[1] She graduated from high school in 1992 and attended Coastal Carolina University, where she received an Associate of Science degree in biology.
[1] Including Delayed Entry time, Ambuhl served in the United States Army Reserve for two years and nine months.
[1] In her stipulation, Ambuhl admitted that between October 20 and December 1, 2003, she was derelict of duty in that she had "willfully failed to protect Iraqi detainees from abuse, cruelty, and maltreatment.
"[1] Specifically, Ambuhl stipulated that she witnessed "numerous acts" of abuse, cruelty, and maltreatment, writing that "This time was very confusing for me, and things were done to detainees that I questioned, but that apparently were permissible.
A June 2004 Newsday article reported that Ambuhl, who had not yet appeared in any of the released photographs, was not involved in the incidents at Abu Ghraib: A key part of the defense being prepared by Harvey Volzer, a lawyer for Spc.
Volzer will argue Ambuhl could not have been derelict in her duty to guard prisoners because the memos show that the government believed the rough treatment to get information was justified.
Additional charges brought against Ambuhl were dropped following a pretrial guilty plea but had included allegations of conspiracy, maltreatment, and indecent acts.
[11][12] From 2005 onwards, she ran the now-defunct website, www.supportmpscapegoats.com (archived link), where she posted documents in support of her husband's innocence.