IN a day when HIPAA laws prohibit clergy from asking a member of their congregation, "How are you doing?" one can make the claim that privacy laws should apply to military personnel as well.
Many of the soldiers are struggling with the psychological issues of going from a very healthy adult to being disabled, and any protection from the public gaze is understandable.
Certainly, the last thing you'd want to do is to parade them through a bunch of protesters, and have their images used in anti-war protests.
This could well be a HIPAA violation.