Who here is fluent in French? (Sibel Edmonds & Denny Hastert article)

[annabanana]

I get google alerts for Sibel Edmonds, and an article in French popped up this morning from Nouvelles d'Armenie en Ligne.

Lobbying anti-arménien : J. Dennis Hastert récompensé

~ la snip ~

Selon ce mensuel, l’un des plus prestigieux de la presse mondiale, Joel Robertz, agent du FBI, avait demandé à Sibel Edmonds, une des traductrices turcophones de l’agence fédérale de passer en revue 40 conversations enregistrées d’un « haut fonctionnaire » avec le consulat turc à Chicago, ainsi qu’avec des membres du Conseil américano-turc et de l’Assemblée des Associations turques d’Amérique. Il ressortirait de ces écoutes que des élus américains de première importance, tant démocrates que républicains, auraient reçu de fortes sommes d’argent pour s’opposer à la reconnaissance du génocide arménien par les USA. Ces conversations feraient également référence à des affaires de blanchiment d’argent ainsi qu’à divers trafics.

http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=43336

(automatic translators make a hash of it)

[ColbertWatcher]

1. Sorry, I ran it through babelfish. n/t

[gort]

2. It's referring to a Vanity Fair article

http://www.anca.org/press_releases/press_releases.php?prid=1510


Vanity Fair

An Inconvenient Patriot

By David Rose

08/15/05 "Vanity Fair" - September 2005 Issue -- -- Love of country led Sibel Edmonds to become a translator for the F.B.I. following 9/11. But everything changed when she accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving Turkish nationals. Fired after sounding the alarm, she’s now fighting for the ideals that made her an American, and threatening some very powerful people.

In Washington, D.C., and its suburbs, December 2, 2001 was fine but cool, the start of the slide into winter after a spell of unseasonable warmth. At 10 o’clock that morning, Sibel and Matthew Edmonds were still in their pajamas, sipping coffee in the kitchen of their waterfront town house in Alexandria, Virginia, and looking forward to a well-deserved lazy Sunday.


http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9774.htm

[annabanana]

3. Thanks gort.. I was hoping it was something new.. . . . . n/t