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He'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.

PR. By having Abelson involved, it hopefully throws a bone to all the angry hackers.

Aha! It does make sense from that pov.

He almost surely has gathered a team to help with the paper shuffling and related activities required to produce a large investigative report.