Ok, I was listening to Dr. Ball being interviewed by of all people, Alex Jones about this scandal. I remember Ball talking about Baliunas being persecuted in a nasty way for being a woman and a red head, by John Holdren and his bunch.
Warning this is an Alex Jones video Link, but he has good info on this subject. at 7:00 mark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY3eaymWSQg
actually the whole video is good.