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=== SUMMARY ===
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 pa


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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 
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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 
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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 
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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> 
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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 
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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 
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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. 
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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: 
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