Yesterday, more than a dozen current and former service members filed a lawsuit claiming the Pentagon has turned a blind eye  to the rampant—and growing—problem of sexual assault in the military. MSNBC reports:

“The lawsuit, being filed by civil litigator Susan Burke, is an attempt to shine the spotlight on what Pentagon officials have acknowledged is a serious problem — a steady increase in reports of sexual abuse within the U.S. military. Last year, the Pentagon reported there had been 3,230 complaints of sexual abuse by members of the military services during fiscal year 2009, an 11 percent increase over the year before.

But Pentagon officials acknowledge that most cases go unreported — and of those that do, department figures indicate ...