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'''Sibel Deniz Edmonds''' (born 1970)<ref>justacitizen.com, [http://www.justacitizen.com/articles_documents/May14-05-Gagged%20but%20not%20Dead.htm "Gagged, But Not Dead"], 2005.</ref> is a Turkish-American <ref name="vanity_fair"> [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9774.htm An Inconvenient Patriot - David Rose - Vanity Fair 15-8-2005] “But as a naturalized Turkish-American, she saw the job as her patriotic duty.”</ref> former [[FBI]] and founder of the [[National Security Whistleblowers Coalition]] (NSWBC). She gained notoriety following her firing from her position as a language specialist at the FBI's Washington Field Office in March, 2002, after she accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving foreign nationals, alleging serious security breaches, cover-ups, and intentional blocking of intelligence which, she contended, constituted a danger to US security. Her later claims have gained her awards and fame as a whistleblower.<ref>[http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/633/prmID/172 Newman’s Own First Amendment Award (press release)]</ref> | '''Sibel Deniz Edmonds''' (born 1970)<ref>justacitizen.com, [http://www.justacitizen.com/articles_documents/May14-05-Gagged%20but%20not%20Dead.htm "Gagged, But Not Dead"], 2005.</ref> is a Turkish-American <ref name="vanity_fair"> [http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9774.htm An Inconvenient Patriot - David Rose - Vanity Fair 15-8-2005] “But as a naturalized Turkish-American, she saw the job as her patriotic duty.”</ref> former [[FBI]] and founder of the [[National Security Whistleblowers Coalition]] (NSWBC). She gained notoriety following her firing from her position as a language specialist at the FBI's Washington Field Office in March, 2002, after she accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving foreign nationals, alleging serious security breaches, cover-ups, and intentional blocking of intelligence which, she contended, constituted a danger to US security. Her later claims have gained her awards and fame as a whistleblower.<ref>[http://www.pen.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/633/prmID/172 Newman’s Own First Amendment Award (press release)]</ref> | ||
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| + | On 8 August 2009, Edmonds gave a sworn deposition in which she testified to her knowledge of treasonous crimes and corruption involving current and former members of Congress and State and Defense Dept. officials. Given the nature of the deposition, the lines of questioning focused on Turkish espionage and services obtained through bribery and blackmail by Turkish officials and proxies. However, Edmonds has previously disclosed that the corruption involving U.S. officials also includes money laundering, trafficking in drugs, arms and nuclear secrets, U.S. support for Bin Laden/Al Qaeda, and obstruction of FBI investigations related to 9/11, before and after the attacks; she said these things came up “briefly” during the deposition. Edmonds learned of these things from wiretaps she listened to while working as a translator for the FBI in 2001-2002 <ref>[http://www.nowpublic.com/world/sibel-edmonds-deposition-deep-corruption-beneath-surface Sibel Edmonds Deposition: Deep Corruption Beneath the Surface]</ref> | ||
Her book, ‘Shooting the Messenger’, co-authored with Professor William Weaver, is due to be published by Kansas University Press in the Autumn of 2010. | Her book, ‘Shooting the Messenger’, co-authored with Professor William Weaver, is due to be published by Kansas University Press in the Autumn of 2010. | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 14 June 2010
Sibel Deniz Edmonds (born 1970)[1] is a Turkish-American [2] former FBI and founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC). She gained notoriety following her firing from her position as a language specialist at the FBI's Washington Field Office in March, 2002, after she accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving foreign nationals, alleging serious security breaches, cover-ups, and intentional blocking of intelligence which, she contended, constituted a danger to US security. Her later claims have gained her awards and fame as a whistleblower.[3]
On 8 August 2009, Edmonds gave a sworn deposition in which she testified to her knowledge of treasonous crimes and corruption involving current and former members of Congress and State and Defense Dept. officials. Given the nature of the deposition, the lines of questioning focused on Turkish espionage and services obtained through bribery and blackmail by Turkish officials and proxies. However, Edmonds has previously disclosed that the corruption involving U.S. officials also includes money laundering, trafficking in drugs, arms and nuclear secrets, U.S. support for Bin Laden/Al Qaeda, and obstruction of FBI investigations related to 9/11, before and after the attacks; she said these things came up “briefly” during the deposition. Edmonds learned of these things from wiretaps she listened to while working as a translator for the FBI in 2001-2002 [4]
Her book, ‘Shooting the Messenger’, co-authored with Professor William Weaver, is due to be published by Kansas University Press in the Autumn of 2010.
External sites
References
- ↑ justacitizen.com, "Gagged, But Not Dead", 2005.
- ↑ An Inconvenient Patriot - David Rose - Vanity Fair 15-8-2005 “But as a naturalized Turkish-American, she saw the job as her patriotic duty.”
- ↑ Newman’s Own First Amendment Award (press release)
- ↑ Sibel Edmonds Deposition: Deep Corruption Beneath the Surface
