Huffington Post: James Taranto, WSJ Writer: Military Sexual Assault Investigations Becoming A ‘War On Men’
The Huffington Post Media reports: A Wall Street Journal columnist drew some heat on Tuesday for declaring that recent investigations...
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US Naval Academy Case – Coverage Compilation
Three football players at the US Naval Academy accused of sexual assault may face charges soon. Attorney Susan Burke, with whom...
Time: The Fulcrum of Sexual Assault in the Military
Time magazine writes: Experts say sexual violence isn’t about sex as much as it is about power. That may help explain...
CNN: Daughters and moms now consider rape before applying to military
CNN reports: Shabren Kurtz-Russ wanted to join the military to start a family tradition. Her mother and father served in...
Washington Post: Naval Academy football players face charges over alleged 2012 rape
Washington Post talks to Susan Burke, lawyer for the assault victim and Protect Our Defenders collaborator: The charges follow a...
Navy Times: Academy football players face Article 32 for alleged assault
Navy Times talks to Protect Our Defenders’ partner, Susan Burke: Vice Adm. Michael Miller, the superintendent of the Naval Academy,...
[VIDEO] CBS News: Naval Academy student speaks out on alleged rape by three classmates
CBS news reports: A recent Pentagon survey found that 26,000 assaults took place in the military last year, and one...
Time: Apologies Instead of Action
Time magazine reports: One would think that when the Joint Chiefs of Staff and members of their staffs took their...
Houston Chronicle: Lake Jackson recruiter sentenced to 27 years in military sex assault scandal
The Houston Chronicle reports: SAN ANTONIO – A Houston area Air Force recruiter was sentenced Friday to 27 years in prison...
San Antonio Express News: Victims are grilled in military sex-assault investigations
San Antonio Express News reports: “The rights of victims are commonly being trampled,” said Nancy Parrish, president of the victim...
Washington Post Op-Ed: Military brass wins on sexual assault bill
Washington Post Editorial Board writes: THE HOPE that Congress would adopt bold measures to end the epidemic of sexual abuse...
[VIDEO] MSNBC: Military rape survivors sue US defense secretaries
Weekends with Alex Witt interviews Protect Our Defenders’ partner attorney Susan Burke about her suit against the Naval Academy: Attorney...
VIDEO: Australian Chief of Army Calls Out Sexually Exploitative Behavior, Telling Perpetrators to Get Out
Army Chief in Australia, Lieutenant-General David Morrison, commented on an ongoing investigation into explicit and derogatory emails circulated in the...
[VIDEO] CNN: Sexual assault in the military: a victim speaks
Christiane Amanpour interviews a sexual assault victim in the military.
[VIDEO] NBC News: Victim of alleged rape at Marine base: ‘I thought … I would be safe’
NBC news reports: A 23-year-old Washington, D.C. woman who alleges she was raped on a Marine Corps base just blocks...
Stars and Stripes: Wilkerson had affair that produced a child, Air Force confirms
Starts and Stripes reports: Lt. Col. James Wilkerson, whose aggravated sexual assault conviction was overturned by an Air Force lieutenant...
Air Force Times: Air Force confirms Wilkerson’s extra-marital affair
Air Force Times reports: A lieutenant colonel who saw his sexual assault conviction overturned in part because a three-star general...
STATEMENT: Protect Our Defenders Calls Senator Levin Amendment Ineffective
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Brian Purchia, , brian@protectourdefenders.com PROTECT OUR DEFENDERS CALLS SEN. LEVIN AMENDMENT INEFFECTIVE, DOES NOT ADDRESS CORE PROBLEM OF...
New York Times Editorial: A Failure on Military Sexual Assaults
The Editorial Board of the New York Times writes: The spate of alarming incidents in recent months underscoring the depth...
USA Today Editorial: Military sex assault victims get aspirin: Our view
USA Today Editorial Board writes: In the past few weeks, the Pentagon’s top brass and lawmakers of all stripes have...