"The data was destroyed in 2000. But the program continued and there was a briefing to the Joint Chief of Staffs in 1/01 and again in the spring of '01."
Hmmm... If the data was ordered destroyed in 2000, that probably pulled the plug on them operationally. I wonder if they were just hanging on, performing dog and pony briefs for the brass, begging for funding to become a full blown program.
Many unanswered questions here.