You don't have to assassinate the whistleblower, but merely extra-judicially harass them as much as physically possible and let whatever happens happen. Boeing

You don't have to assassinate the whistleblower, but merely extra-judicially harass them as much as physically possible and let whatever happens happen. Boeing may not have needed/wanted him dead, but managers have done plenty of petty bullshit retaliation before, for far far less.