Good reporters get interesting tips. John Solomon has been on spygate the longest with the best sources. A meeting in his driveway started that. The objective of the whittle blowers was to protect FISA or the equivalent capacity because without it we are blind to terrorist and other threats but political abuse puts the tools a risk. This explains a lot of things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUM7NjEmc5Q
Watch Judicial Watch.