The author of the Forbes piece literally writes an exact replica of the original article and doesn't teach us anything new. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, but it gets me every time.
http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/story/jail-visit-t...
Did you spot it?
Be careful about jumping to conclusions that other people are stupid, especially when you didn't even take the time to verify that you understood what you're talking about.
What you did not catch in the short Forbes article is by no means a footnote. It is the scrubbing of previous references to Ross Ulbricht by the University of Texas at Dallas.
This "memory hole" treatment is further written about here http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2013/10/ut-dallas...