I have had, for example, AVM Mike Knight AOC 1 Group during the Falklands War, and ACM Sir Sandy Wilson AOC in C RAFG during the Gulf War both pressing me, as their professional adviser, for an opinion that I was not qualified to give, let alone half a hundred Staish's such as Mickey Martin [RAF Nicosia]. All the latter got was a fag and a light ..... he was always on the scrounge in Met and Ops.
Not much mileage for any of them.
I maintain my stance of "I don't know, nobody knows, therefore the verdict was an affront to both the rules and justice".