So I didn't need to read the rest of the article given this. This isn't SpaceX doing something wrong this is the NRO saying "go ahead" to SpaceX. I didn't bother reading the article further. It's obvious this is another anti-SpaceX Jon Brodkin special with a lot of text padding to mean nothing.
SpaceX is not involved in any way. The satellites are completely controlled by the government, and even their communications systems are military-grade and not made by SpaceX.
