Perhaps a little pilot program where they just tested if they could even get a cat to behave in a way conducive to eavesdropping might have saved them a ton of

Perhaps a little pilot program where they just tested if they could even get a cat to behave in a way conducive to eavesdropping might have saved them a ton of cash. Or just ask literally any cat owner if they thought it would work (they would almost certainly and universally declare it a hilariously bad idea)