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[2022-01-14 13:25:21] [Kristian Andersen] Oh, wow - just read through our old Nature rebuttal... Worth a read. [shared file(s): Nature rebuttal.pdf] [2022-01-14 13:27:24] [Eddie Holmes] Yes, very good. Reviewer #2. Who could it be. [2022-01-14 13:27:38] [Kristian Andersen] Hmmmm. I have a hunch. [2022-01-14 13:29:26] [Kristian Andersen] We really need to figure out what to do about all of this because I think we're getting to a critical point where these documents _will_ go public so it should come from us and not e.g., DRASTIC or congress. The GOP will take the house and Bob and I will be dragged in front of congress - getting this stuff out before in a way in which we 'control' the narrative will be important. I still think we should talk to Jon about it [2022-01-14 13:39:15] [Eddie Holmes] Sorry, but I can't agree to the release of these emails for the reasons I've given before. I think we do nothing. I don't see how DRASTIC could get hold of these. Nature will not allow release of peer review reports. [2022-01-14 13:40:18] [Eddie Holmes] We won't be able to control the narrative. Let's be realistic. [2022-01-14 13:46:32] [Kristian Andersen] The problem is, it's not a question of whether to release them or not - if congress gets involved we have to hand over _all_ these documents no matter what we or our institutions say. Either we control that release or it'll come via congress later this year. [2022-01-14 13:46:51] [Kristian Andersen] At that stage it's a legal process [2022-01-14 13:47:01] [Eddie Holmes] Not my institution [2022-01-14 13:47:37] [Eddie Holmes] Andrew and I are not subject to US law [2022-01-14 13:47:40] [Kristian Andersen] Doesn't matter - the documents were shared with US officials [2022-01-14 13:48:35] [Kristian Andersen] Internal emails between us are a different matter - but not when it comes to the documents that were shared and that I worked on while being supported by NIH grants. [2022-01-14 13:53:12]