I wondered what that odor was.
Try taking the bar of soap out of the package next time.
The fact of the matter is this: none of the families, veterans, or those currently enlisted complained about the autopen.
Who did complain? A few select Clymers in the Congress, the press, and some self-anointed, holier-than-thou whiners here on Free Republic. None of these groups is persuasive in creating a sufficient reason for the DoD to be removed.