Unaware of the historical meaning of the term , the NIS believed that there actually was some woman named Dorothy at the center of a massive ring of homosexual military personnel , so they launched an enormous and futile hunt for the elusive `` Dorothy '' , hoping to find her and convince her to reveal the names of gay servicemembers .
Unaware of the historical meaning of the term , the NIS believed that a woman named Dorothy was at the center of a massive ring of homosexual military personnel .