Kinda sorta. My understanding is that he maintains a situation where everyone in power is dirty and you must be demonstrably dirty to get close to the levers o

Kinda sorta. My understanding is that he maintains a situation where everyone in power is dirty and you must be demonstrably dirty to get close to the levers of power. That shared guilt helps keep the ruling clique together. Add to that the very real threat of assassination, and it seems pretty airtight. Your idea has the flaw that the leak would be damaging if done, and sometimes people are willing to take action at suicidal personal cost.