Janis Karpinski

The day after the prison was transferred to the military intelligence command, they had an entire battalion - 1,200, 1,500 soldiers - arrive at Abu Ghraib just for force protection alone. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#after #alone #arrive #battalion #command

The mission statement was ordered, and it sent the 800th MP Brigade, effective the first of July, up to Baghdad. I joined my brigade to take command at the end of June. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#brigade #command #effective #end #first

The vast majority of prisoners at Abu Ghraib, even after interrogation, had no further intel value whatsoever. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#after #even #further #ghraib #had

There was a military police brigade with over 3,400 soldiers getting ready to go home because their mission - prisoner-of-war operations - was finished. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#brigade #finished #getting #go #go home

They transfer the prison, and all of a sudden all this money cuts loose, all these people cut loose. ↗

— Janis Karpinski

#cuts #loose #money #people #prison

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

#admit #anywhere #because #been #control