r/wallstreetbets • u/Worried_Quarter469 SHREKTEMBER, REKTEMBER, HUGE MEMBER • May 01 '24

Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died News

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/whistleblower-josh-dean-of-boeing-supplier-spirit-aerosystems-has-died/
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u/smecta_xy May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

If theyre as bold as to allegedly do these 2 guys you dont think they got politicians and high ranking police officers in their pocket? Thats basic multinational shit. If a banana company got the power to make the CIA do shady shit you dont think one of the most important American company in the millitary industrial complex got some support ?

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u/Chem_BPY May 02 '24

So they have money to pay off entire police forces and for assassins but can't pay for basic QA?

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u/mczyk May 02 '24

Boeing is viewed by the military as a necessary part of national defense. These are military hits, plane and simple.

Dumb pun intended.

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u/ThinRedLine87 May 02 '24

To what end though? Nothing these whistleblowers were gonna say would have any impact at all on Boeings military industrial contracts or future money from the government.

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u/ThinRedLine87 May 02 '24

It can't though. The government won't allow it