Official: Evidence Supports FBI Complaints ----Sibel Edmonds

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Official: Evidence Supports FBI Complaints

Sat Jan 15,12:27 AM

By TED BRIDIS, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The FBI (news - web sites) never adequately investigated complaints by a fired contract linguist who alleged shoddy work and possible espionage inside the bureau's translator program, even though evidence and witnesses supported her, the Justice Department (news - web sites)'s senior oversight official said Friday.

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 her claims "raised substantial questions and were supported by various pieces of evidence."


Edmonds maintains she was fired in March 2002 after she complained to FBI managers about shoddy wiretap translations and told them an interpreter with a relative at a foreign embassy might have compromised national security by blocking translations in some cases and notifying targets of FBI surveillance.


In response to the new report, the FBI said Friday it still was investigating Edmonds' claims. It also said FBI Director Robert Mueller has reminded senior bureau officials to protect employees against retaliation for raising concerns. The government has said Edmonds did not qualify for formal whistle-blower job protections because she worked with the FBI under a personal contract. ....

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