The most striking thing about these types of conspiracy theories is people seem to completely forget that whoever you imagine you can threaten generally doesn't have the ability to do the thing you want them to do: they'd have to delegate it.
Because unlike in that case, the CA in this story is not suspected to have done anything wrong, despite what the post's wording might suggest. See my other comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48340259
The most striking thing about these types of conspiracy theories is people seem to completely forget that whoever you imagine you can threaten generally doesn't have the ability to do the thing you want them to do: they'd have to delegate it.