The Trump administration went back on its promise to protect whistleblowers' safety

https://www.businessinsider.com/vindman-firing-us-government-protecting-whistleblowers-2020-2

 In a Friday night segment, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow pointed to a November 2019 tweet from Marcus Weisgerber, an editor at military and defense outlet Defense One, which contained a transcript of an exchange with Esper, where the secretary said there was "no retaliation" allowed under the law against whistleblowers.

"All I'm saying is that if you come forward with information that you feel is, that you feel you are a whistleblower, then you are protected," Esper said, according to the transcript.