Slack / Private Message Drop — page 314

```In one email, dated Feb. 4, infectious disease expert Trevor Bedford commented: "I wouldn't mention binding sites here. If you start weighing evidence there's a lot to consider for both scenarios." By "both scenarios," Bedford appears to refer to lab-origin and natural-origin scenarios.``` [2020-12-14 14:50:00] [Andrew Rambaut] Interesting - the emails seem to be all scanned PDFs - so you can't search them electronically - is that a normal tactic to a FOI? [2020-12-14 14:56:58] [Robert Garry] Come to think of it - scanned pdfs are usually how NIH responds to FOIA requests. I haven't looked closely at the motherload of Baric emails, but personal stuff is usually exempt - ie. invasion of of privacy. Maybe other countries are different, but I would think that most of the correspondence between members of this this Slack channel would be retracted as either personal or a trade secret. I've had FOIA request where most of the pages were redacted in black. For example MOST of my correspondence with NIH program officers. What Can I Obtain with a FOIA Request? Under the FOIA and the FCC's implementing rules, you are allowed to obtain copies of FCC records unless the records contain information that is exempt under the FOIA from mandatory disclosure. Section 552(b) of the FOIA contains nine types of records which are routinely exempt from disclosure under the FOIA: • Records classified national defense or foreign policy materials, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(1); • Internal personnel rules and agency practices, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(2); • Information specifically exempted from disclosure by another statute, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(3); • Trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential, 5 U.S.C § 552(b)(4); • Inter- or intra-agency memoranda or letters which would not be available to a party in litigation with the agency, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5); • Personnel, medical and similar files, disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(6); • Records compiled for law enforcement purposes, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7); • Records relating to the examination, operations, or condition of financial institutions, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(8); and • Oil well data, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (b)(9). [2020-12-14 15:46:57] [Kristian Andersen] I love the fact that my email is so prominently displayed. https://usrtk.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/NASEM_Andersen-Email_Baric-1.pdf [2020-12-14 15:50:24] [Kristian Andersen] Oh, but I SO want to search all those emails - I'm CONVINCED Baric has been saying shit about us and it all gotta be in there somewhere. I'm sure the DRASTIC folks will transcribe these. [2020-12-14 15:51:25] [Kristian Andersen] I LOVE this bit from Trevor... :wink: [shared file(s): Screen Shot 2020-12-14 at 15.51.03.png] [2020-12-14 16:00:57] [Andrew Rambaut] You came out of it well with that email. Pretty much lays out what said in PO. [2020-12-14 16:01:21] [Andrew Rambaut] Why don't you download the lot and run it through some OCR [2020-12-14 16:02:07] [Kristian Andersen] .... already doing it. I want to nail Deep Throat.