Hey, come into the 21st century. Computer time is cheap; bandwidth is cheap. Giving our folks something fun to do in their downtime when stuck in third-world hellholes is worth letting them amuse themselves online with spare computer time (if he really was using DOS hardware and not his own).
First of all, “gaming” isn’t gaming. I understand the war-gaming concept just fine. “Gaming” not only suggests but was explicitly described as online sci-fi/fantasy/whatever. Of course, it’s an appropriate, maybe even useful leisure activity, especially for policy wonks. But in the middle of an attack (”Gunfire”)? Further, his “gaming” partner (at least one of them) knew his identity. You don’t consider any of that as security-sensitive? Lastly, those I know in CERTAIN government services are permitted no personal internet access (including personal email), AT ALL, on government computers and no personal cell phone use on certain secure government property. And that goes for offices here as well as at offices abroad. I’m just aghast that business-as-usual freedoms weren’t remotely curtailed in what any idiot would classify as a war-zone on September 11, of all dates.