Re: Real Example of privacy violation in THE US SENATE

[Lewis Lorton <llorton@hostnet.org>]

>In doing some reading the other night I came across a startling example of
a privacy violation in, of all places, Congress. 
>
>In 1989, during the John-Tower-for-Secretary-of-Defence, U.S. 
>Senate hearings, it was disclosed by several people, among 
>them an Air Force sergent, xxxxx xxxxxxx, that John Tower 
>had been allegedly seen 'drunk' at work on numerous occasions.
>
>Speaking of moral
>responsibility, ethics, and Personal responsibility, and CHARACTER, I cite
this example of the ways we, as a nation, so casually abuse our laws and
ethical boundaries, for personal or political gain, at the expense of
patient privacy and confidentiality.
>
If naming this person in public testimony by Senator Tower is an egregious
breach of  "moral responsibility, ethics, and Personal responsibility, and
CHARACTER", why did  METRA1001@aol.com commit the same offense? 

Even privacy advocates don't always have the fine-tuned senses for avoiding
mistakes, it seems. 

L Lorton