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Date
2020-07-29 13:48
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Robert F. Garry, Edward C. Holmes, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Kristian G. Andersen
Topics
Intelligence community assessments

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If Jeremy could mention that the meeting was confidential and the information classified (I believe it was a secure line?) that would be helpful. He should mention we will contact the journal and that the narrative is false (I assumehe won't actually be sharing the email to Jon?)

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If Jeremy could mention that the meeting was confidential and the information classified (I believe it was a secure line?) that would be helpful. quoted / not their view hypothetical conditional framing questions

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  1. 2020-07-29 13:35 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Oh, I like that idea too Eddie - do you want to ask him?
  2. 2020-07-29 13:36 Edward C. Holmes open
    I've told Jeremy who we think it is and he agrees, and that the leaker was likely Ron. I'll see if he is willing to go any further.
  3. 2020-07-29 13:38 Kristian G. Andersen open
    Okay, great. Let me work a little on a draft for Nature. I'm in meetings for a few hours, but I'll get on it a little later today
  4. 2020-07-29 13:40 Kristian G. Andersen open
    And I don't think we want to give Clare the whole narrative we emailed to Jon - other than to say it's completely wrong. We can give it to her if she asks, but I don't think we necessarily want her to email all those details to the reviewer just yet. I don't think Jon will share back what we did yesterday with Deep Throat.
  5. 2020-07-29 13:48 Kristian G. Andersen
    If Jeremy could mention that the meeting was confidential and the information classified (I believe it was a secure line?) that would be helpful. He should mention we will contact the journal and that the narrative is false (I assumehe won't actually be sharing the email to Jon?)
  6. 2020-07-29 14:00 Andrew Rambaut open
    I seem to remember that Jeremy actually contacted Nature to tell them it would be coming. Have an email to that effect.
  7. 2020-07-29 14:22 Edward C. Holmes open
    It was definitely to be on a secure line. I'll email Jeremy and see what he says. Kristian - do you want to draft the email to Clare.
  8. 2020-07-29 14:24 Edward C. Holmes open
    Don't get me wrong, I want serious revenge on this. I spent much of the night plotting schemes. But, we need to absolutely take the moral high ground all the way through this.
  9. 2020-07-29 14:29 Andrew Rambaut open
    It also occurs to me that whoever in the meeting leaked it may not have intended it to get out and was just gossipingto his mate. A careful move keeping the meeting participants onside could be good.

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