Endorsing and confirming
DD's experiences, the whole 'experiment' was a fiasco.
The saddest thing was that the individuals concerned were typically innocent parties, nice enough fellah's and capable in their own environment.
The spanners that decided to run the program however need to be isolated here as the catalyst to an embarrassing, time wasting and money consuming exercise
Needless to say I am sure we have not learned our lessons and we will at some point go down that road again
P.S
RD...thanks once again for your constructive perspective on things, unfortunately it will be lost on some (no names will be mentioned!)