Climategate 2 : Vincent Courtillot est un "imbécile bien introduit" selon Phil Jones

Parmi les 5 000 nouveaux emails piratés mis au jour ce mardi, une trentaine concerne Vincent Courtillot.

Dans l'un d'eux, le climatologue Phil Jones (photo), de l'Unité de recherche climatique (CRU) de l'université britannique d'East Anglia (au centre du scandale du Climategate en 2009), insulte le géophysicien français :

"Vincent est un imbécile, mais un imbécile bien introduit - à l'Académie française [ndlr : Académie des sciences] et tout ça."

L'email n° 3124 est reproduit ci-dessous :

date: Wed Feb 6 13:36:32 2008
from: Phil Jones
subject: A warning for Feb 7-8
to: Robert Marsh

Bob,

Maybe you're the Robert Marsh giving a poster at a meeting of paleo types in London tomorrow - Burlington House. If not ignore this message. You'll get one good talk from Jim Hansen. You'll get one awful talk on the Friday from a Vincent Courtillot. If he lays into me, or says the world isn't warming you have my permission to go and put the boot it. Shouldn't be difficult. Have emailed Jim as well.

Vincent is a prat, but he's a well connected prat - French Academy and all that. He's been making life a misery for Edouard Bard. I can't make it - I'm just trying to help Edouard! If you're not the Robert Marsh, I can explain more next time we meet!

Cheers

Phil