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Military’s ‘Restricted Reporting’ Draws Fire

By John Lasker ● Politics ● February 9, 2011

A Defense Department official says a new recourse option for victims of military sex assault is encouraging more to seek care and maintain privacy. Critics call it a military cop out that lets perpetrators go free and lets commanders off the hook.

Mother of One Dead Soldier Suspects Sex Assault

By John Lasker ● Politics ● December 17, 2010

At least 20 female soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan in “noncombat” circumstances that their families find mysterious. The mother of one talks here about why she thinks sexual violence–not suicide–was her daughter’s real killer.