[XorNot]

Do the executives implement program features?

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.

[ls612]

So given that this is widely accepted to have actually happened why has the CA involved not received the death penalty like the Kazakh one did?

[perching_aix]

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