Rand has invited Egwene to send sisters to come bond men at the Black Tower, which is extremely attractive because a) the AS need mixed gender circles and b) they are looking for a way to deal with the threat they perceive the BT to be. Rand can't be blamed if the WT envoys are completely uncautious (not that they will be, like the naive Reds), but he most definitely can be blamed for sending Egwene's people into a potentially rotten trap, when they go at Rand's own invitation.

Rand was aware that Taim was a possibly a traitor and DF but has chosen to dismiss Logain's accusations. His "offer" for Egwene's people to go bond men at the BT reeks of spite toward Logain, who Rand blames for bonding the 47 women in the first place, even though this was done in part to protect the lives of those women.

Furthermore, it's by and large personal rivalry with Logain that motivated Rand to reject the accusations that Taim was a traitor and DF, not at all a question of credibility. Rand has long been suspecting Taim, he just rejected Logain's information out of spite, because he hated the fact ­Logain put that under his nose, and implied Rand has created the BT then dumped it into the hands of a man he didn't trust, and thus is responsible for letting Taim do as he wished there - which is the truth, and Rand didn't like hearing it and responded irrationaly to that.

By and large, Rand deals with Logain like a man who fears or resents the fact Logain has more influence over the group he brought than he has. Rand is using Logain as a punching bag, constantly trying to undermine his position, a kind of surrogate for what he couldn't do to Taim, and all the while knowing it's Taim he must be the most cautious of.

Egwene and the WT are just paying for Rand's childhish attitude with Logain. Whatever she did or thought, she didn't deserve being sent into that trap, and will have all the reasons to be furious about the outcome of that. It's a deriliction of his responsabilities by Rand, one that likely will have deadly consequences for many sisters.

What's "absurd" is the fact Rand invoked not wanting problems with the Tower as his excuse for "punishing" Logain for bonding women. He really, really didn't think any of this through and reacted impulsively and emotionally - never a good thing in a leader.