Branch can't meet with other senior U.S. intelligence leaders to discuss sensitive operations, or hear updates from his staff about secret missions or projects. It can be a chore just to set foot in colleagues' offices; in keeping with regulations, they must conduct a sweep beforehand to make sure any classified documents are locked up.
"I have never heard of anything as asinine, bizarre or stupid in all my years," Norman Polmar, a naval analyst and historian, said in an interview.
SNAFU/FUBAR come to mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUBAR_%28disambiguation%29 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snafu