"Benjamin David Santer is a climate researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and former researcher at the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit."
East Anglia, the scandal ridden source of disinformation. Santer was and has always been a main source of disinformation. Including the most prominent figures in the email scandal.
Delingpole: The Pause in Global Warming Is Real, Admits Climategate Scientist