Rule #5: "Credit floats up, and blame travels down on the corporate ladder"

This is a universal fact with few exceptions. =3

Everyone involved will get their day in court. This is still the evidence-gathering phase in the bigger picture.

> This is a patsy with no power

Power is often exercised through patsies. Disabling them—and deterring the next one—really does matter. In this case, turning Big Balls into an example could incentives the next stooge to flip.

We went through the looking glass 10 years ago...

Sure, but its a hit piece. Its not even hiding that its warping relevant details in a disingenuous way. For instance, they say he was "involved in a cyber-crime ring". What this means is that he had a CDN that a cyber crime ring used. Something the article explicitly states farther down. Then there is the "he was active on a discord where cybercriminals hang out". Sure, but he works in security and its common to be on such boards to understand the nature of security threats. Doesn't mean there aren't real things in the article. He did get fired (at 17) for messing up at his first job. But that's about it. That you took the summary at face value...that's on you. But I get it, you have no idea what someone in computer/ops security actually does in their job and he's on the other team so he is bad.

He can flip and testify about Elon's responsibility

Twice, mind you.