A new report by a congressional subcommittee accused former top Coast Guard officials of hiding a yearslong investigation into sexual assault and harassment at the service’s academy in Connecticut from both Congress and the public.

Congressional investigations find former Coast Guard commandant chose to bury report on sexual misconduct at service’s academy.

New developments in the U.S. Coast Guard’s alleged cover up of “Operation Fouled Anchor” (OFA). The secret internal Coast Guard investigation looked into the mishandling of dozens of sexual assault cases at the Coast Guard Academy in New London over decades.

The man at the center of a US Coast Guard's secret "Operation Fouled Anchor" report – which revealed years of sexual assaults and misconduct at the Coast Guard Academy – has admitted he deliberately withheld it from Congress.