Chomsky at Zorro

On the morning of March 20, 2015, a car pulled up to 10,000 Waves, a Japanese-style spa resort at 3451 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The car was arranged by Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Development Corp staff, acting on instructions coordinated by physicist Lawrence Krauss. The passengers were Noam Chomsky and his wife Valeria. Their destination was Jeffrey Epstein's ranch in Stanley, New Mexico, southeast of Santa Fe. EFTA02082749DOJEE, EFTA02082749 on Epstein Exposed, an alternative host for the same document

The arrangement had been worked out by email the day before.

The Arrangement

On Thursday March 19, Lawrence Krauss forwarded a message from Noam Chomsky to Jeffrey Epstein's personal Gmail account, jeevacation@gmail.com. Lesley Groff was copied. Chomsky's quoted text was 4 sentences. "All sounds fine for us. Could he pick us up around noon? We're at 10,000 Waves. Sorry about the travel disruption... Sounds fine for Sunday."

Krauss's own note to Epstein followed 3 minutes later:

"Hi.. here is the info from Noam.. I am working on whether i can take that 6 am flight on Sat.. am leaning toward doing it but will let you know later tonight. Either way, your guys can pick them up at noon, and bring them to the ranch... and I will either be with you, or see you when you land. If I am with you in Santa Fe, Amelia can meet us at the place your plane lands to take Noam and Valeria to their hotel.. If I am here, I will do that.. (once your people tell me which hanger your plane will be at..). So, will let you know tonight.. I like the idea of breakfast and a walk so assuming I have all my ducks in a row, will try and make that happen.. Thanks for everything. Lawrence"

The email sets out the logistics in a single paragraph. The Chomskys were at 10,000 Waves. Krauss was the coordinator between Chomsky and Epstein's staff. Epstein's private aviation was being staged to land in Santa Fe. A local driver named Amelia was available to move the Chomskys from the airport to a hotel if Krauss wasn't there to meet them in person. Breakfast and a walk were part of the plan. Krauss signed off with an ASU Origins Project email signature identifying him as Director. EFTA02082749DOJEE, EFTA02082749 on Epstein Exposed, an alternative host for the same document

At the Ranch

On Friday March 20, Karen at Zorro Development Corp wrote to Brice Gordon at the ranch, including the 10,000 Waves address for the pickup. The pickup was scheduled for noon.

The record does not describe what happened at the ranch that weekend. The EFTA corpus does not contain emails narrating in-ranch activity. What the record does show is the next round of coordination, visible in a separate Larry Visoski email thread indexed later the same day.

The Departure

Larry Visoski was Jeffrey Epstein's personal pilot. On Friday March 20, Visoski was a recipient on a thread of internal Zorro coordination emails relaying Epstein's plan for the next leg of the Chomsky travel. One message in the thread summarized a just-ended conversation with Epstein:

"Ok, just spoke to JE...he says he will send Larry with Noam, Lawrence and the wife to Phoenix on Sat...then Jeffrey will depart around noon on Sunday for Phoenix himself and he WILL spend the night at the Phoenician...I would assume Monday is still on for Boston as he has promised Noam a ride to Boston...stay tuned!" EFTA00351015DOJEE, EFTA00351015 on Epstein Exposed, an alternative host for the same document

The plan put Epstein's pilot at Santa Fe on Saturday, taking a group including Chomsky to Phoenix. Epstein himself followed on Sunday, overnighting at The Phoenician, a luxury resort in Scottsdale. On Monday, Epstein would fly Chomsky onward to Boston Logan for a Harvard engagement.

"Lawrence and the wife" in the email is the one phrase the document does not resolve. Grammatically it groups Lawrence Krauss with a wife, plausibly Krauss's. Valeria Chomsky was part of the traveling party at the pickup the previous day, and the thread does not separately account for her return travel. Whether "the wife" on the Phoenix leg refers to Valeria Chomsky, Krauss's wife, or both is not established by the document.

The same day, a separate note from Epstein's staff told Visoski that Dave Rodgers would be arriving in Albuquerque at 4 p.m. and would stay at the ranch overnight "in his usual room, the one he likes in the main living area." EFTA00351035DOJEE, EFTA00351035 on Epstein Exposed, an alternative host for the same document

The Destination

Chomsky had a Monday commitment at Harvard. The Visoski thread identifies this as the reason for the Phoenix-to-Boston-Logan leg. The nature of the Monday engagement, whether lecture, colloquium, or private meeting, is not identified in the thread.

What the thread does establish is that Epstein used his private jet to fly Noam Chomsky from an Epstein-staged departure point (Santa Fe, via Phoenix, via Scottsdale) to an Epstein-brokered drop-off at Logan, in time for a Harvard commitment two days out from a Zorro Ranch weekend.

What the Record Does Not Show

Who else was at Zorro Ranch that weekend. Whether the Chomsky stay was a single overnight or extended. What was discussed during the breakfast and the walk Krauss had hoped to arrange. Whether Krauss made his 6 a.m. Saturday flight. Who "Amelia" is. Whether "the wife" on the Phoenix leg was Krauss's wife, Valeria Chomsky, or both. None of these is resolved by the 3 indexed EFTAs in the thread.

Several Items Remain Open

Amelia's identity. Krauss's Saturday morning flight itinerary. The nature of Chomsky's Monday Harvard engagement. Dave Rodgers's role at Zorro Ranch, staff or guest. Any post-weekend correspondence between Chomsky or Krauss and Epstein referring to what occurred at the ranch. The EFTA corpus holds additional Chomsky-Epstein correspondence from October 2015 onward, documented in The Trust and Co-Drafting a Defense under Investigation 03; a full retrieval is the next step.