Karen Kwiatkowski

Ltc. (ret.) Karen U. Kwiatkowski is a retired U.S. Air Force officer whose assignments included duties as a Pentagon desk officer and various roles for the National Security Agency. She is known for her insider essays denouncing a corrupting political influence on military intelligence, especially leading up to the 2003 Iraq War. She is the author of two books Africa: African Crisis Response Initiative: Past Present and Future (2000) and Expeditionary Air Operations in Africa: Challenges and Solutions (2001) and has contributed to many others. She is a founding member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.