Sibel Edmonds removed from court during hearing

[Frederik]

I'm posting a link to this, originally posted by Seemslikeadream in GD:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1424757

Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 12:29 pm

Former FBI contract translator and whistleblower Sibel Edmonds and her attorneys were ordered removed from the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse so that a three-judge U.S. Court of Appeals panel could discuss her case in private with Bush administration lawyers.

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Edmonds is appealing the Bush administration’s arcane use of "state secrets privilege," invoked last year to throw out her U.S. District Court lawsuit alleging retaliation for telling FBI superiors about shoddy wiretap translations and allegations that wiretap information was passed to the target of an FBI investigation. Given our multiple reports and numerous other interviews, Edmonds heard much more--enough to warrant public suppression of criminal evidence by a wholly Republican appeals court panel?


"Tom, I’m telling you that not a single newspaper covered what happened to me on Thursday when I went into court," said the exasperated translator, adding, " Ginsberg kicked everyone out, cut off my lawyer’s arguments and told us ‘we have questions to ask the government’s attorneys that you cannot hear.’ "

Criminal evidence in Edmonds’ explosive case is apparently getting too close to Washington officials, since the former contract linguist also told us she would not deny that "once this issue gets to be...investigated, you will be seeing certain people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally," revealing the content of the FBI intercepts she heard indicates that recognizable, very high-profile American citizens are linked to the 911 attacks.

more
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0504/S00251.htm

[Broken Acorn]

1. When was this?

What was the date when this hearing took place?

[Frederik]

2. I think tuesday.

April 26.

[Frederik]

3. Sorry

Last week I think. Her statement before House and Senate committees today:
http://www.justacitizen.com/articles_documents/Sibel-Statement%204-28-2005.htm

[Frederik]

4. Latest - April 28

Statement by S. Edmonds in meeting with House and Senate committees, Thursday april 28:

http://www.justacitizen.com/articles_documents/Sibel-Statement%204-28-2005.htm

"It does not come as a shock that in recent years the number of national security whistleblowers has grown exponentially; so has the level of retaliation and harassment against these whistleblowers by the government. Our group, which started as a few national security whistleblowers in the summer of 2004, has rapidly grown to over 50 people currently. Our members are experts and veterans from various intelligence & law enforcement agencies such as the FBI, CIA, DIA, FAA, and NSA. Here are their names and backgrounds (Name List, attached).

In listening to whistleblowers’ stories, heart wrenching stories about how the careers, marriages, lives, and physical and mental well-being of these conscientious patriots have been destroyed for doing the right thing, for fulfilling their first & foremost duty, protecting our nation, I realized how we all fit the same pattern and how these agencies’ retaliation tactics follow the same blueprint; as if there is a government agency manual for retaliation against whistleblowers, truth tellers. They yank our security clearances, they force us to take polygraphs, they engage in humiliation, demotion, threats……and the list goes on. I kept asking myself why, and I think I have an answer, a very simple one: Because they CAN, thus they will. They CAN, because there is NO deterrence. They CAN, since they are allowed to hide behind agency walls and dodge liability and responsibility."

"In almost all cases, even after a whistleblower’s case is established, confirmed, and the whistleblower vindicated; the wrongdoers in the agencies remain in their positions, and many are promoted and rewarded."

[Broken Acorn]

5. Why hasn't this gained traction?

Maybe it's confirmation that our 'media' are just puppets to the imperialistic neo-cons running our 'country'.

[seemslikeadream]

8. Well it was in LBN

for awhile :shrug:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=125&topic_id=37842&mesg_id=37842

[Christophera]

6. Media Should Be Sued For This.

We should all join in and file a federal lawsuit for negligence, fraud, endangerment and malfeasance against major newspapers in the city where this happened. Television too.

Posted by Frederik

"Tom, I’m telling you that not a single newspaper covered what happened to me on Thursday when I went into court," said the exasperated translator, adding, " Ginsberg kicked everyone out, cut off my lawyer’s arguments and told us ‘we have questions to ask the government’s attorneys that you cannot hear.’ "

[Mr Rabble]

7. unreal.