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Agreed, this reads like a pretty serious indictment of Pruitt. It sounds like he had no spine when they went back with questions about the data he provided. There didn't seem to be pushback from him about why his data was correct, simply "it's good that you're retracting". Reading between the lines it seems like the author didn't get this answer easily.

Also curious, how did no one question the data earlier when some guy, albeit respected, sends you a data file and you write several papers on the matter? No one knew what sheet #2 was and we're writing scientific papers based on this excel file? I think we need to revisit correct data hygiene and reasonable suspicion.