Exactly correct.  I'm a whistleblower and I reported wrong doing by my upper management and not one of them were fired but I now have a suspension in my file.  First and only negative action against me in my 20 yr service with the VA and all because I whistleblew.  I'm a veteran too.  Our upper management have never served a day in the armed forces yet they can work in my VA and fire me for ratting them out for corrupt behavior.  I received a copy of the list of firings and in my VISN 8 VA there isn't one management official that I could find on the list.