[TigerLikesRooster]

She is a "troubled" woman alright.:)

[glorgau]

but Pentagon officials refuse all comment, saying that would violate Karpinski's rights under the Privacy Act.

They would however release the records if her name was Linda Tripp.

[Tijeras_Slim]

So a full bird steals and still gets their star... I'd like to have that one explained to me.

[leadpenny]

The Army is investigating how ?despite the shoplifting report ?she was promoted and placed in command of all the prisons in Iraq.

Gender?

Nah!

[dts32041]

When is she joining the Kerry campaign with her Mentor Claudia Kennedy, who never met an enemy that wasn't in a US Army uniform.

[Gator113]

Shoplifting.......theft, is a crime of moral turpitude and that alone should have dumped her!

[Mulder]

The Army is investigating how, despite the shoplifting report, she was promoted and placed in command of all the prisons in Iraq

That is a damned good question.

[TomServo]

a military department store or PX at MacDill Air Force Base

The Air Force calls this a BX - not a PX.

[smonk]

SHE'S BEING SCAPEGOATED !!!11!!
IT'S ALL BUSH'S FAULT !11!

[sport]

I could be wrong but I think that she was one of clinton's affirmative action individuals.

[leadpenny]

Here is what David Martin, or anyone, needs to find out:

A. What was the date of the shoplifting charge?
B. The date she pinned on the stars?
C. Why the CofS, Army, did not flag her records between A and B?

[genefromjersey]

And there we have "political correctness" coming to its logical conclusion !

Our local newspapers did a big, love-feast story on her-right after the prison scandal broke.(She is or was from Rahway,NJ)

She's a WOMAN ( W-O-M-A-N ) making it in an E......................vil Man's world , and they're picking on her 'cause she's a girl,and NOW has had to send out for extra panty liners,and.....(Music up) W-O-M-A-N !!

I read the IG reports.Her troops were untrained,undisciplined,and poorly led. She herself had never been inside the prison,once she got her "face time" at the completion of remodeling.

But she's a ... WO-MAN !!

W-O-M-A-N.

[jimfree]

Oh the many ways my eyes can trick me. Thought I saw "Shoplifting Dogs" and it was a story about velvet paintings.

[newgeezer]

This whole Abu Ghraib thing is sure turning into one helluva condemnation of women in combat.

So, there's your silver lining.

[Lion Den Dan]

I can almost guarantee the BX or post exchange has pictures of her doing the deed if they have any record at all of the event. I don't buy the tale that she did community service and had nothing on her record.

[TexKat]

[WL-law]

Sources say Karpinski was able to go into counseling and do community service because she was a first-time offender and the dollar amount was so small. That apparently kept the incident out of court records and her service file.

No doubt she self-justified her lying by saying to herself, "If the court records were expunged then it never really happened at all."

Which is, of course, a lie.

[William Tell]

From the article: "Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, who claims she has been made a scapegoat for the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, is the subject of an investigation by the Army Inspector General involving an alleged shoplifting incident in October of 2002,..."

Military "justice" tends to be much faster moving than in civilian life. There are far fewer opportunities for delays which can sometimes help the defendant.

It would be my guess, if there is truth to this report, that the real "target" of the investigation is Karpinski's commanding officer at the time of the original report of the incident. What is being investigated would then be a "coverup" or inappropriate handling by her commanding officer.

If this report is false, then it would be highly damaging to a person's military career and would open up the reporter to financial accountability.

[William Tell]

From the article: "Sources say Karpinski was able to go into counseling and do community service because she was a first-time offender and the dollar amount was so small. "

This doesn't ring true.

A member of the military shoplifting from a PX (or BX) would not be facing civilian justice. This would seem to be a matter entirely within the jurisdiction of military justice.

Military Police would have been called, the facts would have been recorded by them, and the report would be forwarded to Karpinski's commanding officer for further action. The commanding officer would make a determination of what punishment might be appropriate and that would determine what process would be carried out.

For this charge against a full colonel, I can't imagine that there is any option other than exoneration due to lack of evidence or punishment including resignation from the military.

Suggesting that a high-ranking officer can just complete some form of "community service" and then proceed to be responsible for the lives of thousands of soldiers in combat is ridiculous. If her commanding officer chose to believe that she was not guilty, it would have to have been based on a combination of a good record on her part and doubtful circumstances in the report.

Just saying "I forgot that I had put the bottle in my pocket" would not be sufficient to relieve her of accountability for not having paid. There are so many people competing for general's stars that there is little reason to overlook even slight character flaws.

[Mr. Mojo]

caught shoplifting a $22 bottle of perfume....

She needs a lot more than perfume. .....a helluva lot more.

[colorado tanker]

$22 perfume? She uses the cheap stuff.