I'm adding *Comment #93* here in addition to what I've copied and pasted
below: *
http://www.plnewsforum.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/47168/P90/#461343*<http://www.plnewsforum.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/47168/P90/#461343>
- Lynn .....Permission to Reprint Below in Full is Granted:
*James Hansen Responds to John Theon! - Theon Fires back - Decries Smears on
Skeptics*
Retired NASA Atmospheric Scientist Dr. John S. Theon's Response to James
Hansen's Reported Comments – February 5, 2009
NASA's James Hansen reportedly responded to comments made by retired NASA
Atmospheric Scientist Dr. John S. Theon's . Theon, one of Hansen's former
supervisors, declared himself a skeptic and said Hansen had "embarrassed
NASA." See: "James Hansen's Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a
Skeptic: Says Hansen 'Embarrassed NASA' & 'Was Never Muzzled' – January 27,
2009 - *
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=1a5e6e32-802a-23ad-40ed-ecd53cd3d320&Issue_id=
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Hansen's reportedly responded to Theon via email to M.J. Murphy of
BigCityLib blog and wrote the following on February 5, 2009:
Hansen wrote: John Theon never had any supervisory authority over me. I
remember that he was in the bureaucracy at NASA Headquarters, but I cannot
recall having any interactions with him. His claim of association is
misleading, to say the least. What he can legitimately say is that he had a
reasonably high position in the Headquarters bureaucracy. A job in that
bureaucracy is not considered to be a plum, so we should probably be
grateful that somebody is willing to do it, and I don't particularly want to
kick the fellow around. You should investigate his scientific contributions
to evaluate the degree to which his opinions might be listened to. Of course
you are free to quote me. - Jim Hansen - End Hansen Email
Theon fired back at Hansen. "It is absurd that Hansen denies ever meeting
me. We have met on numerous occasions. This just demonstrates that Hansen
has a poor memory," Theon wrote on February 5, 2009. *[Note: Theon's
complete email response is reprinted below]*
"I worked with Hansen from about 1983 to 1994 during which time he was at
GISS in NYC and I was at NASA HQ in Washington DC. I retired from NASA in
1995. I had completed 37 and 1/2 years of federal service (civilian Navy,
USAF, and including 33 years with NASA.) The money came through me. We were
in the Earth Observations Program which later became the Mission to Planet
Earth Program. I visited GISS at least once a year to review and evaluate
the GISS work. When I visited NYC, to review the research that GISS was
funded to do out of the program for which I was responsible, Hansen was most
cordial. When I asked him to give a lecture in Japan, he complied," Theon
wrote.
"It was what it was, and no amount of denial will change that," Theon
explained. "I repeat what I wrote to you in January: "I was, in effect,
Hansen's supervisor because I had to justify his funding, allocate his
resources, and evaluate his results. I did not have the authority to give
him his annual performance evaluation," he added.
Theon also noted the attacks on him by many of the websites devoted to
smearing anyone who questions claims of a man-made climate catastrophe.
"Regarding some of the other attacks that have been aimed at me: I am truly
appalled at the backbiting, vitriol that is sent by people who have nothing
better to do than try to smear other people's reputations because they do
not agree with their own thinking. To them, I recommend that they get a
life," Theon concluded.
Retired NASA Atmospheric Scientist Dr. Roy Spencer weighed in on Hansen and
Theon controversy on January 29, 2009:
"And now my old boss when I was at NASA (as well as James Hansen's old
boss), John Theon, has stated very clearly that he doesn't believe global
warming is man-made…and adding 'climate models are useless' for good
measure." See: *
http://www.drroyspencer.com/2009/01/another-nasa-defection-to-the-skeptics-camp/
*<http://www.drroyspencer.com/2009/01/another-nasa-defection-to-the-skeptics-camp/>
Even websites devoted to smearing and attacking scientists skeptical of
anthropogenic climate fears are finding the attacks on Theon way over the
line. At the Deltoid blog -- no friend of climate skeptics -- several
readers are lamenting the disparaging remarks against Theon. Some of its
readers are now essentially screaming "Enough" in response to the attacks on
Theon.
A January 31 comment on Deltoid blog stated: "Theon did some serious work
(about 30 papers, some edited books, plus lots of monographs), including a
couple of Science papers in the 60's, so he wasn't puffing up his
accomplishments like some, and an h-index of 6." Again, these comments are
coming from a website devoted to vilifying global warming skeptics.
A February 1 comment on Detloid stated: "This attempt to smear Theon is
terribly, terribly thin."
Here is a Google scholar search on Theon: *
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q="author:JS+author:Theon"
* <http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=&>
*[Morano Note: The question that needs to be answred by those who attack
Theon is: Would you be so quick to slam Theon if he came out and praised
Hansen? All of the voices seeking to discredit Theon's career and reputation
would have remained completely silent if Theon had instead praised Hansen
and asserted that mankind faced a "climate crisis." For more information on
how scientists skeptical of man-made global warming fears are treated see:
1) A July 2007 Senate report details how skeptics have faced threats and
intimidation - **
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=04373015-802A-23AD-4BF9-C3F02278F4CF
*<http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=04373015-802A-23AD-4BF9-C3F02278F4CF>
* - 2) Climate Skeptics Reveal 'Horror Stories' of Scientific Suppression –
March 6, 2008 - **
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=865DBE39-802A-23AD-4949-EE9098538277
*<http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Blogs&ContentRecord_id=865DBE39-802A-23AD-4949-EE9098538277>
* ] *
#
Theon's Complete Response to Hansen: (Retired NASA Atmospheric Scientist Dr.
John S. Theon's Response to James Hansen's Reported Comments – February 5,
2009 )
Via Email:
#
-----Original Message-----
From: Jtheon [*mailto:jtheon@XXXXXX* <jtheon@XXXXXX>]
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 2:01 PM
To: Morano, Marc (EPW)
Subject: Response to Jim Hansen's e-mail
Marc,
It is absurd that Hansen denies ever meeting me. We have met on numerous
occasions. This just demonstrates that Hansen has a poor memory.
I worked with Hansen from about 1983 to 1994 during which time he was at
GISS in NYC and I was at NASA HQ in Washington DC. I retired from NASA in
1995. I had completed 37 and 1/2 years of federal service (civilian Navy,
USAF, and including 33 years with NASA.)
The money came through me. We were in the Earth Observations Program which
later became the Mission to Planet Earth Program. I visited GISS at least
once a year to review and evaluate the GISS work. When I visited NYC, to
review the research that GISS was funded to do out of the program for which
I was responsible, Hansen was most cordial. When I asked him to give a
lecture in Japan, he complied.
It was what it was, and no amount of denial will change that.
I repeat what I wrote to you in January: "I was, in effect, Hansen's
supervisor because I had to justify his funding, allocate his resources, and
evaluate his results. I did not have the authority to give him his annual
performance evaluation."
Regarding some of the other attacks that have been aimed at me: I am truly
appalled at the backbiting, vitriol that is sent by people who have nothing
better to do than try to smear other people's reputations because they do
not agree with their own thinking. To them, I recommend that they get a
life.
John
#
End Correspondence from Dr. Theon.
#
(See: James Hansen's Former NASA Supervisor Declares Himself a Skeptic: Says
Hansen 'Embarrassed NASA' & 'Was Never Muzzled' – January 27, 2009 - *
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# #
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Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW) Inhofe Staff
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