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From: Lawrence Krauss • > Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:38 AM To: jeffrey E. Subject: Re: CLARIFICATION: response to your email did =e talk after this? Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director,=Cosmology Initiative Foundation =rofessor School of =arth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona=State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia): =nbsp; origins.asu.edu I -Origins Project 10 Year =elebration- Be a part of something 10 years in the making! April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more info =/div> On =eb 13, 2018, at 6:41 PM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: call me On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 9:29 PM, =awrence Krauss < wrote: Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department Arizona State =niversity, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: I Assistant =Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia): EFTA_R1_01665230 EFTA02525447  origins.asu.edu I -Origins Project =0 Year Celebration- Be a part of something 10 years in the making! April 5.9th 2018 — Visit for more =nfo <https://www.originsl0year.com/> <image002.png> </=iv> Begin forwarded message: From: Lawrence Krauss <lawkrauss@gmail.com> Subject: Re: CLARIFICATION: =esponse to your email Date: February 13, 2018 at 4:24:45 PM =ST To: Peter Aldhous The email from Neil that I sent you is the only one generated =rom the Director in this regard. There is no document I have =eceived from Perimeter confirming either the false hearsay claim you =ave already made, or this new claim of yours. As I have been =nvited back numerous times by colleagues there in the interim, =mpirical evidence suggests otherwise. If there had been any such =ormal complaint and investigation and decision, I would have heard =bout it, or been asked to participate in it. Your source has =lready demonstrated they have lied once about my "immediate =moval and banning". So unless you have some positive documentary =vidence, this s a false allegation. It was also your professional =bligation to investigate allegations, other than just make them, but in =very case I have done your investigating for you, when you could have =iscovered the numerous claims were false if you had tried. You =emonstrated no interest in accurate reporting or in standard =ournalistic standards, nor have you demonstrated any interest in the =efinition of sexual harassment in making many unrelated defamatory =laims against me. Enough. LM K Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department Arizona State =niversity, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, A Research Office Assistant =Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia): 2 EFTA_R1_01665231 EFTA02525448  origins.asu.edu -Origins Project =0 Year Celebration- Be a part of something 10 years in the making! April 5.9th 2018 — Visit for more =nfo <https://www.originsl0year.com/> <image002.png> </=iv> On Feb 13, 2018, at 2:54 PM, Peter Aldhous <mailt wrote: Dr. =rauss: It is my professional =bligation, when reporting on allegations like these, to seek comment =nd clarification. Thank you for sending the =mail from Neil Turok. We have raised this with the Perimeter Institute, =hich has clarified its position, as follows: During the =vent, a sexual harassment complaint was filed with the administration =gainst you. In 2012, as part of a =ormal review of its internal policies, the institute made a decision =hat you would not be invited to return. If you wish =o further comment on or clarify any of these points, please get in =ouch with us by tomorrow (Weds). Thanks, Peter Aldhous =/span> On 2/12/18 =:20 AM, Lawrence Krauss wrote: Although I wasn't going to bother =nd shouldn't need to, just one example among many: in this case =7 months after Q2C, email from the Director of the Perimeter Institute. = don't know how it could be much clearer.. (I have redacted out =he rest of the body of the letter because it refers to a hiring issue =hat is irrelevant to you).. 3 EFTA_R1_01665232 EFTA02525449  Now some questions you need =o answer: 1. Is it appropriate for journalists to repeatedly require explicit evidence from someone in order to defend =hemselves from false allegations, but at the same time be willing to =ccept false claims against others on face value if it confirms what =hey want to hear when writing a story? 2. Does such a low standard of journalistic integrity hurt =fforts to address real problems? 3. Isn't repeatedly attempting to promote and disseminate =alse or damaging claims or rumors about someone harassment? 4. Would you argue that offending someone =s equivalent to harassment? 5. After so many false and/or inappropriate allegations, do =ou see a pattern emerging? Perhaps there is an interesting, and =eal, story there. Begin =orwarded message: From: "Neil Turok" Subject: Holden XXX Date: March 31, 2011 at 9:30:26 AM MST To: Dear Larry, I hope you're doing very well. It =as nice to have you at PI for the Q2C Festival and I do hope you'll be =ble to visit again soon. I'm writing in regard to Holden =XX, who I have been working with recently =E2 With my best wishes, Neil On Feb 9, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Lawrence Krauss <lawkrauss@gmail.com> wrote: Oh yes, definitely and demonstrably.. I =ispute everything except the first bullet point, with substantial =videntiary email communication... so you had better alert =hoever went on the record at the perimeter institute about the =onsequences of making false allegations. LMK 4 EFTA_R1_01665233 EFTA02525450  Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department Arizona State =niversi P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: Assistant =Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia): origins.asu.e•u -Origins Project =0 Year Celebration- Be a part of something 10 years in the making! April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more =nfo <https://www.origins10year.com/> <image002.png> On Feb =, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Peter Aldhous wrote: Dr. Krauss: To clarify, =e plan to publish each of the following statements, which have all been =onfirmed on the record by the Perimeter Institute: In October of 2009, you went to Waterloo, Ontario, to be a =uest speaker at the Quantum to Cosmos Festival at the Perimeter Institute. 5 During the event, a sexual harassment complaint was filed =gainst you. You were immediately =emoved from the premises and banned from ever coming back. =/span> The institute would not =rovide more details to respect the complainant's privacy. =/span> Do you dispute any of these statements? If you'd like to further clarify your position on =hese statements, please contact me before 12 noon Pacific on Saturday, =eb 10. Peter Aldhous 5 EFTA_R1_01665234 EFTA02525451  Peter Aldhous Science reporter I BuzzFeed News tel: cell PGP Fingerprint: 225F B2AF 488E 6E3D B1EA 7F9A 896E BF7D 9CB2 =B16 Send =ecure =ips <https://contact.buzzfeed.com/> Vdiv> On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Lawrence =rauss <rnailtc > wrote: Peter: Got your phone =all yesterday shortly before I finished a lecture and then headed to =he airport to return home late last night, as I had indicated in my =ast email. I am responding below to your issues, which are yet =gain false and/or misleading. I cannot keep doing this. I have =old you repeatedly that there is no basis for a story here. I =nd others have responded to false allegations, but you and your =olleagues have continued to barrage me, my family, and my colleagues =ith a series of false allegations and innuendo for the past 6 =onths. So it seems you have decided to produce some kind of =efamatory story, independent of evidence to the contrary, and you are =sking me to help you do your work to write it. I don't know =hat else to say. I ask you again to stop this harassment, and not =rite a story based on false and misleading defamatory allegations to =ustify some foregone conclusion that might defame me and/or other =ndividuals or groups, and in the process can hurt genuine efforts by =any of us to address important issues, from encouraging diversity in =TEM education around the world, to fighting ideological efforts that =ndorse sexism, racism, homophobia or attempt to suppress free speech =nd free thought. LMK On Feb 5, 2018, at 9:48 AM, Peter Aldhou wrote: Dr. Krauss: Since our =arlier correspondence, further incidents have come to our attention. ='ve outlined the details below and would very much like to =nclude your response to each in our story. 6 EFTA_R1_01665235 EFTA02525452  —At the Perimeter Institute's "Quantum to Cosmos" Festival =n October 2009, a woman made a formal complaint of sexual harassment =gainst you. The institute immediately removed you from the premises and =anned you from ever coming back. I am not made =ware of any formal complaint of sexual harassment against me at =erimeter, which would have resulted in either formal proceedings or =etters or emails to me. I did attend the "Quantum to Cosmos =9D Festival for several days and was never 'removed from the premises'. =fter I left I received thanks and further assistance from the =taff. Nor was I banned from returning to Perimeter. I have =aintained a collegial relationship with various colleagues there who =ave invited me to return on several occasions. —Former =mployees of the Origins Project told us =hat the working environment sometimes made them feel uncomfortable, partly =ecause of your behavior, which they described as sometimes =nprofessional and juvenile. They called you a "sexist" =nd a "womanizer." In =articular, they described the following incidents: • In early 2016, after a transgender =anelist for an upcoming event negotiated a higher appearance fee, you =oked at a group meeting that "she's got balls," =wo witnesses said. During another meeting around that =ime, you showed off a vaguely suggestive doodle you had made of a woman =ent over, two witnesses said. "It was like being in a room =ith a 5-year-old and a 15-year-old boy at the same time," one =ormer employee said. "He had no filter." At a dinner =vent at the school's University Club in October 2015, a =9- year-old undergraduate said she was left feeling acutely =ncomfortable when you looked at her from head to toe, smirked, and told =er that you liked the short jumper she was wearing. Two witnesses =onfirmed her account. In April 2016, another staffer =ngrily posted on Facebook about how you "suggested that I =hould dress up like a hula girl while advertising for an event." =/span> • Another =mployee was so upset by your behavior that she started keeping a =ritten record of offensive incidents. "Said he =nderstood why people didn't like to hire women of child bearing age =ecause it isn't fair to have to pay maternity benefit," she =rote in one entry. "Said he's going to buy me birth control so = don't get pregnant and inconvenience him. Asked if I was planning to =et pregnant." I am proud that =he Origins Project has been an open and supportive program since it was =reated. Our team works in a transparent environment of candor and =rust, where people can thrive and discuss all issues openly and frankly =ith mutual respect as part of a safe supportive team. Staff are =ncouraged to provide feedback and I and my managers have regular =eetings with staff to discuss potential problems and concerns. No =ne has ever has brought up complaints along any of these lines to any =f us, nor has anyone complained to the University in this regard about =ny such issues. Quite the contrary. Further =iscellaneous information: 7 EFTA_R1_01665236 EFTA02525453  You are =olitically liberal. In your public appearances, writings, and tweets, =ou have decried sexism, racism, and homophobia. You tweet =rovocatively about subjects including Islam, Muslims, Christianity, and =hristians. Recently, you have tweeted links to articles questioning =hether the #metoo movement has gone too far. We also =oticed your recent tweet about growing diversity in the skeptic =ovement. Our own reporting on that issue presents a complex =icture. Several =emale skeptics, after sharing personal accounts of misogyny and harassment by =en in the community, have been subjected to Gamergate-style online =ttacks, including =/span>rape and =eath threats <http://skepchick.org/page-o-hateh . In recent =ears, famous freethinkers have been criticized for their =/span>lslamophobia, for =/span>cheering the =It-right media personality Milo =iannopoulos, and for lampooning feminism and =/span>gender =heory. Do you had any comments on the =iew that parts of the skeptic/atheist movement appear to be sliding =nto the =It-right? Again, if you wish to comment on or clarify any of =hese points, please get in touch with us as soon as possible. If I do =ot respond immediately it is because I am on another call or teaching, =o please leave the best phone number to reach you. Thanks, Peter Aldhous Peter Aldhous, PhD Science =eporter I BuzzFeed News tel: cell Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department Arizona State = " ox 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office I Assistant =Jessica): Origins Office =Cynthia): 8 EFTA_R1_01665237 EFTA02525454 -Origins Project =0 Year Celebration- Be a part of something 10 years =n the making! April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more =nfo <https://www.originsl0year.com/> <image002.png> Peter =Idhous Science reporter I BuzzFeed News tel cel PGP Fingerprint: 225F B2AF 4B8E =E3D B1EA 7F9A B96E BF7D 9CB2 9B16 Send =ecure tips Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space =xploration and Physics Department Arizona State =niversity, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office-I Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office C nthia) <mailt origins.asu.edu -Origins Project =0 Year Celebration- Be a part of something 10 years in the making! April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more =nfo <https://www.originsl0year.com/> <image002.png> 9 EFTA_R1_01665238 EFTA02525455  Peter Aldhous, PhD Science reporter I BuzzFeed News please =ote 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. 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