There is nothing wrong with a”did anybody know” approach and you, under any circumstances, should not be pressured away from pushing that line of inquiry and questioning, even by influential EAs. The rational move is to be skeptical of (though not accusatory towards) anyone who doesn’t wish to investigate that possibility and what it might implicate.
If they have nothing to hide and did not break anyone’s trust, they have nothing to fear.
To clarify, my update isn’t that I think there shouldn’t be a “did anybody know” aspect to the investigation—but rather that a broader fact-finding review would be useful, and that my original suggestion was probably too narrow.
There is nothing wrong with a”did anybody know” approach and you, under any circumstances, should not be pressured away from pushing that line of inquiry and questioning, even by influential EAs. The rational move is to be skeptical of (though not accusatory towards) anyone who doesn’t wish to investigate that possibility and what it might implicate.
If they have nothing to hide and did not break anyone’s trust, they have nothing to fear.
To clarify, my update isn’t that I think there shouldn’t be a “did anybody know” aspect to the investigation—but rather that a broader fact-finding review would be useful, and that my original suggestion was probably too narrow.