After Picuti made the charges public in June 2010, Alan Leshner, Executive Publisher of Science, sent an open letter of protest to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on behalf of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He wrote that the “charges against these scientists are both unfair and naïve….[T]here is no accepted scientific method for earthquake prediction that can be reliably used to warn citizens of an impending disaster.”
在皮库迪在2010年6月公开此项起诉之时，《科学》杂志执行出版人艾伦·莱施纳（Alan Leshner）代表美国科学促进会向意大利总统乔治·纳波利塔诺（Giorgio Napolitano）递交了公开抗议信。他在信中写到：“对这些科学家的指控是不公平而且幼稚的……对于地震的预测，目前并没有公认可靠的科学预警方法可以使民众避免一场即将降临的灾害。”美国地球物理学联盟以及数千位科学家也反对这一指控行为。