Lets restate some: "Insist on doing everything through “channels.” Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions." -> "Insist on doing everything through 'short-cuts'. Never permit official channels to be taken in order to expedite decisions"

You're doing this wrong. The list tells you not to "Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions." Not and Never cancel out, leaving you with "permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions"

Permitting shortcuts is not an insistence on always taking shortcuts. Your other "restatements" aren't any better.