Janis Karpinski Interview [23min]

The images of US soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners shocked many around the world. Stephen Sackur talks to Janis Karpinski, the former Commander of Abu Ghraib prison. Across the towns and cities of America support for the war in Iraq has fallen dramatically over the last three years. Opinion polls suggest that it was the publication of graphic photographs of abuse from Abu Ghraib prison which changed public opinion. Janis Karpinski was the Commander of Abu Ghraib until she was held responsible for the abuses and demoted. She has written a book giving her account of what went on inside the prison. Stephen Sackur asks her if the lessons of Abu Ghraib have been learnt.