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Let's see if they =ublish

I'm on the science desk at BuzzFeed News, where we have =eported on several big investigations about =/span>sexual harassment in the sciences.

For the last several months, I, along with two other =eporters on my desk, have been investigating at least four accounts of =exual misconduct involving Lawrence Krauss stretching back a decade. =ur story is corroborated by emails, university documents, official =omplaints, testimony from victims and witnesses, and interviews with =ore than two dozen of Krauss's current and former academic =olleagues, students, and peers in the skeptics =ovement.

We are now nearing our publication date. I am =eaching out to you now in the hopes that you may consider commenting on =hat allegations like this mean for your field, particularly since you =ave done events with Krauss and occupy a similar place in the public =phere.

Are you interested in chatting?

We're planning to publish our story on Tuesday =orning, Eastern US Time. If you'd like to talk, please let us =now as soon as possible.

Sincerely,
Ginny Hughes

Virginia Hughes I Science Editor
BuzzFeed =ews

My wife Valeria forwarded =our message to me.

In general, when accusations and =negations are made, they should, if credible, be investigated. =hose who know nothing about them (my situation in the present case) =ave nothing to say, and cannot speculate seriously about the =onsequences of what they do not know.

Independently, Valeria and I have known =awrence very well for years, and what you describe is not at all =onsistent with what we know about his life and =haracter.

Noam Chomsky

Note =hat they have now reduced 6 to 4..

Thanks Noam. They are really =limeballs.. They dredged up false allegations from the internet =nd distorted others.. It is very depressing.. I appreciate the note. =nbsp;