He says that the crowd funding site pulled the project so they pretty much had no choice, but wouldn't have published it in the first place if they had known about the authors background.
I can understand to a certain extent because it could cast doubt on how accurate the book would be if the author is on the true fringe politically and this isn't just a smear. To me it doesn't look like Ian had any other choice in the matter, but ultimately agrees with it.
Here's Ian talking about it.
https://youtu.be/Ymu5S6zbIvc
He says that the crowd funding site pulled the project so they pretty much had no choice, but wouldn't have published it in the first place if they had known about the authors background.
I can understand to a certain extent because it could cast doubt on how accurate the book would be if the author is on the true fringe politically and this isn't just a smear. To me it doesn't look like Ian had any other choice in the matter, but ultimately agrees with it.