claim: However, a single scientist, Dr. Ben Santer of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, rewrote the draft at the IPCC’s request, deleting all five statements, replacing them with a single statement to the effect that a human influence on global climate was now discernible, and making some 200 consequential amendments.
evidence: The Chapter 8 draft report put together on 5 October had an Executive Summary of the evidence, and after various qualifications, said Taken together, these results point towards a human influence on climate.