I would like to se an actual errata to the egagement rules as the current FAQ (and e-mail ruling) clearly goes against what the RRG says. It's not just a clearification, it's a compleate change of the rule.
"When a squadron attacks, it must attack a
n engagedsquadron if possible rather than an enemy ship."
A change like above would make it clear how to handle both snipe and obstruction without having to add an other FAQ-entry for yet an other special case (unless ofcource they don't want Snipe to work that way).
So you must attack an obstructed squadron before a ship in that case? What is the point of Intel? You completely change the game with that errata.