(US Army Guard Lady General) Abu Ghraib General Claims Conspiracy

[papau]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Britain-Prisoner-Abuse-Karpinski.html

Abu Ghraib General Claims Conspiracy
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS


LONDON (AP) -- 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 at the jail.

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

Karpinski told British Broadcasting Corp. radio that she had information suggesting officials took action to keep her in the dark about the mistreatment.

``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.

``Correct,'' Karpinski responded when asked if she thought there was a conspiracy at senior level to stop her knowing what was going on.<snip>

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. BBC report and interview here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today4_abuse_20040803.ram

(interview starts at about 4 minutes 20 seconds)

[Moderator]

2. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=724749