My response is what @theghostofeustacetilley said.
From the article:
according to the more than two dozen people I interviewed about Patel’s conduct, including current and former FBI officials, staff at law-enforcement and intelligence agencies, hospitality-industry workers, members of Congress, political operatives, lobbyists, and former advisers. Speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information and private conversations, they described Patel’s tenure as a management failure and his personal behavior as a national-security vulnerability.
That’s quite a wide group to accuse of “leaks”. None of the above are allowed to say anything negative about him?
If you don’t pay your workers enough to buy your product then they are nothing but an additional cost. If they can afford the product then they are potential customers. Which workers do you suppose are treated better - those that are just a cost or those that are potential customers?