ClimateGate 2.0: A very large pile of ‘smoking guns’ — Mann: ‘The important thing is to make sure they’re loosing the PR battle. That’s what the site [RealClimate.org] is about’
2009> Briffa: 'I find myself in the strange position of being very skeptical of the quality of all present reconstructions, yet sounding like a pro greenhouse zealot here!' -- -- Bradley: I'm sure you agree--the Mann/Jones GRL paper was truly pathetic and should never have been published. I don't want to be associated with that 2000 year "reconstruction".