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Kerry's medical records: still not released to the public
Limited Release
One hundred forty-two days ago, John Kerry* promised to release his military records. Two weeks ago the Boston Globe reported he had done so. But it turns out, as the New York Sun reports today, that he did not release them to the public:
The privacy waivers signed by Mr. Kerry authorized the release of "a single, one time copy of the complete military service record and medical record 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.
Power Line has copies of the forms Kerry signed, but not the documents released to the three reporters. We'd have to say Kerry has fallen short of his promise to Tim Russert, which was: "I'd be happy to put the records out." That suggests making them public, not limiting access to a select group of reporters.
Meanwhile, CNN reports that "President Bush said Tuesday that he will visit Vietnam in 2006 to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit." Kerry spent much of last year's campaign criticizing Bush for not going to Vietnam, but now it appears the president may do so before Kerry makes his military records public.
*_The haughty, French-looking Massachusetts Democrat, who by the way served in Vietnam.
- Opinion Journal
(Well, it looks like Vietnam veteran JK is as slick as "Slick Willie". I wonder what his definiton of "is" is?)
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