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Slack / Private Message Drop, p.991 [SLACK_001205] · slack_pm:msg:10340

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Date
2021-08-16 17:51
Type
chat message · slack
recipient
Kristian G. Andersen, Robert F. Garry, Andrew Rambaut
speaker
Edward C. Holmes

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I just don't believe these emails will stay confidential

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  1. 2021-08-16 17:34 Edward C. Holmes open
    I don't think we should release ANY emails unless we absolutely have to. The problem is that if an email is releasedto one organisation then that acts as a precedent for others to ask. So, I'm strongly against.
  2. 2021-08-16 17:36 Edward C. Holmes open
    This is what my lawyers told me.
  3. 2021-08-16 17:37 Andrew Rambaut open
    I have no individual problem with my email going in there - it is exactly what I still believe. But I agree with Eddie. However - one request/suggestion. If you do send emails it is better not to have them as a nested thread so you can see who responded to who. Just have them as individual emails with their own headers. Also remove my signaturefrom the bottom.
  4. 2021-08-16 17:42 Kristian G. Andersen open
    I agree with Eddie's concern and I flagged this exact issue with the lawyers. The difference here being that we're dealing with a confidential response to congress and not entities like US RTK.That said, I'm in agreement with Eddie's concern, so let me relay that to our lawyers - I think they'll chose to _not_ include based on that feedback. (Emails 1 and 3 will be included, but they're already public unredacted).
  5. 2021-08-16 17:51 Edward C. Holmes
    I just don't believe these emails will stay confidential
  6. 2021-08-16 17:52 Kristian G. Andersen open
    That's my concern too. To be clear though - they might well already have them.
  7. 2021-08-16 17:53 Kristian G. Andersen open
    (because, presumably, the intelligence community already have them - which is fine, I still find it annoying these were so heavily redacted)
  8. 2021-08-16 18:14 Robert F. Garry open
    Scripps letter is all fine with me. Yes, you can be sure that Tony gave the Intelligence Community the unredactedemails from February 1, 2. Based on a conversation that I had with the FBI and CIA I'm sure they have had everything (excepting this Slack channel) for some time, including the Bloom emails.

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