Senator slams military leaders over Facebook pornography scandal

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand blasted military leaders on Tuesday over a pornography scandal involving thousands of marines sharing nude photos — some of active servicemembers and veterans — in a private Facebook group. 

"Who has been held responsible? Have you actually investigated and found guilty anybody?" she asked leaders of the Navy and Marines at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.

"Where's the accountability for failure? Who is being held accountable for doing nothing since 2013? Who? Which commander?"

Gillibrand likely mentioned 2013 because that's the year she tried to push through a bill that would have taken the ability to deal with sexual assault cases from military commanders and handed it to military prosecutors. Though the bill didn't pass, Gillibrand became known as the Senate's most vigorous defender of the military's victims of sexual assault.  Read more...

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