Regardless of whether her order was unusual, the fact is that it was her order. The TSA lawyer should have known better.
We'd all be screaming bloody murder if it was a defense lawyer who coached the witnesses in violation of the judge's orders. We'd all be demanding that the "tainted" testimony be thrown out. Hell, I'd be at the front of the line.
I don't buy it. A judge is not god. Forcing the government to call witnesses it has not talked to is absurd. It would be just as absurd if she had done this to the defense.