I don't know for certain, but having dealt with Dell before (as an institutional customer), I know the government buys off-the-shelf Dells. Now, maybe the intel

I don't know for certain, but having dealt with Dell before (as an institutional customer), I know the government buys off-the-shelf Dells. Now, maybe the intelligence agencies have special arrangements, I don't know, but it seems unlikely to me. I'm sure they do more than just unpack the box and plop it onto the desk, but I doubt Dell or HP have special manufacturing facilities for intelligence agency machines.