<table><tr><th>From: </th><th></th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Tuesday, December 12, 2017 6:32 AM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Noam Chomsky</td></tr><tr><td>Cc:</td><td>Valeria Chomsky; Lawrence Krauss</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: Request for Professor Chomsky re: sexual harassment story</td></tr></table>

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

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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.

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

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