Fired FBI Translator Sues Over Government Records (Sibel Edmonds)

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB8G31TFZD.html

An FBI contract linguist who alleged that there were security lapses in the bureau's translator program sued the Justice Department on Wednesday to compel its inspector general to disclose results of an investigation into her firing.
The department's inspector general, Glenn Fine, previously has said he would work toward releasing parts of the investigation involving Sibel Edmonds, who was fired in April 2002. The report, classified at the "secret" level, has circulated among the FBI, Justice Department, the 911 Commission and some lawmakers on oversight committees.

"We're continuing to work aggressively with the FBI and the department to produce an unclassified version of this report," said Paul K. Martin, a spokesman for Fine. "This lawsuit will have no impact on our efforts to achieve that end, efforts that are ongoing and vigorous."

Edmonds alleges she was fired after complaining to FBI managers about shoddy wiretap translations and telling them that an interpreter with a relative at a foreign embassy might have compromised national security after the Sept. 11 attacks by passing information from an FBI wiretap to the target of an investigation. She filed her lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

[RebelYell]

1. This proves she's credible

Why would they have to make her termination report secret if they have nothing to hide?

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2. She testified in front of the 9/11 Commission

And I believe I read that at least one Commissioner stated that they'd verified what she'd been saying with other sources.

Here's what she had to say about the Commission's reaction to her testimony:
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/s-edmonds.php?articleid=3151

[mmonk]

3. Go Sibel go

[Beetwasher]

4. She's So Friggin' Hot!

Man, I dig her on so many levels...

[They_LIHOP]

6. I concur...

Sibel is smokin' hot - on so many levels!

[MasonJar]

5. This lady is a true patriot. I admire her assiduity on a topic she

could just let go and be in a place of much less stress.