This is what happens when
1) non-tech administrators have to make decisions about tech.
2) mid-level knowledge people have been thinned out in budget reductions or outsourced.
3. See number 1.
Agreed about probable cause.
SAIC, CSC, and a bunch of others do really good work for the Navy, Intel community, and many more technically competent government agencies with a good cadre of technical program managers and a clear idea of what they really want.
DOJ, and certainly the FBI, aren't among those agencies. They have a cop attitude, and if you don't wear a gun, you don't really count.