[Fantasywriter]

How does FERPA explain the fact that Bush’s, Kerry’s and Gore’s college records are readily available?

[4Zoltan]

Bush’s were leaked to the New Yorker.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1999/11/08/dept-of-aptitude-walexandra-robbins

Kerry’s were included in his US Navy record obtained by the Boston Globe

http://archive.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/06/07/yale_grades_portray_kerry_as_a_lackluster_student/

It isn’t completely clear how the Washington Post obtained Gore’s without his permission.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/03/19/gores-grades-belie-image-of-studiousness/5da4b9e3-a017-4dd5-9bb5-bfc68f0b4eb5/?utm_term=.af04e8f39286