Absolutely not. He specifically said that he "recognized" that people were doing something with the deliberate intention of breaching policy. I see no room for misinterpretation. Having no evidence to show, it seems to me that the assumption of bad faith , and a massive, obvious one at that, is on his part. I'm revolted by this. I see no apology. I see no withdrawal, only weaseling and wriggling. A disgusting accusstion, disgusting behavior in continuing with it. He has now confirmed his accusation of bad faith against a specific, named editor.
Kevin inadvertetly made a paralipsis, http://www.wordsmith.org/words/paralipsis.html. A paralipsis is basically a way of trying to state something without having to back it up. It is another rhethorical trick that is very hard to counter because the speaker makes sure it is not he who is stating it.
"I've come to the realization that people are searching out nude pictures to put in the 'pedia. They are looking to stir up trouble, mostly to make a point."
This is a bad paralipsis that Tony rightly objected to. Kevin IS definitely asserting a fact here. He could have gotten away with it by instead of saying "I've come to the realization that..." say "I have a feeling that..." or "Someone told me that..." or "I've heard that..." or "It might be that..." If he would have phrased his paralipsis like that, Tony would probably appear as a petty troublemaker that questions something unessential. Still, since noone except Tony has opposed Kevin's statement, and people have questioned Tony's motives for "nitpicking," it shows how effective this rhethorical trick is. Tony has lost, but atleast he got people to question the validity of Kevin's statement.