But it would have been malpractice by the intelligence and diplomatic community not to request the unmasking of an American discussing sanctions with Kislyak.
Are you saying he should have stayed anonymous?
Bullsquirt. That is the conspirators story. They were innocently monitoring Kislyak when they happened upon Flynn. And they innocently needed to know who he was talking to.
It was not innocent. It was a targeted operation and Flynn was the target, not Kislyak.