BOBL,
You may very well be in Naval Intel. and your intentions may have been in the best interest. But if you are actually in the intelligence service then you know three main things.
1. Don't act without verifyable proof.
2. Our military and intelligence is a paradox. I am old and my time was the Korean area but even then it was not reliable.
3. To get real intelligence today you need to have it verified by two other groups not of our country.
4. I am not in any way saying that your information is inaccurate or that you didn't act in what you thought was the best interest of the car hobbiests. I am curious as to why Naval Intel. would be spending time on this.
5. If you are in a covert situation and can't give any details about yourself then you have to expect a lot of flack as there will always be people who do over react.
6. I have nothing but the utmost rspect for our militayr people and God help them because they are all that keeps us free to fight with each other.
7. Just don't get your pants in a wad because of some of the answers to this post. Keep calm, access the report from the way other people see it and you might actually see why you caused such an uproar.
8. And last of all, remember that no good deed goes unpunished. I think after reading all of your posts several times you really were trying to help but you used a very unthoughtful way to go about it, considering you are a complete unknown on the club and you refuse to divluge anything about yourself. If you are unable to do so because of military protocol or possible reprocussions then you should have stated so. Best wishes and if you are in the military stay safe.
Ron
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