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Their commanding officer as victims of horrific acts of sexual violence. >> reporter: the statistics are sobering. an estimated 26,000 sexual assaults in the military last year alone and surveys showed that 2/3 of female victims didn't report them. gillibrand's legislation would dramatically change the way the military handles these cases taking the judicial authority away from the chain of command. the top brass at the pentagon is staunchly opposed. military leaders argue they must be able to police their own ranks. >> command authority is the most critical mechanism for ensuring discipline, ...

Where he hosts his own radio show. >> how does a woman with no security clearance get on escort escorted full access into these bases? >> because of the work she had done within the military community and search relationships she had developed with top level commanders here. that is not the norm. trust me. i have brought people through the gate at mcdill air force base on many occasions. it's not an easy thing to do. >> relationships, potent enough to get the sassy socialite to the white house three times this fall at the invitation of a mid level white house staffer she met in tampa where she...

>> as far as i was concerned it was true. >> that's true. the major news agencies are retweeting the onion and asking if it is true. >> if we can't rely on the top brass for salad information, you can't criticize twitter idiots and facebook. >> i just wanted to know if it was intentional. >> i don't care. >> twitter killed more be joes than president obama. >> what are these jobs it is killing? >> it killed a lot of pr. if somebody goes on twitter and does something stupid they lose their job. >> every celebrity has to have their brother-in-law do their tweets. think about all of the people wh...

So she comes out there and says, it is a big lie. there is somehow two different factions of the taliban. there are the nice people over here and the not nice people over here is absurd. but the fact that they are discounting her based on the fact she was attacked in egypt and saying she is too emotionally connected i think is sick. she has seen it more than anybody else commenting on her comments ever period. megyn: it is dangerous ground to dismiss her to say she is too emotional to form a reasonable opinion on these topics. >> i'm not discounting what she said. i feel having been the victim...

Investigation are from one squadron, 331st training squadron. their leader, michael packet, was removed from his post, but has not been accused of misconduct. still one member of congress, california democratic congresswoman jackie spear, wants congress to investigate. >> clearly the military is unable to police itself on matters of rape and sexual assault. i called for a hearing into lackland scandal because we need to know once and for all why instructors have been permit to do abuse powers so freely and we need to know from top brass that the phrase zero tolerance for sexual assault in the ...