Ashcroft Sued For Classifying Docs

[shraby]

(AP) A watchdog group sued Attorney General John Ashcroft on Wednesday for classifying previously public documents pertaining to a whistleblower's claims of security lapses in the FBI's translator program.

Citing national security, Ashcroft recently classified documents related to the case of Sibel Edmonds, a former linguist at the FBI. The lawsuit charged that reclassifying materials that had previously been in the public domain is illegal and unconstitutional.

The suit was filed in federal court by the Washington-based Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit group that has been following the case.

In 2002, Edmonds told her bosses of her concerns about shoddy translations and suggested one interpreter with a relative who works at a foreign embassy may have compromised national security. She was fired soon after. The bureau cited performance issues as reasons for the dismissal.

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[still_one]

1. Ashcroft is an idiot

CBS 60 minutes already has those documents!

[Tellurian]

2. He's a Criminal...

He knows precisely what he is doing.

[donhakman]

3. .

[MisterP]

4. ugh, he looks like the offpsring of Queen Victoria and

C.G.B Spender.
And acts like it!