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From: Lawrence Krauss Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:20 AM To: Jeffrey E.; nancy dahl Subject: Fwd: board statement.. FYI 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 Tem e AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office (Cynthia): <mailt =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> Begin=forwarded message: From: =/b>Rachel Bronson Subject: =/b>FW: Tempe =orkshop Date: =/b>February 26, 2018 at 3:52:31 PM =ST To: =/b>Lawrence Krauss - Gmail I can use this as the =asis for my response. Once you send over your note, I can send =ou a draft of my response based on this one. Rachel From: Lawrence Krauss [mailto: Sent: Monday, February 26, 201 .II To: Rachel Bronson Subject: Re: Tempe workshop 1 EFTA_R1_01655743 EFTA02519511 what I would like you to say is something to the effect that =ou reluctantly accept my request to be put on leave as Chair of the =oard of Sponsors until this current uproar dies down and the various =rganizations investigating the facts have reached their conclusions. =nbsp;That the board lauds my impeccable professionalism during my =ime.. (or whatever the words weres).. that you appreciate my =ontributions, and that in all the time I have been on the board there =as never been a complaint from anyone, quite the opposite, that you =herefore know of no incidents, and on the basis of the Bulletin's=experience, you have been given no independent reason to believe that =here are any. You hope that this will be resolved, and I can end =y voluntary leave and once again return to the board and continue the =mportant work we have been doing together. Lawrence M. =rauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment Arizona State Uni ox =71404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: I Assistant (Jessica): Origins Office (C nthia): mailto =nbsp; origins.asu.edu I -Origins Project 10 Year =elebration- Be a part of something 10 years =n the making! April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more info <1=iv> On Feb 26, 2018, at 3:31 PM, Rachel Bronson =rote: I am happy to say we know =f no incident, nor had any reason to believe there would be one. From: Lawrence Krauss (mailto Sent: Monday, February 26, 201111.1 To: Rachel Bronson Cc: Lawrence Krauss - Gmail Subject: Re: Tempe workshop <mailto damn.. ok.. sigh, that is in a way disappointing. =nbsp; Sounds like a similar rant that ASU had received months =arlier.. Well, we cannot use that in a case against buzzfeed I =uess. It wasn't Virginia Hughes from Buzzfeed then... LMK Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative 2 EFTA_R1_01655744 EFTA02519512 Foundation Professor School of Earth =amp; Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona =tate University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Offices I Assistant (Jessica): Ori ins Office C nthia): origins.asu.edu -Origins =roject 10 Year Celebration- Be a part of something 10 years in the =aking! April 5-9th 2018 — Visit for more =nfo <image001.png> On Feb 26, 2018, at 3:26 PM, Rachel =ronson wrote: Hi, It wasn't Buzzfeed that =ontacted me, but I received an email from a woman who ranted about the =ulletin having you on the Board and sent me a excel spread sheet of =arassers claiming you were on it. It wasn't Buzzfeed, but =t seemed part of a whisper campaign that I found very =nappropriate. Rachel From: Lawrence Krauss (mailto: Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 =:58 PM To: Rachel Bronson Subject: Fwd: Tempe workshop Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director =Cosmology Initiative Foundation =rofessor School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics =epartment Arizona State University, P.O. Box =71404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: Ori ins Office C nthia) origins.asu.edu I Assistant (Jessica) -Origins Project 10 Year =elebration- Be a part =f something 10 years in the making! April =-9th 2018 — Visit for more =nfo <image002.png> 3 EFTA_R1_01655745 EFTA02519513 Begin forwarded =essage: From: Lawrence Krauss l l<mailto: Subject: Re: Tempe workshop Date: February 26, =018 at 10:59:32 AM PST To: Keith Porter = <mailto:kporter@stanleyfoundation.org» Cc: "amelia.huggins@asu.edu" <amelia.huggins@asu.edu>, Jennifer Smyser <jsmyser@stanleyfoundation.org>, Ben Loehrke =It;BenL@stanleyfoundation.org <mailto:Bera@stanleyfoundation.org> >, Danielle =ablanski <djablanski@stanleyfoundation.org <mailto:djablanski@stanleyfoundation.org», Patty Papke =It;ppapke@stanleyfoundation.org <mailto:ppapke@stanleyfoundation.org», =awrence Krauss <Lawrence.Krauss@asu.edu <mailto:Lawrence.Krauss@asu.edu» Dear Keith: I am very concerned by your letter, =ndicating your actions and requests, a number of which seem both =nappropriate and unprofessional. I understand your shock and =oncern upon seeing the Buzzfeed story but I believe your response was =nappropriate for a number of reasons. Let me outline them: 1. In December Buzzfeed =ontacted my University and me with almost everything that was in =he story. I provided counter-evidence including information from =SU and ANU, another University I am affiliated with that investigated =he Australia allegation. As a result of this I received a note =rom Buzzfeed that they were not publishing the story. Buzzfeed =ontinued to pester my institution for information, but as there was =one, and as essentially the entire story is false ( the =ounter-evidence we provided is not included in the story) there was no =xpectation that a story would appear. I had in fact related my =oncerns about Buzzfeed to Rachel Bronson in November, which prepared =er for the slanderous call she received from them shortly after making =alse claims and asking why she allowed me to be associated with the =ulletin. She understood that the allegations were false and had been =ealt with. Moreover, a lawyer who I had contracted because of concerns =bout Buzzfeed had prepared and sent a cease and desist letter to them =o stop their harassment. We had no expectation that they would =ublish false stories after being informed that they were false, and for =11 of these reasons it would have been inappropriate to bring this =ersonal matter up to you or your organization at the time. =nbsp; 2. I =m very disappointed that you decided to send a letter to all =articipants about this without consulting me or my staff. This was =nprofessional as well as being discourteous to both me, my Origins =olleagues, the ASU Origins Project itself, and all of the =orkshop participants. What you have effectively done is to =ropagate what we believe was slander to a broader audience, and without =ny substantiation was extremely inappropriate for you to do in the =ontext of your position as a representative of the Stanley Foundation, =ndependent of any personal anger you may felt. It would have =een appropriate to consult us first. It is unprofessional to =espond personally in the heat of anger, and any decision about this =hould have waited till calmer heads prevailed. 3. Your reaction regarding the workshop =s also of some concern here. Allegation, and indeed allegation by =uzzfeed of all places, is just that. There should not only be a =resumption of innocence but you should note that all organizations that =ave looked at these claims, including ASU and the Origins Project, have =ismissed them. ASU was aware of all the allegations and chose to take =o action because there was no evidence. I am saddened that you, =n behalf of your organization acted so rashly as to email participants, =nd now want to remove Stanley's name from an event that everyone =nvolved felt was professional and wonderful and had nothing at all to =o with the Buzzfeed story. You are essentially impugning the =rigins Project and ASU because of your concerns about me, valid or =ot. And for your information, I have never been accused or found =n violation of sexual harassment regulations 4 EFTA_R1_01655746 EFTA02519514 by any organization with =hich I have been associated. I have not been 'banned'=from universities or institutes, as I informed the Buzzfeed reporter =long with documentary evidence. I have never groped, assaulted, =r harassed anyone. It is too late to completely undo some =f what has been done, but I would request two things. (a) First, that you write the =articipants a letter of apology indicating that your original email was =ent before the matter was discussed the me and the Origins team. =hat I have reported to you that not only are the accusations =alse, but that ASU had been aware of them and had dismissed them. =nd that you have been informed that Buzzfeed had been informed of =his, along with counter-evidence provided to them, prior to publication =nd in December had indicated they were not going ahead with =ublication. For this reason, this issue was not discussed with you =rior to the meeting. (b) That you reconsider your requests =egarding the workshop. We would certainly be willing to remove =ny video of you personally, but your other requests are inappropriate =nbsp;And as we said earlier, we would never use any video of any =articipant at the workshop without their explicit =ermission. Sincerely, Lawrence Krauss Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The =rigins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative Foundation Professor School of Earth =amp; Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona =tate ox 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Offices Assistant (Jessica). Origins Office (Cynthia): =80.965.0053 <mailto origins.asu.edu -Origins Project 10 Year =elebration- Be a part =f something 10 years in the making! April =-9th 2018 — Visit for more =nfo <image002.png> On Feb 26, 2018, at 7:26 =M, Keith Porte <mailto > wrote: Dear =melia, The =ccusations against Lawrence have caused us considerable distress (no =oubt you are in the same boat). I am particularly concerned that, =ccording to the BuzzFeed article, Lawrence was aware of the pending =tory since at least December yet did not alert us that the story was =oming. 5 EFTA_R1_01655747 EFTA02519515 This =ailure to disclose is unprofessional and, as I am informing you =ow, forces us to sever all ties with Lawrence. By extension this means =e need to sever ties with the ASU Origins project until the problem is =esolved. I am cc'ing Lawrence on this message (along with the =elevant Stanley Foundation staff). I have =ent an email to all participants in the Tempe event letting them know =hat we were unaware of these accusations. Further, = request that you do not publish any video from the Tempe workshop or =he Perry event. If you proceed with publishing video from either, I ask =hat you remove all references to the Stanley Foundation in any form, =emove the faces and comments from all Stanley Foundation staff =including my intro at the Perry event), and blur out the Stanley =oundation logo anytime it appears on screen. I also =ecommend that you seek specific consent from all participants in the =empe workshop before publishing their images or comments in video or =ther form. l=deeply regret this turn of events, and I hope you understand our =osition. Thanks Keith Keith Porter President The Stanley Foundation mailto Office Cell: =/div> 6 EFTA_R1_01655748 EFTA02519516