Officer at center of Abu Ghraib scandal vows to clear name

[kpete]

Source: McClatchy

Officer at center of Abu Ghraib scandal vows to clear name

By Kyle Peterson | Beaufort (S.C.) Gazette

BEAUFORT, S.C. -- Janis Karpinski believes one day, a call will come from Washington, D.C., and a voice will tell her she has been cleared of the wrongdoing that thrust her into the national spotlight.

"So then they'll be, of course, an outpouring of media requests," Karpinski said. "Maybe I'll be selective. Maybe Olbermann, maybe O'Reilly."

The Hilton Head Island resident has even imagined the title of her next book: "Cleared," or perhaps "Vindicated."

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Throughout the ordeal, she maintained her innocence. She said the wing of the prison where the abuse took place was under the command of military intelligence, and she argued that responsibility lay with top officials -- perhaps even with then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- who authorized coercive methods of interrogation.




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[elleng]

1. She surely should not have been 'at the center,' and was not, in fact,

but superficially. She had no power in fact, OR KNOWLEDGE! They wouldn't let her in! Pissers.

'the wing of the prison where the abuse took place was under the command of military intelligence, and she argued that responsibility lay with top officials -- perhaps even with then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld -- who authorized coercive methods of interrogation.'


Getting mad again.

[truth2power]

3. I'm mad all the time, anymore. As far as Donald Rumsfeld..

he's a sexual pervert, among a multitude of other things. Just my gut feeling when I look at him.

It'll never come out, of course. Information will be buried....deep.

[Kolesar]

2. Scapegoat of the Empire

There is a book with that name. The movie was "Breaker Morant".

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. If the instructions for "enhanced interrogations" came from the top

they passed through her.

She would be legally obligated to disobey unlawful orders.

[elleng]

5. Not interrogations; abuse.