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Why is Professor Abelson involved in this - i.e. why not a committee or $LAWYER to conduct a review? Not that I have a problem with it but it just sounds weird
by blinkingled 14y ago
Why is Professor Abelson involved in this - i.e. why not a committee or $LAWYER to conduct a review? Not that I have a problem with it but it just sounds weird to have someone like Professor Abelson do what would amount to identifying personal info and redacting it from the documents.
- heironimus 14y agoPR. By having Abelson involved, it hopefully throws a bone to all the angry hackers.
- blinkingled 14y agoAha! It does make sense from that pov.
- sadfaceunread 14y agoHe almost surely has gathered a team to help with the paper shuffling and related activities required to produce a large investigative report.
- tibbon 14y agoHe's a respected member of the community at MIT. One thing I've realized in my discussion with MIT alumni on the matter is that the university is really focused on the students/alumni, and is much more concerned with what they think than outsiders. They can't make the entire world happy, but they can focus on those closely related to them.