Frank has no right to anonymity. If someone wants to tell all his coworkers what he said they have just as much right as Frank does to say those things.
And to face the consequences for that speech, such as the lawsuit that is the subject of this article.
I think there are real societal costs to encouraging the removal of anonymity, especially using less than ethical methods and more especially when it causes real harm to people. In this case it was perhaps just losing a job, but often it results in significant risks of real physical harm.
