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Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

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Re: Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

#11

Post by Bender »

I hope the company had no involvement in this. It would be bit futile given such a large audience has seen their employees state they won't fly in the aircraft they build. [1] 3,716,935 views 4 days ago and Blancolirio's assorted incident reports [2]

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc [video][32 mins][john oliver]

[2] - https://www.youtube.com/@blancolirio/search?query=boeing

Re: Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

#13

Post by robotnikman »

torstenvl wrote: post #4

"Self-inflicted wound"? Obviously the story is still developing but I'm immediately skeptical. EDIT: Also weird that BBC is already memory-holing that it was a gunshot wound. archive.is has the original. https://archive.is/wj0LE

Yep, the timing of his death is just too on point.

Re: Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

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Post by Qem »

He should have done like Snowden. Got out of the country before exposing material. Shouldn't a witness in a high profile case like him been granted some sort of police escort by the court?

Guy paid the ultimate price for freedom of speech and informing the public. Wonder if someone will sustain there is no threat to freedom of speech because the lawsuit involved the company where he was employed, not the government.

I'm also reminded of Aaron Schartz, as well as the ordeal Steven Donzinger went through against Chevron. Fortunately survived, but had to serve some prison time[1].

[1]. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/steven-don...

Re: Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

#15

Post by bandyaboot »

Bender wrote: post #11

I hope the company had no involvement in this. It would be bit futile given such a large audience has seen their employees state they won't fly in the aircraft they build. [1] 3,716,935 views 4 days ago and Blancolirio's assorted incident reports [2] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc [video][32 mins][john oliver] [2] - https://www.youtube.com/@blancolirio/search?query=boeing

Yeah, doing something so drastic in this situation doesn’t make sense. It’s possible that reality is somewhere in the middle. I have a very difficult time believing they would actually off the guy, but it’s not so difficult to believe they might hire some investigators to look for skeletons in his closet. Perhaps they found some. Obviously this is wild speculation and not intended to be a theory—just an example of something short of full-on Tom Clancy.

Re: Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

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Post by Qem »

Bender wrote: post #11

I hope the company had no involvement in this. It would be bit futile given such a large audience has seen their employees state they won't fly in the aircraft they build. [1] 3,716,935 views 4 days ago and Blancolirio's assorted incident reports [2] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oCilY4szc [video][32 mins][john oliver] [2] - https://www.youtube.com/@blancolirio/search?query=boeing

> It would be bit futile given such a large audience has seen their employees state they won't fly in the aircraft they build.

Perhaps not in this particular case. But it would be a strong deterrent against future would be whistleblowers.

Re: Boeing whistleblower found dead in US

#17

Post by rl3 »

torstenvl wrote: post #4

"Self-inflicted wound"? Obviously the story is still developing but I'm immediately skeptical. EDIT: Also weird that BBC is already memory-holing that it was a gunshot wound. archive.is has the original. https://archive.is/wj0LE

>Also weird that BBC is already memory-holing that it was a gunshot wound.

Another source backs this up, and seems to have interviewed the man's attorney in the past. [0][1]

It's tempting to dismiss foul play on the basis that it's too brazen in the middle of a deposition. However, that's also the height of plausible deniability because cross examinations can get personal and thus emotional.

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I can't help but be reminded of a film quote:

"But that's the way it works with corporate murder. Boss gets wind of something, calls in his head of security, who talks to someone, who talks to a friend of someone. Finishes up with an answering machine in a rented office, a couple of sensitive gentlemen in a blue pickup truck. They will never know who ordered the hit." [2]

[0] https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/boeing-whist...

[1] https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/brian-knowle...

[2] https://www.scripts.com/script/the_constant_gardener_702/17

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