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9/11 Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds
Testifies in Congress - USA Today


Dear friends,

Sibel Edmonds is a courageous former FBI translator who was fired for trying to expose a major cover-up of 9/11 evidence in the FBI. A lawsuit she initiated was dismissed in July of 2004, only after Attorney General John Ashcroft personally invoked a rarely used power and declared the case as falling under "state secrets" privilege. I have had a number of email exchanges with Ms. Edmonds. She states that she has documents which will implicate people at very high levels in government in their actions around 9/11. The fact that she was allowed to testify to a Congressional committee was a major breakthrough in her case, though we need more coverage. She is a key player in exposing the massive 9/11 cover-up.

Below are excerpts from several articles about Sibel Edmonds and her case with links to the originals. For lots more reliable, verifiable information on the 9/11 cover-up from major media sources, see https://www.WantToKnow.info/911/9-11-facts We are clearly moving closer to a critical mass on the 9/11 cover-up. The press is reporting on issues rarely covered in the past. Please help to build understanding on this vital issue by spreading this message. You take care and have a great day!

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Fred Burks for WantToKnow.info

Security breach of FBI's translator program to be questioned
USA Today/AP - 3/2/05
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-03-02-fbi-translator_x.htm

After listening to former translator Sibel Edmonds complain about her treatment at the hands of the Justice Department and the FBI, Reps. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., and Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said their staffs would debrief Edmonds and confront Justice Department officials with the information. Edmonds commented on the issue while testifying at a House Government Reform subcommittee hearing on the government's designation of information as classified. She told lawmakers the people she accused were still working at the FBI. The Justice Department's inspector general said last month that the FBI never adequately investigated Edmonds' complaints, even though evidence and witnesses supported her. Edmonds filed a lawsuit seeking to keep her job, but last summer a judge threw out her case after Attorney General John Ashcroft said her claims might harm national security by exposing government secrets.

Note: This article fails to mention Ms. Edmonds claims that top individuals in government concealed critical information about 9/11 suggesting complicity by compromised politicians. For more, click here.

Justice Dept. Opposes Bid to Revive Case Against F.B.I.
New York Times - 2/26/05
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/26/politics/26whistle.html
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/022605Y.shtml

The government has told a federal appeals court that a suit by an F.B.I. translator who was fired after accusing the bureau of ineptitude should not be allowed to proceed because it would cause "significant damage to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." The case has become a lightning rod for critics who contend that the bureau retaliated against Ms. Edmonds and other whistle-blowers who have sought to expose management problems related to the antiterrorism campaign. The suit was dismissed in July after Attorney General John Ashcroft invoked a rarely used power and declared the case as falling under "state secret" privilege. The Justice Department retroactively classified a 2002 Congressional briefing about the case and some related letters from lawmakers, but this week it decided to permit the information to be released. The inspector general of the department concluded last month that the F.B.I. had failed to aggressively investigate Ms. Edmonds's accusations of espionage and fired her in large part for raising them. In a report that the department sought for months to keep classified, the inspector general issued a sharp rebuke to the bureau over its handling of Ms. Edmonds's accusations.

FBI faulted over linguist's complaints: Review deemed lacking
Boston Globe/Associated Press - 1/15/05
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/01/15/fbi_faulted_over_linguists_complaints/

The FBI never adequately investigated complaints by a fired contract linguist who alleged shoddy work and possible espionage inside the bureau's translator program, although evidence and witnesses supported her, the Justice Department's senior oversight official said yesterday. The bureau's response to complaints by former translator Sibel Edmonds was "significantly flawed," Inspector General Glenn Fine said in a report that summarized a lengthy classified investigation into how the FBI handled the case. Fine said Edmonds's contentions "raised substantial questions and were supported by various pieces of evidence." "The report substantiated the most serious of Sibel's allegations and demonstrates that the FBI owes Sibel an apology and compensation for its unlawful firing of her rather than hiding behind its false cloak of national security," said Mark Zaid, her lawyer.

Note: Ms. Edmonds deeply revealing allegations are laid out clearly in an open letter to 9/11 Commission Chairman Thomas Kean available at https://www.WantToKnow.info/sibeledmonds. For one-paragraph excerpts of other news articles on Ms. Edmonds, click here.

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