To use that as an excuse to scuttle the program would undermine the integrity and security of the country.
Quotes about scuttle (3 Quotes)
The government prevails on the CBI not to appeal. In the face of this attempt to scuttle the investigations, I think one's conscience should question as to the propriety of what the government and the (Congress) party have been doing and certainly not question the merits of the case.
It looks like the design is to get us out of Congress, to scuttle our participation in the democratic process, This was a very short experiment for us.