Quote Originally Posted by CapsuleCorpJX
Here are my reasons:
1) When Sasuke left for Orochimaru, she sent a team of genins to retreive him. She should have gone herself.
2) She can't even control Shikamaru and his team from disobeying her order to stay put. They openly defied her, and she didn't do anything except finally relent.
1) There was no one else available. And even with Sharingan, Sasuke was not a "major priority" for Konoha.

2) She knew that the only way to stop them would have been to beat them up, arrest them, or brand them as traitors (for going against her orders). Either way, they would end going. So she allowed them to go when Kakashi offered to check on them.
Besides... this is shounen manga... learn to know "main characters" never follow their orders.