Given that MIT received a large donation from Eppstein, it wouldn't be too surprising that Chomsky, an MIT employee, had a meeting with him.

Given Chomsky's current age, I think it would be unfortunate and unprofitable to question him. He does not have the same vitality and lucidity now as he did when he was interviewing Foucault.

If you want to know more about Eppstein, you should go to Joichi Ito.