: Yes, but arranging to be at a specific place at a specific time just has too
: many choke points. ONI finds out on the way; ONI leans hard on the studio
: at broadcast time (I bet this happened; we have no reason to believe the
: files weren't auth-stamped properly, and the timing of the Biko
: announcements is suspicious...) ONI picks him up and covers up the story
: afterwards...)

: Remember what Snowden did. First, give everything away; then, wait for news
: media to share; then, come out; then contact/seek asylum with hostile
: forces. Pentagon Papers, Watergate... this is a well-established
: procedure. Petra knows this - but then again, she's an actual journalist.

: Maybe I'm just trying to taper over some indignation, but for someone who's
: spent his career working for ONI, Ben is quite clueless. Maybe that's why
: ONI gave him the assignment; if he found out the truth, they knew he'd
: botch it.

On a complete side note, anyone who was listening to his podcast knows he was at least partially framed. The coverup is not air-tight.