Karen Kwiatkowski
Karen U. Kwiatkowski (born September 24, 1960 , nee KU Unger ) is an American author and a former female career officer in the US Air Force . Her name is associated with her work as a whistleblower in 2003 , who made some background information about the beginning of the Iraq war (March to May 2003) known in the Bush administration and criticized the work of the secret service.
Her revelations were also confirmed by former CIA anti-terrorist chief Vincent Cannistraro .
Life
Until 2003 it served about 20 years in various uses. Her last military rank was that of Lt. Colonel.
In 2012 she ran unsuccessfully for nomination as a Republican candidate for a seat in the US House of Representatives.
In 2018 she received the Sam Adams Award .
Works
In addition to a large number of magazine articles, she published:
- African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI) past, present, and future? Peacekeeping Institute, Center for Strategic Leadership, US Army War College, 2000.
- Expeditionary Air Operations in Africa: Challenges and Solutions. Air University Press, 2001. ISBN 978-1-58566-100-8 .
- Assessing the Official 9/11 Conspiracy Theory. In: David Ray Griffin , Peter Dale Scott : 9/11 and American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out, Vol. 1. Olive Branch Press, 2006. ISBN 978-1-56656-659-9 .
Web links
- Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff , Jochen Bittner : The stovepipe principle. In Die Zeit No. 45/2003
- Jochen Bittner: Escape from the Pentagon. In Die Zeit No. 8/2016, February 15, 2016
Individual evidence
- ^ Karen Kwiatkowski on March 10, 2004: archived ( memento of February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on Salon.com
- ↑ Markus Kompa: Karen Kwiatkowski receives Sam Adams Award. Telepolis, December 16, 2018, accessed December 17, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kwiatkowski, Karen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kwiatkowski, Karen U .; Unger, Karen; U., K. (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author and career officer in the US Air Force |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1960 |