After an exhausting session with Victoria's Secret Police, fudog50
confessed the following:

On Tue, 18 May 2004 05:41:45 GMT, in rec.aviation.military you wrote:

While you may be protected by laws, what you are doing and
posting is certainly subject to scrutiny by any country at war,
especially your own.....

Say what? Awww fer cryin' out loud...

Ok, it's cool you know how to intercept military unencrypted
ATC comms, but does anyone other than an adversary really care???

Ummm since when are ATC communications with FAA centers sensitive?
Afraid that some bad guy will find out F-16s use the Avon Park
bombing range?

Lots of people do this stuff out of curiosity and "wannabe"
pshyches. But they don't post it to the world and make it easier for
potential adversaries to map our techniques. Let them spend the time
and money to do it.

Map our techniques? I'd be willing to bet you never actually practiced
these "techniques" you're worried about. Guess you'll want magazines
like Air Forces Monthly, Air Combat, AW&ST classified...hell Air
Combat publishes a yearly AOB issue. Hell better get the AF to stop
publishing Airman magazine too. Better arrest Guy Alcala for "the good
of the nation," he knows waay too much. [Guy blame me if you get a
vacation to Gitmo...]

Just remember, that military ship/aircraft movements during
peacetime are sensitive and that during war are classified. What you
are doing is definitely gray area stuff and warrants looking into.

Oh piffle, gray area my happy ass. Airplanes takeoff and land at
Patrick AFB...whoopee. I'd be worried about some evil-doer[tm] reading
an airline timetable and hosing off RPGs or MANPADS rounds at a
"whale."

You have been reported to NCIS. When something smells bad, it
usually is, not always. Hope you have nothing to fear, however you
will most certainly be investigated. You might not ever know. Then
again, you might? Standby.

Boy I bet that's got him scared now. Maybe the agent that "catches"
your report will be smart enough to roll her eyes and note your
paranoia, then again she just might think you're on to something
(that'd be very scary).

But at least Allan left his URL so it'll be harder for the secret
squirrel types to find him, finding me will be harder KOOL NI TS LUAP
ATOSENNIM REDNU "P" NI EHT ENOHP KOOB. [just in case you're
tumbleweed, KOOL = look, NI = in...]

Juvat