FBI Vet Calls For 'Special Counsel' Investigation, Prosecutions in Sibel Edmonds Case

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FBI Veteran Calls For Special Counsel Investigation, Accountability, Prosecutions in Sibel Edmonds Case
Details panic inside the Bureau, executive effort to 'keep this whole thing quiet' when matter first came to light in 2002
Further confirms FBI translator/whistleblower's allegations, credibility...

An 18-year Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism Manager for the FBI has called for a Special Counsel to be appointed to investigate the allegations of FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds. John M. Cole, who now works as an intelligence contractor for the Air Force, made his comments during an audio interview released late last week with radio journalist Peter B. Collins.

He also offered a detailed insiders look at the panicked concerns among high-level officials inside the Bureau as Edmonds disturbing allegations began coming to light back in 2002, before they would be quashed for seven long years by the Bush Administration's unprecedented use of the so-called "State Secrets Privilege" to gag her.

"Everybody at headquarters level at the bureau knew that what she was saying was extremely accurate. ... They were trying to figure out ways of keeping this whole thing quiet, because they didn't want Sibel to come out," Cole said.

The FBI executive went on to further underscore his corroboration of key elements of Edmonds' allegations as "one hundred percent right on the money, on the mark," including the Bureau's long counterintelligence investigation into Turkish espionage/infiltration in the U.S. government; details on the importance of the first-hand intelligence collected by FBI translators like Edmonds; and a call for long-overdue "Special Counsel" investigation.

"You know, it really irritates me that people are getting away with murder, in some cases. They should not be allowed to get away with that. There needs to be accountability. And that's what I'd love to see."...

FULL STORY, COMPLETE AUDIO INTERVIEW, EXTENDED TEXT EXCERPTS:
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