Sorry, I have to disagree with you. The mids knew the policy, they violated the policy, and they did so on a network that is constantly monitored for intrusion and misuse.
If nothing else, they've demonstrated that they are too stupid to be trusted with the responsibilities of commissioned offficers.
I'm just remembering a time at another military academy which I attended eons ago (I refuse to date myself, LOL), when there was a helpful article on finance. In sum, the article suggested using your credit card to buy everything, and pay off the balance the last possible day - thereby theoretically getting interest free use of the money for the billing cycle (of course, in retrospect, it was a silly suggestion that would lull people into screwing up and paying late, but it does work on paper).
The feces hit the fan on that.
The next month, the Comm's office honor goon squad forced the cadet in question to publish a retraction and apology, deeming the interest free use of money, even within the bounds of contract, as an honor violation. Rumor had it (yeah, I know - but it was good rumor) that they pretty well had this firstie afraid he was going to be punted for it.
This simply reminded me of that.