but students at brown and elsewhere say lena sclove's case is not necessarily unusual. fact, in her letter denying sclove's appeal, a brown university official cited quote "the precedent of similar cases." more unusual was lena sclove's decision to denounce the university in public. standing outside brown's van wickle gates, surrounded by supporters, she described her injuries. had aturned out i cervical injury in my neck from being strangled. it is very common for this to take several months to surface. i could take -- i could not walk for two months. i was bed and forced to take medical leave. i lost one semester of freedom. now my next opportunity to come back as a student and matriculate is the same semester that the rapist will come back. i feel like i should have been thanks for keeping this campus safe. instead, they kept him safe. >> lena sclove speaking at brown university on april 22. following the uproar over her case, her accused assailant has decided not to return to brown in the fall. lena sclove joins us now in new york along with wuhgahtway wanjuki, an or

to see our interview with lena sclove, go to democracynow.org. those are some of the headlines.this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show looking at lidia. in washington, the focus remains largely on what happened in the libyan city of benghazi on september 11, 2012. when ambassador christopher stephens and three other americans were killed in an attack. fierceident sparked a political fight between republicans and democrats over the obama administration's handling of the embassy security and the steps it took in the aftermath of the attack. since then, congressional republicans have led eight separate investigations into the matter. on may 8, the republican-let house of representatives noted to launch another congressional probe. earlier this week, house minority leader nancy pelosi announced that democrats would participate. why giving the validity to this, but i do think it is important for the american pe