Karen Kwiatkowski
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Karen U. Kwiatkowski is an American
activist and commentator. She is a retired U.S. Air Force
Lieutenant Colonel
whose assignments included duties as a Pentagon
desk officer and a variety of roles for the National Security Agency
. Since retiring, she has become a noted critic of the U.S. government's involvement in Iraq
. Kwiatkowski is primarily known for her insider essays which denounce a corrupting political influence on the course of military intelligence
leading up to the invasion of Iraq
in 2003. She is currently challenging the ten-term incumbent for the 6th District of Virginia House seat.
While in the Air Force, she wrote two books about U.S. policy towards Africa: African Crisis Response Initiative: Past Present and Future (US Army Peacekeeping Institute, 2000) and Expeditionary Air Operations in Africa: Challenges and Solutions (Air University Press, 2001). More recently, she has contributed or co-written several books on neoconservatism
and foreign policy. She contributed to "Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas," (Variant Press, 2008) and "Why Liberty: Personal Journeys Toward Peace and Freedom" (Cobden Press, 2010). She has been featured in a number of documentaries, including "Why We Fight" in 2005. She has written extensively for LewRockwell.com
since 2003.
. She received an MA in Government from Harvard University
and an MS in Science Management from the University of Alaska
. She has a PhD in World Politics from The Catholic University of America
; her thesis was on overt and covert war in Angola
, A Case Study of the Implementation of the Reagan Doctrine.
. She served at Eielson Air Force Base
in Alaska
, providing logistical support to missions along the Chinese
and Russia
n coasts. She also served in Spain
and Italy
. Kwiatkowski was then assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA), eventually becoming a speechwriter for the agency's director. After leaving the NSA in 1998 she became an analyst on sub-Saharan Africa
policy for the Pentagon. Kwiatkowski was in her office in the Pentagon when it was attacked on September 11, 2001. From May 2002 to February 2003 she served in the Pentagon's Near East and South Asia directorate (NESA). While at NESA, she wrote a series of anonymous articles, Insider Notes from the Pentagon which appeared on the website of David Hackworth. Kwiatkowski left NESA in February 2003 and retired from the Air Force the following month.
website LewRockwell.com
. In June of that year she published an article in the Ohio Beacon Journal, "Career Officer Does Eye-Opening Stint Inside Pentagon," which attracted additional notice. Since February 2004 she has written a biweekly column ("Without Reservations") for the website MilitaryWeek.com
.
Her most comprehensive writings on the subject of a corrupting influence of the Pentagon on intelligence analysis leading up to the Iraq War appeared in a series of articles in The American Conservative
magazine in December 2003 and in a March 2004 article on Salon.com
. In the latter piece ("The New Pentagon Papers") she wrote:
Kwiatkowski described how a clique of officers led by retired Navy
Captain Bill Luti
, assistant secretary of defense for NESA and former aide to Dick Cheney
when the latter was Secretary of Defense
, took control of military intelligence and how the "Office of Special Plans
" (OSP) grew and eventually turned into a censorship
and disinformation organism controlling the NESA.
Following the American Conservative and Salon articles, Kwiatkowski began to receive criticism from several conservative sources that supported President Bush's
policies. Michael Rubin
of the National Review
argued she had exaggerated her knowledge of the OSP's workings and claimed she had ties to Lyndon LaRouche
. Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl
criticized her in a speech on the Senate floor. On a Fox News
program, host John Gibson
and former Republican National Committee
communications director Clifford May
described her as an anarchist
. Kwiatkowski responded by saying, among other points, that she had never supported or dealt with LaRouche. She requested and received a written apology from Senator Jon Kyl for his false statements about her.
In addition to her writings Kwiatkowski has appeared as a commentator in the documentaries Hijacking Catastrophe
, Honor Betrayed and Why We Fight
.
since 1994 and spoke at the party's national convention
in 2004. She is a member of the Liberty and Power
group weblog at the History News Network.
A number of Libertarian Party members and supporters have encouraged Kwiatkowski to seek the Party's presidential nomination in the past few election cycles. On April 15, 2007, Kwiatkowski received the New Hampshire Libertarian Party's 2008 vice-presidential
nomination, within a couple of weeks she declined the nomination. In 2007, she announced her support for Republican
presidential candidate Ron Paul
.
her to run for congress in Central Virginia in the 2012 election
.
On August 18, 2011, Kwaitkowski formally announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Virginia's 6th District. She is challenging ten-term incumbent Representative Bob Goodlatte
for the nomination.
of Virginia
and is a farmer and part-time professor.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
activist and commentator. She is a retired U.S. Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
whose assignments included duties as a Pentagon
The Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, Virginia. As a symbol of the U.S. military, "the Pentagon" is often used metonymically to refer to the Department of Defense rather than the building itself.Designed by the American architect...
desk officer and a variety of roles for the National Security Agency
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
. Since retiring, she has become a noted critic of the U.S. government's involvement in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. Kwiatkowski is primarily known for her insider essays which denounce a corrupting political influence on the course of military intelligence
Military intelligence
Military intelligence is a military discipline that exploits a number of information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to commanders in support of their decisions....
leading up to the invasion of Iraq
2003 invasion of Iraq
The 2003 invasion of Iraq , was the start of the conflict known as the Iraq War, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, in which a combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded Iraq and toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein in 21 days of major combat operations...
in 2003. She is currently challenging the ten-term incumbent for the 6th District of Virginia House seat.
While in the Air Force, she wrote two books about U.S. policy towards Africa: African Crisis Response Initiative: Past Present and Future (US Army Peacekeeping Institute, 2000) and Expeditionary Air Operations in Africa: Challenges and Solutions (Air University Press, 2001). More recently, she has contributed or co-written several books on neoconservatism
Neoconservatism
Neoconservatism in the United States is a branch of American conservatism. Since 2001, neoconservatism has been associated with democracy promotion, that is with assisting movements for democracy, in some cases by economic sanctions or military action....
and foreign policy. She contributed to "Ron Paul: A Life of Ideas," (Variant Press, 2008) and "Why Liberty: Personal Journeys Toward Peace and Freedom" (Cobden Press, 2010). She has been featured in a number of documentaries, including "Why We Fight" in 2005. She has written extensively for LewRockwell.com
LewRockwell.com
LewRockwell.com is a 501 libertarian web magazine operated by Burton Blumert , Lew Rockwell , Eric Garris , and others associated with the Center for Libertarian Studies ; its motto is "anti-state, anti-war, pro-market"...
since 2003.
Early life
Kwiatkowski was raised in western North CarolinaNorth Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
. She received an MA in Government from Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and an MS in Science Management from the University of Alaska
University of Alaska System
The University of Alaska is a land-grant university founded in 1917 in Fairbanks in the State of Alaska. However, its largest campus by number of students was established in the much-more populous Anchorage area....
. She has a PhD in World Politics from The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops...
; her thesis was on overt and covert war in Angola
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
, A Case Study of the Implementation of the Reagan Doctrine.
Military
Kwiatkowski began her military career in 1982 as a Second LieutenantSecond Lieutenant
Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.- United Kingdom and Commonwealth :The rank second lieutenant was introduced throughout the British Army in 1871 to replace the rank of ensign , although it had long been used in the Royal Artillery, Royal...
. She served at Eielson Air Force Base
Eielson Air Force Base
Eielson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located approximately southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska and just southeast of Moose Creek, Alaska....
in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, providing logistical support to missions along the Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n coasts. She also served in Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. Kwiatkowski was then assigned to the National Security Agency (NSA), eventually becoming a speechwriter for the agency's director. After leaving the NSA in 1998 she became an analyst on sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa as a geographical term refers to the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara. A political definition of Sub-Saharan Africa, instead, covers all African countries which are fully or partially located south of the Sahara...
policy for the Pentagon. Kwiatkowski was in her office in the Pentagon when it was attacked on September 11, 2001. From May 2002 to February 2003 she served in the Pentagon's Near East and South Asia directorate (NESA). While at NESA, she wrote a series of anonymous articles, Insider Notes from the Pentagon which appeared on the website of David Hackworth. Kwiatkowski left NESA in February 2003 and retired from the Air Force the following month.
Writer and commentator
In April 2003 Kwiatkowski began writing a series of articles for the libertarianLibertarianism
Libertarianism, in the strictest sense, is the political philosophy that holds individual liberty as the basic moral principle of society. In the broadest sense, it is any political philosophy which approximates this view...
website LewRockwell.com
LewRockwell.com
LewRockwell.com is a 501 libertarian web magazine operated by Burton Blumert , Lew Rockwell , Eric Garris , and others associated with the Center for Libertarian Studies ; its motto is "anti-state, anti-war, pro-market"...
. In June of that year she published an article in the Ohio Beacon Journal, "Career Officer Does Eye-Opening Stint Inside Pentagon," which attracted additional notice. Since February 2004 she has written a biweekly column ("Without Reservations") for the website MilitaryWeek.com
MilitaryWeek.com
MilitaryWeek.com is an English-language, web-based, weekly anthology of global military affairs.MilitaryWeek.com was founded and is published by LeRoy Woodson, a former staff-writer and editor with National Geographic magazine and The Washington Post...
.
Her most comprehensive writings on the subject of a corrupting influence of the Pentagon on intelligence analysis leading up to the Iraq War appeared in a series of articles in The American Conservative
The American Conservative
The American Conservative is a monthly U.S. opinion magazine published by Ron Unz. Its first editor was Scott McConnell, his successors being Kara Hopkins and the present incumbent, Daniel McCarthy....
magazine in December 2003 and in a March 2004 article on Salon.com
Salon.com
Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...
. In the latter piece ("The New Pentagon Papers") she wrote:
I witnessed neoconservative agenda bearers within OSPOffice of Special PlansThe Office of Special Plans , which existed from September 2002 to June 2003, was a Pentagon unit created by Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith, and headed by Feith, as charged by then-United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to supply senior George W. Bush administration officials with...
usurp measured and carefully considered assessments, and through suppression and distortion of intelligence analysis promulgate what were in fact falsehoods to both CongressUnited States CongressThe United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Congress meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C....
and the executive officeExecutive Office of the President of the United StatesThe Executive Office of the President consists of the immediate staff of the President of the United States, as well as multiple levels of support staff reporting to the President. The EOP is headed by the White House Chief of Staff, currently William M. Daley...
of the president.
Kwiatkowski described how a clique of officers led by retired Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
Captain Bill Luti
William J. Luti
William J. Luti served a Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Strategy for the National Security Council in the administration of President George W. Bush....
, assistant secretary of defense for NESA and former aide to Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....
when the latter was Secretary of Defense
United States Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Defense is the head and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense of the United States of America. This position corresponds to what is generally known as a Defense Minister in other countries...
, took control of military intelligence and how the "Office of Special Plans
Office of Special Plans
The Office of Special Plans , which existed from September 2002 to June 2003, was a Pentagon unit created by Paul Wolfowitz and Douglas Feith, and headed by Feith, as charged by then-United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to supply senior George W. Bush administration officials with...
" (OSP) grew and eventually turned into a censorship
Censorship
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and disinformation organism controlling the NESA.
Following the American Conservative and Salon articles, Kwiatkowski began to receive criticism from several conservative sources that supported President Bush's
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
policies. Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin (historian)
Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior lecturer at the Naval Postgraduate School ....
of the National Review
National Review
National Review is a biweekly magazine founded by the late author William F. Buckley, Jr., in 1955 and based in New York City. It describes itself as "America's most widely read and influential magazine and web site for conservative news, commentary, and opinion."Although the print version of the...
argued she had exaggerated her knowledge of the OSP's workings and claimed she had ties to Lyndon LaRouche
Lyndon LaRouche
Lyndon Hermyle LaRouche, Jr. is an American political activist and founder of a network of political committees, parties, and publications known collectively as the LaRouche movement...
. Republican U.S. Senator Jon Kyl
Jon Kyl
Jon Llewellyn Kyl is the junior U.S. Senator from Arizona and the Senate Minority Whip, the second-highest position in the Republican Senate leadership. In 2010 he was recognized by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world for his persuasive role in the Senate.The son...
criticized her in a speech on the Senate floor. On a Fox News
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel , often called Fox News, is a cable and satellite television news channel owned by the Fox Entertainment Group, a subsidiary of News Corporation...
program, host John Gibson
John Gibson (media host)
John David Gibson is an American radio talk show host. As of September 2008, he hosts the syndicated radio program The John Gibson Show on Fox News Radio. Gibson was formerly the co-host of the weekday edition of The Big Story on the Fox News television channel.-Early career:Gibson earned a BA...
and former Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
The Republican National Committee is an American political committee that provides national leadership for the Republican Party of the United States. It is responsible for developing and promoting the Republican political platform, as well as coordinating fundraising and election strategy. It is...
communications director Clifford May
Clifford May
Clifford D. May is an American journalist, editor, and political activist. He is the president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a conservative policy institute created shortly after the 9/11 attacks, and the Chairman of the Policy Committee department within the Committee on the...
described her as an anarchist
Anarchism
Anarchism is generally defined as the political philosophy which holds the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, or alternatively as opposing authority in the conduct of human relations...
. Kwiatkowski responded by saying, among other points, that she had never supported or dealt with LaRouche. She requested and received a written apology from Senator Jon Kyl for his false statements about her.
In addition to her writings Kwiatkowski has appeared as a commentator in the documentaries Hijacking Catastrophe
Hijacking Catastrophe
Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear & the Selling of American Empire is a 2004 documentary narrated by Julian Bond and directed by Jeremy Earp and Sut Jhally...
, Honor Betrayed and Why We Fight
Why We Fight (2005 film)
Why We Fight, directed by Eugene Jarecki, is a 2006 documentary film about the military–industrial complex. The title refers to the World War II-era eponymous propaganda movies commissioned by the U.S...
.
Politics
Kwaitkowski has been a registered member of the U.S. Libertarian PartyLibertarian Party (United States)
The Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...
since 1994 and spoke at the party's national convention
Libertarian National Convention
The Libertarian National Convention is held every two years by the United States Libertarian Party to choose members of the Libertarian National Committee, and to conduct other party business...
in 2004. She is a member of the Liberty and Power
Liberty and Power
Liberty and Power is a group weblog established in 2003 and is part of the History News Network of the Center for History and New Media. The members share a libertarian or classical liberal perspective. They are primarily university professors and represent diverse fields. Past guest bloggers have...
group weblog at the History News Network.
A number of Libertarian Party members and supporters have encouraged Kwiatkowski to seek the Party's presidential nomination in the past few election cycles. On April 15, 2007, Kwiatkowski received the New Hampshire Libertarian Party's 2008 vice-presidential
Vice President of the United States
The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...
nomination, within a couple of weeks she declined the nomination. In 2007, she announced her support for Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
presidential candidate Ron Paul
Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul is an American physician, author and United States Congressman who is seeking to be the Republican Party candidate in the 2012 presidential election. Paul represents Texas's 14th congressional district, which covers an area south and southwest of Houston that includes...
.
2012 U.S. House of Representatives candidacy
In February 2011, a Federal Elections Commission filing declared the Friends of Karen Kwiatkowski were draftingDraft (politics)
In elections in the United States, political drafts are used to encourage or pressure a certain person to enter a political race, by demonstrating a significant groundswell of support for the candidate. A write-in campaign may also be considered a draft campaign.-The movement to draft Dwight D....
her to run for congress in Central Virginia in the 2012 election
United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2012
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia will be held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 to elect the 11 U.S. Representatives from Virginia, one from each of the state's 11 congressional districts. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in...
.
On August 18, 2011, Kwaitkowski formally announced her candidacy for the Republican nomination for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in Virginia's 6th District. She is challenging ten-term incumbent Representative Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
Robert William "Bob" Goodlatte is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1993. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district is based in Roanoke and also includes Lynchburg, Harrisonburg and Staunton.-Early life, education and career:...
for the nomination.
Personal life
Kwiatkowski currently lives with her family in the Shenandoah ValleyShenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley is both a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians , to the north by the Potomac River...
of Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
and is a farmer and part-time professor.
Anonymous essays 2002-2003
- Deep Throat Returns: Insider Notes from The Pentagon, Lt. Col. Kwiatkowski's anonymous essays while still at the Pentagon. (Anonymous essays number 1 to 39)
- Insider Notes from The Pentagon: Ready to go to war?, January 31, 2003. (Anonymous essay number 40)
- Insider Notes from The Pentagon: Fear of God, February 3, 2003. (No.41)
- Insider Notes from The Pentagon: Life is Tough All Over, February 8, 2003. (No.42)
- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love CBW, March 10, 2003. (No.47)
- The Souffle has Fallen, March 29, 2003. (No.49)
- Insider Notes from The Pentagon: Those Awful Turks, May 28, 2003. (No.51)
External links
- Karen Kwiatkowski archives at lewrockwell.com (more than 250 articles and interviews)
- Karen for Congress, official 2012 Congressional campaign site
- Karen Kwiatkowski, entry on SourceWatchSourceWatchSourceWatch is an internet wiki site that is a collaborative project of the liberal Center for Media and Democracy...
- Liberty and Power Group Blog
- Center for Cooperative Research Profile of Karen Kwiatkowski
- The New Pentagon Papers, an article by Kwiatkowski that appeared on Salon.comSalon.comSalon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...
- Archive of articles by Karen Kwiatkowski on LewRockwell.Com
- List of articles on militaryweek.com
- "Conscientious Objector", an article by Kwiatkowski, originally appearing in The American Conservative
- Honor Betrayed page on veteransforpeace.org
- The Pentagon Insider Who Spread Rumors that Sounded Anti-Semitic by Edwin Black appearing on History News Network
- Web of Conspiracies by Michael Rubin appearing on National Review Online
- Hijacking Catastrophe: 9/11, Fear, and the Selling of American Empire
- Democracy Now, September 10, 2004 Hijacking Catastrophe
- Democracy Now, October 22, 2004 The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
- Karen Kwiatkowski's 2002-2003 archives Deep Throat Returns: Insider Notes from The Pentagon
- Knight Ridder News, July 31, 2003 Career Officer Does Eye-Opening Stint Inside Pentagon
- Inter Press Service, August 5, 2003 War Critics Zero In on Pentagon Office
- Inter Press Service, August 7, 2003 Pentagon Office Home to Neo-Con Network
- If Americans Knew, December 1, 2003 Israelis walked through the Pentagon to Feith's office like they owned the place
- Interhemispheric Resource Center, February 12, 2004 Office of Special Plans
- Inter Press Service, October 28, 2005 A Formidable Hawk Goes Down
- Mother Jones, January 2004 The Lie Factory
- Democracy Now, December 18, 2003 The Lie Factory - Neocons & the OSP Pushed Disinformation and Bogus Intelligence
- In These Times, April 12, 2004 Outside the Inside
- In These Times, October 24, 2004 The Bush team’s foreign policy disregarded reality and ignored actuality
- Democracy Now, August 8, 2003 Ex-Pentagon Official Suggests Bush Administration Should Face War Crimes Tribunal
- Interview with Karen Kwiatkowski, November 2, 2003 Pentagon Whistle Blower
- Interview with Karen Kwiatkowski, May 22, 2004 An Insider's Look at the March to War
- Interview with Karen Kwiatkowski, September 21, 2004 Timothy McSweeney
- Interview with Karen Kwiatkowski, June 16, 2005 Daily Kos
- Ten questions and answers, with Karen Kwiatkowski, October 25, 2005 Unknown News
- Daily Kos Karen Kwiatkowski
- After Downing Street, June 16, 2005 Written Testimony of Karen Kwiatkowski
- Karen Kwiatkowski's video interview California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- Democracy Now, June 29, 2005 Former Pentagon Insider Blasts Bush's Iraq Speech and Repeated References to 9/11
- Karen Kwiatkowski's audio interviews on The Charles Goyette Show
- Karen Kwiatkowski's audio interviews The Weekend Interview Show with Scott Horton
- Brian LambBrian LambBrian Patrick Lamb is the founder and chief executive officer of C-SPAN, a television network dedicated to coverage of government proceedings and public affairs. Born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, Lamb earned a degree from Purdue University before joining the United States Navy...
. Karen discusses her service in the Air Force, Pentagon & more C-SPANC-SPANC-SPAN , an acronym for Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, is an American cable television network that offers coverage of federal government proceedings and other public affairs programming via its three television channels , one radio station and a group of websites that provide streaming...
, April 2, 2006. - Karen Kwiatkowski's radio show American Forum
- Interview With Kwiatkowski: Pentagon Whistle-Blower on the Coming War With Iran
- Interview with Karen Kwiatkowski on Liberty Cap Talk Live with Todd Andrew Barnett