Thursday, July 08, 2004
John Ashcroft can't muzzle fired FBI employee
I just read this amazing interview -- not available in the mainstream press -- with former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, recounting her first-hand witnessing of criminal (even treasonous) behavior, corruption and incompetence at the FBI. Edmonds' suit against the U.S. government was summarily dismissed two days ago. The suit tried to overturn U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision to re-instil secrecy on Edmonds' widely reported 2002 testimony about her FBI experiences.
The air can't be put back into the balloon, but Tuesday's court action blocks use of what Edmonds witnessed by families of September 11 victims in their suit against the U.S. Government.
According to this article in the July 5 Boston Globe, Edmonds, in translating Turkish documents for the FBI, "made an alarming discovery: Intercepts relevant to the terrorist plot, including references to skyscrapers, had been overlooked [by the FBI] because they were badly translated into English."
The air can't be put back into the balloon, but Tuesday's court action blocks use of what Edmonds witnessed by families of September 11 victims in their suit against the U.S. Government.
According to this article in the July 5 Boston Globe, Edmonds, in translating Turkish documents for the FBI, "made an alarming discovery: Intercepts relevant to the terrorist plot, including references to skyscrapers, had been overlooked [by the FBI] because they were badly translated into English."
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