Sibel Edmonds
Sibel Edmonds
Sibel Deniz Edmonds is a former translator who worked as a contractor for the Federal Bureau of Investigationand founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition. Edmonds gained public attention following her firing from her position as a language specialist at the FBI's Washington Field Office in March 2002. She had accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving Turkish nationals, alleged serious security breaches and cover-ups and that intelligence had been deliberately suppressed, endangering national security. Her later...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
CountryUnited States of America
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During my work there I came across some very significant issues that I started reporting in December of 2001 to the mid-level management within the FBI.
As Far As People Who Ran The Show, It Was The Highest Levels of NATO, the U.S., MI6, CIA And The Pentagon
I started working for the Bureau immediately after 9/11 and I was performing translations for several languages: Farsi, Turkish, and Azerbaijani.
That goes to the heart of the matter: The media, as I said is the window to the government, and that window has turned into a wall.
When you think of al-Qaeda, you are not thinking of al-Qaeda in terms of one particular country, or one particular organization.
The most significant information that we were receiving did not come from counter-terrorism investigations, and I want to emphasize this.
It came from counter-intelligence, and certain criminal investigations, and issues that have to do with money laundering operations.
However, I keep reminding them that this issue is not a new issue that has come out for this election. This issue has been in the courts for two years and two months now.
We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations.
And they asked me to take a polygraph as to the allegations and reports I'd made. I volunteered and I took the polygraph and passed it without a glitch.
The information I requested under the Freedom of Information Act has been blocked for two years.
And, believe me; they will do everything to cover this up.
But I can tell you that the issue, on one side, boils down to money - a lot of money. And it boils down to people and their connections with this money, and that's the portion that, even with this book, has not been mentioned to this day.
But I can tell that once, and if, and when this issue gets to be, under real terms, investigated, you will be seeing certain people that we know from this country standing trial; and they will be prosecuted criminally.