>>> EGYPT IS BECOMING AN INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS PLACE.
FULL OF JOURNALISTS.
>> ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL REGIMES IN EGYPT'S HISTORY FOR
ANYONE THAT CHALLENGES AUTHORITY.
>> YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
>> THERE IS STILL A VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE UNITED
STATES.
>> I THINK PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS SOME DECISIONS TO MAKE.
>> A NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND SOLDIERS HAVE COME FORWARD
ALLEGING THEIR CRIMES WEREN'T PROPERLY INVESTIGATED.
>> DID WHATEVER I SAID GO IN ONE EAR OUT THE OTHER?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
>> THE SYSTEM ALLOWS FOR CASES TO BE COVERED UP.
>> YOU DON'T GET PROMOTED IF THERE'S CRIME WITHIN YOUR UNIT.
IT'S A DIFFERENT WAR NOW. AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
STILL IN CHARGE.
>> WE WANT JUSTICE!
>> FOR MONTHS WE'VE BEEN INVESTIGATING EGYPTS BRUTAL
CRACK DOWN SOURCES TELL US THE GOVERNMENT
IS SETTING UP ITS MISSION DEFIANCE OF ANYONE TO THE STATE.
SO WE'RE HEADED TO CAIRO WITH JUST OUR MOBILE PHONE INTO WHAT
MANY ARE CALLING ONE OF THE DARKEST PERIODS IN EGYPTS
HISTORY.
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING HERE AND WE'RE TAUNTED BY
AUTHORITIES SO WE'RE GOING TO BE KEEPING A VERY LOW PROFILE.
>> HELLO. WELCOME BACK.
HAVE A LOOK HERE.
>> WELCOME BACK. HA.
THAT'S MY FIRST TIME HERE.
>> TODAY AN ESTIMATED 60,000 POLITICAL PRISONERS ARE BEHIND
BARS IN EGYPT WITH REPORTS OF ARBITRARY DETENTION, MASS
TRIALS, EXECUTIONS AND FORCED DISAPPEARANCES
DISAPPEAR DISAPPEARANCES.
IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS.
JUST A DECADE AGO EGYPT ERUPTED IN MASS CELEBRATION
FOR THE ONE OVER THROWN AT THE HEIGHT OF THE ARAB SPRING.
PRO-DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT SWEPT THE REGION.
IN 2013 THE PRESIDENT SQUASHED THIS DEMOCRATIC EXPERIMENT
THROUGH A FULL-ON MILITARY COUP IN ONE OF THE WRORS MASSACRES IN
EGYPTS HISTORY, KILLING MORE THAN 900 PROTESTERS.ORST MASSACN
EGYPTS HISTORY, KILLING MORE THAN 900 PROTESTERS.
WORLD LEADERS BACK THE GENERAL FIGHTING EGYPT'S ROLE
AND AMERICA LEADS THE PACK. THE U.S. GIVES EGYPT $1.3
BILLION IN MILITARY AID EVERY YEAR, SECONDS ONLY TO ISRAEL.
IN 2019 DONALD TRUMP WENT AS FAR AS CALLING FCC HIS FAVORITE
DICTATE DICTATOR
DICTAT DICTATOR.
>> I KNOW YOU'VE APPRECIATED EVERYTHING WE'VE DONE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL JOE BIDEN TWEETS THERE WOULD BE NO
MORE BLANK CHECKS TO CC AND YET HE'S NEW ADMINISTRATION
CONTINUES TO STAND BY ITS MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH EGYPT
WHILE ON THE GROUND THINGS ARE DETERIORATING.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
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GOING TO TRY TO CROSS THROUGH.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHY WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM HERE?
WHAT'S THE REASON?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
>> IT'S A SECURITY PROBLEM.
>> WELCOME TO EGYPT.
>> IT'S REALLY CRAZY HOW THE MINUTE WE GOT THERE WE WERE
SURROUNDED. THIS REVOLUTION REPRESENTS
PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR THEIR LIFE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
THIS IS ALL ABOUT STOPPING IT FROM EVER HAPPENING
AGAIN.
>> WHILE THE REGIME OFTEN TARGETS ACTIVISTS, JOURNALISTS
AND POLITICAL OPPONENTS, THEIR RECENT RESPONSE TO A RAPE CASE
PROVED EVEN THEY'RE NOT SAFE IN EGYPT.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
>> IN 2014, AN 18-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS GANG RAPED IN A LUXURIOUS
HOTEL BUT AFTER REPORTING THE CASE LAST YEAR THINGS HAVE TAKEN
A TURN. SOME WERE POLITICALLY
WELL-CONNECTED. ONE WAS RECENTLY RELEASED FROM
PRISON AND NONE HAVE BEEN FORMERLY CHARGED.
THE WITNESS HAS BEEN SMEARED IN STATE MEDIA AND HARASSED BY
EGYPT SECRET POLICE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO A SECRET LOCATION WHERE
THEY HAVE TAKEN [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> ALL THE WITNESSES CONNECTED WITH THE CASE THEY WERE ALL
TAKEN BY AUTHORITIES AROUND THE SAME TIME.
>> CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENED TO EACH ONE OF THEM?
>> IT MUST HAVE BEEN AROUND 4:00 IN THE MORNING, I GOT A SERIES
OF TEXT [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> DID PEOPLE REALIZE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AT THAT POINT?
>> NO ONE
>>
. [ INAUDIBLE ]
CONSPIRING WITH FOREIGN AGENTS --
>> SO IT'S A CRIME TO SPEAK TO ME?
>> YEAH.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THERE IS ANY ROLE THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS
PLAYED TO STOP PEOPLE FROM COMING FORWARD?
[ INAUDIBLE ]
>> SOURCES SAY THE CASE IS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPT TO
BURY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES GAINING TOO MUCH INTERNATIONAL
ATTENTION. FATTAH AL-SISI IS A MASSIVE
DISTRACTION, GRANTING UNPRECEDENTED POWER TO THE
MILITARY UNDER THE GUISE OF FIGHTING THE FORCE.
BUT THE LATE SHOW OF FORCE, $80 MILLION CITY.
>> WE'RE ON THE WAY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.
TO A LOCATION FOR PRIME NEW LAND.
THERE'S MILITARY HERE. HI.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN'T FILM ANYTHING?
>> YEAH.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EVERYTHING, GREAT.
--
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
>> ARE YOU IMPRESS SND
>> ARE YOU IMPRESS SED?
>> NO, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT BIG FOR A COUNTRY THAT BUILT THE
PYRAMIDS, RIGHT.
>> WE LEARNED 30 COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE U.S. HAS RESERVED
LAND IN THE FUTURE DIPLOMATIC DISTRICT AN THE MILITARY IS
BANKROLLING, THEY OWN 50% OF THE COMPANY NOW.
>> WHY WOULD THE MILITARY OWN THE RESORT?
>> MAYBE. [ INAUDIBLE ]
>> THIS IS THE EGYPT THAT SISI HAS DESIGNED FOR THE WORLD TO
SEE, DIVERTERING FROM THE FACT ONE IN THREE EGYPTIANS LIVE IN
POVERTY AND WHEN TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT THEY OFTEN HAVE
NOWHERE TO TURN. WE CONTACTED DOZENS OF FAMILIES
OF THOSE MISSING. FINALLY WE TRACKED DOWN A WOMAN
WILLING TO TALK. HER HUSBAND WAS TAKEN TWO YEARS
AGO. GIVEN NOTHING BUT A MAP TO A
ROCK AND TOLD TO WAIT THERE.
>> WE LITERALLY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE WE ARE.
THIS IS HOW PARANOID EVERYONE IS SO WE'LL WAIT HERE UNTIL SOMEONE
MEETS US AND TAKES US TO THE NEXT LOCATION.
>> CAN YOU TAKE ME BACK TO THE DAY YOUR HUSBAND WAS TAKEN.
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
>> WHEN YOU GO TO THE AUTHORITIES AND YOU ASK THEM,
WHERE IS HE? WHAT DO THEY SAY TO YOU?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
>> WHY ARE PEOPLE AFRAID TO SPEAK EVEN ANONYMOUSLY TO US?
[ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
>> I WAS AFRAID OF BEING SEEN AND SO WE ENDED THE INTERVIEW.
WE'VE JUST FINISHED THE INTERVIEW AND YOU REALLY GET
THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS WATCHING WHEN SOMEONE APPROACHES
AND SAYS, HEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU KIND OF
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE BEING SO CAUTIOUS.
>> AFTER DOCUMENTING MULTIPLE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION WE WANTED
TO KNOW WHY THE U.S. CONTINUES TO PROP UP THIS REGIME.
BIDEN FAILED TO STOP BLANK CHECKS TO TRUMP'S FAVORITE
DICTATE DICTATOR
DICTAT DICTATOR, SIGNALING THERE COULD
BE CHANGE YET LESS THAN A MONTH INTO HIS PRESIDENCY THE WHITE
HOUSE APPROVED NEARLY $2 MILLION -- WE'RE TRYING TO GET
ANSWERS ABOUT THE U.S.'S RELATIONSHIP WITH EGYPT.
>> YOU PREVIOUSLY SAID SELLING WEAPONS TO EGYPT DOESN'T
INTERFERE WITH YOUR COMMITMENT TO HUMAN RIGHTS.
CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU WILL BE FREEZING THE $1.3 BILLION
OF FUNDING THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO EGYPT IN MILITARY AID EVERY
YEAR.
>> WE CAN PURSUE OUR INTERESTS AND STICK UP FOR OUR VALUES,
IT'S PRECISELY WHAT WE'LL DO IN EGYPT AND EVERY OTHER COUNTRY.
. .
I DON'T HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO AID.
AS I SAID BEFORE EGYPT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT LEADER IN PROMOTING
MIDDLE EAST PEACE BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.
>> WITH NO ANSWERS WE WENT TO CONGRESS, REPRESENTATIVE
WHO CO WHO CO-CHAIRS THE EGYPT HUMAN
RIGHTS CAUCUS --
>> HOW DO YOU ENSURE THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T COME TO
ANOTHER -- BUT WHEN IT COME TO CLIENT STATE CLOSES THEIR EYES.
>> NO COUNTRY FULLY CONSISTENT, JUST AS NO HUMAN BEING IS FULLY
CAN CONSISTENT.
>> BUT NO COUNTRY IS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SOERNG
INVOLVED IN SOE OTHER'S FOREIGN POLICIES.
>> NO COUNTRY IS EXPECTED TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY THE WAY
AMERICA IS, WE HAVE A RECORD OF DOING THE RIGHT THING
OCCASIONALLY.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE ABDEL FATTAH AL-SISI REFUSED TO CALL IT A
MILITARY COUP.
>> AND THIS INTERVIEW WITH AN AMERICAN MEMBER OF CONGRESS
BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE, I PRESUME, THAT THERE IS A CONTRADICTION.
WHAT I WILL DO IS ARGUE OUR RAW SELF INTEREST.
I THINK THE $1 BILLION WE GIVE TO EGYPT IS THE SINGLE MOST
WASTEFUL PART OF AMERICA'S FOREIGN AID, THE UNITED STATES
CAN DECIDE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT WHETHER OR NOT IT WANTS THIS
ARRANGEMENT WITH EGYPT OR NOT.
>> PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HAS UNTIL SEPTEMBER WHETHER TO SIGN OFF ON
THE NEXT $300 MILLION IN AID TO EGYPT, PAYING UP COULD UNDERMINE
THE RESISTANCE THAT HUMAN RIGHTS COME FIRST.
>> YOU KNOW, IF I GO MISSING IT'S BECAUSE I DID THIS.
>> WAIT, WAIT, WHAT WAS THAT? IF SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ONE OF
YOU GUYS IT'S BECAUSE YOU DID THIS INTERVIEW.
>> IF ONE OF OUR VANISH TRACK THAT FY.
>> I CAN'T TELL IF YOU'RE JOKE ORGANIZE NOT.
>> NO. WE HAVE TO MAKE A JOKE.
BECAUSE IT'S SO REAL. AT FORT HOOD I MADE IT BECAUSE I
DIDN'T GET SHOT, RAPED OR KILLED.
THAT'S A GOOD DAY.
>> THAT'S A NORMAL JOKE.
>> FORT HOOD WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST ARMY BASES GUYS 38,000
ACTIVE DUTY SOLDIERS, HOME TO THIRD CORE AND FIRST CALVARY
DIVISION, PEOPLE WHO ARE LITERALLY FIGHTING ISIS AND ONE
OTHER THING THEY'RE KNOWN FOR, ESPECIALLY RECENTLY, IS IT'S
CONSIDERED BY MANY ESTIMATES TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
BASES IN THE COUNTRY. IT HAS THE HIGHEST RATES OF
HOMICIDE, AGGRAVATE ADD SULT HOMICIDE, AGGRAVATE ADD SUAND
SEXUAL HARASSMENT ARMY-WISE AND MORE HAVE DIED HERE THAN OUTSIDE
OF COMBAT. THE STORY OF FORT HOOD IS
REPRESENTATIVE OF A BROADER PROBLEM, MILITARY JUSTICE
SYSTEM, OPERATING INDEPENDENT OF THE CIVIL WORLD WHERE COMMANDERS
HAVE ALMOST COMPLETE CONTROL OVER IS PROSECUTING VIOLENT
CRIMES.
>> I'M JUST A HUMAN BEING SCLMG
>> THE PROBLEMS AT THIS BASE CAME TO NATIONAL ATTENTION LAST
YEAR WHEN A 20-YEAR-OLD SOLDIER VANESSA G WENT MISSING, THE ARMY
DIDN'T INVESTIGATE INSTEAD LABELLED HER AWOL IMPLYING SHE
LEFT WITHOUT PERMISSION. HER BODY FOUND TWO MONTHS LATER,
MURDERED BY A FELLOW SOLDIER. VANESSA'S FAMILY IS STILL
FIGHTING FOR ANSWERS. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ].
VANESSA ISN'T ALONE. 95 SOLDIERS WERE LISTED AS AWOL
IN FORT HOOD IN 2020 INCLUDING GREG MORALES WHO WAS FOUND WHILE
INVESTIGATORS WERE STILL SEARCHING FOR VANESSA.
WHEN VIOLENT CRIME IS INVESTIGATED SOLDIERS SAY IT
ISN'T ALWAYS TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
>> WE'RE IN A SMALL TOWN OUTSIDE FORT HOOD, VISITING A WOMAN WHO
WAS SEXUALLY A ASSAULTED AND LIVING VA CHECK TO VA CHECK.
>> SHE WAS 19 WHEN SHE SAID SHE WAS AT A PARTY AFTER HER DRINK
WAS SPIKED.
>> I WOKE UP THE NEXTER MORNING IN HIS BED AND DIDN'T THE KNOW
WHAT HAPPEN. WHEN I GOT TO PT IN THE MORNING
MY PARTNER NEXT TO ME SAID YOU GOT BRUISES ALL OVER YOUR BODY.
SO I SAID I NEED TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
I WENT AND THAT'S WHEN THEY CONFIRMED I WAS RAPED.
AFTER THAT THEY HAD A COUNSELLOR COME IN TO TALK TO YOU AND SAY
HEY, CAN YOU TELL YOUR STORY. I DID AND NO ONE DID ANYTHING
ABOUT IT.
>> NO ONE FOLLOWED UP WITH YOU?
>> NO ONE. IT FELT LIKE, OKAY, DID WHATEVER
I SAY GO IN THROUGH ONE EAR AND OUT THE OTHER.
THAT'S HOW I FELT.
>> CARINA REPORTED THE ASSAULT UP THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, SHARK
THE SEXUAL MISCONDUCT PROGRAM SAID THEY WOULD REPORT IT TO THE
ARMY'S CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION BUT NO ONE WAS HELD
ACCOUNTABLE. STORIES LIKE THIS CONTINUE TO
SURFACE. LAST YEAR THE ARMY BROUGHT IN AN
OUTSIDER TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS KEEPS HAPPENING.
>> WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION
CID, WAS THERE ANY AGENTS WHO YOU FELT WERE EXPERIENCED ENOUGH
TO CONDUCT COMPLEX HOMICIDE OR SEXUAL ASSAULT INVESTIGATIONS?
>> THERE WERE ONLY A COUPLE, MAYBE AS LOW AS ONE.
AT ONE POINT 90% OF THE LISTED CID AGENTS HAD LESS THAN TWO
EXPERIENCE AND HAD WARN OFFICERS AT 40 TO 50% OF THEM WERE
PROBATIONARY OR APPRENTICE, THEY WEREN'T EVEN CREDENTIALS TO GO
OUT BY THEMSELVES TO DO INTERVIEWS.
>> IN DECEMBER THEY PUBLISHED THE FINDING IN AN EXTENSIVE
REPORT. THE MOST CONCERNING THING THEY
FOUND DEALT WITH MILITARY PROSECUTORS OR JAGS WHEN WERE
SOMETIMES PRESSURED BY COMMANDERS TO SIDELINE SOLID
CRIMINAL CASES.
>> WHAT WE SAW WAS A PRETTY CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
MILITARY JAG ADVISORS AND COMMANDING OFFICERS.
SO WHEN VICTIMS CAME IN OR THESE CASES CAME IN THERE WAS A
DEFERENCE TOWARDS THE SUBJECT AND DISPOSING OF THE CASE AS
QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I CALL
OFF RAMPS.
YOU CAN TAKE A SET OF FACTS IN A CASE AND SAY THERE'S NO
PROSECUTION HERE. IT STOPS HERE.
THAT'S AN OPINION THEY RENDER EARLY IN THE PROCESS.
SECOND PART, THEY CAN DECIDE THEY'RE GOING TO GO
ADMINISTRATIVE INSTEAD OF COURT MARSHALL, THE MILITARY
EQUIVALENT OF A TRIAL. SO WE SAW A LOT OF THE CASES
TOOK THE OFF RAMP BEFORE THEY GOT TO COURT MARSHALL AND IF
THEY DID GET TO COURT MARTIAL MORE OFTEN THAN NOT THE CASES
WERE LOST.
>> IT SEEMS AT EVERY STAGE THERE'S PEOPLE IN POSITION OF
POWER WHO ARE JUST TOSSING CASES.
>> NO CASES, NO PROBLEMS.
>> THE PROBLEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED DON'T JUST HAPPEN AT
FORT HOOD, MEMBERS HAVE BEEN LABELLED AWOL UNDER SUSPICIOUS
BASES, MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY SAYING THEIR DEATH NOT PROPERLY
INVESTIGATED. AND THE NUMBER OF REPORTED
ASSAULTS CONTINUE TO RISE. MILITARY-WIDE THE CONVICTION
RATE IS LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT. THIS MARINE SAYS AFTER THE
SERGEANT WHO ASSAULTED HER CONFESSED THE CASE WAS DROPPED.
>> THIS IS WHY FEMALES IN THE MILITARY KILL THEMSELVES.
NO ONE TAKES IT SERIOUSLY.
>> WE TRACKED DOWN A MILITARY INSIDER WHO HAS EXPERIENCED IT
HIMSELF. WE'RE IN RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, TO
MEET UP WITH A RETIRED AIR FORCE JAG WHO PROSECUTED CASES FOR TEN
YEARS AND REPRESENTS SERVICE MEMBERS IN EVERY BRANCH OF THE
MILITARY AND TODAY HE'S BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON WHAT HE SAYS IS A
MILITARY-WIDE PROBLEM THAT ALLOWS FOR COVER UPS.
DID YOU EVER HAVE AN EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU FELT YOU HAD A STRONG
CASE, YOU WANTED TO PROSECUTE IT AND THE COMMANDER SAID NO.
>> OH, ABSOLUTELY. OFTEN THESE CASES WERE OFF
RAMPED TO OTHER RESOLUTIONS OR JUST WENT AWAY AND DIDN'T EVEN
DISCUSS IT.
>> DID YOU EVER COME ACROSS CASES OF VIOLENT CRIME THE
PERPETRATOR WASN'T PROSECUTED AND THEIR NAME CAME UP LATER
REOFFENDED.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I'M AWARE OF HUNDREDS OF CASES
LIKE THAT.
>> VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME AND FAMILIES SAY THIS IS THE SYSTEM
ALL BRANCHES OF MILITARY THAT ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD COVER UP,
DO YOU FEEL THAT'S A FAIR CHARACTERIZATION.
>> THE SYSTEM AS IT EXISTS TODAY ALLOWS FOR CASES TO BE COVERED
UP, NOT FULLY INVESTIGATED, MADE TO GO AWAY.
>> THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FAMILIES WHO DISPUTE THE CAUSE
OF THEIR CHILD'S DEATH, THE ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION WAS POOR,
THE INFORMATION IS CLASSIFIED, I MEAN, WHERE DO THEY GO?
>> I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW.
>> THE REPORTS WE HAVE HEARD SHOULD DISTURB EVERYONE.
>> I AM TIRED OF EXCUSES. I AM TIRED OF THE STATEMENTS I
GET OVERnd OVER FROM THE CHAIN OF COMMAND, WE GOT THIS MA'AM,
WE GOT THIS. YOU DON'T HAVE IT!
YOU'RE FAILING US!
>> A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS LED BY ZBIBL GILLIBRAND
AND TED CRUZ HAVE BEEN FIGHTING TO ALLOW TRAINED MILITARY
PROSECUTORS TO DECIDE WHICH CRIMES TO PROSECUTE AND NOW
EFFECTIVELY A BILL WILL TAKE THE PROSECUTION OUT FOR VIOLENT
CRIME OUT OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND.
DURING OUR INVESTIGATION THE ARMY GAVE US AN INTERVIEW WITH
THE MAN TASKED WITH TURNING AROUND FORT HOOD, MAJOR
RICHARDSSON.
>> I HEARD FROM EXPERTS INCLUDING VETERANS WHO SAYS THE
FUTURE OF THE U.S. ARMY HINGES ON WHAT YOU ACCOMPLISH HERE
WOULD YOU AGREE.
>> WE'VE HAD A TRUST ISSUE WITH OUR SHOULDERS AND WE'RE FOCUSED
ON REBUILDING THAT TRUST WITH OUR SOLDIERS, THINK FAMILY AND
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> BIPARTISAN AMERICAN LEADERS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THE POWER
TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CHAIN OF COMMAND AND FEEL INDEPENDENT
PROCESS YOUTHORS SHOULD BE PROSECUTING CRIMES IN THE
MILITARY. WHAT'S THE PUSH BACK IN THE
MILITARY.
>> THE CHAIN OF COMMAND IS CENTRAL TO GOOD ORDER AND
DISCIPLINE IN A MILITARY ORGANIZATION SO WE ENTRUST THE
COMMANDERS AT EVERY LEVEL TO ENFORCE GOOD ORDER AND
DISCIPLINE AND ONCE YOU TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE COMMANDER AND
PUT IT INTO THE HANDS OF AN OUTSIDE AGENCY YOU'VE ALREADY
ARE DEMONSTRATING A LACK OF TRUST FROM THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
TO THE MILITARY.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY, THE CHAIN OF COMMAND
COMMANDERS HAVE PROVEN THAT THEY CANNOT DO THIS, THEY CANNOT SELF
POLICE THEIR OWN SOLDIERS AND I GUESS AT WHAT POINT DO THEY NO
LONGER EARN THAT PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SELF-POLICE?
>> IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO COMMANDERS DEMONSTRATING THROUGH
THEIR ACTIONS THAT THEY WILL TAKE ACTION AND HOLD THEIR
LEADERS ACCOUNTABLE. SOME HAVE BAD HABITS BUT CAN
CHANGE. THEN THERE WILL BE SOME THAT
DON'T CHANGE. THEY'LL HAVE TO GO.
BECAUSE IT WILL BE CANCEROUS.
>> IN RESPONSE TO THE ALLEGATIONS IN THIS STORY THE
ARMY ENCOURAGES ALL SOLDIERS TO VOICE THEIR SAFETY CONCERNS,
THAT THEY VOLUNTARY PUBLISH RESULTS FOR PUNISHMENT OF SEX
CRIMES. TWO DECADES OF COMBAT AND PTSD
THAT COMES WITH IT WILL MAKE THIS JOB HARDER.
THIS IS A GENERATION OF LEADERS TRAINED TO GO TO WAR NOT
PRIORITIZE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE SOLDIERS.
THE ARMY DID FIRE 14 SERVICE MEMBERS .
THEY PROMISE TO INVESTIGATE MISSING PERSONS CASES.
AND SHOWING HOW THIS HE WILL PRIORITIZE THE WELL-BEING OF
THEIR SOLDIERS BUT SO FAR LOWER RANKING SOLDIERS ARE SKEPTICAL.
>> THERE ARE REFORMS, HAVE THEY WORKING?
>> THERE'S HALF MEASURES. THAT'S OFTEN WHAT HAPPENS.
PEOPLE ARE SO PREOCCUPIED WITH TRYING TO MAKE THE PROGRAM LOOK
GOOD THAT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY WORRY ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT RUN
PROPERLY.
>> YOU'RE CALLING BULLSHIT.
>> I'VE SEEN IT ALL BEFORE, OKAY, SOLDIER GETS RAPED, SHARP
CLASS, GOOD BUY. ALL OF THE LEADERS IN THE ARMY
HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
THEIR MAIN PRIORITY WAS TO FIGHT AND WIN WARS BUT IT'S A
DIFFERENT WAR NOW AND THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL IN
CHARGE.