Because the letter was a private one to members only
and the poster violated that confidentiality, evidently
without a clue to what he was doing.

It is not that it should have been covered up; the
writer stated that they were taking the legal and investigative
steps necessary to get to the bottom of the matter,
at which point, presumably, a public statement would
be made containing the facts of the case. That is
a responsible way to handle such an incident.

Creating a public uproar before the facts are known
is irresponsible. I would not want such a person working
under my supervision, and I would never trust such
a person with any confidential information.

I'll have no more to say on this topic; it has been
bruited about too much already.

At 06:06 07 September 2006, Ian Johnston wrote:
On Sun, 3 Sep 2006 23:17:21 UTC, Nyal Williams
wrote:

: Your posting on r.a.s. of the letter to the SSA membership
: calls into question your judgment, your ethics, your
: integrity, your loyalty to any organization of which
: you have ever been a part, your friendship with anyone
: you've ever known, and even your intelligence.

Why, exactly? What's so terrible about us foreigners
hearing of this
sad affair?

If this had happened in a listed company in the UK,
they would have
been legally obliged to make a public statement on
the matter.

Ian