no jobs for leaks? (updated)

There's still remarkably little information in circulation about the civil servant who seemingly passed information to Damian Green. The Times gives us this scrap:

The 26-year-old civil servant was detained at his home in Middlesex at 6am on November 19. The assistant private secretary, who has been suspended from his job, is being looked after by the Home Office at a secret location because it owes him a “duty of care”, officials said. [...]

Conservative sources last night admitted that the official had asked Mr Green, the Shadow Immigration Minister, for a job but said that he had been turned down and that no inducements had been offered in exchange for any information.

The Guardian adds:

Some of the [leaked documents] came from the private office of the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, where the civil servant briefly worked in a junior capacity.

While we might construct a defence of the leaks on the principled grounds of public interest, the original motive may have been far more pragmatic - the desire to appear connected, useful and employable.

UPDATE: Within a matter of hours, a number of papers have named the civil servant.