But the suggestion was that some disgruntled former Dem Alexander staffer (he was a party-switcher -- political party, sheesh) got the info from a current staffer.
That is a possibility. When Rodney switched parties his staff were not pleased and thought it a betrayal.
That being said I think there might be a more innocent explaination. When the kid got the email he might have forwarded it to some friends and say"look at this" I suspect he didnt have any malcious intent but you know 16 and sort of naive.