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From: Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 6:32 AM To: Noam Chomsky Cc: Valeria Chomsky; Lawrence Krauss Subject: Re: Request for Professor Chomsky re: sexual harassment story Thanks Noam. They are really slimeballs.. They =redged up false allegations from the internet and distorted others.. It =s very depressing.. I appreciate the note. On Dec =1, 2017, at 10:52 PM, Noam Chomsky < =wrote: My wife Valeria forwarded your =essage 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 =ughes < Date: =Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 3:32 PM Subject: Request for =rofessor Chomsky re: sexual harassment story To: Dear =rofessor Chomsky, I'm on the science desk at BuzzFeed News, =here we have reported on several big investigations about sexual harassment in the sciences. For the last several months, I, along with two =ther reporters on my desk, have been investigating at least four =ccounts of sexual misconduct involving Lawrence Krauss stretching back = decade. Our story is corroborated by emails, university documents, =fficial complaints, testimony from victims and witnesses, and =nterviews with more than two dozen of Krauss's current and =ormer academic colleagues, students, and peers in the skeptics =ovement. EFTA_R1_01703618 EFTA02548675 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 =hatting? We're planning to publish our story on =uesday morning, Eastern US Time. If you'd like to talk, please =et us know as soon as possible. Sincerely, Ginny Hughes Virginia =ughes I Science Editor BuzzFeed News Twitter: Office: Lawrence M. =rauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and 85287-1404 Research Office: = <mailto origins.asu.edu I twitter.comilkraussl I Physics =epartment Arizona State University, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ I Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia): > =nbsp; krauss.faculty.asu.edu 2 EFTA_R1_01703619 EFTA02548676