Ah - but you forget!
It is NOT the whistleblower who is dangerous to this regime.
It is the whistle-blower’s PRESS and the woman (man) who dares EXPOSE that whistlleblower to the world who IS dangerous to this regime! It is THOSE people who the regime needs to intimidate and frighten into silence.
Any unknown or deliberately ignored) whistleblower is a harmless whistleblower.
Good point Robert Cook... Thanks for sharing. (you’re right on this...)