President Trump made big promises during his 2016 campaign about cleaning house at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Unfortunately, whether he realizes or not, things there have gotten much worse since he took office.

The U.S. Office of the Special Counsel, or OSC, whose role is to protect whistleblowers from retaliation, has been on a virtual hiatus for the past two years. It is even less responsive now than it had been under previous administrations.