I don't have any insider knowledge of the Bush admin's controversy, but I have seen and heard of cases in the corporate world where similarly draconian admin po

I don't have any insider knowledge of the Bush admin's controversy, but I have seen and heard of cases in the corporate world where similarly draconian admin policies that forced users to jump through hoops in the name of security often had the effect of driving users to adopt easier and less restrictive external services instead. I suppose it's not impossible that something similar happened here, but to be honest senior admin officials really should have known better even if that was the case.