However, the employee must first inform the IG of his or her intention to contact the intelligence committees directly and must follow the procedures specified in the Act.
[4] According to Michael German with the Brennan Center for Justice, the ICWPA, "provides a right to report internally but no remedy when that right is infringed, which means that there is no right at all.
"[3] According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, from 1999 to 2009, 10 complaints/disclosures were filed under this law, four of which were found to be credible by the relevant Inspector General.
Subsequent investigations by the CIA and DOJ failed to find evidence of retaliation in any of these cases.
[3][5] Additional protections for national security whistleblowers are provided through Presidential Policy Directive 19 and the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014.