Re: A Reporter Questions Rokke

[BobCherry@AOL.COM]

In a message dated 7/15/2003 10:27:04 AM Central Daylight Time, 

William.Tuttle@MED.VA.GOV writes:



> I trust the remark "I would like to see someone from the VA or DOD or 

> somewhere that has access to his personal records challenge him" was tongue in 

> cheek.  Merely looking at personal medical records for unofficial reasons can 

> get you fired at the VA (I know of a case where this is true).  I suspect 

> making this (personal medical information) public would subject you to a big 

> lawsuit.

>   

> In my opinion, comments like this, even if in jest, are not appropriate.

> 



William:



I hope you noticed that I skirted Mr. Stanford's suggestions. Mr. Stanford is 

not a government employee and may not realize, as you and I do, that what he 

proposed was illegal.



When I was Army Radiation Safety Officer, I never had access to Dr. Rokke's 

military personnel or medical records and never wanted to. 



In my official capacity, I did see both the initial and corrected versions of 

his bioassay results that DOE generated following an NTS DU exercise, but I 

have never discussed those results outside official channels. I have stated 

that Rokke has misrepresented both those results and his participation in the 

exercise (he was an uninvited observer with no official standing) and challenged 

him to prove otherwise. I cannot and will not do more than that.



Bob