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From: Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 3:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Re: Begin forwarded message: From: Alexander Nazaryan =b>Date: January 27, 2019 at 7:00:54 PM PST To: <=>Subject: Re: The story is about Dr. Kim, of cou=se, and his tenure at WBG. I've spoken to more than a dozen people w=o worked closely with JYK. Your name has come up in many of those conversat=ons. Does it mean t=at you are a "major" part of the story? It does not, though=l hesitate to offer that assurance for the very simple reason that there is=no settled definition of "major." Is your name currently in the article? It is, but a= I've said before, we think very deeply about journalistic ethics. T=at is only to say that we don't print everything we hear, nor print=things we judge to be rumor or malicious innuendo. <=1" I think the above makes our need to have a conver=ation more urgent. One suggestion is that, if we do delay the call, we do i= so that my editor Sharon Weinberger is present. I trust her completely and=believe that she can help us approach this in the most responsible and prod=ctive way possible. On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 9:36 PM wrote: Alexander thank you f=r your email. I assume that I am not a major part of your stor= and that my name or any specifics about me will not be used in this story 40=8040 you may be aware I mentor young women. If my assump=ion is incorrect then we will need to delay our call tonight. <=div> On Jan 27, 2019, at 5:23 P=, Alexander Nazaryan wrote: T=ank you for getting back to me. EFTA_R1_01843512 EFTA02627794  In short, the answ=r is yes, we can absolutely speak off the record. B=t that requires some elaboration. For one, I have not met two people who ag=ee exactly on what off the record is. My definition is as follows: that not=ing from the conversation can be quotes or otherwise referenced in print un=ess it has been independently confirmed elsewhere (i.e., if you tell me tha= Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK, I can print it because other sources say the s=me thing). My one request is that, if, in the cour=e of the conversation, something is said that I believe is critical to the a=ticle, I can broach the possibility of a segment of our conversation moving=to either background or deep background. You would still have total and una=biguous right to refuse. The above is how I've wor=ed in the past, and it has allowed me, in the cour=e of reporting my book <https://www.amazon.com/Bes=-People-Inside-Trumps-Cabinet/dp/031642143X> , to speak with people who have/have had extremel= sensitive West Wing positions. I've been able to win their trust and I hop= that I can win yours. Please let me know your tho=ghts on the above. Don't worry about recordi=g. I can run a recorder on my end. But if you want to record for your own u=e, then by all means. On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 7:36 PM Apologies for the delay in responding, I &n=sp;am at the hospital on call. If you can confirm an off the record conversation, I will call you this=evening at 7:30pm PST at My call will come from one of our hospit=l lines, nd if you would like me to set up a recorded line s=nd word and I can arrange that as well. =span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> On Jan 27 2019 at 1:03 PM Alexander Na=aryan wrote: Dear thank=you for your call today. I very much look forward to speaking and want also=to assure you that the team at Yahoo News is rigorously professional. If po=sible, I would love to talk at 7:30 PST tonight. Please let me know.=/div> Thank you. Alexander Alexander Nazaryan 2 EFTA_R1_01843513 EFTA02627795  National Correspondent Yahoo News https://www.yahoo.com/auth=r/alexander-nazaryan <https://www.yahoo=com/author/alexander- nazaryan> Alexander Nazarya= National Correspondent Yahoo News https://www.yahoo.com/author/alexander-nazaryan chttps://www.yahoo.com/author/alexande=-nazaryan> = 3 EFTA_R1_01843514 EFTA02627796