He did?  He sympathized with how "unfair" OCE is, then told them now is not the time to be showing their asses, as my mother would say.  He didn't say don't do it, just suggested they not do it now.  Poor timing, doncha know. Reveals too much, too early about their sleazy ways of "doing business" and their priorities. You know, FIRST we get rid of all effective ethical oversight, then we're free to get away clean with (continuing to) lie, steal, have secret meetings and otherwise play the public for fools while we line our pockets and do backroom deals.