Not that relevant an analogy: Beamer and company knew it was very likely, whatever they did or didn't do, that they were going to die within a few hours. They also knew they could likely save a lot of lives by acting.

It is not immediately clear the stakes are that high, and a counterargument with some validity is that a failure to cooperate will cost a lot of lives from future mass causality terrorist actions. And the penalty is squalid, e.g. see the example of Federal prisoner Joseph Nacchio, former CEO of Qwest. Note the truth behind his conviction doesn't matter a long as there is enough solid suspicion.