Carol Kisthardt Explained

Carol Kisthardt is an American military lawyer and senior investigator with the national Naval Criminal Investigation Service.^{[1] [2] [3]} Kisthardt was a leading presenter on the role of the NCIS at numerous law enforcement conferences. She was a lead investigator in the investigations of Carlos and Elsa Alvarez, two Florida International University professors accused of spying for Cuba.^{[4] [5]} In 2006, she investigated three suicides at Guantanamo Bay detention camp.^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

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1. News: Sham Marriage Cases Send Message to All Servicemembers. American Forces Press Service. Donna Miles. 2006-04-21. 2008-10-06.
2. News: Evidence of Broader Plot Found in Guantanamo Suicide Investigation . . 2006-07-09 . 2008-10-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423195629/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,202668,00.html . 2008-04-23 .
3. St. Augustine Record, Associated Press, July 9, 2006, Guantanamo suicide investigation finds evidence of broader plot, Retrieved Sept. 19, 2014, "...450 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay to "determine whether other suicides were planned or likely to be planned," Carol Kisthardt, the Naval Criminal Investigative Service agent in charge of the investigation..."
4. News: TWO SOUTH FLORIDA UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS INDICTED AS COVERT AGENTS OF CUBAN GOVERNMENT . . 2006-01-09 . 2008-10-05 . The Alvarez investigation is the product of several years of work by the FBI Miami Division and the NCIS Southeast Field Office. NCIS will continue to confront the threat posed by Cuban Intelligence through proactive investigations around the world. . live . https://archive.today/20081005163255/http://www.counterintelligenceuniversity.net/Documents/DOC_Alvarez_Case_Press_Release_JAN06.html . 2008-10-05 .
5. News: FORMER FIU PROFESSORS SENTENCED ON CONSPIRACY AND MISPRISION CHARGES . FBI . 2007-02-27 . 2008-10-05 . The guilty pleas and sentencing of Carlos and Elsa Alvarez are the culmination of years of investigative work. NCIS will continue to pursue the threat posed by the Cuban Directorate of Intelligence and other Foreign Intelligence Services around the world. The successful conclusion of the Alvarez investigation is another example of the effective cooperation between members of the U.S. Counterintelligence Community. . https://web.archive.org/web/20080407230507/http://miami.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel07/mm20070227.htm . 2008-04-07 . bot: unknown .
6. News: Guantanamo Probe Finds Evidence of Plot . . September 18, 2014 . July 9, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181114085833/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1Y1-95337899.html . dead . November 14, 2018 .
7. News: White. Signs of Detainees' Planning Alleged; Messages Found On Legal Papers . The Washington Post. September 18, 2014 . July 8, 2006 . Josh . https://web.archive.org/web/20180911114500/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-136386.html . dead . September 11, 2018 .
8. BEN FOX, The Associated Press, July 9, 2006, Washington Post, Guantanamo Probe Finds Evidence of Plot, Retrieved Sept. 19, 2014, "...Authorities took the papers after finding a note in Arabic related to the suicides in the mesh wall of the cell of one of the prisoners found hanged to death, Kisthardt wrote...."
9. Taipei Times, Jul 10, 2006, Associated Press, Camp suicides involved others: inquest, Retrieved Sept. 19, 2014, "...Authorities confiscated personal papers from nearly all 450 prisoners at Guantanamo Bay ...said Carol Kisthardt of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service ...."
10. Scott Horton, March 2010 issue, Harpers magazine, The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle, retrieved Sept. 19, 2014, "...The Justice Department—bolstered by ... Carol Kisthardt, the special agent in charge of the NCIS investigation..."
11. Sydney Morning Herald, AP, July 9, 2006 Guantanamo suicides: other detainees may have helped, Retrieved Sept. 19, 2014, "...Carol Kisthardt of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service..."