NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK: Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski

[L. Coyote]

That was July 4, 2004. This week we will be hearing more about the former general, no doubt.
Time to go back, Everyone, and review what was said in light of current knowledge!

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NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK: Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski
Fmr. Commander, 800th Military Police Brigade
Interview by Leon Worden - Signal City Editor
Sunday, July 4, 2004 - http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/iraq/sg070404.htm
(Telephone interview conducted June 29, 2004)

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..... This week's newsmaker is Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, former commander of the U.S. Army's 800th Military Police Brigade in Iraq. The following interview (rt: 2:10) was conducted by telephone on Tuesday, June 29, 2004.

Signal: Gen. Karpinski, thank you very much for joining us today.

Karpinski: My pleasure. Thank you for your interest.

Signal: Please give us a thumbnail sketch of your background. You live in South Carolina now; where did you grow up?

Karpinski: I grew up and I lived most of my life in New Jersey. My sisters and my brothers all still live in New Jersey, so I'm up there quite a bit. Went to school in New Jersey.

Signal: Did you go to college before joining the Army?

Karpinski: Yes I did. I studied English and secondary education.

Signal: Did you ever teach high school?

Karpinski: I did, as a long-term permanent substitute for about a year and a half.

Signal: And then — you up and decided to join the Army?

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MORE, w/links:

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Karpinski

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References

1. ^ Copeland, Libby. "Prison Revolt: Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski Says the Abu Ghraib Investigation Is About Scapegoating, but She's Having None of It", The Washington Post, May 10, 2004. Accessed December 20, 2007. "As a child growing up in Rahway, N.J., Janis Beam once tried to jump from her second-story window because it didn't seem that far down."
2. ^ Colonel Karpinski had failed to inform the Army as required when filling out an official document about an earlier arrest on an Air Force base in the US on a misdemeanour charge.
3. ^ Karpinski Raises Doubts About Military Sex Assault
4. ^ http://www.sptimes.com/2003/12/14/Worldandnation/Her_job__Lock_up_Iraq.shtml
5. ^ FOXNews.com - Ex-Abu Ghraib General Denies Shoplifting
6. ^ Shoplifting Charge Dogs Iraq Gen., Military Sources: Gen. Karpinski Caught Stealing Perfume In 2002 - CBS News
7. ^ a b BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Iraq abuse 'ordered from the top'
8. ^ "Rumsfeld okayed Abu Ghraib abuses according to former US general" - CBS News
9. ^ "Rumsfeld okayed abuses says former U.S. general" - ABC News
10. ^ "Rumsfeld okayed abuses says former US army general" Reuters News
11. ^ Special Broadcasting Service :: Dateline - presented by George Negus
12. ^ Leon Worden. "SCV NEWSMAKER OF THE WEEK: Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski". http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/iraq/sg070404.htm. Retrieved on 2004-07-04.
13. ^ BBC NEWS | Americas | US held youngsters at Abu Ghraib
14. ^ Democracy Now! | War Crimes Suit Filed in Germany Against Rumsfeld, Other Top U.S. Officials Over Prisoner Torture
15. ^ "Exclusive: Charges Sought Against Rumsfeld Over Prison Abuse" by Adam Zagorin, Time.com, November 10, 2006. Accessed 2006-11-10.

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# Al Jazeera story - "US intelligence behind Iraqi prisoner abuse"
# Rod Nordland and John Barry. Rough Justice in Iraq, Newsweek. (May 10, 2004)
# Krane, Jim. AP: Army Drops Brigade From Medal List, Yahoo News/AP. (May 9, 2004)
# Abu Ghraib general says she met Israeli in Iraq,CNN
# Were Abu Ghraib abuses learned from Israel?, San Francisco Gate
# Signal Newspapers interview with Karpinski
# Karpinski speech at CCC
# Frontline interview
# Democracy Now! Interview (October 26, 2005)
# "Treat Them Like Dogs" part one and *part two, transcripts of the October 26, 2005, Democracy Now interview.
# Audio files of Diane Rehm Show hour-long interview, Nov. 8, 2005
# Dateline interview Transcript of the March 8, 2006, Dateline programme, SBS Australia.