Borrowed shorts are legal because they had to put up the capital...

Borrowed shorts are legal because they had to put up the capital to borrow the shares to sell and also pay an interest to the lending party, the risk for them is much higher than just a long position with the funds you have accumulated.

The report they release is for the investors who bought their subscription thus not avavilable to the general public, pay per view basis.

Here comes the juicy part, if you believe their report is wrong you can always hold and buy more averaging down wait for the incriminating information to come out saying the short report is wrong, the SP in CTd will come back up and the shorts can be sued for liabilities. But you missed out on the rebound value on your investment and instead have only recovered your losses at zero gain.

But also the opposite is true after months of reports which supports what the shorts are saying, you could have sold at the first sign of trouble and reduced your lost

Being pessimists will yield the most for you, opportunities can drag you down the drain