Indeed, the very strong impression I got as of 2004 was that the intelligence community loves open source, and were e.g. much happier running Linux than Windows

Indeed, the very strong impression I got as of 2004 was that the intelligence community loves open source, and were e.g. much happier running Linux than Windows on machines running on their secure networks (are we surprised?). As others say, it sounds like you need a better auditor.