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The trouble was that you attributed the information to Eliezer, and said that it had been made explicitly clear. Commonly held speculation is one thing, insider information from the author is quite another.
If your comment was (non-rot13'd):
then it could have been read as your own speculation, and that would have been absolutely fine.