10th letter did not “use[] the catchword ‘report,’ ” “it is hard to imagine that Congress would have intended for such specificity,” given that “the statute itself does not prescribe the manner in which such a report must be made.” R.191 at 21. The district court concluded that the October 10th letter to the Coast Guard satisfied this requirement. In that letter, the plaintiffs did not merely seek information. Rather, they made a specific complaint “about the limited endorsement on the COI and sought its removal: they reported what they believed was a violation of a safety law.” Id. Whether a particular form of communication qualifies as a “report” under § 2114 is a question of law that we review de novo. See Olson v. Risk Mgmt. Alternatives, Inc., 366 F.3d 509, 511 (7th Cir.2004) (<HOLDING>). As always, when approaching a question of
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