“You read what you need to, no more, even if’s accessible by you. The rules are quite clear.”
The rules, then, in this case, are stupid. The very notion that reading the New York Times can get you in trouble is insane, and those who would enforce the rules are mindless robots. They might as well be red light cameras busting cars for rolling one millionth of one millimeter into the crosswalk before stopping.
I don't believe the mindless robots posting here are paying any attention to you.
I know the rules sound stupid, but yours is the attitude that leads to security leaks. You follow the rules, period. You are not in such a position of authority to be able to deem a rule “stupid” and thus to be ignored. That helps prevent security leaks.