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The U.S. Coast Guard Academy concealed the results of an investigation showing rampant sexual assault and poor discipline at the academy for years, according to CNN, which says it has viewed a 2019 draft of the probe’s conclusions.
Begun in 2014, the probe, dubbed “Operation Fouled Anchor,” discovered more than 90 sexual assault cases from the 1980s through 2006 that mainly concluded without criminal prosecution for the perpetrator, often ruling that victims failed to sufficiently resist assault, CNN reported, citing the internal records. Coast Guard leaders, some of whom had studied or served with the alleged perpetrators, shut down Operation Fouled Anchor even though the investigation unearthed significant violations that went unaddressed at the time.
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“This investigation made clear that the [school’s] leadership was more concerned at that time about organizational and [Coast Guard Academy] reputation than about the victims of crimes who were members of our service,” the 2019 draft report states, according to CNN.
Officials briefed members of Congress on the investigation’s findings in June, apparently after inquires to the Coast Guard by CNN after the outlet reviewed internal documents related to the investigation, CNN reported.
