I think the old adage "No news is good news" has to apply in this situation. I don't think that the CSC [Richard Bowden, James D. Curry, Larry E. Hoover, Rainer G. Hummel, Fred Jerrett and John Smrke] have 'jumped ship'. There is no information that would support such a claim. Additionally, it would be illegal to cut any type of side deal - I find this HIGHLY unlikely.

I am of the opinion that the CSC's legal representation advised a 'blackout' on the methods of communication previous to mid-May - that is, bullboard posting. To be fair to the CSC, they have no idea who any of us are, really. No one uses their real names, and even if they did, can you trust them not to breach confidentiality? There is alot at stake here, and disclosing informal communications to the public is inappropriate in both a legal and strategic context.

I think that any due diligence that we can perform and talk about is important, some levity doesn't hurt either. However, I don't think we should break ranks in the absence of any objective data - this would play into the hands of Finskiy et al.

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