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'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death

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Re: 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death

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post #12

Oh so in Russia its jumping out a window and in the USA its some random method of suicide? Why not be specific, and consistent, like Russia?

One might deduce a number of factions offering those services from clustering the methods used.

Re: 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death

#32

This is kind of mind-blowing to me. First case in my lifetime where a US corporation appears to have murdered someone for political reasons. Has this happened before? I assume it has but it's very rare.

The mafia took over the Boeing Corporation...

Re: 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don’t even know the details of the weapon, but in the minute of it being published, they claimed to know it was “self-inflicted”.

Maybe the authorities do know and it's simply not published/released? After all, assuming he shot himself and the gun is right there, it seems fairly reasonable to tentatively presume it's self inflicted.

Assuming he shot himself, yes, it would generally follow that it's self inflicted.

I'm unable to think of anyway in which someone can shoot themselves and not have it described as "self inflicted", even an accidental self shooting would be described by some in either form.

However, in general, with a gunshot wound and and a gun discarded right there some people might not assume that it was self inflicted and perhaps check for handedness, gunshot angle, residue, etc. before leaping to any premature assumptions or conclusions.

Re: 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death

#37

This is kind of mind-blowing to me. First case in my lifetime where a US corporation appears to have murdered someone for political reasons. Has this happened before? I assume it has but it's very rare.

>First case in my lifetime where a US corporation appears to have murdered someone for political reasons

Is there anything supporting this theory other than the fact the death benefits Boeing?

Re: 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death

#38
post #12

Oh so in Russia its jumping out a window and in the USA its some random method of suicide? Why not be specific, and consistent, like Russia?

Just speculating here but isn’t jumping out a window in Russia usually an implication it was ordered by the Russian state (ex: FSB) while in the US a framed suicides are assumed to be done by numerous non-associated actors. So in one place a single entity is responsible and in another it’s multiple entities. It doesn’t seem surprising to me that there would be an affinity towards a particular method within entities.

that's what the parent is saying.

Re: 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death

#39
post #12

Oh so in Russia its jumping out a window and in the USA its some random method of suicide? Why not be specific, and consistent, like Russia?

We don't know that this was the result of a state actor. It could also have been someone who bought a ton of Boeing calls before the safety scandals.

Re: 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death

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post #37

This is kind of mind-blowing to me. First case in my lifetime where a US corporation appears to have murdered someone for political reasons. Has this happened before? I assume it has but it's very rare.

>First case in my lifetime where a US corporation appears to have murdered someone for political reasons Is there anything supporting this theory other than the fact the death benefits Boeing?

The article we're commenting on, where a friend attests he was told explicitly that any "suicide" is fowl play.

Sure, it's nowhere near "beyond a reasonable doubt", but it's plenty, together with the obvious motive, to form an opinion.

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