WASHINGTON – New Defense Department reporting requirements could soon mean better tracking of its uniformed child sex offenders, proponents say, even amid revelations this week that such offenders often move through the military prison system outside of public view. Congress passed a law in May that requires the DOD to report the names of the military convicts to a federal sex offender database managed by the Department of Justice, and those names will be passed along to a searchable national internet database. However, the department said Tuesday that it is working on the new reporting system but has yet to set it up. It could be operational by mid-2016. Lawmakers say the requirements will...
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