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Standing by your decision for the sake of it is never strength. It takes a lot more to admit you’re wrong and change. These people are now in a position that if they admit they are wrong, they’re admitting they were okay with all the horrible things they believed in.
Looking at your past self and distancing yourself from that is terrifying, harrowing, and humbling, so most people find it easier to just double down. I don’t think the lot of them truly believe anything anymore. Just what those in charge tell them to believe because then they can relinquish their moral responsibility. “If everyone else around me thinks this way, it must be right!”
I understand that, but that imagines he's standing by his decision for the sake of it. I'm not trying to go to bat for a Trump supporter right now, but in general my point is that his "reasoning" seems to hold even if he's in the crosshairs. If his opinion is that sacrificing some freedom is necessary in order to ensure safety, then he seems like he still believes that even if it affects him personally. I understand your comment, but it doesn't actually address his position or my point. I don't think anything has happened to make him think he's wrong about the sleeper cell things. You're projecting your worldview onto him. He says he believes there's a problem and he's willing to face familial hardship to ensure the problem is rooted out.