Except the information in question supposedly isn't private. Obama is claiming to have already released it with his jpg, so all the DOH would be doing is confirming the legitimacy of that information. If that information is truly private, the UIPA protects the release of such information when there is a public interest. The DOH has admitted there is an unprecedented public interest. We really don't need to make unnecessary excuses.
12/19/10
Public Statement from Commander Charles Kerchner:
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LTC Terry Lakin stood up for us all in his effort to support and defend the Constitution.
The Congress has failed him when he wrote letters as a soldier to Congress people asking for a Congressional Inquiry into Obama’s exact legal identity like that same Congress investigated John McCain. The Congress did nothing.
The legal system in the USA both civilian and military failed him.
He has now paid the price for his courage. As I write this he is imprisoned in Ft. Leavenworth in Kansas starting a sentence of six months.
His wife was a stay at home mom raising their three young children. As part of his punishment he has lost all pay and benefits and any future retirement opportunities.
Upon release from prison he will be dismissed from the Army.
We must now stand up and financially support Terry Lakin and his family in his moment of need.
Please visit this website and make a financial contribution large or small to this specialized fund dedicated to supporting Terry and his family while he is imprisoned. I have.
http://www.TerryLakinActionFund.com/
I thank you in advance for any help you can give.
Sincerely,
CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret)
Lehigh Valley PA USA
http://www.ProtectOurLiberty.org/
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com/2010/12/free-terry-lakin-video-eyewitnesses.html
You are making the mistake I have repeatedly pointed out with regards to HIPAA. The individual can make anything public he wants, but the state is still obliged to protect the information, (as is a hospital.) And your (or my) version of “public interest” is not taken into account. It is the legal version or that specified in the statutes.
Examples for HIPAA might be releasing information to close contacts of someone with a highly communicable disease, for instance. “The public wants to know,” doesn’t count, or they’d have to release every detail of Lindsay Lohan’s hospitalization.