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waterdancer Donating Member (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-17-08 04:34 AM
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Philip Giraldi: What FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds found in translation
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Edited on Sun Feb-17-08 04:37 AM by waterdancer
Source: Dallas Morning News

Most Americans have never heard of Sibel Edmonds, and if the U.S. government has its way, they never will.

The former FBI translator turned whistle-blower tells a chilling story of corruption at Washington's highest levels – sale of nuclear secrets, shielding of terrorist suspects, illegal arms transfers, narcotics trafficking, money laundering, espionage. She may be a first-rate fabulist, but Ms. Edmonds' account is full of dates, places and names. And if she is to be believed, a treasonous plot to embed moles in American military and nuclear installations and pass sensitive intelligence to Israeli, Pakistani and Turkish sources was facilitated by figures in the upper echelons of the State and Defense Departments. Her charges could be easily confirmed or dismissed if classified government documents were made available to investigators.

But Congress has refused to act, and the Justice Department has shrouded Ms. Edmonds' case in the state-secrets privilege...

After five years of thwarted legal challenges and fruitless attempts to launch a congressional investigation, Sibel Edmonds is telling her story, though her defiance could land her in jail... the news quickly spread around the world – but not in the United States


Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/DN-sibeledmonds_17edi.ART.State.Edition1.45b446a.html



Breaking news, because this is the first coverage in a major US newspaper, commentary section or otherwise...

digg, etc. the Dallas AM news story with this addthis link

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