Without reading past the bolded phrase, I can tell this is written by a flunky for the state fake media.
Let's repeat the giveaway line in CAPS:
...BREAKING STRICT CONVENTIONS FOR PROTECTING OFFICIALS WHO REVEAL WRONGDOING IN GOVERNMENT
As has been repeated ad nauseum by several conservatives in the House and Senate, the Whistleblower Laws DO NOT allow a whistleblower to remain anonymous as any accused has the right to face and question their accusers.
What the Whistleblower Laws provide is protection against RETALIATION.
The flunky writer and his/her editor(s) conflate loss of anonymity with retaliation.
One doesn't have to be a lawyer to understand this. Every whistleblower knows they are not guaranteed anonymity. They know they are only guaranteed protection from retaliation while the investigation is ongoing. If the whistleblower is shown to be truthful, the protections are continued. If the whistleblower is shown to be untruthful, the protections are withdrawn.
It's astounding that even good, insightful posters such as yourself continue to express confusing, conflicting accounts of the true nature of the struggle for control over the USA.
No one on the left is conflating anything, making erroneous assumptions, or otherwise violating basic journalistic standards. Rather, they are enemy agents intentionally using their controlled media assets to spread dissent, encourage violence and otherwise utilize a wide range of propaganda tools & techniques to achieve their desired end(s).
It's as simple as the propaganda put out by Germany & Japan during WWII. Did our forebears constantly monitor and react to obvious lies and distortions directed towards Allied listeners in support of Axis war aims? No, they were laughed at. So why does anyone anywhere give any credence whatsoever to whatever intentional misstatements and lies are expressed by the enemy?