I'm not sure where this concept that a whistleblower's identity is totally immune from disclosure to the defendant of an accused crime is coming from, but wherever it got started, it is incorrect. The fact of the matter is the privacy protections available to whistleblowers are no greater than that of sexual abuse victims (much less, in fact), and the Supreme Court has shot down efforts to shield the identity of sex crime accusers pursuant to the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause. There are numerous cases involving similar decisions for whistleblower claims.
The media is slow to catch on to things once a narrative goes viral, but I'll bet you that within the next couple of days, the media will catch up with this and the reporting will adjust accordingly.
Because sex crimes accusers, are a he said she said...
This is NOT a he said he/she said situation, what so ever.
If there are Articles of impeachment drawn up, (charges) not a single one, will include the whistle blower report as evidence of that article/charge.
A defendant has the right to question anyone who presents evidence.
The whistle blower is not presenting any EVIDENCE....?
the whistle blower simply pointed to where they may be evidence, of wrong doing...
like me calling the cops if I see something fishy going on at house on my block...
the cop/ investigator is the one who finds and gathers the evidence.
No whistleblower....no case.
Well DUH!
That is the case with every whistle blower of wrong doing....
WE ENCOURAGE people within our gvt to be whistle blowers of wrong doings...
we recoup billions of dollars a year, from whistle blowers reporting what they believe is corruption to the IG..
many, if not MOST whistle blower complaints end up not being the corruption the whistle blower had thought,
and the IG's report after investigation, says such and the complaint is dismissed.
In THIS CASE, after the IG investigated the complaint and found actual evidence to support the complaint, the IG determined that this WB complaint, had some legs to it... was credible and urgent, and had to go to the Intelligence committee in Congress, according to the law.
(any credible, designated URGENT complaint, must go to Congress within 7 days of the IG report, under the law)