That whole scene is a gamble, and works better to come out politically early on, if you have some juice within the organization and community. It keeps the opposition low. In know in my military units, some of us were very open, others discreet. The open guys not so good at being sneaky anyway, so we decided to be the lighting rod for any heat coming down, then if we cant handle it in direct confrontation, the more discreet people handle it indirectly. The enemy was pretty much doing the same thing. Lots of dickheads got handled that way.