Like the bloggers that revealed the forged documents on CBS? Or the ones that dug up JFKerry's past?
The bloggers who exposed the forged memos and dug up dirt on John Kerry were:
1) Dealing with matters that had been thrust into the public arena by CBS (via its broadcast) and by George Bush and John Kerry when they chose to run for public office, thus legally giving up much of their right to privacy (if a court finds you to be a "public figure" which these men obviously are, a whole different set of rules apply, re slander, libel, use of image, etc.).
2) They were not getting information from a public official who was divulging private information that s/he had access to only as a result of the position. Some long-retired secretary of a long deceased military officer sharing her vague memories about matters involving someone who is now President of the United States by his own choice, is hardly comparable to a judge currently involved in a very private family dispute sharing "breaking news" on the matter with any stranger who calls up and asks for it. Most of the information on John Kerry was either from public records that were legally available, or from private citizens recalling events in their own past and choosing to make those recollections public.
"Like the bloggers that revealed the forged documents on CBS? Or the ones that dug up JFKerry's past?"
Or Geo. Bush didn't serve out his term in the Natl. Guard and did cocaine? Phhhhtttt