Recent Sibel Edmonds interview.

[mmonk]

Drugs, money laundering, & terrorism.
http://letsibeledmondsspeak.blogspot.com/2009/04/sibel-edmonds-interviewed-by-electric.html

[mmonk]

1. Central Asia

"But you're also looking at the increased role of certain Central Asian countries and the Caucuses, and if you look at some of these regimes, these are the regimes that we have been supporting. Their economies also have become dependent on narcotics, because they have become a major transit - and in some places, for certain countries such as Azerbaijan, they have become major production centers."

[JohnyCanuck]

2. Here's an interesting snip from the interview

Bipartisan Coverup: The US Deep State

GK: When was the last time that you had any contact with Waxman's office?

SE: That would be, having real conversation/contact was before the election in 2006, but in March 2007, I spoke with one of his staff people... and he said the congressman was very serious about having these hearings. But just as he was planning on scheduling a hearing for my case - this is the State Secrets Privilege and the whole FBI case - he was called into a hearing with Nancy Pelosi, they went into a meeting for about 30 minutes, Chairman Waxman came out and told his staff that they were not going to have these hearings, including my case.

And interestingly, this was during a time that they were putting together this junket, this trip, to several countries, the first one being Israel, and Chairman Waxman was not on that list. After this meeting, two or three days later, his name was added to the list. I don't know if that means anything or not, if it was a coincidence, I don’t know. That was the last time.

SNIP

(Part of SE's response to a followup question):
So, as I started talking about congressional members, or certain appointed officials under both administrations who were involved in certain activities that were targeted by the FBI at one point, the legal counsel with clearance for congressman Waxman stopped me and said "I need to stop you right here and ask you a question. How many Democrats are involved here in the House or the Senate?" and I answered the question, I said "Concretely to answer that, the ones that I know for sure would be three." And he looked at his watch, and said "OK I think we have enough, we don't want to hear any more. What we would like to do is we want to receive the classified version of the Inspector General's report, which we never got, and after that we will contact you and ask you to continue."

Basically they said they didn’t want to hear it because if they heard it they would be responsible. So the meeting ended there - this was the SCIF meeting, and again, this was witnessed because I got the report from the Capitol police that came and declared that the room was secured, the date... so the fact that I went inside the SCIF with them, who I met, everything has been recorded, but this is how it went.

[mmonk]

3. How much you want to bet the trip's inclusion to Waxman

was dependent on his not having hearings?

[mmonk]

4. Also, how much does this affect our foreign policy now?

http://news.google.com/archivesearch?as_q=hillary-clinton&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Search+Archives&as_epq=mehmet+celebi&as_oq=&as_eq=&ned=us&as_user_ldate=&as_user_hdate=&lr=lang_en&as_src=&as_price=p0&as_scoring=

[Spurt]

5. Sibels story must be told.

I don't care which side dirty Reps come from - they must be called to account.
That is why her testimony is so important, it is not partisan.

Somehow she must be allowed to speak. Urgently.
Get the dirty linen out and get it laundered. Then there might be something worth looking forward to.

[JohnyCanuck]

7. Let Sibel Edmonds Speak

Sibel Edmonds is the most gagged person in US history. The government has repeatedly invoked the State Secrets Privilege in her case - not for reasons of 'national security' but to hide ongoing criminal activity. Please call Waxman and Conyers' offices and demand public open hearings into Edmonds' case and the State Secrets Privilege. Links to their contact pages on the right of the blog.

http://letsibeledmondsspeak.blogspot.com

Sibel Edmonds

August 1, 2004
Thomas Kean, Chairman
National Committee on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
301 7th Street, SW
Room 5125
Washington, DC 20407

Dear Chairman Kean:

It has been almost three years since the terrorist attacks on September 11; during
which time we, the people, have been placed under a constant threat of terror and asked
to exercise vigilance in our daily lives. Your commission, the National Commission on
Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, was created by law to investigate “facts and
circumstances related to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001” and to “provide
recommendations to safeguard against future acts of terrorism”, and has now issued its
“9/11 Commission Report”. You are now asking us to pledge our support for this report,
its recommendations, and implementation of these recommendations, with our trust and
backing, our tax money, our security, and our lives. Unfortunately, I find your report
seriously flawed in its failure to address serious intelligence issues that I am aware of,
which have been confirmed, and which as a witness to the commission, I made you aware
of. Thus, I must assume that other serious issues that I am not aware of were in the same
manner omitted from your report. These omissions cast doubt on the validity of your
report and therefore on its conclusions and recommendations. Considering what is at
stake, our national security, we are entitled to demand answers to unanswered questions,
and to ask for clarification of issues that were ignored and/or omitted from the report. I,
Sibel Edmonds, a concerned American Citizen, a former FBI translator, a whistleblower,
a witness for a United States Congressional investigation, a witness and a plaintiff for the
Department of Justice Inspector General investigation, and a witness for your own 9/11
Commission investigation, request your answers to, and your public acknowledgement
of, the following questions and issues:

http://www.justacitizen.org/articles_documents/Letter_to_Kean.pdf

[pleah]

6. K&R

[ajeffersonian]

8. Still important

Interesting interview, and still very pertinent - especially in light of the Harman revelations. I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that no government action is going to be taken re Sibel's case, but that makes it even more important that as much information as possible gets to as many citizens as possible. Continue your good work Sibel.

[mmonk]

13. Let's hope we can make it never fade away.

[Truth2Tell]

9. K&R. nt

[G_j]

10. K&R

[Mark Twain Girl]

11. Sibel still be silenced. Let her speak. nt

[bobthedrummer]

12. K&R

[wiggs]

14. really important. nt