heldibili accountable, but he can t even be impeached. they re saying the president s conduct cannot be police incod y way, shape, or form. in fact the whistle-blower protection affords the whistle-blower safety so that the state department or other agency officials cannot be present, their lawyers are not supposed to be present when state department witnesses are testifying in this kind of procedure rather than the demand from the white house that they have the opportunity to question these witnesses. yeah, the white house has you know, the white house has in their letter pretended, if we were in a, say, criminal process, the criminal trial stage. in fact if this was a criminal analog, this would be indictment stage, where everything happens in secret. the identity of the whistle-blower is protected so the white house can t retaliate