Good advice. This has gotten very spooky.
The only thing that’s “spooky” is how much pure supposition is masquerading around as “facts” or “evidence” - are you really this suggestible? Would you like to buy a bridge?
Letting people know she is researching this makes her safer - especially since Richard Clarke has said that foul play looks very possible. What would make her even safer is if other reporters similarly researched and let the world know they are researching. That way the story can’t be stopped by killing any one of them - and if any of them are killed it would raise the visibility of the issue even more.
This situation IS scary, and any reporters who don’t want to be stuck reporting household cleaning tips for the rest of their lives (the only safe subject) need to rise up now, because the coup is very nearly complete. As Yuri Bezmenov said, the “useful idiots” will be the first to be lined up and shot when the revolution is complete.