[Tallguy]

To answer your question: I don't know. There were so many different aspects of the "Tailhook Scandal" it was hard to figure out exactly what the crimes were. The one event that sticks out in my mind was the molestation of the female aviator, which was inexcuseable.

The investigation went overboard when they siezed the hotel records and started investigations on all active duty personnel that were listed as registered guests. It is my understanding that nobody could place Cdr. Stumpf at the scene of the assault. In my opinion, that's lazy police work and it lead to a media witch-hunt.

[an amused spectator]

...it lead to a media witch-hunt.

You have to remember several things:

• The Tailhook "scandal" took place in September, 1991
• the "scandal" came to full flower under the Democrat-controlled House, Senate, White House, and mainstream media in 1992-1993
• this "scandal" was necessary to politicize the Navy
• Both House and Senate were controlled by the Democrats until Nov 1994
• The Democrat media was not countered by entities like a powerful Free Republic until late 1997