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