Every Administration has leaks. Staffers talk to the press. And the President - or more accurately the Secretary - can fire a leaker if they've violated departmental policy.
That's a failure of administration, not the system. Those leakers aren't protected by their position, or the civil service statutes, or their allies in Congress. - albaby

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Sure every admin has leakers. I know that and never claimed it did exists in both tribes. But you appear to be OK with it.

After all, they work for the US Government, not the president. And you argue there is nothing wrong with opposing presidential policy from your perch inside the executive branch.

I expect and support robust opposition from Congress because they were elected and are representing their constituencies as best they know how. But secret squirrels running around the executive branch seeking to embarrass the President or interfere with international relations, or debase the will of the voters, I have a problem with that. Since they are un-elected, they have no standing except in their exercise of dissent as a private citizen on their own time.