Thursday, August 25, 2005

Abu Ghraib General Speaks Out.

I had been hesitant to speak out before because this Administration is so vindictive. But now I will ... Anybody who confronts this Administration or Rumsfeld or the Pentagon with a true assessment, they find themselves either out of a job, out of their positions, fired, relieved or chastised. Their career comes to an end.
-- Janis Karpinski, interview with Marjorie Cohn, August 3, 2005


The most senior US Army officer to have been punished in the Abu Ghraib case is going public, and it isn't going to be pretty. She accuses Rumsfeld of approving torture, and going to over against the advise of the top officer in the military (Shinseki). She claims that General Sanchez actually observed some of the detainee abuse, and that she was railroaded.

I am sure the swiftboat brigade is warming up as we speak.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Damn, she is one pissed off officer