In message <9303091453.AA11794@lambda.msfc.nasa.gov.msfc.nasa.gov> you write:

[ 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:

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.

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