>and that's mostly because the engineer shot himself in the foot. No, it was shared outside of his control to a wider audience from the initial recipients, the

>and that's mostly because the engineer shot himself in the foot. No, it was shared outside of his control to a wider audience from the initial recipients, then to the press by an anonymous source, who then culled references, notes, and charts from the document which were important points. The publicity was distinctly out of his control, and I think that publicity had a major part in his firing (if it didn't, Google should also be firing the people who agree with him and participated in discussions with him)