Sibel Edmonds: Whistleblower Has Elite Interests Running Scared

[shance]

If people know of Sibel Edmonds at all, they know her as an FBI whistleblower. Since mid-2002, her face has graced newspapers across America; she's testified before numerous senators and had her deposition subpoenaed by family members of 9/11 victims; as late as September 2005, Vanity Fair devoted 11 pages to her. Yet almost no one can tell you what she has to say. Like a star in a silent movie, Edmonds has been cast as the heroine in a legal drama whose details are obscure.

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Indeed, a glance at the bigwigs involved in the American-Turkish Council reveals a panoply of hawks, former ambassadors and generals, and numerous lights of the three Bush administrations: the ATC Board of Directors chair is Brent Scowcroft, erstwhile national security adviser to Bush père; Dick Cheney himself is a former member, and many of his former colleagues at Halliburton remain on board, as do higher-ups at Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, and Eli Lilly.

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Interestingly, Turkey seems to be engaged in more than just joint military exercises with Israel – America's two quasi-allies are also both embroiled in espionage scandals, having spied in much the same manner. While ATC employees discussed corrupting civil servants and political appointees in Washington and Chicago, American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) staffers were sitting down with Lawrence Franklin, the Defense Department Iran analyst who was recently indicted for disclosing classified information about U.S. forces in Iraq, to glean sensitive information that they allegedly passed on to Israel.

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[wiggs]

1. Thanks. Can't have too many Sibel posts. nt

[shance]

2. You bet.

And I agree.

[shance]

3. It's interesting to find Brent Scowcroft in the mix.

After he's come out on his well publicized and marketed "criticism" of Bush Jr.

It is amazing how George Sr. seems to come out smelling like a rose while everyone around him seems to get the blame, deservedly, however how does he remain in the shadows of all the scrutiny?

[tech3149]

4. Honor to the true heroes

Sibel is a hero to anyone that knows what she has done.

[The Backlash Cometh]

5. By the time she gets a turn in the limelight, the Repubs will be

feet up and twitching from the Plamegate and AIPAC scandals.

[shance]

6. Deserves a timely kick***

n/t

[KoKo]

7. She's on the "back burner" but at some point her story WILL BE HEARD..

because it ties into the rest of the crap/lies this Administration has spoon fed us in the interest of "National Security."

It may take years...but she WILL BE HEARD....