I was a Federal employee. We had to do annual training and one of those modules was "Whistle-blower protection". Funny (not) how loose those "protections" are.

Caveat: I have ZERO qualms with what they did to those muzzy terrorist POS, just making an observation based on the general use of whistle-blower "protections" (or lack thereof), like the IRS and FBLie whistle-blowers of more recent times. Overt retaliation against them may have been stymied, or at least put on the down-low, but as far as their careers are concerned the fat lady ain't sung yet.