I'm not being clear: having the list out in the open is very good, even if riddled with errors (perhaps especially so, in that case). Once the thing is known, then it can't be used for blackmail, and may be considered libel if provably false for someone not in the public eye (and thus able to claim privacy).
Sorry for not being clear. My 'so what' refers to their sexual status, not to the implications of what the Dem sleazes are trying to do. The former is simply bad judgment and poor taste, the latter may well be, as you suggest, against the law.
So, I would have no problem in the perps doing hard time.
David Corn is on MY list of disreputable and sleezy writers (and his efforts at writing novels is a washout too).