[ disclaimer: I don't work on classified projects anymore. My experience as an aircraft mechanic is with helicopters. I read a lot. ] I believe that the recent anonymous "whistle" purporting to reveal information about the F-117A aircraft: a) didn't reveal any "real" information, and in fact contained several factual errors. For example, the Tacit Rainbow program has been cancelled for some time. Flight characteristics of the F-117A are very similar to the A-7, which is markedly subsonic. b) created the appearance of distributing classified information. Whistleblowing on fraud/waste/abuse is one thing. Disclosing classified information, however- especially when it's not relevant to revealing fraud, waste, or abuse- is probably not a good way to keep the whisteblower group safe from the Three-Letter Gang. c) created the appearance that the whistleblowers group is for posting anything too "sensitive" for normal, attributed posting. I didn't think it was; from reading this list, I thought it was for blowing the whistle- not blowing smoke. Perhaps a charter for alt.whistleblowers was posted, and I missed it. If not, I submit that we should try to develop one. Regards, -Paul -- Paul Robichaux, KD4JZG | May explode if disposed of improperly. Mission Software Development Div. | I'm not white- I'm Euro-American. New Technology, Inc. | RIPEM key on request.