We assume that GHWB was put to death, like NO NAME, "put to death" around mid November as per Comey's tweet.

But put to death how? Not by a calm, silent, lethal injection, surrounded by his family while music played in the background.

Hung? Probably. Tribunals killed traitors that way. Honorable soldiers get a firing squad.

So perhaps the instant shocking notes were photos of their buddy, hanging by the noose.

They needed to see, after all, the reality of what they were using to delay the final judgment of their lives.