You could make an argument that the government can direct usage of a certain end-user app (which is why I'm sitting here on f'in IE 7 instead of something decen

You could make an argument that the government can direct usage of a certain end-user app (which is why I'm sitting here on f'in IE 7 instead of something decent). However in this case I think it would be more equivalent to charging Manning with using a handtruck to move paper files instead of carrying them one-by-one; i.e. a pretty lame excuse for a charge.