No doubt it's related, but it doesn't seem to paint Steffen in a good light at all. It is the Sun of course, so I guess it's to be expected.
Sure. The article CALLS Steffen a "rogue" employee. That is incorrect. If there is a correct wording, it is this: Steffan was involved in something which was not job-related, and in that venue, was baited by MD4Bush, a dem operative.
I figure the "single-lobed" biased "author" of the article called Steffan a "rogue employee" but only to provide a basis to blaming Erhlich for laying-off "non-rogue" employees. The bias in the article is clear.