Today's Blind Items - The Whistleblower

Was he a whistleblower? I titled the blind that, but the thing is though, the person he was planning on meeting has been making a living selling secrets to various tech companies and governments. Maybe our victim thought he was doing good, but it was going to end up bad. Our victim's employers are very good at tracking every movement of their employees. Once you start your first day, they have you fill out what looks to be a normal direct deposit form. It isn't. It gives the computers at this tech giant a look at your bank account every month. It spots trends and also notices huge deposits that might be there from selling trade secrets. They also spy via the free devices they pass out like candy to their thousands of employees. They also listen in on everything. It is not just for keeping tabs on their employees, but also as a testing tool for their marketing. Yes, when you talk or type, it is no coincidence you see an ad for that product, sometimes within minutes. All of it is tested via employees.

The company learned that some of this technology was going to be leaked/sold to an outsider. It was technology the company had previously denied using and would probably generate an uprising. So, the security people at the company needed a solution. A permanent one. They found out the employee had a thing for drugs and had dozens of nights booked in hotels each month, despite living not far from work with his wife and family. They started "actively" listening and tracking and discovered he was frequently cheating on his wife with other women. They found his type and planted a woman everywhere he went in hopes they would run into each other. They did. He was smitten. He chased her. The company watched. After two meetings, the executive was killed and the team from the company swept in and wiped everything clean before anyone could arrive.

An accident. Unfortunate. Really though, a murder to protect their company and their profits.