The Kerry campaign is complaining about access to intelligence briefings, a help normally provided to major Presidential candidates by incumbents. According to Dana Milbank in the Washington Post

Those on Bush's side say the Kerry campaign is insisting on having briefings outside of Washington —— a hardship for top CIA officials during a time of heightened threats —— and is demanding that an unusually large number of Kerry advisers be permitted to participate in the highly classified sessions. Those on Kerry's side say it is the Bush administration that has been slow to deal with the logistics, including security clearances, needed for the briefings.

It seems to me that the Senator has a job in Washington, DC. If he bothered to report to work from time to time, instead of vacationing in Idaho, he easily arrange the requitie briefing in a secure facility.

Posted by Thomas  8 19 04