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Tremonton cop investigated for sexual exploitation

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:37:02 MDT

Tremonton cop investigated for sexual exploitation

By Michael McFall The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 18, 2013 05:37PM MDT

A Tremonton City police officer is under investigation for sexual exploitation of a minor. Paul Murphy, spokesman for the Utah Attorney General’s Office, confirmed Tuesday that the office is investigating the case but could not comment further, since the investigation is ongoing. Murphy said the officer has already been arrested on suspicion of the charge, but was unsure of when that occurred. The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story as more information is available. mmcfall@sltrib.comTwit...

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SWAT standoff ensues in West Jordan as abuse suspect refuses to surrender

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:00:57 MDT

SWAT standoff ensues in West Jordan as abuse suspect refuses to surrender

By Janelle Stecklein The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 17, 2013 04:00PM MDT

A West Jordan SWAT team surrounded the home of a sexual abuse suspect, only to discover hours later that he had escaped. West Jordan police Sgt. Dan Roberts said officers tried about 8 a.m. to serve a first-degree felony arrest warrant near 1980 W. 7420 South. The warrant accused the man of sexual abuse of a child. One of the officers said he saw a man, who looked like the suspect, go back into his house. No one would answer the door or the phone, and officers discovered by 2 p.m. that no one wa...

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Movie review: Assange hard to pin down in ‘We Steal Secrets’

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:53:08 MDT

Movie review: Assange hard to pin down in ‘We Steal Secrets’

By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 14, 2013 06:53PM MDT

In his new documentary, “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,” Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney (“Taxi to the Dark Side”) tries to construct a portrait of one of the most intriguing and confounding characters in recent global history — and completely fails at the task. Part of this is the fault of the subject, Julian Assange, the charismatic and enigmatic founder of the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks. Gibney did not interview Assange for the film, though he tried. Late in the movie, Gi...

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House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill with new punishments for sexual assault

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:19:49 MDT

House passes sweeping $638 billion defense bill with new punishments for sexual assault

By DONNA CASSATA and RICHARD LARDNER The Associated Press

Updated Jun 14, 2013 06:19PM MDT

Washington • The House overwhelmingly passed a sweeping, $638 billion defense bill on Friday that imposes new punishments on members of the armed services found guilty of rape or sexual assault as outrage over the crisis in the military has galvanized Congress. Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House voted 315-108 for the legislation, which would block President Barack Obama from closing the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and limit his efforts to red...

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Bill to revamp military justice system faces uphill fight

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:31:08 MDT

Bill to revamp military justice system faces uphill fight

By DONNA CASSATA and RICHARD LARDNER The Associated Press

Updated Jun 11, 2013 08:31PM MDT

Washington • Ambitious legislation to stanch the growing number of sexual assaults in the armed forces by overhauling the military justice system faces an uncertain future due to vigorous objections from senior Defense Department leaders and key members of Congress who are concerned the proposed changes go too far. The bill crafted by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., cleared an important hurdle Tuesday when the Senate Armed Services personnel subcommittee that she chairs approved the measure. B...

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Enablers of sexual assault in U.S. military

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:32:02 MDT

Enablers of sexual assault in U.S. military

The Miami Herald

Updated Jun 10, 2013 04:32PM MDT

The following editorial appeared Friday in The Miami Herald: Sexual assault in the military is a crime. Cluelessness should be, too. Then, perhaps, the gaggle of gob-smacked military leaders who appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee this week — and their enablers on the committee — could be prosecuted, convicted and sent on their way. And we’d be left with officials, both bemedaled and elected, who really want to come down hard on this scourge. Unfortunately, the takeaway from T...

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Female 2-star heads Air Force sex abuse prevention

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:51:20 MDT

Female 2-star heads Air Force sex abuse prevention

By ROBERT BURNS The Associated Press

Updated Jun 7, 2013 08:51PM MDT

Washington • The Air Force has put a female two-star general in charge of a beefed-up office responsible for sexual assault prevention and response, elevating its status at a time of increasing political pressure to crack down on sexual abuses. Maj. Gen. Margaret H. Woodward, who ran the U.S. portion of the allied air campaign over Libya in 2011 and is one of the Air Force’s brightest stars, is running the reorganized office. She will report to the vice chief of the Air Force. The move won prai...

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Man pleads guilty in sexual assaults at University of Utah

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:21:32 MDT

Man pleads guilty in sexual assaults at University of Utah

By Marissa Lang The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated Jun 8, 2013 12:21PM MDT

The 32-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting several women on the University of Utah campus in 2011 pleaded guilty to felony charges Friday. Gary W. Fotheringham pleaded guilty in 3rd District Court to three counts of attempted forcible sexual abuse, third-degree felonies that each carry a sentence of up to five years in prison. In exchange for his plea, prosecutors dropped two counts of misdemeanor voyeurism. At a preliminary hearing last year, the alleged victims testified against Fothe...

Capehart: A dispute where both are right

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:01:05 MDT

Capehart: A dispute where both are right

By Johnathan Capehart The Washington Post

Updated Jun 7, 2013 01:01AM MDT

By Jonathan Capehart The Washington Post. First lady Michelle Obama wasn’t having it — and I don’t blame her. Lesbian activist Ellen Sturtz wasn’t having it — and, well, I don’t blame her, either. Obama was speaking passionately about children at a Democratic Party fundraiser Tuesday night when Sturtz heckled her about the president’s lack of action on ending discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) federal employees. Obama was not pleased. In audio of the incident,...

Dowd: Scourge of sexual assault in the military

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 15:39:20 MDT

Dowd: Scourge of sexual assault in the military

By MAUREEN DOWD The New York Times

Updated Jun 5, 2013 03:39PM MDT

WASHINGTON — You see glistening mermaid sightings on Animal Planet more than you catch glimpses of vintage John McCain on Capitol Hill. But there he was Tuesday, succinctly saying what needed to be said about the scourge of sexual assault cases in the military. Looking grimly at the ribbon-bedecked white male heads of all the services, testifying before the Armed Services Committee, McCain scolded: “Just last night a woman came to me and said her daughter wanted to join the military and could I ...

Lawmakers demand crackdown on sex assault in military

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:45:19 MDT

Lawmakers demand crackdown on sex assault in military

By Craig Whitlock The Washington Post

Updated Jun 4, 2013 09:45PM MDT

Washington • The uniformed chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, flanked by dozens of junior officers, jammed into a Senate hearing room Tuesday to field hours of uncomfortable, sometimes withering questions from lawmakers about an epidemic of sexual assaults. Senators from both parties made clear they are fed up with years of sex-crime scandals despite repeated declarations from military leaders of “zero tolerance” for sexual abuse. Drawing a wide arc from the Navy...