Editing Swift Vets and POWs for Truth (section)

===Disclosure of documents===
During the campaign, SBVT criticized Kerry for not signing a [[SF-180|Standard Form 180]] authorizing general public access to his Navy personnel records.<ref name="sbvtfaq">{{cite web|title=Frequently Asked Questions|work=self-published|publisher=Swift Vets and POWs for Truth|date=2004-06-30|url=http://horse.he.net/~swiftpow/index.php?topic=FAQ|access-date=2007-04-03}}</ref> Kerry responded that the documents were posted on his website.<ref name="recordsindicate">{{cite news|last=Scarborough|first=Rowan|title=Records indicate Kerry did his duty|work=Washington Times|date=2004-10-18|url=http://washingtontimes.com/national/20041018-124856-1545r.htm|access-date=2007-04-03}}</ref> In May 2005, Kerry confirmed his signing of the SF-180 form permitting release of his service records and medical records to reporters from the ''[[Boston Globe]]'', the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and the [[Associated Press]];<ref name="sawitherefirst">{{cite web|title=The caveat emperor |work=The Boston Globe |date=2005-06-24 |url=https://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/05/24/the_caveat_emperor/ |access-date=2007-04-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050526005326/http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/05/24/the_caveat_emperor/ |archive-date=2005-05-26 }}</ref> he refused a request by the ''[[New York Sun]]'' for access to the records.<ref name="kerrygrants">{{cite news|last=Gerstein|first=Josh|title=Kerry Grants Three Reporters Broad Access to Navy Records|work=NY Sun|date=2005-06-21|url=http://www.nysun.com/article/15790|access-date=2007-04-03}}</ref> The ''Boston Globe'' and ''Los Angeles Times'' reported that the records largely duplicated what Kerry had released during the campaign.<ref name="globekerryallows">{{cite news|last=Kranish|first=Michael|title=Kerry allows Navy release of military, medical records|work=Boston Globe|date=2005-06-07|url=https://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/07/kerry_allows_navy_release_of_military_medical_records/|access-date=2007-04-03}}</ref><ref name="timeskerryreleases">{{cite news|last=Braun|first=Stephen|title=Kerry Makes His Military, Medical File Available|newspaper=LA Times|pages=A17|date=2005-06-08|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/850613301.html?dids=850613301:850613301&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+8%2C+2005&author=Stephen+Braun&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.17&desc=THE+NATION|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001004545/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/850613301.html?dids=850613301:850613301&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+8,+2005&author=Stephen+Braun&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&edition=&startpage=A.17&desc=THE+NATION|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2007|access-date=2007-04-04}}</ref>

SBVT members also criticized Kerry for not releasing his own private journals and letters. However, SBVT members themselves refused to release documents. For example, a journal by another of the Swift boat commanders and the relevant Navy records of some of the SBVT members involved in specific allegations have not been released.<ref name="acctsincomplete"/>

The [[White House]] refused to release records detailing any [[George W. Bush administration|Bush administration]] contacts with prominent individuals associated with SBVT. The denied [[Freedom of Information Act (United States)|Freedom of Information Act]] request was filed on August 24, 2007 by [[Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/19140 |title=CREW FOIAs White House Contacts With Swift Boat Veterans Group |publisher=Citizensforethics.org |access-date=2010-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429180814/http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/19140 |archive-date=April 29, 2007 }}</ref>