Nope
"...Aldridge said Poindexter will only "develop the tool, he will not be exercising the tool." He said Poindexter brought the database idea to the Pentagon and persuaded Aldridge and others to pursue it."
Don't know if that makes you feel any better.
Not in the slightest. The project exists.
If they never intend to use it, then they're commiting criminal fraud wasting taxpayer money on it.
Or, they're lying, with that ham-handed and patronizing attempt to sooth our concerns.
Does either possibility make you feel any better?
--Robert