[jonknee]

> More importantly it should mention that he was caught red handed stealing company secrets and sending them to others

That is a roundabout way of describing a whistleblower. He didn't give information to competitors, he gave it to journalists and the SEC.

[mr_toad]

Which journalists? If he did, they don’t seem to be in a hurry to print what he gave them.

[jonknee]

I'm not sure if there is a list, but he definitely gave info to Business Insider and that is apparently what set Elon off:

http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-whistleblower-martin-tr...

This is the piece they used his info for:

http://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-3-scrap-waste-hig...

[iamshs]

Why would anyone leak to BI? I is already hard to trust anything on that website.

[stephengillie]

The most interesting part of this article is that Tesla is involved. Beyond that, it's a lone wolf bad actor looking for a Rainmaker[0].

[0] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119978/

[manicdee]

Journalist singular. He only gave data to SEC after Tesla started trade secrets proceedings.