[mbreese]

No, we don't know enough. What we know is that something here looks odd, and that warrants more investigation.

Perhaps this particular person was already under investigation for something else. We don't know.

I want to know more, but I'm reserving my outrage until more facts and confirmation come out.

[ianterrell]

I agree with sensible skepticism and reserving judgment to wait for more facts.[0]

tptacek, on the other hand, led with "I don't buy this, at all", and "if you're trying to sell a hoax", and many more sentences and comments that attack the author and the story.

([0]: The real life complication is that in most cases you will never get all the facts, and so reserving judgment forever ends up being the worst kind of inaction.)