You, once again, are ill informed. It is NOT against the law to publish or identify publicly the name of a whistle blower who is not a COVERT AGENT of the United States.

The Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 forbids interfering with or denying federal employees a right to furnish information to lawmakers. The Inspector General Act of 1978 prohibits officials from threatening the jobs of or making other reprisals against federal employees who complain or disclose information to an inspector general in good faith.

That's where the whistle blower's status lays, within those two acts. He is not a COVERT AGENT and therefore does not qualify under The Intelligence Identities Protection Act that makes it illegal for anyone to disclose an intelligence officers identity. He would literally have had to been working UNDERCOVER for the United States government to qualify under that act.