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From: Lawrence Krauss Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2018 4:21 PM To: jeffrey E. Subject: Re: CLARIFICATION: response to your email Oh. On plane now and can't call. Bt= what is purpose of call exactly?. If someone I know called me about this l=would ask them to email me with details. I will try calling him when 1=land in any case. Am going to send you revised email to look at too once I a= above 10000 feet. Director, The Orig=ns Project at ASU Foundation Professor School of Eart= & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona Sta=e University, P.O. Bo= 871404, =a href="x- apple-data-detectors://1/1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-a=ple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data- detectors-result="1/1">T=mpe, AZ 85287-1404 Sent from my=iPhone On Feb 14, 2018, at 8:13 AM, jeffrey E. &[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wro=e: Calli=g On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 10:28 AM=Lawrence Krauss wrote: after 5 tries of what? =m at airport. On Feb 14, 2018, at 8:17 AM, jeff=ey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]» wrote: After five tries On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 9=50 AM Lawrence Kraus la wrote: EFTA_R1_01666491 EFTA02526272  In Iimo.To airpor=. I can't find direct number. I think it is best to send a to=ched up version of the letter by email first and trying to reach out to Nei= after. I know from experience that if I contact Neil by phone he will say h= will look into it and not say anything specific. Let me know about letter.=nbsp; Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at A=U Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and P=ysics Department Arizona State Universit , P.O. Box 871404,&n=s • •Tem e, AZ 85287-1404 <DA866543-740=-4A5A-8E50-FD32E33ASOEC.png> Sent from m= iPhone =/div> On Feb 14, 2018, at=6:43 AM, Lawrence Krauss < Trying that now. But the letter, which i= rough as I read it and has to be fine tuned, is quite collegial so if I ca='t reach him I would like to send a touched up version of it this m=rning. Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU<=span> Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Phys=cs Department Arizona State Universit P.O. Box 871404 =Tem se AZ 85287-1404 <http://origins.asu.edu/= target=> <DA86=543-7401-4A5A-8E50-FD32E33AS0EC.png> Se=t from my iPhone =div> 2 EFTA_R1_01666492 EFTA02526273  On Feb 14, 2018, at 6:37 AM, jef=rey E. <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: =div> Did you call him On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 9:32 AM Lawrence Krauss wrot=: So should I send=this? Please let me know ASAP. =/div> Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origin= Project at ASU Foundation Professor om/Ikraussl <ht Sent from my iPhone ote: JEE: HERE IS MY PROPOSED EMAIL.= GOING to NEIL TUROK. Comments welcome Dear Neil and Michael: Attached is a copy of som= correspondence from Buzzfeed, which has followed on six months of correspo=dence, following on a claim that two universities I am affiliated with had p=eviously shown to be false. Buzzfeed produced 5 false allegations off=the web which I subsequently demonstrated to be false, in an attempt to sug=est a history of sexual harassment by me. Fo=lowing that Buzzfeed searched for other defamatory examples, and through so=eone at Perimeter received the following claim. 3 EFTA_R1_01666493 EFTA02526274  <=iV> <=iV> —"Quantum to Cosmos" Festival in October 2009, a w=man made a formal complaint of sexual harassment against you. The institute=immediately removed you from the premises and banned you from ever coming b=ck. </=iv> =div> <=iv dir="auto" style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"= After I disputed this claim, they came=back with the following claim, which they said was on the record by someone=from Perimeter: Festival at the Perimeter Institute. During the event, a sexual harassmen= complaint was filed against you. » You were immediately removed from the premises and=banned from ever coming back. The institute would not provide more details to respec= the complainant's privacy. <=div> qui> =br> I disputed this, and included an email from you, Neil as a de=onstration that it was false (I redacted the information that was not relev=nt to them): Begin forwarded message: From: =span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,"Helvetica Neue",He=vetica,sans-serif">"Neil Turok" 4 EFTA_R1_01666494 EFTA02526275  </=iv> Subject: Holden XXX Date: March=31, 2011 at 9:30:26 AM MST To: < <=r> Dear Larry, I hope you're doing very well. It was nice to ha=e you at PI for the Q2C Festival and I do hope you'll be able to visit agai= soon. I'm writing in regard to Holden XXX, who I have been working with=recently <=iv>With my best wishes, Neil </=iv> Subsequent to that, Buzzfeed came back with the following: Thank=you for sending the email from Neil Turok. We have raised this with the Per=meter Institute, which has clarified its position, as follows: =br> During the eve=t, a sexual harassment complaint was filed with the administration against y=u. In 2012, as part of a formal review of its i=ternal policies, the institute made a decision that you would not be invite= to return. =br> As you can see, the original claim by Buzzfeed= which they claimed was verified 'on the record' by Perimet=r, was false. I believe this final claim is false, and I would like c=nfirmation from you.. It may be a fine point, but I believe it is important= Originally Michael informed me immediately after the event that ther= was a complaint of inappropriate communication with one of the staff, some=hing I indicated then and reiterate now, I am not aware of at all, but be t=at as it may, he informed me at the time by email that with no further comm=nication with that person, the matter was closed. Several years late= I was invited to give another public lecture but your outreach coordinator=later rescinded the invitation, although I was reimbursed for that. A= you are aware, I subsequently discussed this with Neil in Vancouver in tha= year, and inquired about exactly what it was all about, and informed him t=at either a formal procedure to resolve any issue in which I could particip=te and respond might be appropriate, or the matter should be dropped. Neil s=id he would explore the matter, and neither he, nor anyone else, ever conta=ted me following that. I have never been informed of anything like B=zzfeed has claimed. Indeed I have been invited back to Perimeter for scient=fic meetings by various colleagues in the intervening years. </=iv> I am very concerned by this claim below, for obvious=reasons. First, the original Perimeter source provided false and defa=atory information to Buzzfeed, changing a story only after I provided 5 EFTA_R1_01666495 EFTA02526276 count=r-evidence. Second, as you are aware Perimeter has never contacted me=about any such proviso in the interim. The only document I ever recei=ed was in 2009 from michael assuring me the matter was closed, whatever it w=s. I would find it highly irregular if any formal procedure took plac= with such an outcome without my knowledge or without any due process, and w=thout subsequently informing me. I expect t=e correct statement, if there is one, is that there was a complaint from so=eone at Perimeter about inappropriate communication at the final party or w=ile being driven back to the hotel after it (for all I know it may have bee= about religious issues), and that 3 years later a decision was made by the=outreach coordinator, perhaps in collaboration with others, not to invite m= back at that time for a public lecture. Pl=ase confirm my understanding of this issue for me if you will. As you=can imagine, making this public is embarrassing enough for me, especially s=nce I personally maintain whatever I may have said wasn't inappropr=ate, and there was certainly no sexual harassment by any definition of that=word.. indeed there was nothing sexual in any discussion I know of. N=vertheless, if something is to be reported, indicating that it was a commun=cation issue, and there was no formal ban on my returning to Perimeter (esp=cially as nothing along these lines was ever communicated to me and I have r=ceived invites since that time) is less damning than suggesting otherwise.&=bsp; As Buzzfeed has tried, at every turn, to misrepresent facts in the wor=t possible light, it is important for me to not allow them to continue to d= this. For example, they contacted my university and asked if there a=y claims fo sexual harassment against me at the University, and though the U=iversity said there were not, but that there was an external allegation abo=t a remote event that had been discredited (the one I mentioned above), Buz=feed announced they would report that they contacted the University with a r=quest for information about sexual harassment allegations and were not give= any information in return.. Last, it could b= of course that Buzzfeed has reiinterpeted statements from Perimeter staff,=but if a member of your staff made the original false allegation to Buzzfee= (violating confidentiality in the process I expect) I would like you to at=least be aware of this and act accordingly. =hanks very much for your prompt and immediate attention to this request. Lawrence Krauss Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Projec= at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & S=ace Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University, P.=. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 ongins.asu.e u < ps:= ur e ense.proo poin .com/v2/url?u=http- 3A_origins.asu.edu_&d=DQM=Ag&c=AGbYxfJbXK67KfXyGqyv2Ejiz41FqQuZFk4A- 1lxfAU&r=DB9LvLOlQiaq=cFOihHCOLZCntZCR8Xtq5BHKNVR5To&m=ciP97mEbO4349G8_Nf9l5Up33Th7MWHYf6uw=yUB PZc&s=Gc-m4FUPqBmB-H8qg0HdYhSQN_hZ8rHMdpRIFIFBC6B0&e=> I rtwitter.comPkraussl <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http- 3A twitter.co=_Ikrauss1&d=DQMFAg&c=AGbYxfJbXK67KfXyGqyv2Ejiz41FqQuZFk4A- 1IxfA=&r=DB9LvLOlQiaqWcFOihNCOLZCntZCR8Xtq5BHKNVR5To&m=ciP97mEbO4349G=_Nf9I5Up33Th7MWHYf6uw7yU BPZc&s=msppOSBZaPjp5B0PRbD2xXlzHCi4LgzTZ8KNgj=BBKg&e=> I krauss.faculty.a=u.edu 6 EFTA_R1_01666496 EFTA02526277 <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v=/urI?u=http- 3A_krauss.facuIty.asu.edu_&d=DQMFAg&c=AGbYxfJbXK=7KfXyGqyv2Ejiz41FqQuZFk4A- 1lxfAU&r=DB9LvLOlQiaqWcFOihHC0LZCntZCR8Xtq5=HKNVR5To&m=ciP97mEbO4349G8_Nf9I5Up33Th7MWHYf6uw7yU BP2c&s=f7W9C_=vplQaElpZ3o8vIh0dM_e0hTXbMIVPaUviEt8&e=> -Origins Proje=t 10 Year Celebration- Be a part of something 10 years in the making!=/div> April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more info chttps://www.origins10year.comh <image002.png> <=1" Begin forwarded message: Februa=y 13, 2018 at 2:54:26 PM PST To= Lawrence Krauss cl Dr. Krauss: <= style="font-weight:normal" id="m_6787193294471233302m_2190123617892392=34m_-6360924375646681471docs-internal-guid-d66a5341-915f- 417b-lb5b-7af66318=0ar> =br> Thank you for sending the email from Neil T=rok. We have raised this with the Perimeter Institute, which has clarified i=s position, as follows: In 2012, as part of a formal review of its internal policies, the=institute made a decision that you would not be invited to return.4=iv> =span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;background- color:transparent=font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varian=-caps:normal;font- variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-a=ign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">If you wish to further comment on or cla=ify any of these points, please get in touch with us by tomorrow (Weds). =span style="font-size:11ptfont-family:Arial;background- color:transparent=font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-varian=-caps:normal;font- variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-a=ign:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thanks, Peter Aldhous (415) 800-34714div> (415) 503-7323 7 EFTA_R1_01666497 EFTA02526278  On 2/12/18 8:20 AM, Lawrence Krauss wrote: Although I wasn't going to bother and shouldn't need to, just one example among many: in this case 17 months after Q2C, email from the Director of the Perimeter Institute. I don't know how it could be much clearer.. (= have redacted out the rest of the body of the letter because it refers to a hiring issue that is irrelevant to you).. </=iv> Begin forwarded message: From: =/b>"Neil Turok" Subject:&nb=p;Holden XXX Date: =/b>March 31, 2011 at 9:30:26 AM MST To: </=> Dear Larry, I hope you're doing very well. It was nice to have you at PI for the Q2C Festival and I do hope you'll be able to visit again soon. I'm writing in regard to Holden XXX, who I have been working with recently ... With my best wishes, Neil On Feb 9, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Lawrence Krauss <mailto rote: Oh yes, definitely and demonstrably.. I dispute everything except the first bullet point, with substantial evidentiary email communication... so you had better a=ert whoever went on the record at the perimeter institute about the consequences of making false allegations. LMK 8 EFTA_R1_01666498 EFTA02526279  Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU = Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative<=b> Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona State University. P.O= Box 871404. Tem e AZ 85287-1404 3A_origins.asu.edu_&d=DQMFAg&c= 1lxfAU&r=DB9LvLOIQiagWcFOihHC0=ZCntZCR8Xtg5BHKNVRSTo&m=ciP97mEbO4349G8_Nf9l5Up33Th7MW liYf6uw7yU BPZc&a=p;s=Gc-m4FUPqBmB-H8qg0HdYhSCI.N_hZ8rHMdpP.IHH3C6B08(e=> I </=pan> twitter.com/Ikraussl I krauss.faculty.asu.eduaspan> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=3Dhttp- 3A krauss.faculty.asu.edu_&d=DQMFAg&c=AGbYxf.lbXK67KfXyG=yv2Ejiz41FqQuZFk4A- 1IxfAU&r=DB9LvLOIQiaqWcFOihHC0LZCntZCR8Xtq5BHKNVR5=o&m=ciP97mEbO4349G8_Nf9I5Up33Th7MWHYf6uw7yU BP2c&s=f7W9C_XvplQaE=p23o8vIh0dM_e0hTXbMIVPaUviEt8&e=> -Origins Project 10 Year Celebration-q=iv> Be a part of something 10 years in the making! April 5.9th 2018 — Visit for more info chttps://www.originsl0year.comk <image002=png> On Feb 9, 2018, at 12:44 PM, Peter Aldhous =; wrote: Dr. Krauss:=/span> To clarify,=we plan to publish each of the following statements, which have all been co=firmed on the record by the Perimeter Institute: In October of 2009, y=u went to Waterloo, Ontario, to be a guest speaker at the Quantum to Cosmos=Festival <http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/video-library/collection=quantum- cosmos-festival-2009?page=2> at t=e Perimeter Institute. During the event, a sexual harassment complaint was filed against y=u. You were immediately removed from the premises and banned from ever=coming back. The institute would not provide more details to respect the complai=ant's privacy. 9 EFTA_R1_01666499 EFTA02526280  Do you d=spute any of these statements? If you =80 d like to further clarify your position on these statements, please co=tact me before 12 noon Pacific on Saturday, Feb 10. Peter A=dhous Peter Aldhous Science reporter (=span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> BuzzFee= News<=span> PGP Fingerprint: 225F B2AF 488E 6E3D B1EA 7F9A 896E BF7D 9CB2 9816 Sen= secure tips <https:/=contact.buzzfeed.com/> On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Lawrence Krauss /=pan> wrote: Peter: Got your phone call yesterday shortly before I finished a lecture and then headed to the airport to return home late last night, as I had indicated in my last email. I am responding below to your issues, which are yet again false and/or misleading. I cannot keep doing this. I have told you repeatedly that there is no basis for a story here. I and others have responded to false allegations, but you and your colleagues have continued to barrage me, my family, and my colleagues with a series of false allegations and innuendo for the past 6 months. So it seem= you have decided to produce some kind of defamatory story, independent of evidence to the contrary, and you are asking me to help you do your work to write it. I don't know w=at else to say. I ask you again to stop this harassment, and not write a story based on false and misleading defamatory allegations to justify some foregone conclusion that might defame me and/or other individuals or groups, and in the process can hurt genuine efforts by many of us to address important issues, from encouraging diversity in STEM education around the world, to fighting ideological efforts that endorse sexism, racism, homophobia or attempt to suppress free speech and free thought. =MK On Feb 5, 2018, at 9:48 AM, Peter Aldhous < 10 EFTA_R1_01666500 EFTA02526281  Dr. Krauss: Since our earlier correspondenc=, further incidents have come to our attention. I've outlined the d=tails below and would very much like to include your response to each in ou= story. —At the Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos" Festival in October 2009, a w=man made a formal complaint of sexual harassment against you. The institute=immediately removed you from the premises and banned you from ever coming b=ck. I am not made aware of any formal complaint of sexual harassment against me at Perimeter, which would have resulted in either formal proceedings or letters or emails to me. I did attend the "Quantum to Cosm=s" Festival for several days and was never 'removed from the premises'. After I left I received thanks and further assistance from the staff. Nor was I banned from returning to Perimeter. I have maintained a collegial relationship with various colleagues there who have invited me to return on several occasions. <=p> <=blockquote> Peter Aldhous, PhD = Science re orter </=iv> please note The in=ormation contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorne=-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended o=ly for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unautho=ized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereo= is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. 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