"The vast majority of them were not guilty of anything."

Janis Karpinski, former US Brigadier General and Commander of the 800th Military Police Brigade in Iraq, the unit responsible for Abu Ghraib. Demoted after speaking against orders to torture prisoners.

"Justifying Torture, and Distorting the Truth" session.

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Janis Karpinski, interview with Marjorie Cohn, August 3, 2005: "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."

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