I knew how many MPs I had assigned to the brigade, how many military prison operations I would be running, but we needed to evaluate how many criminal prison operations we could support. Janis Karpinski assignbrigadecriminal Change image and share on social
The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel value whatsoever. Janis Karpinski abughraibintel Change image and share on social
They transfer the prison, and all of a sudden all this money cuts loose, all these people cut loose. Janis Karpinski cutloosemoney Change image and share on social
In November, they transferred control of Abu Ghraib to the military intelligence command completely; it was, after all, the center for interrogations for Iraq. Janis Karpinski abucentercommand Change image and share on social
If you are charged with this responsibility of enhancing interrogations, or using soldiers to enhance interrogations to find Saddam, and you're above the law for all practical purposes, you might try some unusual techniques. Now we know that, in fact, they did. Janis Karpinski chargeenhancefact share on social
We need to fix this. It hasn't been done yet because there's still a reluctance to admit that there was even a problem - anywhere above seven rogue soldiers who got out of control on the night shift. Janis Karpinski admitcontrolfix Change image and share on social
At that time, about July 5, we had no Iraqi corrections officers working for us. It was a responsibility of the CPA, with contractors, to set up a training program. Janis Karpinski contractorcorrectioncpa Change image and share on social
Shortly after we arrived in Baghdad, we had another conversation with the ambassador. He said that he wanted us to give him the timeline, because we had 90 days to get these prisons operational and transfer responsibility back to the Iraqis. Janis Karpinski ambassadorarriveback share on social
I joined the 800th MP Brigade when they were already deployed. Janis Karpinski 800thbrigadedeploy Change image and share on social
I thought that that mission and the mission of taking care of those soldiers were my priorities, and I stand by the same today. There wasn't a lot of support for those soldiers. Janis Karpinski carelotmission Change image and share on social