Military Sexual Assault Confidential Source Protections
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2024-02-08 — Coast Guard Academy Safe-to-Report Act: cross-connection with coast-guard-academy-safe-to-report: Complementary reporter-protection mechanisms — one shields cadets from collateral discipline, the other protects confidential sources cooperating with investigations. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-07-16 — Privacy Act of 1974; Implementation: DoD final rule exempts portions of the CATCH (Catch a Serial Offender) Program Records system from certain Privacy Act of 1974 access, amendment, and accounting provisions to avoid compromising ongoing investigations and to protect the confidentiality of restricted-report adult sexual assault victims and other sources. (novelty: 2)