of my scientific research. As you know, I have refused to send McIntyre the "derived" model data he requests, since all of the primary model data necessary to replicate our results are freely available to him. I will continue to refuse such data requests in the future. Nor will I provide McIntyre with computer programs, email correspondence, etc. I feel very strongly about these issues. We should not be coerced by the scientific equivalent of a playground bully. I will be consulting LLNL's Legal Affairs Office in order to determine how the DOE and LLNL should respond to any FOI requests that we receive from McIntyre. I assume that such requests will be forthcoming. I am copying this email to all co-authors of our 2008 IJoC paper, to my immediate superior at PCMDI (Dave Bader), to Anjuli Bamzai at DOE headquarters, and to Professor Glenn McGregor (the editor who was in charge of our paper at IJoC). I'd be very happy to discuss these issues with you tomorrow. I'm sorry that the tone of this letter is so formal, Tom. Unfortunately, after today's events, I must assume that any email I write to you may be subject to FOI requests, and could ultimately appear on McIntyre's "ClimateAudit" website. With best personal wishes, Ben Thomas.R.Karl wrote: FYI --- Jolene can you set up a conference call with all the parties listed below including Ben. Thanks -------- Original Message -------- Subject: FOI Request Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:02:00 -0500 From: Steve McIntyre To: FOIA@noaa.gov CC: Thomas R Karl Nov. 10, 2008 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Public Reference Facility (OFA56) Attn: NOAA FOIA Officer 1315 East West Highway (SSMC3) Room 10730 Silver Spring, Maryland 20910 Re: Freedom of Information Act Request Dear NOAA FOIA Officer: This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. Santer et al, Consistency of modelled and observed temperature trends in the tropical troposphere, (Int J Climatology, 2008), of which NOAA employees J. R. Lanzante, S. Solomon, M. Free and T. R. Karl were co-authors, reported on a statistical analysis of the output of 47 runs of climate models that had been collated into monthly time series by Benjamin Santer and associates. I request that a copy of the following NOAA records be provided to me: (1) any monthly time series of output from any of the 47 climate models sent by Santer and/or other coauthors of Santer et al 2008 to NOAA employees between 2006 and October 2008; (2) any correspondence concerning these monthly time series between Santer and/or other coauthors of Santer et al 2008 and NOAA employees between 2006 and October 2008. The primary sources for NOAA records are J. R. Lanzante, S. Solomon, M. Free and T. R. Karl. In order to help to determine my status for purposes of determining the applicability of any fees, you should know that I have 5 peer-reviewed publications on paleoclimate; that I was a reviewer for WG1; that I made a invited presentations in 2006 to the National Research Council Panel on Surface Temperature Reconstructions and two presentations to the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In addition, a previous FOI request was discussed by the NOAA Science Advisory Boards Data Archiving and Access Requirements Working Group (DAARWG). [1]http:// www. joss.ucar.edu/daarwg/may07/presentations/KarL_DAARWG_NOAAArchivepolify-v0514.pdf. I believe a fee waiver is appropriate since the purpose of the request is academic research, the information exists in digital format and the information should be easily located by the primary sources. I also include a telephone number (416-469-3034) at which I can be contacted between 9 and 7 pm Eastern Daylight Time, if necessary, to discuss any aspect of my request. Thank you for your consideration of this request. I ask that the FOI request be processed promptly as NOAA failed to send me a response to the FOI request referred to above, for which Dr Karl apologized as follows: due to a miscommunication between our office and our headquarters, the response was not submitted to you. I deeply apologize for this oversight, and we have taken measures to ensure this does not happen in the future. Stephen McIntyre 25 Playter Blvd Toronto, Ont M4K 2W1 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin D. Santer Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, Mail Stop L-103 Livermore, CA 94550, U.S.A. Tel: (925) 422-3840 FAX: (925) 422-7675 email: santer1@llnl.gov ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- References 1.