There’s one thing this guy fails to explain. If there is anything to his claims and he’s been threatened, why is he still alive and still running his mouth.
There’s no point in silencing him now. Whistleblowers are only threatened before they speak, when pressure can still shut them up. Once the story is public, killing him would only confirm everything he said.
Another point: Grusch filed an Inspector General complaint about the threats he faced. If he named names in his IG complaint, that would drastically reduce the threat against him.
Once officials are formally identified in a protected disclosure, any retaliation becomes a prosecutable offense—and the system shifts from silence to oversight.
That gives him far more room to speak publicly without fear.