Isn't the whole point of whistleblower protections to ensure that someone's got the whistleblower's back?

Whoever retaliates against a whistleblower should be fired or jailed or capitally punished.

FBI , DoJ , NKVD

I'm sure they are scrambling to get everything they didn't already have on the 15 FBI whistleblowers. Rules no longer apply to the DOJ/FBI, especially when repressing any exposure of their own corruption.

Isn't there some whistleblower act that makes it illegal to fire, suspend or any other type of punishment a whistleblower?f