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As far as I've been able to find, Hal Abelson's last statement was on May 13, when he wrote that the report would be released "this summer".

http://tech.mit.edu/V133/N26/swartz/2.html

This is indeed much delayed from his initial statement on January 22 that he hoped the report would be ready "in a few weeks."

http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N63/abelson.html

It's disappointing that it's taken this long.

I'm eagerly awaiting that report too. Hal Abelson is a very respected professor, one of the good guys, and he's put his reputation on the line writing this report. I sure hope he's got the freedom to make it honest.

Their lawyers probably advised against it.

That seems likely, but I'm very disappointed that we haven't heard anything at all.

I remember that Hal Abelson was in charge of preparing the report, and he has taught ethics classes at MIT. I'm hoping that he makes some statement about the report at least.

...because they are guilty as hell?

And/or because people move on, forget about things.