Is the FBI covering up its spies? Sibel Edmonds case

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Former translator Sibel Edmond's allegations were backed up by evidence and witnesses but the FBI's response to her complaints was "significantly flawed" said Inspector General Glenn Fine. Moreover, Edmond's claims "raised substantial questions and were supported by various pieces of evidence."

Edmonds has continuously stated that she was only fired after she had made complaints to FBI managers about poor wiretap translations and that one interpreter who had a relative at a foreign embassy, may have compromised national security by blocking certain translations and notifying the targets of FBI surveillance.

The FBI has claimed that it is still investigating Edmond's claims. The report also revealed that Edmonds was fired for using her home computer in which she wrote the memorandum detailing her suspicions; the FBI had deemed the actions as a security violation. However, the translator had held "Top Secret" clearance and was given the permission to work on her memo from home by an FBI supervisor.

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In the wake of the scandal involving Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent, who'd been a Russian agent for more than a decade, the lack of review by the FBI into Edmond's allegations has provoked a strong rebuke from several senators. Senator Patrick Leahy, who also sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said "The bureau has reflexively ignored and punished its whistleblowers, to the detriment of the bureau's effectiveness and sometimes to the detriment of the public's safety."

Source:www.wtopnews.com

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Induction of Fundamental Algorithms by M.A. Persinger
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2. Review of FBI's Actions - Allegations Raised By Sibel Edmonds

A Review of the FBI's Actions in Connection With Allegations Raised By Contract Linguist Sibel Edmonds
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of the Inspector General
UNCLASSIFIED SUMMARY

Office of the Inspector General
Office of Oversight and Review

January 2005

I. INTRODUCTION
This report describes the Office of the Inspector General's (OIG) investigation of allegations raised by Sibel Edmonds, a former Contract Linguist (CL) for the Federal Bureau ofInvestigation (FBI). Edmonds worked for the FBI from September 20, 2001, until March 2002, when her services as a CL for the FBI were terminated. Before that termination, she had raised a series of allegations regarding the FBI's CL program, including security concerns about actions by a co-worker related to potential espionage.

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IX. CONCLUSION
The majority of the allegations raised by Edmonds related to the actions of a co-worker. The allegations raised serious concerns that, if true, could potentially have extremely damaging consequences for the FBI. These allegations warranted a thorough and careful review by the FBI.

Our investigation concluded that the FBI did not, and still has not, adequately investigated these allegations. Our review also found that many - although not all - of Edmonds' allegations about the co-worker had some basis in fact. This evidence does not prove, and we are not suggesting, that there is sufficient evidence to conclude that espionage or any improper disclosures of FBI information occurred. However, we believe the FBI should have taken Edmonds' allegations more seriously and investigated them more thoroughly. As discussed in this report, the FBI's investigation of the information regarding the co-worker was significantly flawed. Had the FBI investigated the claims thoroughly, it would have found that many of Edmonds' allegations regarding the co-worker were supported by documentary evidence or other witnesses. Instead, the FBI seems to have discounted Edmonds' allegations, believing she was a disruptive influence and not credible, and eventually terminated her services. Even now, the FBI has not carefully investigated the allegations about the co-worker to determine if the co-worker compromised any FBI information. In light of the need for FBI vigilance about security issues, as demonstrated by the Hanssen case, we believe the FBI should have investigated these serious allegations more thoroughly.

Edmonds also alleged that the FBI retaliated against her by terminating her services as a CL. We concluded that Edmonds' allegations were at least a contributing factor in why the FBI terminated her services. We recognize that the FBI Whistle blower regulations do not apply to Edmonds because she was a contractor rather than an FBI employee. We also recognize that her varied and insistent allegations of misconduct may have been frustrating, and that not all of her allegations were true. However, many of her allegations had a basis in fact, and the way the FBI responded to her allegations contributed to her persistent claims. Moreover, we believe the FBI should not discourage employees or contractors from raising good-faith allegations of misconduct or mismanagement and the FBI's termination of Edmonds' services may discourage others from raising such concerns.

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http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-4742.html

Statement By The FBI Regarding The Office Of Inspector General’s Report, “A Review Of The FBI’s Actions In Connection With Allegations Raised By Contract Linguist Sibel Edmonds”
http://www.allamericanpatriots.com/m-news+article+storyid-4741-PHPSESSID-55e06578bb01d1cf3e0f9aa835c6bc58.html

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3. Karen Kwiatkowski is another patriotic American woman.

She published The New Pentagon Papers. A coup, of sorts.
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/KWI403A.html

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4. The neocon coup, corruption and cover-up.

Sounds very possibly like a future publication, huh.

We haven't heard much from Karen lately.

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5. Sibel Edmonds

Michael Chertoff and the sabotage of the Ptech investigation

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2951935

Indira Singh/PTech deep moles in FAA help accomplish 9/11! WTF??

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=2203166

State Dept. Quashed 9/11 Links To Global Drug Trade

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=610235&mesg_id=610235

Explosive new Sibel Edmonds interview

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1555133&mesg_id=1555133

DOJ Asked FBI Translator To Change Pre 9-11 Intercepts

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=442067&mesg_id=442067

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6. FBI Translator Calls 9/11 Investigation Inadequate-Baltimore Chronicle

http://baltimorechronicle.com/050704SibelEdmonds.shtml


INTERVIEW:
Former FBI Translator Sibel Edmonds Calls Current 9/11 Investigation Inadequate
by Jim Hogue

"If they were to do real investigations we would see several significant high level criminal prosecutions in this country. And that is something that they are not going to let out. And, believe me; they will do everything to cover this up."

-Sibel Edmonds, former FBI translator

INTRODUCTION: Sibel Edmonds and Behrooz Sarshar, beginning in December of 2001, began filing reports to their superiors at the FBI. These reports could lead to the collapse of a corrupt power structure that has a stranglehold on the very institutions that are obligated to control it. We cannot excuse these institutions, for while they fiddle, they pass death sentences on their own troops, and on the people of Afghanistan and Iraq.

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7. The crime of last century imho.

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8. 9/11 Victims National Security Whistleblowers Go to Court to Support Sibel

January 21, 2005


9/11 Victims, National Security Whistleblowers, Go to Court to Support Sibel Edmonds;
Demand Government Stop Silencing Employees Who Expose Security Risks

WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 20, 2005) - An unprecedented group of national security whistleblowers and family members of 9/11 victims' families will gather Wednesday, January 26th to demand that the government halt its detrimental practice of silencing employees who expose national security blunders.


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The event comes on the heels of last week's release of an unclassified summary of the Justice Department's Inspector General report investigating Edmonds' termination. The report concluded that Edmonds was fired for reporting serious security breaches and misconduct in the agency's translation program.

WHO: FBI whistleblowers Sibel Edmonds and Mike German, additional high level national security whistleblowers, families of 9/11 victims, ACLU and the Project On Government Oversight

WHAT: News conference to launch ACLU campaign in support of national security whistleblowers, including Sibel Edmonds, and highlight the government's abuse of the states secrets privilege

WHEN: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 at 12 p.m.

WHERE: The National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC

RSVP: Tracy Zimmerman or Crystal Streuber at 202-518-8047; [e-mail]
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9. Sibel Edmonds can be heard on radio.

She was on Sunday Monitor, KPFT today. Can be heard on the archive.

It's your world. Understand it!
January 23, 2005: Sunday Monitor


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<> {around 6:15 pm} SPECIAL GUEST PIECE

"Some in black tie; others, body bags"
written by Susan Lenfestey; read by Ann Reed

Minneapolis Star Tribune
January 20, 2005
www.commondreams.org/views05/0120-23.htm


<> {around 6:20 pm} GUEST 1: SIBEL EDMONDS



Sibel Edmonds returns to Sunday Monitor to give us an update on her case. She is a former Middle Eastern language specialist hired by the FBI shortly after 9/11. She was fired in 2002 after reporting serious security breaches and misconduct in the agency's translation program. She has alleged not only FBI incompetence, but that high crimes are being covered up.

She challenged her retaliatory dismissal by filing suit. Last July, the district court dismissed her case when Attorney General John Ashcroft invoked the so-called state secrets privilege.

On January 13, the American Civil Liberties Union urged the D.C. Court of Appeals to reinstate her case, saying that the government is abusing the "state secrets privilege" to silence employees who expose national security blunders.

"The government should be applauding, not punishing, employees who risk their jobs to expose threats to our nation's security," said ACLU Associate Legal Director Ann Beeson. "If the lower court ruling stands, many thousands of government employees will be unprotected from retaliatory dismissal, with no recourse in the courts, and others will be even less willing to risk exposing misconduct or corruption."

Some notable other whistleblowers support Edmonds' case, as do several senators, the families of 9/11 victims, the Project On Government Oversight and many others. Many of them will be joining a friend-of-the-court brief to be filed later this month.

The government is engaged in a cover-up in the Edmonds case to hide its own negligence, the ACLU has said. In 2002, at the request of Senate Judiciary Committee members Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the FBI provided several unclassified briefings to Members of Congress in which it confirmed many of Edmonds' allegations.


<> GUEST 2 {around 6:40 pm}: BETSY LEONDAR-WRIGHT



Betsy Leondar-Wright is an economic justice activist. She is the Communications Director at United for a Fair Economy, which is a national, nonpartisan, non-profit group based in Boston. United for a Fair Economy (http://www.faireconomy.org) raises awareness that concentrated wealth and power undermine the economy, corrupt democracy, deepen the racial divide, and tear communities apart. It works to build social movements for greater equality.

Betsy co-authored a book in 1999: Shifting Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap.

Her new book to be published in Spring 2005 is called Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists. Its goal is to help activists collaborate better across class lines to build stronger movements for social change.


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10. Thanks so much SophieZ

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