[SanjayMehta]

I figured as much that this was a combination of silly rules and corporate bureaucracy.

Although I'm intrigued why a 12 bit ADC would be of any use in an IED.

The people who build weapon systems have countries backing them and they have ways to source any thing.

[ahahs]

"The people who build weapon systems have countries backing them and they have ways to source any thing."

I think this is a bit short sited. Many parties are interested in building weapons that cause lots of harm. And not everyone who is interested in making weapons has countries backing them, in fact they likely have countries against them building said weapons. Hence the needed work around to try and source parts from Mouser.