Posted on 06/21/2005 7:23:29 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts recently granted three reporters broad access to his Navy service records, according to documents obtained by the New York Sun.
The privacy waivers signed by Mr. Kerry authorized the release of 'a single, one time copy of the complete military service record and medical records of John F. Kerry' to Glen Johnson of the Associated Press, Michael Kranish of the Boston Globe, and Stephen Braun of the Los Angeles Times.
The waivers, executed on a National Archives form known as a Standard From 180, also permitted an 'undeleted report' of any discharges of any discharges ever granted to Mr. Kerry. The undeleted reports would include the 'character' of any discharge, the form indicates.
The Navy provided copies of the privacy waivers to the New York Sun in response to a Freedom of Information Act request.
A spokesman for Mr. Kerry rebuffed the Sun's request for access to the service and medical files released to the other three news organizations.
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
If you look at the form, he only releases his active duty records. He didn't fill in the section for reserve service. The monkey business about the discharge would have been during his reserve service.
Okay .. I knew it wasn't a full release. Thanks.
Pure, unadulterated, bulls#it!
I thought it was a pretty slick move, almost as good as something Slick Willy would come up with.
I know this will be a stupid question, but:
Why isn't the press (and why didnt they during the election) filin Freedom of Information Act requests for Kerry's Navy files, like they did repeatedly for Bush's TANG records?
At the risk of insulting God's involvement in making all of us . . . with apologies and a request for a special dispensation . . .
what creature in this time/space dimension
shaped the pile of frozen horse biscuits into the ugly excuse for a sentient creature known as SKERRY?
What a pile of stinky . . . BS.
Well .. Kerry could have either forced the three to pay to get the documents .. or he paid them after they agreed to give him a favorable story and leave out anything bad.
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