I heard about this one. It's akin to a rich guy "consulting" every lawyer in town so his wife can't get a decent lawyer for representation in a divorce ..."/>

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BP "buys" scientists

POSTED BY: NIKI2
UPDATED: Saturday, July 24, 2010 08:24
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Friday, July 23, 2010 6:39 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


I heard about this one. It's akin to a rich guy "consulting" every lawyer in town so his wife can't get a decent lawyer for representation in a divorce case.

These guys don't miss a trick, do they:
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The head of the American Association of Professors has accused BP of trying to "buy" the best scientists and academics to help its defence against litigation after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

"This is really one huge corporation trying to buy faculty silence in a comprehensive way," said Cary Nelson.

BP faces more than 300 lawsuits so far.

In a statement, BP says it has hired more than a dozen national and local scientists "with expertise in the resources of the Gulf of Mexico".

The BBC has obtained a copy of a contract offered to scientists by BP. It says that scientists cannot publish the research they do for BP or speak about the data for at least three years, or until the government gives the final approval to the company's restoration plan for the whole of the Gulf.

It also states scientists may perform research for other agencies as long as it does not conflict with the work they are doing for BP.

And it adds that scientists must take instructions from lawyers offering the contracts and other in-house counsel at BP.

Bob Shipp, the head of marine sciences at the University of South Alabama, was one of the scientists approached by BP's lawyers.

They didn't just want him, they wanted his whole department.

"They contacted me and said we would like to have your department interact to develop the best restoration plan possible after this oil spill," he said.

"We laid the ground rules - that any research we did, we would have to take total control of the data, transparency and the freedom to make those data available to other scientists and subject to peer review. They left and we never heard back from them."

What Mr Nelson is concerned about is BP's control over scientific research.

"Our ability to evaluate the disaster and write public policy and make decisions about it as a country can be impacted by the silence of the research scientists who are looking at conditions," he said.

"It's hugely destructive. I mean at some level, this is really BP versus the people of the United States."

In its statement, BP says it "does not place restrictions on academics speaking about scientific data".

Bastards.


Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of __________________, code name ‘Nike”,
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Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:19 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Bump. Nobody interested, or are we so saturated with BP's games that it's just "another one of those..."?


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Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:21 AM

WHOZIT


NIKI2 I agree with you, (don't freak) BP is the scum between my toes.

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Saturday, July 24, 2010 8:24 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


TWICE?! Now I have to go take a pill...


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