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Before Lefteri Tsoukalas was removed as the head of the Purdue School of Nuclear Engineering, an extra-legal committee that he organized produced the Feb. 23, 2006, Statement from Adam Butt. Someone provided this document to Kenneth Chang of The New York Times. Chang has declined to confirm or deny whether Tsoukalas provided the document. Chang has confirmed that he received other related documents from Tsoukalas. Chang made the decision to publish the unsigned, unnotarized, unsworn, unverified document.

The Statement from Adam Butt caused severe problems for Rusi Taleyarkhan, a professor in the School of Nuclear Engineering. In response, numerous people came to Taleyarkhan's defense with testimonials and affidavits. A number of the affidavits accuse Tsoukalas of serious grievances. Some of them are now part of the public record in legal proceedings.
 

Sally Mason, the former provost for Purdue University, when asked* what makes her angry:

"People who abuse power. Abuse of staff, or the inability to treat students with respect. It leaves an indelible impression when you see it."

Mason left Purdue July 2007

Original link was deleted after New Energy Times published this quote.

 

Name - Date released Affiliation Role
Student - Adam Butt - May 11, 2007 by The New York Times Purdue  
Mize, Darla - Aug. 27, 2008, (Notarized version) Feb. 20, 2009 Purdue Administrative Assistant to head of School of Nuclear Engineering
Jenkins, Jere - Sept. 3, 2008, Oct. 10 nonredacted version   Director of Radiation Laboratories at Purdue
Timmerman, Erica - Sept. 7, 2008, Oct. 10 nonredacted version Purdue Administrative Assistant for Student Services, School of Nuclear Engineering
Student Testimonial Summary by Taleyarkhan - Sept. 9 , 2008 Purdue  
Student 1 Testimonial - Sept. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Student 2 Testimonial - Sept. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Student 3 Testimonial - Sept. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Student 4 Testimonial - Sept. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Student 5 Testimonial - Sept. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Student 6 Testimonial - Sept. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Student 7 Testimonial - Sept. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Student 8 Testimonial - Sept. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Xu, Yiban Letter to Peter Dunn
Oct. 27, 2006		 Purdue Postdoctoral researcher
Xu, Yiban Letter to Taleyarkhan
June 1, 2007		 Purdue Postdoctoral researcher
Xu, Yiban Affidavit - Sept. 24, 2008
Xu, Yiban Affidavit (Notarized)
Purdue Postdoctoral researcher
Mize, Darla Marked Up by Kealey - Dec. 9, 2008 Purdue Administrative Assistant to head of School of Nuclear Engineering
Student 1 Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Student 2 Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Robert Block Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 RPI  
William Bugg Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 Stanford  
JaeSeon Cho Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 former ORNL  
Edward Forringer Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 LeTourneau University  
Richard Lahey Jr. Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 RPI  
Gunther Lohnert Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 NED  
Robert Nigmatulin Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 RAS  
Shripad Revankar Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 Purdue  
Colin West Affidavit - Dec. 9, 2008 former ORNL  
Derek Tournear - April 9, 2009 DARPA/STO Program Manager, Strategic Technology Office
Karen Vierow - May 21, 2009 Texas A&M  
Sheldon Meth - June 17, 2009 Former DARPA Former Program Manager