Under the Table

i just stumbled across an email from Phil Jones revealing that he illegally refused FOI requests, asking for CRU's scientific climate data. In the email he claims that he "knows the FOI person and he understands the situation". Jones is of course referring to the denied FOI requests. It seems as though he has made some deals under the table with some important men involved in granting and appealing FOI requests.
To see the original email, check out this link to dailymail, scroll to about half way down the page and you will see a blue box containing this email and some others. One email in this box shows just how childish Jones and his team are acting in response to the FOI requests. Jones says he would rather "delete the file than send it to anyone else", and he also says he will "hide behind the data protection act". Jones is being selfish and childish by refusing to give his data to anyone. He cannot stand to be wrong, so when someone wishes to critique his work he throws a fit and starts destroying the data rather than letting anyone else see it. Seems as though a child is in charge of collecting data for one of the most important scientific and environmental issues of our time. How credible can his theory really be if he has to sneak around and hide things from the public and his peers?