General Claims Prisoner Abuse Conspiracy

[DoYouEverWonder]

August 3, 2004

LONDON -- The general who headed the U.S. military prison at Abu Ghraib said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that there had been a conspiracy to prevent her knowing about prisoner abuse there.

Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who was suspended by the Pentagon in May, has denied knowing about any abuse at the prison until photographs surfaced at the end of April. U.S. investigators have not implicated Karpinski directly in any of the abuses.

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"I have been told there's a reliable witness who's made a statement ... indicating that not only was I not included in any of the meetings discussing interrogation operations, but specific measures were taken to ensure I would not have access to those facilities, that information or any of the details of interrogations at Abu Ghraib or anywhere else," Karpinski said. She didn't identify the witness.

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Asked whether she believed there had been a conspiracy at senior level to stop her knowing what was going on, Karpinski said: "Correct."

"From what I understand ... it was people that had full knowledge of what was going on out at Abu Ghraib who knew that they had to keep Janis Karpinski from discovering any of those activities," she added.

Asked whether she thought the conspiracy reached up to the Pentagon or the White House, she said: "The indication is that it may have."


http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-prisoner-abuse-karpinski,0,2748397.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[Bucky]

1. The word "conspiracy" has been discredited by its association w/ crazy ppl

People should avoid the word conspiracy now. It makes you look paranoid. Karpinski should only say there was a deliberate effort by people to keep her out of the loop, misinformed, or in the dark about the abuse going on.

Also, in general people should avoid being tortured by the army.

[jeff30997]

2. Karpinski is a stinking liar.She knew and she did nothing.

[salin]

3. my impression as well

and if she didn't, then she worked hard to contine to "not to know."

[LauraK]

4. I'll bet she's going to write a book.

Why not.