I was too lazy to register to read the story, otherwise I would have emailed Kranish and said what about the 100 documents the Navy said it couldn't release without Kerry's consent you got those too did you Mikey boy?
the theory works for me, that Kerry was less than honourably discharged for his actions, going to Paris and negotiating with the enemy when he was still a commissioned officer and of course without authorization from the US government
he deserved greater punishment, his behaviour was arguably treasonous, but Nixon likely didn't want to make Kerry a martyr
there was some speculation too that a LHD precludes one from holding office as well....
Kerry got lucky with the Carter amnesty
You don't need to register to read the Boston Globe.
I never registered and it comes up fine.
Try it.