Written and artistic works are a different matter.
Never the less, she did publish this work as a thesis. Is not a thesis open for examination? Sure the university held it during Bubba's term, but it is out in the wild now, and it is not being used to "make money" by publishing some elses work as your own (like any sane person would claim this tripe as their own). Furthermore, I would consider such a paper to be insightful into the mind of one who would be president.
So Charles, consider the paper's dissemination on the net as a public service and "fair use".
Kerry’s service records would be considered the same way, but he had to approve their release. The way to get such information to the public is to publicly embarrass the candidate into approving the release of the information, not leaking it or publishing it without permission.