Scientist whose climate change research on polar bears was cited by Al Gore will face lie detector test over 'integrity issues'
By Laurie Whitwell
Daily Mail
Last updated at 4:29 PM on 30th October 2011
Translation by Autumnson Blog
A wildlife scientist, whose report on dead polar bears in Arctic waters became a rallying call for climate change campaigners, will face a lie detector test as part of an investigation by federal agents.
一位野生動物的科學家，他的北極熊在北極水域死亡的報告曾成為一個氣候變化活動家的號召，將面對測謊機測試，作為聯邦特工調查的一部分。
Jeffrey Gleason, who co-wrote a 2006 report highlighting the danger posed to the animals by melting ice, will take a polygraph over alleged scientific misconduct connected to the study, the Independent reported.
杰弗裡格里森合寫的2006年報告，突出融冰對動物造成的危險，將為據稱與研究有關的科學不當行為作測謊，獨立報“報導。
It is the latest twist to what some have dubbed 'Polarbeargate' in which Mr Gleason and his co-author Charles Monnett, whose research was cited by Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth and made polar bears a symbol of global warming, have been repeatedly questioned by authorities.
這是最新的轉折一些人稱為“北極熊門”，其中格里森先生和他的合著者查爾斯 Monnett，他們的研究被戈爾引用在難以忽視的真相，和使北極熊成為全球變暖的一個象徵，已多次被當局質疑。
“北極熊門”：杰弗裡格里森的2006年的北極熊研究使牠們成為氣候變化的一個象徵，將面臨聯邦特工的測謊測試
Their supporters claim the investigation is nothing more than a witch-hunt geared towards intimidating researchers whose studies might affect the politics of climate change.
The pair's 2006 report told of dead bears floating in the Arctic Ocean in 2004, apparently drowned having been forced to swim further for food.
But earlier this year, allegations were made within the U.S. Department of the Interior over 'integrity issues' in relation to the report, and the Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG) began an inquiry.
Mr Monnett, an Arctic wildlife biologist with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), a Department of the Interior agency, became the focus of the inquiry and was interviewed several times by OIG agents.
On July 18 he was suspended and put on administrative leave during which he was forbidden from speaking to colleagues or entering any Interior offices. Mr Monnett returned to work on August 25.
The OIG said the suspension came after worries about a research contract he had been involved in awarding, and not his polar bear article.
But some pressure groups alleged the episode had more a more sinister motive.
全球變暖：戈爾在他的電影“難以忽視的真相”引用該研究，而科學家支持者說調查是獵巫行動
'There's no way this can have anything but a chilling effect on the ability of other scientists to carry out their work,' Kassie Siegel, director of the Climate Law Institute with the Centre for Biological Diversity, said at the time.
A group of Australian scientists sent a letter to President Obama, stating: 'This seems like the type of anti-science action that would have occurred under your predecessor and is similar to actions more expected in the pre-1989 Soviet Union.'
Attention had now turned to Mr Gleason, who was interviewed earlier this year, the Independent reported.
This week Mr Gleason was interviewed intensively by investigators and asked if he would take a polygraph test, the paper said.
He replied that he would but only if the agent interviewing him did the same.
'There appears to be kind of a desperate, almost fierce nature to pursue this until they find something,' Mr Gleason's lawyer, Jeff Ruch, of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told the Independent.
Mr Ruch accuses the investigators of taking issues brought up during the typical peer-review process and acting as though they are evidence of wrongdoing, the paper reported.
He has filed a complaint with the department, saying the matter should be investigated not by the OIG, but a review performed by other scientists.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055123/Climate-change-scientist-Jeffrey-Gleason-cited-Al-Gore-face-lie-detector-test.html
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