She's not a "real" general, but rather a frocked general, due to political pressure from the Fems and Rats. She's a Clinton "appointee" for quota and political purposes; she didn't go through the same promotion board process that other generals do.
Could you explain the "frocked" thing?
Also early in the thread it is pointed out that her "offense" was in 2002 and that she was a Col. - so she got her Star from the Bush Administration...right?
Finally, I saw her interviewed on TV recently and other than protesting her innocense she mentioned one thing that I took note of: She was in command of all of the detention centers and her office and quarters were 40 miles from Abu Ghraib. I spent four years in the military and I never heard of a General Officer pulling any surprise visits between midnight and 4AM anywhere.
Notwithstanding that Lindsay Graham is an R and a reservist Col. JAG, he made his mantra "I don't want to see this confined to a few privates and sergents" long before he had any more facts than we Freepers had. I'm inclined to give Gen. Karpinski the benefit of the doubt until I hear more evidence.