Simultaneously he and other IH supporters have started a savage character assassination campaign against Rossi extended to Rossi supporters (Rossi Planet) and, horribile dictu, to NiH LENR.
Peter, you seem to have forgotten the uncommonly horrible series of postings from Sifferkol that preceded Dewey's appearance here, which were far more savage character assassination (and unhinged and false) than anything that has appeared since he (thankfully) left. That was the character assassination that needed to be confronted head-on, which, thankfully, it was.