active duty and retired marines showing photos online to shame and threaten their fellow female marines. the problem appears to be even worse than what was first reported. it jennifer griffin live at the pentagon without the marine corps first learned about the photo sharing. ed started with a facebook page called marines united, which is a group chat space used by about 30,000 active duty and former marines. reporters were tipped that the site was being used for predatory behavior to share photos, some of them purely for pornographic. the marines targeted young women marines and encouraged anyone who knew them to share photos or hack their instagram accounts. they stock these limits on social media and egg each other on to find and share photos. some taken in locker rooms and showers when the women were not aware, others shared by disgruntled former boyfriends.
with photos from every military branch were posted to a message board dedicated to military personnel. this as more than two dozen female marines and civilians come forward, claiming they are the victims. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us live from the pentagon with the latest on this investigation. the marine commandant will hold a press conference to address the growing scandal moments from now here in the pentagon briefing room. start with a facebook page called marines united a group chat space used by about 30,000 active-duty and former marines, the site was being used for predatory behavior to share nude photos, some of them purely thought it would not pornographic a female marines. the marines targeted young women, marines and encourage anyone who knew them to share photos or hack their instagram accounts. they stuck to these women on social media and egg to each other on to find and share photos, some taken and locker rooms and showers when the women
that means that he doesn t know how urgent it is to confront racism and discrimination in housing, which is a very scary thing for the hud secretary to not understand. congressman ellison, thanks for being with us today. thank you very much. thank you. and turning now to the scandal that s rocking the u.s. military, the marines an investigation under way into potentially hundreds of marines who allegedly shared nude photos of more than a dozen female servicemembers on a private facebook page called marines united. one of the marines whose pictures were posted told the washington post being sexually harassed online ruined the marine corps for me. defense secretary jim mattis says he s troubled by the alleged behavior. marine leadership said there is no place for this demeaning or degrading behavior in our corps, this includes our actions online. joined me is rachel van landingham, former judge advocate now an associate professor at southwestern law school in los angeles. i apo
sexually explicit photos of female service members posted via a private facebook group page called marines united. the page linked to a google drive photo where the pictures were stored. members on the site solicited others to submit photos of women. only men were invited to join. where derogatory and reportedly violent comments were made against the women. now dozens of marines could face disciplinary action. the naval criminal investigative service opened an investigation. it was all brought to light by a former marine. what we discovered was roughly 100 folders that contained dozens of other subfolders, some of the folders had one or two images in them with no real way to identify a victim. other ones, a little more than two dozen, included name, rank, current military duty station, easily weaponizable if put into
the u.s. and south korea condemning the latest ballistic missile launch by north korea. officials confirmed they fired four projectiles that travelled nearly 600 miles. three of them landing about 200 miles off the coast of japan. japanese call this quote an extremely dangerous action. the u.s. said it s prepared to use a full range of capabilities against the growing threat. the japanese say this time its different. the trajectory had been a little bit different it might have made land. another story, the naval criminal investigation service ncis launching an investigation after hundreds of explicit photos of current and former female marines were found on a social media site. officials say this private facebook group called marines united contained a link where the photos were being stored without women s knowledge. it s not known how many marines may have been involved. alabama state lawmakers moving forward with talks on