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From: Sent: Monday, January 28, 2019 3:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Re: Begin forwarded message: From: Date: January 27, 2019 at 7:2=:17 PM PST To: Alexander Nazar an <=>Subject: Re: Let's delay t=e conversation and revisit tomorrow mornin . On Jan 27, 2019, at 7:00 PM, Alexander Nazaryan =wrote: The story is about Dr. Kim, of course, and his tenure at WBG. I4>=804>ve spoken to more than a dozen people who worked closely with JYK. You= name has come up in many of those conversations. Does it mean that you are a "majori>=804> part of the story? It does not, though I hesitate to offer that assur=nce for the very simple reason that there is no settled definition of .=9Cmajor." Is you= name currently in the article? It is, but as I've said before, we t=ink very deeply about journalistic ethics. That is only to say that we don*=804kt print everything we hear, nor print things we judge to be rumor or m=licious innuendo. I thin= the above makes our need to have a conversation more urgent. One suggestio= is that, if we do delay the call, we do it so that my editor Sharon Weinbe=ger is present. I trust her completely and believe that she can help us app=oach this in the most responsible and productive way possible. <=iv> On Sun, Jan 27, 2019 at 9=36 PM wrote: Alexander thank you for your email. EFTA_R1_01843405 EFTA02627760  I ass=me that I am not a major part of your story and that my name or any specifi=s about me will not be used in this story — you may be aware l=mentor young women. If my assumption is incorrect then we will=need to delay our call tonight. <=iv dir="ltr"> On Jan 27, 2019, at 5:23 PM, Alexander Nazaryan wrote: Thank you for getting back to me= In short, the answer is yes, we can absolutely sp=ak off the record. But that requires some elaborati=n. For one, I have not met two people who agree exactly on what off the rec=rd is. My definition is as follows: that nothing from the conversation can b= quotes or otherwise referenced in print unless it has been independently c=nfirmed elsewhere (i.e., if you tell me that Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK, I c=n print it because other sources say the same thing). <=iv class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:lar=e">My one request is that, if, in the course of the conversation, something=is said that I believe is critical to the article, I can broach the possibi=ity of a segment of our conversation moving to either background or deep ba=kground. You would still have total and unambiguous right to refuse. <=iv class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:lar=e"> The above is how I've worked in the past, and it has allo=ed me, in the course of reporting my book <https://www.amazon.com/Best-People-Inside-Trumps-Cabinet/d=/031642143X> , to s=eak with people who have/have had extremely sensitive West Wing positions. I=ve been able to win their trust and I hope that I can win yours. Cr> Please let me know your thoughts on the above. Don't worry about recording. I can run a recorder on my end.=But if you want to record for your own use, then by all means. <=iv dir="ltr" class="m_8378827495323948621gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 27, 20=9 at 7:36 PM rote: My call will come from one of our hospital lines, and if yo= would like me to set up a recorded line send word and I can arrange that a= well. Melanie On Jan 27, 2019, at 1:03 PM, Alexander Nazaryan wrote: 2 EFTA_R1_01843406 EFTA02627761  Dear=, thank you for your call today. I very m=ch look forward to speaking and want also to assure you that the team at Ya=oo News is rigorously professional. If possible, I would love to talk at . Please let me know. =div dir="auto">Thank you. Alexander Alexander Nazaryan National=Correspondent Yahoo News https://www.yahoo.com/author/alexander-nazaryan Alexander Nazarya= National Correspondent nazaryan> IIIhttps://www.yahoo.com/author/alexander-nazaryan <https://www.yahoo.com/author/alexande=- = 3 EFTA_R1_01843407 EFTA02627762