Brig. General Janis Karpinski May Take the Fall
If you're looking for Rumsfeld to resign over the new Abu Ghraib report, it's unlikely. Someone has to take the fall, and conventional wisdom has it that it will be Brig. General Janis Karpinski.
The Schlesinger panel, which reviewed the Fay report and other related investigations, said disciplinary action "may be forthcoming" against Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who commanded the 800th Military Police Brigade at Abu Ghraib; and Col. Thomas M. Pappas, commander of the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade, which was assigned to Abu Ghraib last year.
Karpinski says she's a victim of a conspiracy that existed to keep her from knowing about it--and a scapegoat. There's more than enough blame to go around, and Karpinski is not off the hook. Richard Sanchez, Barbara Fast and Tommy Pappas are other names that come to mind.
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