http://www.nbcnews.com/science/scientis ... 2D11691760Al Gore's 'polarbeargate' scientist forced to retire
Anthony Watts
Fri, 06 Dec 2013 02:11 CST
WUWT readers may recall our coverage of Charles Monnett, whose antics with polar bear sitings and attribution led Al Gore to put this famous animated video clip into An Inconvenient Truth and make wild claims about polar bears drowning for lack of sea ice:
Monnett's legal case is over, and he has been forced to resign:
Scientist settles legal case over study of polar bear drownings
Becky Bohrer, The Associated Press / 37 min ago
JUNEAU, Alaska - An Alaska scientist whose observations of drowned polar bears helped galvanize the global warming movement has retired as part of a settlement with a federal agency. Charles Monnett was briefly suspended in 2011 from his work with the U.S. ...
Under the settlement, signed in October but released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility on Wednesday, Monnett will receive $100,000 but cannot seek Interior Department work for five years. His retirement was effective Nov. 15, at which point the agency agreed to withdraw the letter of reprimand and issue Monnett a certificate for his work on the tracking project.
Source.
So the message is: be a dimwit, make stuff up, and get paid for it. No word yet on whether he'll get to keep the cushy retirement package that Federal Employees get.
Looking further, it appears that he'll be able to keep it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whWvXkK0HJ8