How can you classify a deliberate architectural decision to trade away security for all for the convenience of some as a mistake? That the ME would eventually

How can you classify a deliberate architectural decision to trade away security for all for the convenience of some as a mistake? That the ME would eventually be exploited was completely foreseeable, and was surely foreseen and discussed within Intel. This isn't like some subtle software bug that went undetected. The consequences were known and Intel deliberately chose them.