I guess this is a bigger issue of intellectual dishonesty than I thought. Par for the course in this “best of all possible worlds” as Pangloss would say.
Interestingly, even though I know who you are and the quality of your mind, I don’t know your name. And if the lack of attribution to you doesn’t bother you, ok by me.
TW
The professor has initiated contact.. in apology (a new report will be created on the attribution). In his communication, an altruistic motivation was revealed, on his part for all of his work. I picked up these insights: he has been doing this as a personal project with minimal resources. His altruistic motivation is driven from the same in my part. We've both been through failure dynamics that have affected lives.
The benefits of the report have become even more fruitful as fresh press articles - essentially are confirming (and stating this in their articles) the report's findings against the newly released BOC documents by DWR. The public, the press, and even the engineers will move forward for the better, although in the shadow of the current crisis & its pre-crisis evolvement.
All of this, I believe, is mainly due to the collective efforts of postings & discussions here, the other forum(s), and especially due to the the work & expertise by the professor. The "heat" applied by the combined work, and well directed & correct analysis report with sharp wording of culpability/truths, essentially forced DWR to relent and release the BOC documents (although some sentences/paragraphs were redacted).