A close family friend of John Barnett said he predicted he might wind up dead and that a story could surface that he killed himself.
  • HexbearGPT [comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    I wonder how many suicides and unsolved murders in the US are actually government ops?

    These are the things we will learn when we overthrow the capitalists and dig through their nazisad-boiKGBsad-boitrompDeep State archives.

    • whatup
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      8 months ago

      In DC, there was a suspicious spate of random attacks supposedly committed by violent, highly coordinated Black youths. I don’t think all of the victims were targets of the knock out game, which is obviously a racist myth (there’s no confirmed evidence of the game’s existence beyond accusations from police and prosecutors) but rather the government/corporations. Maybe some fell victim to random street violence, though. But I wouldn’t be surprised if corporate and defense interests paid poor kids from juvie to rough up whistle blowers.

  • motherofmonsters [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    I definitely believe it was wet work, but we need better sources than “his friend said he said so” if we want action

  • abc [he/him, comrade/them]
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    8 months ago

    lmao this story makes no sense to me because...why would Boeing kill him AFTER he gave his deposition and why would they wait until like 5 years after he first whistleblew?? Not trying to be a Boeing smuglord defender but ever since this story broke I've been going "?? is this just headline bias"

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

      One reason is to make an example of him, another would be the implication for national security. These greedy fucks rather have their own military equipment fall apart than have anyone point out profit is undermining safety. He was revealing how Boeing was cheapening out on maintenance and manufacturing, and I guarantee that's not just in the civilian sector.