Slack / Private Message Drop — page 1074

That too is a very important point. [2022-01-24 12:08:44] [Kristian Andersen] I _do_ wonder when Fauci realized there was a NIAID sub-contract to the WIV - probably late Feb/Mar. I very seriously doubt he had any clue when we first talked [2022-01-24 12:09:38] [Eddie Holmes] No clue I'm 100% certain. [2022-01-24 13:23:42] [Kristian Andersen] The GOP is harassing me yet again so I had a quick look at our Feb 4 and Feb 6 drafts. This is kinda funny, but in our Feb 4 draft we mention "conspiracy theories" (probably referring to the HIV insertion preprint, but there were a lot of other crazy shit out there at the time), however, in our Feb 6 draft we _specifically_ removed that word. So, yet again, we actually did the opposite of what the Leakers are accusing us of. I'll let them know that Tony and Francis suggested we take it out :wink:. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2022-01-24 at 13.21.04.png, Screen Shot 2022-01-24 at 13.21.16.png] [2022-01-24 13:29:43] [Kristian Andersen] And now we know who the anti-conspiracy theorist is :bald_man:. [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2022-01-24 at 13.28.33.png] [2022-01-24 13:45:26] [Robert Garry] A lot of good decisions were made during the writing of PO1 - it will indeed hold up very well. [2022-01-24 13:48:42] [Kristian Andersen] I'm still amazed at how on-point we were so quickly. We must have worked hard at the time... [2022-01-24 13:53:08] [Eddie Holmes] How are the GOP harrassing you? [2022-01-24 14:10:09] [Kristian Andersen] JAQing off is what they're doing... Got two emails this morning to appear at "staff meetings", including from good old Comer and Jordan. Talking to our outside council on Wednesday to figure out how best to deal with this. [2022-01-24 14:19:37] [Eddie Holmes] I assume you can decline? [2022-01-24 14:30:41] [Kristian Andersen] Absolutely, but the problem is that once they take the House (in November) they'll subpoena me (and Bob) and _that_ I/we cannot decline. That being a legal process, they could also obtain all our documents, emails, etc. - so the game we're playing right now is to be helpful enough such that we can defuse future developments. It's very tricky. [2022-01-24 14:55:48] [Eddie Holmes]