Counterintelligence projects were the reason Klaus Fuchs was caught so I don't know if you can say any specific program is pointless because it was unsuccessful

Counterintelligence projects were the reason Klaus Fuchs was caught so I don't know if you can say any specific program is pointless because it was unsuccessful. Maybe you need to cast a lot of rods to catch these fish. Obviously he wasn't caught by the FBI but it certainly made it more than marginally harder for the Soviets when an extremely well placed and high value asset is caught.