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	Dateline - Transcript - Janis Karpinski Interview
		JANIS KARPINSKI: Well, I think if you're looking to find the start, you have to go back to the memorandum that was authored by our now-Attorney-General, Alberto Gonzalez, and John Ewe, from out in California, who was with the current administration at the time, and they did a memorandum, authorising departures from the Geneva Convention.
		JANIS KARPINSKI: The memorandum, which was certainly discussed at length with the Secretary of Defence and the Vice-President, according to sworn statements by people who were there when those conversations took place, that authorised the initial departure.
		JANIS KARPINSKI: No. And it is my understanding that even as recently as yesterday the attorneys went to court and asked for the case to be dismissed because the Secretary of Defence, apparently, has some protections in his position.
	news.sbs.com.au /dateline/index.php?page=transcript&dte=2006-03-08&headlineid=1083 (1343 words)

	Janis Karpinski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Karpinski was commissioned into the Army as a second lieutenant in 1977 and has served primarily in intelligence and military police assignments, including tours supporting the Special Forces and in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War.
		Karpinski was also given command of the National Guard and Army reserve units in the Iraqi city of Mosul, most of whom, like her, had no training in handling prisoners.
		Karpinski insisted she had no knowledge of the abuse and claims the particular wing of the prison was under the control of military intelligence "twenty-four hours a day." She claims Army intelligence officers encouraged guards to torture prisoners as an aid to interrogation, and that she was a scapegoat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Janis_Karpinski (2353 words)

	OpinionEditorials.com — Responsibility Gap - The failure of BG Janis Karpinski - Dominick
		Karpinski should either admit that she did not have positive command of the prison, thereby subjecting herself to dereliction of duty charges, or drop the scapegoat claim and take responsibility for the situation.
		Karpinski seems to be making an argument that she was the potential whistle-blower in the situation, purposely kept out of the mix by her superiors for fear that she would expose the truth.
		Karpinski had no idea of what was going on in the prison because she never really bothered to check.
	www.opinioneditorials.com /freedomwriters/ddominick_20040806.html (1016 words)

	Janis Karpinski says Abu Ghraib sex-based torture still on
		Janis Karpinski, a former one-star Army Reserve general who was punished in the scandal, said she had no idea what was going on at the prison and blamed Gen. Geoffrey Miller for the methods that were used to humiliate detainees.
		Karpinski told ABC she believes officials up the chain of command knew or should have known what was going on at Abu Ghraib.
		Karpinski said her superiors bore responsibility but reiterated her contention that it was "convenient" for the military to blame her because of her status as a reservist.
	iraqwar.mirror-world.ru /article/49856 (705 words)

	Janis Karpinsky
		JANIS KARPINSKI: At Abu Ghraib alone, the prisoner population did reach over 7,000 by the end of -- nearing the end of 2003, but we processed over 40,000 prisoners during the course of the time that the 800th M.P. Brigade was responsible for prisoner operations.
		JANIS KARPINSKI: Well, that would be under General Sanchez, because his division commanders in each area of responsibility were assigned specific individuals that were from their area of responsibility.
		Karpinski was reduced in rank from general to colonel and found guilty of dereliction of duty.
	www.angelfire.com /jazz/sugimoto/abupage1.html (7034 words)

	Gen. Karpinski demoted in prison scandal
		Janis Karpinski will be reduced to the rank of colonel as a result of an Army Inspector General investigation into a scandal that tarnished the United States' reputation abroad and set in motion a string of high-level inquiries.
		Karpinski was relieved of command of the 800th Military Police Brigade on April 8.
		Karpinski's performance of duty was found to be seriously lacking, the investigation determined that no action or lack of action on her part contributed specifically to the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib."
	www.infowars.com /articles/ps/abu_ghraib_karpinski_demoted.htm (502 words)

	Rummy's scapegoat - Salon
		Janis Karpinski -- former commander at Abu Ghraib -- says she was hung out to dry by the Pentagon.
		Janis Karpinski arrived in Iraq in June 2003 with the understanding that she would be in charge of the 800th Military Police Brigade as it transitioned from guarding EPWs (enemy prisoners of war) to helping Iraqis retake control of their own prison population.
		Karpinski contends that as the chain of command and the policies regarding the security detainees at Abu Ghraib became murkier and murkier, she tried in vain not to be sidelined.
	www.salon.com /books/int/2005/11/10/karpinski/index.html (963 words)

	ISN Security Watch - US general demoted over Abu Ghraib scandal
		Karpinski is the highest-ranking US Army officer to be punished over the prisoner abuse scandal, though the Army has said at least a dozen lower-ranking officers would also face disciplinary measures.
		Karpinskiâs performance of duty was found to be seriously lacking, the investigation determined that no action or lack of action on her part contributed specifically to the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib,â the report said.
		Karpinski had earlier said she had not been aware of the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by US soldiers, and claimed she was being used as a scapegoat to protect higher-ranking officers and military intelligence.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?id=11241 (605 words)

	Salon.com Books \| Rummy's scapegoat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Janis Karpinski -- former commander at Abu Ghraib -- says she was hung out to dry by the Pentagon.
		Janis Karpinski arrived in Iraq in June 2003 with the understanding that she would be in charge of the 800th Military Police Brigade as it transitioned from guarding EPWs (enemy prisoners of war) to helping Iraqis retake control of their own prison population.
		Right away, Karpinski learned that many soldiers under her command who were supposed to be headed home were, in fact, being ordered to stay in Iraq for three to six additional months at least.
	archive.salon.com /books/int/2005/11/10/karpinski/index.html (488 words)

	t r u t h o u t - Abu Ghraib General Lambastes Bush Administration
		Karpinski is the highest ranking officer to be sanctioned for the mistreatment of prisoners.
		Karpinski said, however, "The truth has been uncovered, but it's been suffocated and it has not been released with the results of the investigation." She added, "McClellan and Rumsfeld can get up on their high horse and say that there've been no fewer than 15 investigations that were conducted.
		Janis Karpinski is no longer in the military.
	www.truthout.org /docs_2005/082405Z.shtml (10587 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Abu Ghraib case: Gen. Janis L. Karpinski will be punished
		Karpinski's rank was reduced to colonel, and she was issued a reprimand and relieved of her command.
		Karpinski said she didn't know about the abuse, insisting that she was being used as a scapegoat to protect higher-ranking officers and military intelligence, publishes CBC News.
		Janis L. Karpinski, the only general to be punished in connection with investigations into detainee abuse at U.S. military prisons More details...
	newsfromrussia.com /world/2005/05/06/59615.html (1688 words)

	Former Abu Ghraib General: Torture Is Continuing; Order Came From Very Top
		Karpinski had previously admitted that rather than being an isolated incident under her command, the abuses were, "the result of conflicting orders and confused standards extending from the military commanders in Iraq all the way to the summit of civilian leadership in Washington."
		Karpinski went on to say that the General in charge of the military interrogations at Abu Ghraib had the authority to do whatever he wanted and was not required to report any of his findings through her.
		General Karpinski was not even informed of charges against her until the investigation was under way and she received a late night e-mail from the Commander of the Criminal Investigation Commission.
	www.prisonplanet.com /articles/october2005/251005Karpinski.htm (1988 words)

	Demoted general details alleged shoplifting incident - Former Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Janis Karpinski, who served as military police commander at Abu Ghraib, said she was never arrested or charged in an alleged shoplifting incident, and the Army only brought the allegation to demote her after the Iraq prison scandal broke, a newspaper reported in Friday's editions.
		Karpinski was demoted to colonel last week after the Army's inspector general investigated four allegations against her, including: dereliction of duty, making a "material misrepresentation" to investigators, failure to obey a lawful order and shoplifting.
		Janis Karpinski to colonel because she failed to properly supervise guards who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in the fall of 2003.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1402796/posts (3440 words)

	Tavis Smiley . Archives . Col. Janis Karpinski . November 4, 2005 \| PBS
		Karpinski had wanted to be a soldier since age 5 and was in the military for over 25 years.
		Karpinski: Well, my photograph was, you know, brought all over the world because they wanted it to be forever in conjunction with those photographs that were released, so it's a matter of public record and anybody can use the photograph.
		Karpinski: Well, I think that anger is exhausting, so I've tried to focus what would normally be anger into determination, pursuing the truth, telling the story and getting more people involved in the pursuit of the truth.
	www.pbs.org /kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200511/20051104_karpinski.html (2334 words)

	Prison Revolt (washingtonpost.com)
		Karpinski says she had no knowledge of the abuse until an investigation was mounted, and she should not have to take the fall for it.
		Karpinski admits that she made fewer visits after that decision, because she was no longer in charge and she had other facilities to visit.
		However, Karpinski says she has not been suspended, and Maj. Bernd Zoller, chief of public affairs at the 77th Regional Readiness Command, which acts as command and control for the 800th MP Brigade when the brigade is not mobilized, confirms this.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A13114-2004May9.html (2199 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Iraq abuse 'ordered from the top'
		Brig Gen Janis Karpinski told the BBC she was being made a "convenient scapegoat" for abuse ordered by others.
		Gen Karpinski was in charge of the military police unit that ran Abu Ghraib and other prisons when the abuses were committed.
		Gen Karpinski repeated that she knew nothing of the humiliation and torture of Iraq prisoners that was going on inside Abu Ghraib - she was made a scapegoat.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/americas/3806713.stm (617 words)

	Newsmaker of the Week: Janis Karpinski, Former Abu Ghraib Commander
		Karpinski: I was a company commander, and when I was a company commander there had never been a female company commander in that unit before who did these so-called honor guard ceremonies, and I had to experience that whole turbulence with, again, another combat arms officer who said, "You can't do the ceremonies.
		Karpinski: Well, we know from people who have done this for years and years and years — professional people who conduct negotiations, hostage negotiations, interviews of really bad thugs, when they are arrested or apprehended — they know, and they've said repeatedly, that torture and abuse is not effective.
		Karpinski: Only in terms of senior people, to include Gen. Sanchez, senior people from the active component, primarily, who have abandoned their leadership decisions and are making decisions based on the political ramifications of their decisions.
	www.scvhistory.com /scvhistory/signal/newsmaker/sg111305-nm.htm (4997 words)

	Worldandnation: Her job: Lock up Iraq's bad guys
		Janis Karpinski, the lone female commander in Iraq, runs the prison system that once was an apparatus of terror.
		Karpinski is also responsible for 3,400 National Guard and Army reservists deployed from the Persian Gulf to the northern city of Mosul.
		Karpinski's operations center is in a former "love nest" of one of Hussein's sons.
	www.sptimes.com /2003/12/14/Worldandnation/Her_job__Lock_up_Iraq.shtml (1708 words)

	Abu Ghraib General To Be Demoted, President Bush Approves Demotion Of Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski - CBS News
		Janis Karpinski, whose unit was in charge during the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuses in 2003, officials said Thursday.
		Karpinski was demoted to colonel, a move that required the approval of the president.
		Karpinski did not report her arrest for this misdemeanor on a later background check, the official said.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/05/05/iraq/main693306.shtml (471 words)

	AM - Janis Karpinski speaks out against her senior officers
		JANIS KARPINSKI: He said they are like dogs and if you allow them to believe at any point that they are more than a dog then you've lost control of them.
		JANIS KARPINSKI: He talked about gitmoising in terms of what the MP's were going to do, that he was going to select the MP's they were going to be given special training.
		FRAN KELLY: There's obvious self interest in Janis Karpinski's version of events but there's no doubt her allegations will increase the pressure on the US political and military authorities who've consistently claimed that the shocking prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib were the work of just a few bad apples.
	www.abc.net.au /am/content/2004/s1132754.htm (614 words)

	Democracy Now! \| Col. Janis Karpinski, the Former Head of Abu Ghraib, Admits She Broke the Geneva Conventions But Says ...
		JANIS KARPINSKI: At Abu Ghraib alone, the prisoner population did reach over 7,000 by the end of -- nearing the end of 2003, but we processed over 40,000 prisoners during the course of the time that the 800th M.P. Brigade was responsible for prisoner operations.
		JANIS KARPINSKI: Well, that would be under General Sanchez, because his division commanders in each area of responsibility were assigned specific individuals that were from their area of responsibility.
		JANIS KARPINSKI: Well, we have to start at the very top, and the original memorandum directing interrogation -- harsher interrogation techniques and the departure from the Geneva Conventions starts at -- Alberto Gonzales was one of the people who made the recommendations to the President.
	www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=05/10/26/1423248 (6264 words)

	The New Yorker : fact : content
		General Karpinski, the only female commander in the war zone, was an experienced operations and intelligence officer who had served with the Special Forces and in the 1991 Gulf War, but she had never run a prison system.
		Karpinski’s defense, Taguba said, was that her superior officers “routinely” rejected her recommendations regarding the release of such prisoners.
		Karpinski was rarely seen at the prisons she was supposed to be running, Taguba wrote.
	www.newyorker.com /fact/content/articles/040510fa_fact?040510fa_fact (3359 words)

	U.S. commander of Abu Ghraib suspended: report
		Brig.-Gen. Janis Karpinski, the U.S. officer in charge of the prison where Iraqi detainees were subject to abuse by U.S. soldiers, has been suspended from her command, according to an unconfirmed report.
		Karpinski was blamed for paying too little attention to the Abu Ghraib prison, where U.S. soldiers have been abusing Iraqi inmates, the Associated Press reported Tuesday, quoting unnamed administration officials.
		Taguba found no evidence that Karpinski reminded the military police in her command of the requirements of the Geneva Conventions, which protect prisoners of war and civilian detainees in times of armed conflict.
	www.cbc.ca /world/story/2004/05/25/Karp040525.html (1297 words)

	Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski Met Israeli Interrogator in Iraq
		Karpinski: At that time, in mid-August, no. What we were planning to do, and what was working out at Abu Ghraib at that time was, we had a very good contractor working out there, an Iraqi man with his team, and he was restoring the cells.
		Brig Gen Janis Karpinski, who was suspended in May over allegations of prisoner abuse, said she met a man claiming to be Israeli during a visit to a Baghdad intelligence centre with a senior coalition general.
		Karpinski was suspended from command of the 800th Military Police Brigade after the publication in April of photos showing soldiers abusing and humiliating naked Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib.
	www.apfn.org /apfn/Karpinski.htm (16578 words)

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