[John Beresford Tipton]

"How does an employee of a Federal Department sue the head of the Department? That doesn't compute!"

He's suing him under the Federal Whistleblower statute.
By its design it is for occasions where a subordinate thinks that a superior has retaliated against him for blowing the whistle on the superior.

[LiteKeeper]

He's suing him under the Federal Whistleblower statute. By its design it is for occasions where a subordinate thinks that a superior has retaliated against him for blowing the whistle on the superior.

And that applies here how...?