Mike, here's what led to the discussion over the period of time
between the interview and the publishing of the story:
On Dec 15, 2007 9:09 AM, Mike Godwin <mnemonic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thomas Dalton writes:
As soon as Mike was asked that question the
foundation
should have done their own investigation and then broken the story. It
would have taken a couple of hours to get enough information together
to spoil The Register's scoop.
Criminal background checks take at least a day, and possibly a few
days, to do properly, at least in the United States. The allegations
made in the Register story would have taken significant time for us to
confirm or refute.