Yes, and perhaps also the enemy’s next gen projects, which we know a heck of a lot more about than we can let on to the enemy, without alerting the enemy to our methods for finding things out. Cato is probably responding appropriately to a CIA/NSA request not to stir up public interest in this topic.
... or ... the case is entirely the opposite. If the powers that be can create an underground current of people seeing grays behind every action, then they have created the perfect cover for militarizing space, a modern Roswell syndrome.
If you can imagine it, they've already built it. Perhaps we're just being prepped for the upcoming space war.