if i was in Davids shoes, i would of been shocked also, but i woul of looked more into it also, see what EXACTLY they wanted, and not take info from unreliable sources...
THe problem with that is, the forum was made mostly private after it got leaked. He would have needed to make an account to see everything. Why would they let him make an account?
Don't get me wrong, I see your point, but it would have been hard to actually go in there and look.