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From: Lawrence Krauss < Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 6:57 AM To: Jeffrey E. Subject: Re: Request for Professor Chomsky re: sexual harassment story Note =hat they have now reduced 6 to 4.. On Dec =1, 2017, at 11:55 PM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: Let's see if they =ublish On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 7:32 AM <a> =rote: Thanks Noam. They are really =limeballs.. They dredged up false allegations from the internet =nd distorted others.. It is very depressing.. I appreciate the note. =nbsp; On Dec 11, 2017, at 10:52 PM, =oam Chomsky < <mailto » wrote: My wife Valeria forwarded =our message to me. In general, when accusations and =negations are made, they should, if credible, be investigated. =hose who know nothing about them (my situation in the present case) =ave nothing to say, and cannot speculate seriously about the =onsequences of what they do not know. Independently, Valeria and I have known =awrence very well for years, and what you describe is not at all =onsistent with what we know about his life and =haracter. Noam Chomsky Forwarded message From: Virginia Hughes < Date: =Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 3:32 PM Subject: Request for =rofessor Chomsky re: sexual harassment story To: Dear Professor Chomsky, EFTA_R1_01704815 EFTA02549542 I'm on the science desk at BuzzFeed News, where we have =eported on several big investigations about =/span>sexual harassment in the sciences. For the last several months, I, along with two other =eporters on my desk, have been investigating at least four accounts of =exual misconduct involving Lawrence Krauss stretching back a decade. =ur story is corroborated by emails, university documents, official =omplaints, testimony from victims and witnesses, and interviews with =ore than two dozen of Krauss's current and former academic =olleagues, students, and peers in the skeptics =ovement. We are now nearing our publication date. I am =eaching out to you now in the hopes that you may consider commenting on =hat allegations like this mean for your field, particularly since you =ave done events with Krauss and occupy a similar place in the public =phere. Are you interested in chatting? We're planning to publish our story on Tuesday =orning, Eastern US Time. If you'd like to talk, please let us =now as soon as possible. Sincerely, Ginny Hughes Virginia Hughes I Science Editor BuzzFeed =ews Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space =x loration and Physics Department Arizona State =niversity, Research Office: Origins Office (Cynthia): = 2 EFTA_R1_01704816 EFTA02549543 please note The information contained in this =ommunication is confidential, may be attorney-client =rivileged, may constitute inside information, and is =ntended only for the use of the addressee. It is the =roperty of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure =r copying of this communication or any part thereof is =trictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have =eceived this communication in error, please notify us =mmediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this =ommunication and all copies thereof, including all =ttachments. copyright -all rights reserved <image002.png> Lawrence M. =rauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment Arizona State University, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: = j Assistant (Jessica): Ori ins Office C nthia : > =nbsp; 3 EFTA_R1_01704817 EFTA02549544