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]