''Major Developments in 9/11 Whistleblower Case''

[Gabi Hayes]

somebody linked to a story like this earlier, but I can't find it, and nobody's talking about it

you all know about her, and she's seemingly won a huge victory today, assuming the junta follows the rule of law

as if...

Sibel Edmonds is a government whistleblower who has stated that prior to 9/11, in April 2001, the U.S. government had information about plans for airplanes to be used on suicide missions in U.S. cities in the coming months.


Washington, D.C. - Her statements contradict what administration tion officials told the 9/11 Commission in public testimony. Edmonds has also charged that the FBI has been compromised in various ways and that her raising these issues led to her dismissal.

The Washington Post reports today on a case pertaining to Edmonds brought by the Project On Government Oversight: "The Justice Department has backed away from a court battle over its authority to classify and restrict the discussion of information it has already released, handing a local advocacy group a victory by granting it explicit permission to publish letters written by two senators that contain the contested information." www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45322-2005Feb22.html

The American Civil Liberties Union, which is representing Edmonds, notes today that this "development also follows the Justice Department's release of the full Inspector General report on Edmonds's dismissal at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 18, at the beginning of a holiday weekend. The ACLU said that the executive summary released last month actually revealed more information than the full 106-page Inspector General report, as the bulk of it was redacted." www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=17527&c=206

[Gabi Hayes]

1. the other link mentioned that Edmonds said that 'higher ups'

may be subject to criminal penalties as a result of this

[fooj]

2. Works for me!

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. kick

[Gabi Hayes]

4. article from Chicago tribune...a few weeks old

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501...

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??????

[Gabi Hayes]

5. if anybody can check, minstrel boy has several good threads on this

IIRC

I have a thread from a few weeks back, with a petition, and link to sibel's own, excellent site

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=3064626

her site

http://www.justacitizen.com

[G_j]

6. it might have been this post

(and you're right, nobody is talking about this..
I'm puzzled since this is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT)
:shrug:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3166293
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[me b zola]

7. kick n/t