Until late November 2009, Phil Jones was just another successful scientist - director of the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, UK, and respected by his peers, but hardly a public figure. That changed abruptly when a selection of emails spanning more than a decade were hacked from the CRU and placed on a public server.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/climategate-scientist-breaks-his-silence
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/catherine-brahic
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/new-scientist
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ipcc
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/scientists
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-kingdom-uk