She drove about 1/3 of the way across the country to confront / intimidate / assault someone, using a "disguise" that was about on the same level as Groucho Marx glasses (and in her own car, I think), and had at least some expectation of getting away with the scheme.

I mean no insult to officers or astronauts, but on the bell curve of intelligence for these groups, Lisa Nowak's data point is waaaay to the left side. Two-percenters like her are why NASA felt it had to publish a code of ethics for its astronauts.