other than that its easy to squelch people if you need to.
Vital infomation? Dont make me laugh sir! I'm sure the world will keep spinning no matter if we know about the goon parked near P42 or not, or that A236 is de-acked.
Well, vital info for other people
You're right, I don't think there's anything WE would need, on a regular basis anyway. But I'm sure some of the base taking / mission-type squads could use it, though.
As far as squelching... I'm an optimist, but I'd kind of like to think most POTW are people I'd like to get to know in-game, and I can't do much of that by squelching the whole group!
Anyway, my point here is there seems to be some wiggle room for compromise... If both sides are willing.