INCREDIBLY, IT GETS WORSE: 9/23, FOUR DAYS ago, and BEFORE the complaint was released, the Congressional Research Service extensive updates to the "Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protections" Great thread - They not only changed the whistle blower form. They also changed the actual whistle blower document. Prior to the change the fact that the form did change did not matter as the document governing did not change until now. Even with the change Congress has no authority over these whistle blowers. From the thread: "Let that sink in.  Congressional authority does NOT include the right to receive this type of whistleblower report. Period." Is that good law? Arguable. But it IS THE LAW. CRS is intentionally misleading Congress and the public to facilitate this usurpation of authority.  Source: https://twitter.com/VoteBeebe/status/1177669258932871174