Comments here are not Off-the-Record

Jim,
I am the alleged terrorist________arrested at________VAMC_______for an allegedly making a terrorist threat. I am on bond awaiting trial.
As a service connected disabled veteran I have been a veterans’ advocate for several years and don’t even have a traffic citation to my name. I have never threatened anyone in my life!
This arrest is payback for my complaints to the US Congress, concerning the_______VAMC. The facts clearly point to abuse of power by the VA police acting on behalf of the station director and young acting chief of staff.
Call me if you are interested in my story in complete confidence. What I share with you must remain in total confidence by you until the matter is resolved in court, but one vet to another I need to discuss what has happened, it is a tragic story of payback and I am innocent of the charges. My home: _____________
Reply:
I understand your frustration. However...I have a hard time discussing it with you and promising that I won't report on it.
I'm not sure I can do "complete confidence" and have anything left to work with. You do understand, I report stuff like this. I write about it and I tell other veterans so that maybe they can avoid the same problems. When you share experiences with me and I pass them on, we help others.
If anyone writes to me and there is no previous agreement to be “off the record” then anything offered to me in an email is mine to use. There is no reasonable expectation of privacy when you write to a person who you know write stories and then publishes them on a popular Internet web site.
I’ll be happy to listen to your story anytime that you decide I can use what I learn.