The suggestions from "knows somebody who knows somebody" is that this boy didn't really want to be on the trip, because it turned out his closest friends didn't go. Speculation is that he might have wanted to cause a stir because of being "odd man out" with the other boys. Nothing is definite; third-hand etc. discussions.
The latest data make me wonder if he might not have called somebody on a cell phone to get him. (I know boys aren't supposed to have cell phones on outings, but his troop seems to have blown off some very important rules!) Are his parents together, I wonder, or divorced?
If we're all still FReepin' when Bill gets his Eagle, he'll expect a Scouting antique, too :-).
I've talked with Bill and my husband about your opinion on younger boys' doing Eagle projects, and Bill thinks it makes sense. He's talking now about being an Eagle Scout when he's 16, instead of 14. I'm sure it's relevant that the Coolest Senior Patrol Leader on Earth ("Would you like to marry my daughter, young man?") is currently working on his Eagle at 17!
Antique? Now you're making me feel old! In my defense, the Iraqi patches were from 2005-2006! I'll admit they were pretty cool -- if I remember correctly, proceeds of the patches were used to turn Saddam Hussein's old secret police headquarters into the national headquarters of the new Boy Scouts of Iraq.
I have to go back to my private mails, because I know I promised your oldest son something SPECIFIC when he made Eagle. It wasn't just an "I'll send something." Freep me if you remember what it was.