[Brilliant]

Did he report it to the authorities?

[Free ThinkerNY]

No. I suppose he forgot to mention it to them.

[Howlin]

No.

[new cruelty]

I suppose that depends on whether he was there- before he wasn't there.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Give a scroundrel even one small morsel of praise if you can.

In this case, it is probably true that he voted against action and resigned. But methinks first and foremost in his mind was not so much the safety of US officials, but the fact that he had his eye on a Congressional seat the following year, and this would "go down bad for him and his career." So he bailed out.

But several questions: Why lie about having been there, and secondly, why did he not assist the police and Secret Service in breaking up the actions of the more radical faction? Disturbing.

[P-Marlowe]

Kerry was an officer in the Naval Reserve at that time. He was still under an oath to defend against all enemies foreign and domestic. Regardless of any other activities he was engaged in, he violated his oath (not to mention the law) when he participated in this meeting and did not report it to the FBI.