White House Attempts to Silence 9/11 Witness

[Sliverofhope]

Lawyers Try to Gag FBI Worker over 9/11
    By Andrew Buncombe
    Independent UK

    Monday 26 April 2004

    The Bush administration will today seek to prevent a former FBI translator from providing evidence about 11 September intelligence failures to a group of relatives and survivors who have accused international banks and officials of aiding al-Qa'ida.

    Sibel Edmonds was subpoenaed by a law firm representing more than 500 family members and survivors of the attacks to testify that she had seen information proving there was considerable evidence before September 2001 that al-Qa'ida was planning to strike the US with aircraft. The lawyers made their demand after reading comments Mrs Edmonds had made to The Independent.

    But the US Justice Department is seeking to stop her from testifying, citing the rarely used "state secrets privilege". Today in a federal court in Washington, senior government lawyers will try to gag Mrs Edmonds, claiming that disclosure of her evidence "would cause serious damage to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States".

http://truthout.org/docs_04/042704A.shtml

[still_one]

1. I recorded the 60 minutes with Ms. Edmonds accusations

That was over a year ago, and she still hasn't testified.

Hello!

Where is the so-called liberal MEDIA!!!

[BOSSHOG]

2. Yeah, right. The bush administration has shown it is truly concerned

about our national security and foreign policy interests especially when it comes to "classified" information. If any "classified" information could possibly be used against an "enemy", poof, its no longer classified. Yeah, george, your drowning in credibility.

[MSgt213]

3. What was that "Unprecedented Cooperation"

[eileen from OH]

9. Yet we show foreign nationals Top Secret war plans.

I don't wanna hear no crap about "classified".

eileen from OH

[shaolinmonkey]

4. State Secrets Privilege? Ridiculous. Haven't the...

...towers already fallen? It's not much of a secret anymore.

For an administration that promised to return honor, dignity and accountability to the White House, they sure have gone out of their way to keep the American public in the dark. And furthermore, why hasn't anyone been fired over this massive lapse of the most expensive and sophisticated defense and intelligence system in the history of the world?

Anyway, I'm preachin' to the choir here. Check please.

BTW, long time reader...first time poster. DU rules!

[Q]

5. Welcome...doodlehaus

- If this were to happen in any other administration...it would be called...

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

- Nixon was a boy scout compared to these guys.

[NMDemDist2]

6. welcome to DU doodlehaus

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[ewagner]

7. Welcome to DU Doodlehaus

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[leesa]

8. Because it wasn't a lapse. Welcome.

[newyawker99]

10. Hi doodlehaus!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[bobthedrummer]

11. Howdy, doodlehaus!

I concur and welcome to DU!
:hi:

[shaolinmonkey]

12. Thanks for the love everybody!