What to do about a cyber stalker? [View All]

[scottcsmith]

One of my pet projects is the exposure of people who falsely claim to be combat veterans. There are many people who are taking advantage of the current war in an effort to deceive others.

There was one fellow on a news group who claimed to be a retired Army colonel. At first I believed him, but he began to lose credibility when he made some outlandish claims regarding his pension. So, I decided to check out his story with the U.S. Army's record center in St. Louis. As I expected, this individual did not have an Army record.

After exposing the fraud, I received what I take to be a threat, in the form of a message posted to the news group. The person I had exposed mentioned my web site, and how angry "veterans" had written to me. He said he was going to post my actual mailing address. Here's part of the post (and yes, this guy writes about himself in the third person):

"The Colonel will be monitoring his site for further developments. In an upcoming post, The Colonel will be providing Scott's actual mailing address so that the real vets he trashes on his web page can personally get in touch with him to address their concerns."

Now, I took that as a threat against me and my family. I reported the e-mail to his ISP. I'm wondering if he crossed the line with that post and inched his way close to a felony. Any thoughts?