The roof is leaking

sub-paragraph 1: Integrity is what you do when no one is looking

Kelly Sadler, a previously little-known staffer, remarked that it didn't matter that McCain, an 81-year-old, six-term Republican senator with brain cancer, opposed the administration's pick to lead the CIA because "he's dying anyway."
But asked about the remark Monday, Shah reiterated that the White House's internal frustration over the episode was that it was leaked, not that it was said.

Or at least where the public can't hear you (or so you thought)

sub-paragraph 2: Paranoia, the destroyer.

The White House banned the use of personal cell phones in the West Wing in January. ... Officials publicly maintained that the ban was because of national security reasons,

Understandable if you're concerned about the mob, ISIS or the KBG infiltrating the White House Staff ... or invite them into the oval office.

but multiple staffers said privately that they were under the impression it was carried out in hopes of limiting leaks to reporters.
Kelly was agitated when a memo he wrote outlining the new policy quickly leaked to media outlets,
You can blow out a flame, but you can't blow out a fire.

Traitors!


... If I remember correctly, didn't Obama have the same "problem" of excessive leaks?