Subject: Re: A Few Questions for VICE?
From: Daniel Oberhaus <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 22:11:27 +0530

John,

Great to hear from you and I'm super excited to get your input for this
piece. I've included the questions in the body of this email below -- any
chance you think you'd be able to get these back to me by the end of the
day today? I can only imagine how busy you are, so if this is impossible,
when do you think I could realistically expect a response (just so I can
let my editor know -- I'm on a rather tight deadline).

Thanks so much in advance and I look forward to hearing from you!

Best,

Daniel

*Why do you think that the disclosure of UFO related documents is
important?*

*It seems like a lot of UFO documents would contain sensitive military
information – how would you go about getting these released?*

*Do you think if Hillary is elected she would make good on her promise to
get to the bottom of this UFO business? Why?*

*Other than Hillary, are there any other alien-friendly candidates in the
running? If not, why do you think this is?*

*What makes you think there is information on UFO and extraterrestrials
that the government is not sharing with the people? What would the motive
be for this?*

*If it turned out that there was information being withheld, how do you
think people would react to it? Are we ready to hear this? Why/why not?*

On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 5:43 PM, John Podesta <[email-masked]>
wrote:

> Easiest to shoot me some Q's via email.
>
>
> On Sunday, January 17, 2016, Daniel Oberhaus <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> Hello Mr. Podesta,
>>
>> I am writing an article for VICE on the subject of the politics of
>> searching for alien life. I've spoken with SETI researchers and ET
>> disclosure advocates about the political aspects of their work, and was
>> hoping to get your opinion on the matter given your intimate knowledge of
>> capitol hill and history of promotion of UFO disclosure.
>>
>> If you are at all open to answer a few questions about ET disclosure
>> advocacy and the importance of SETI science via email or the telephone in
>> the coming days, please let me know at your earliest convenience.
>>
>> I look forward to hearing from you.
>>
>> Thank you for your time,
>>
>> Daniel Oberhaus
>>
>