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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:27 PM
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Justacitizen.com>>>>Sibel Edmonds' own website....be there
Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 01:00 PM by Gabi Hayes
"I am not the President. I am not a Supreme Court judge. I am not a member of Congress.
I am just a citizen, and this is my country. I will speak, and I will be heard."


http://www.justacitizen.com/

linked you'll find most of her interviews, including this one, from thisishell.com, which I just heard.
http://server.wnur.org/thisishell/archive/20050122_2.ram
very very powerful. the fire in her voice flashes occasionally, and you'll see from the photo that she's lost weight, most likely due to what she's been through
http://www.justacitizen.com/JustaCitizen-Interviews.htm

this woman deserves our support, so please go to the site, spend some time, and see what you can do to help one of the lonely people out there who are taking on the evil might of the entire US defense/intel/legal establishment.

she's our time's Joan of Arc

seriously

sign the petition and WRITE to those cowards in congress who are too weak to stand on their jellylegs

To: United States Congress
To: All members of the Congress of the United States of America; all Senators and Members of the House of Representatives.

A Petition to require the immediate release of the entire report completed in July 2004 by the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (DOJ-IG) of its investigation into confirmed reports by FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, but which has remained classified; and further Petition that it be followed by a joint investigation by Congress, including open public hearings, into those reports of wrongdoing, criminal activities, and cover-ups against the security and interests of the United States and its citizenry.

The DOJ-IG began its investigation in March 2002, and at the request of Senators Grassley(R) and Leahy (D) promised expedited release in the Fall of 2002. In June 2002 the FBI, in unclassified Senate briefings, confirmed the validity of Ms. Edmonds reports (Attorney General Ashcroft in May 2004 retroactively classified information from these briefings and gagged the Congress, preventing further Congressional investigation and disclosure). Despite its promise of expedited release, the DOJ-IG repeatedly delayed completion of its report, and when after over two years completed it in July 2004, declared it entirely classified and has not released a single page to the public. Issues covered by the DOJ-IG investigation include; the cover-up of information and leads pre and post 9/11, under the excuse of protecting certain diplomatic relations; espionage activities within (but not limited to) the FBI & Department of Defense; cases of intentional blocking and mistranslation of crucial intelligence by FBI translators and management.

The FBI and the Department of Justice have engaged in a relentless effort to withhold this information in order to prevent public awareness and thus avoid accountability, and in so doing are placing the security of the nation at risk. In this regard ranking Senate Judiciary Committee members Grassley(R) and Leahy (D) have stated: “We fear that the designation of information as classified in these cases serves to protect the executive branch against embarrassing revelations and full accountability. Releasing declassified versions of these reports, or at least portions or summaries, would serve the public’s interest, increase transparency, promote effectiveness and efficiency at the FBI, and facilitate Congressional oversight.” Given the seriousness of Ms. Edmonds’ reports and in the best interests of the security of the country, it is imperative that information contained in the DOJ-IG report be made available to the public. It is incumbent upon the Congress to exercise its oversight responsibilities and authority as the representatives of the people of the United States, therefore:

We, the undersigned, now call upon the Congress to require the immediate release of the entire DOJ-IG report of its investigation, and to open a joint investigation into all related issues, with open hearings before the people of the United States.


Sincerely,
undersigned

http://www.petitiononline.com/deniz18/petition.html

take your time

going to bump this every day, to make SURE people wise up, and get going....there are about 8000 signatures on the petition, and everybody here should sign.....

what's disgusting is that I had second thoughts about putting all that personal info on there, cause I was sort of SCARED to do so

that's WHY we have to do it.

DO IT!
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Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:29 PM
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1. Thanks for the link...
...very interesting and enlightening.
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:30 PM
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2. Thank you. Will do. Sibel is exceptional! eom
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:32 PM
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3. yes she is... I just signed the petition
there's a spot for a comment. Mine:

please reinstate our constitution. I'm tired of living in a banana republic
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:32 PM
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4. contact her here....she can use the emotional support, I'm sure
justacitizen@justacitizen.com
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:33 PM
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5. thanks for the link!
I haven't been following her story as closely as I should have.


(P.S. Where can I get those Hieronymus Bosch action fictures (lol) in your sig?)
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:36 PM
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6. HA...right here
Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 12:38 PM by Gabi Hayes
http://www.arcana-arcana.com/acatalog/Jheronimus_Bosch.html

I should start asking them for a finder's fee.

since I started showing those, as buycitgo, they've sold out of about half of them

also, if you're interested in Bosch, try your library for "Leap," by Terry Tempest Williams. she spent almost a year in the Prado, studying the Garden of Delights, as well as researching the literature on Bosch

a most remarkable book
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:45 PM
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9. thanks; much appreciated (n/t)
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:40 PM
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7. amazing. I've pretty much quit reading this piece of trash, to which
Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 12:49 PM by Gabi Hayes
I subscribe, except for Doonesbury and Boondocks, but it came out with an article two weeks ago, which I missed

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501150193jan15,1,1003674.story?coll=chi-news-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true

A former FBI linguist's allegations of possible espionage involving a colleague are credible but still have not been properly examined nearly three years after they were made, according to a new internal Justice Department report released Friday.

In his review, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine also concluded that the linguist, Sibel Edmonds, was fired in April 2002 in large part because of her whistle-blowing activity and that the dismissal could have a chilling effect on the willingness of FBI employees to report wrongdoing in the future.

The 37-page assessment documents a superficial inquiry marked by sloppy interviews, shallow research and an unwillingness to look beyond what the department's investigators acknowledged was Edmonds' sometimes difficult personality.

While making no judgment on the merits of her claims of serious security breaches, the report said they "were supported by various pieces of evidence" and that "the FBI did not, and still has not adequately investigated these allegations."

In a statement Friday, the FBI said an investigation into Edmonds' allegations is ongoing. It also cited an e-mail sent last summer to bureau employees from FBI Director Robert Mueller in which he pledged "his commitment to protecting from retaliation all employees, including contractors . . . who raise good faith concerns."


as regards her 'difficult personality,' gee, I wonder why they said that....could it be because she was upsetting their little applecart by actually wanting to DO THE TRANSLATIONS they were sitting on so they could get more money? or because they didn't want the nepotism and ESPIONAGE to be revealed

could that be part of it??????
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:44 PM
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8. and if you check the column for other articles in the corporate media,
you'll note that the Washington TIMES has one, but not the Washington Post

surprised

since I heard her say that a reporter told her that a MAJOR newspaper honcho said they'd NEVER carry a word about her, I'm assuming it's the Post

could be the LA Times or WSJ, but, I'm betting it's the Post

that quote is from this interview, from last July, also at thisishell.com:
http://server.wnur.org/thisishell/archive/20040710_3.ram
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Stop_the_War Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 12:51 PM
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10. i signed it..n/t
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 01:05 PM
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11. if the smirking chimpers can doit, so can you
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 01:51 PM
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12. JESUS! look at all the lame threads above this
Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 01:52 PM by Gabi Hayes
rescuing from p2

come ON!
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 03:19 PM
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13. JFC/INRI/WTF????
"...we fear that the designation of information as classified in some cases serves to protect the executive branch against embarrassing revelations and full accountability... Releasing declassified versions of these reports, or at least portions or summaries, would serve the public’s interest, increase transparency, promote effectiveness and efficiency at the FBI, and facilitate Congressional oversight." ==>U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) in a Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft

get WITH it, slugs!
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The Backlash Cometh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 04:06 PM
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14. kick
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robertpaulsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 04:35 PM
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15. Thanks Gabi! I'm bookmarking this one.
If that's the same petition, and it looks like it is, that I signed last month, then I'm very disappointed that only 8000 people know the hell Sibel Edmonds has been through. Keep spreading the word!
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ConcernedCanuk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 06:44 PM
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16. Thought you might offer someone a sigline for this cause
Edited on Sun Feb-06-05 06:45 PM by ConcernedCanuk
.
.
.

or even use it yourself?



The above image is an active link. I'm not sure if my monthly bandwidth will handle it, but I think it will, I have hot-linking enabled, and the free accounts get 25 megs of space and 1,500 megs of bandwidth per month, and I don't use it much, only used 4 meg of bandwidth so far this month at Photobucket.

Feel welcome to try it, or copy the image and upload it to a place like Photobucket yourself?

As a Canuk, I can't participate in the petition, or contact congress, but I wanted to do something, so I made this with unedited content from her homepage.

I followed the developing of her story from the beginning, and was not suprised at the treatment she got, or the lack of media coverage that the US "mainstream" gave her.

She is one brave woman, and if there were more like her in the United States, the Boy King would be no more.

I applaud your initiative

Carry on!

:thumbsup:

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lostnfound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-07-05 03:16 AM
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17. kick for Sibel nt
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anarchy1999 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-08-05 03:03 AM
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18. Another well deserved kick to the top. Spread it far and wide.
n/t
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