Well, so where is sternberg's defamation case against them?
So, if Sternberg is such an "undistinguished" scientist, why was he the editor of "Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" which has been published for more than 120 years?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sternberg_peer_review_controversy
Sternberg rammed the paper through without adequate peer review as one of his last official acts as editor, knowing, no doubt that it was an inadequate piece of work and not germane to the journal and that he would be bounced as editor because of it. The so called committee report was a political hatchet job and part of an orchestrated PR campaign to justify the assumed claims of persecution. So the Smithsonian moved Sternberg's office, boo frigging hoo.
These guys will go to any lengths to get their stuff in the peer reviewed literature with the exception, of course, of doing any actual science.