Nobody needs to be told twice they are going to be victim of a honey pot.

They are 1) covering their butts 2) placating external influences (probably state dept) 3) trying to find out what happened, but not have it be exposed 4) Avoiding risk of their Goose laying Golden Eggs at all costs.

The man is bringing them gazillions, they are not going to flip him over like a cheezeburger.

He's replacable but it comes with gigantic risk.

Board's tend to enable thing that fill their coffers with money and protect that over everything else.