A Window To The World: Boeing Whistle Blower John Barnett Is Found Dead

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John Barnett worked for Boeing for 32 years as a quality control supervisor and in 2017, he had enough of the nonsense that he says was going on at the company, so he became a whistleblower. Not only that, but the regulators who investigated Boeing, backed up his findings.
This past week Mr. Barnett gave his testimony under oath and was scheduled to finish that testimony a couple of days later. That would never happen as authorities found Mr. Barnett in his hotel parking lot, dead from what they say was a self inflicted gunshot wound.
So, what really happened to Mr. Barnett and is there something more behind the curtain? Let's dive in and try to find some clarity.
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Boeing whistleblower John Barnett is found dead in his truck outside a South Carolina hotel just days after testifying in lawsuit against the aviation giant | Daily Mail Online