What are the qualifications of the person running it? Who is running it? Where is it based? On the about me page it says the following:
It's run by a doctorate-level MIT professor who has also been with bitcoin pretty much since the start.
You can find him on the forum under the name Nefario, he's one of the moderators.
http://forum.bitcoin.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3046