His revised report was given to Dr. Brown before Christmas.
Turnage claims that the second version of the incident report was given to the Guardian erroneously.
A copy of the report was given to The New York Times by a member of Congress.
His report was given credibility because he knows the Pearl River woods and their wildlife, and would not easily have confused the ivorybill with anything else.
The report was given to the governments of each of the five countries about two months ago as a measure to help them combat their epidemics, Dr. Gordon said.
They are furious the working group which produced the report was given a restricted remit to look only at transportation and housing needs of non-domesticated species and not training.
Although the current home secretary, John Reid, has talked of the need to remove vulnerable women from prisons, the report was given a low-key welcome by the Home Office, which said only that it would be carefully studied.
A draft report was given to Mr. Goss in October, but he postponed its release so that people criticized for their role in the failure to prevent the 2001 attacks could review and respond to the accusations.
