It's nothing like a submarine piece. It has original reporting, no clear endorsement of any company (not even Vaurum). This is original reporting, don't discount it just because it doesn't go so far as to make crazy certainties about the identify of Satoshi.
Nobody writes a submarine piece and goes to bitcoin conferences.
>Furthermore, George Washington University says that despite widespread reports that Mr. Szabo worked as a law professor at the school, it has no records of his ever working there in that capacity. The university did confirm, though, that he received a law degree from the school in 2006.
Why would something like that need to be a a 'widely held belief' -- aren't faculty easily identifiable i.e. listed on their website, or confirmed via a phone call?