According to a report from the Inspector General [PDF], the EDA's chief IT officer decided that the only way to be completely sure that all malware was gone was to burn everything down, literally. The team set out to destroy computers, keyboards, mice, TVs, cameras -- about $3 million worth of equipment. They eventually ran out of money, which is when the IT officer went so far as to request another $26 million for further recovery efforts -- denied by the Commerce Department.
Having paid my glorious socialist anti-imperialist government masters their due (drum roll). I must say that it sounds like something WE'D do.
