Junior Sailor Busted Trying to Look Up Biden’s Health Record
A junior sailor tried to illegally access President Joe Biden’s health records in an internal database, the Navy revealed Tuesday, as scrutiny on the president’s mental and physical fitness reached fever pitch.
The unidentified sailor was looking through the military’s electronic health records on Feb. 23 when he searched “Joseph Biden” three times, ABC News reported.
Three days later, the Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Fort Belvoir was notified of “an unauthorized access to medical records by an active-duty service member,” the U.S. Navy said in a statement. “A Sailor assigned to NMRTC Fort Belvoir searched the name ‘Joseph Biden’ in MHS Genesis, the Military Health System's electronic health record, out of curiosity. A co-worker reported the Sailor’s breach of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).”