Audio: Tailhook Whistle Blower Speaks Live on First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross
WJCT interviews for Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Paula Coughlin-Puopolo: There is a pervasive culture in our military where...
PRESS RELEASE: General Welsh Blames Troops for Sexual Assault Epidemic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2013 Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com *** PRESS RELEASE *** GENERAL WELSH BLAMES TROOPS FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT...
Chief of Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention Unit Charged with Sexual Assault
Noel Brinkerhoff and Danny Biederman report AllGov.com: At the Tuesday Senate hearing, Gen. Welsh dismissed a suggestion by Sen. Kristen...
Int’l Business Times: US Air Force Brochure Tells Sexual Assault Victims ‘It May Be Advisable To Submit”
Zoe Mintz reports for International Business Times on Protect Our Defenders Communications Director Brian Purchia: “This brochure is just the...
Video: Susan Burke on MSNBC
MSNBC interviews Protect Our Defenders collaborator attorney Susan Burke: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the...
Susan Burke on MSNBC / Interview Transcript
TRANSCRIPT OF MSNBC SUSAN BURKE INTERVIEW 05/07/2013 MSNBC May 7, 2013 Tuesday SHOW: ALL IN with CHRIS HAYES 8:00 PM...
LA Times: Pentagon Reports Sharp Rise in Military Sexual Assaults
David S. Cloud reports for Los Angeles Times on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: Nancy Parrish, president of Protect...
Military Sex Assaults Rising 35% Bring Calls to Revamp System
David Lerman reports for Bloomberg on Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish: “The military system today is the equivalent of...
New York Times: America’s Military Injustice
Maureen Dowd reports for the New York Times: “To dismiss violent rapes as part of the hook-up culture shows a...
Susan Burke: If the Military Fails to Prosecute Sexual Assault, There Will Be More Rapes
Current TV interviews Protect Our Defenders Advocacy Committee Member Colleen Bushnell and POD collaborator attorney Susan Burke: Read the accompanying article.
Military Sex Assaults Jump by More Than 1/3
Sig Christenson reports for the San Antonio Express-News: The Pentagon estimates in a new report that the number of troops...
Military Sex Assaults Surged in 2012
Gretel C. Kovach reports for the San Diego Union-Tribune: Including those who did not disclose it to military commanders, the...
Criminal Charges Aside, the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention Program Advises Victims To Submit
J.D. Tuccille writes for Hit & Run Blog on Protect Our Defenders Communications Director Brian Purchia: This is advice to...
Wired Magazine: Air Force Brochure Tells Sexual Assault Victims to ‘Submit’
Spencer Ackerman reports for Wired: Fully 94 percent of mid-career to senior officers who declined to report their sexual assault...
Finally, Word From the Top on Rape in the Military
The SF Gate Editorial Board reports on Protect Our Defenders and our Honorary Chair Rep. Jackie Speier: Pentagon research has...