[ridesthemiles]

I read that Kerry had his records sealed.

How can he do that? Who does he apply to? Who grants that happening? Now, it sounds even more fishy.

[GeronL]

where is that link to the picture of YOUNG Kerry with the real JFK on the boat???

[longtermmemmory]

Do we want to eliminate kerry before Supertuesday? What about edwards?

[Mo1]

How can he do that? Who does he apply to? Who grants that happening? Now, it sounds even more fishy.

When the Boston Globe did their story they requested to see his military records and Kerry denied the request

It's my understanding that because of personal information that are in these records they can't just be released to anyone

[etcb]

I have no doubt that his individual service records are subject to the Privacy Act, but the after action reports and award recommendations should be contained in the unit records. Those records are not subject to his or any other individual service member's control. Since all of these boats have been retired and the units disbanded, the records should be archived somewhere. It would be a matter of tracing the command structure for the riverboats and making a detailed Freedom of Information Act request for the appropriate time period. Very little happens in the military that is not documented in some way.