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Month: April 2018

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0 for 3: Helis again fails an independent review of his (poor) implementation of SASH procedures

April 23, 2018 Andy Simpson, KP '82 4

At the request of Congress, the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) has reviewed the progress — or lack of progress — shown […]

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Updated with link to opinion – Breaking: Court denies preliminary injunction in the Doe case

April 19, 2018 Andy Simpson, KP '82 0

I haven’t had a chance to read the opinion yet and won’t until late tonight or tomorrow. But, given the interest, I wanted to post […]

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Downplaying sexual assault. First Helis. Now Newsday. The spin machine is revving up.

April 19, 2018 Andy Simpson, KP '82 29

Correction:  In the original version of this post, I stated that the the Newsday article did not indicate that anyone from the government’s side had […]

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The Helis kangaroo court undermines the Academy’s SASH response program

April 17, 2018 Andy Simpson, KP '82 6

Update:  I’ve modified this post slightly.  The change is shown in “strikeout.”  An explanation appears at the end of the post. Preface: Once again, I […]

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A spectacular—and sad—failure of SASH leadership

April 15, 2018 Andy Simpson, KP '82 34

Preface- I don’t have an opinion about the guilt or innocence of the accused midshipman in the incident I am writing about. This column is […]

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