No. They failed in knowing that there was an internal phone database collecting messages.
Not as you said.
It is not always easy to determine which databases have what.
That was a DoD reveal to the IG on how to get those very deepcode saves of texts that DoD knew how to retrieve
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-panel-holds-hearing-on-dojs-inspector-general-report-live-stream/
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