You can ask that question about any org. Ultimately people do lie, but the fact is that the world does these self-investigations all the time and the world hasn

You can ask that question about any org. Ultimately people do lie, but the fact is that the world does these self-investigations all the time and the world hasnt stopped. The dod in particular has very strong boundaries and rules to follow, which people honest to God, believe in; as well as actually independent minders. So if you're fine with Twitter self-reporting bot numbers when it's obviously a conflict of interest to do so, you should be fine with the DoD investigating one of its combatant commands.