In the process, people who make things up do not get their reports farther than the first level of the review by Inspector General's staff. And, they are not protected against any actionable offenses they may have committed. So, you can't be in on an illegal activity and rat out your comrades. If, there is insufficient evidence to process a complaint, it dies on the vine. Only complaints that are deemed credible and urgent, by professional investigators, are forwarded as the Ukraine Phone Call one was. That is why the Director of National Intelligence said in his testimony to the House Intelligence Committee that the complaintant and I.G. both did the right thing.