I don’t know who he is - could possibly be a Freeper.
I noticed the following in the comments. Top line is a response by the poster of the article to someone asking who Dr. Codd was, second line is response from the person that asked the question:
possibly a deep embed in the deep state. i can’t say more.....
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Hmmm. I’m thinking it’s more likely to be someone a lot closer to home.