Completely unrelated to this article - but imagine working for a Fed.gov agency, and being under constant political scrutiny, such that your phones are confiscated, you face the risk of political investigation as a group, etc...
How do they ever get anything done, completely wrapped up in ideology, politics and bureaucracy? I would be like living in Stalin’s Soviet Union
One would hope that .gov phones are always monitored and scrutinized. Those are our phones. The opposite has been occurring. The FBI wiped and destroyed 'their' phones all the time. There is no oversight or repercussions for tapering and getting rid of data on the government side. We've allowed .gov to operate with impunity.