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FBI sacks translator who reported on pro-terrorist colleagues
Center for Security Policy ^
| Feb. 16, 2004
| CSP
Posted on 02/16/2004 6:39:05 PM PST by FairOpinion
The FBI has sacked a linguist who blew the whistle on some colleagues who cheered the 9/11 terrorist attacks and reportedly sabotaged translations crucial to ongoing terrorism investigations.
The report is the latest instance of high-level political correctness within the FBI, where senior officials have been pandering to Islamist fringe elements who are tied to terrorist groups.
Investigative reporter Paul Sperry reports, Middle Eastern linguists with top-secret security clearance at the FBI celebrated the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States and shouted: It's about time they got a taste of what they've been giving the Middle East.
Sperry reports that when FBI linguist Sibel Dinez Edmonds reported the incident and other breaches in security, mistranslations and potential espionage by Middle Eastern colleagues, she was fired without specified cause.
Edmondss supervisor, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Beirut reportedly told his employees to take long breaks, to slow down translations, and to simply say 'no' to those field agents calling us to beg for speedy translations so that they could go on with their investigations and interrogations of those they had detained.
Edmonds is said to have detailed these allegations further in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee last month.
The Center for Security Policy has warned repeatedly over the last year and a half that the failure of the FBI to acknowledge the nature of certain Islamist groups and individuals, in order not to appear insensitive," would jeopardize the Bureau's ability to protect against potential terrorist threats.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 911; 911attacks; celebrate911; cheered911attacks; espionage; fbi; fifthcolumn; fifthcolumnists; islamofascism; islamofascists; nationalsecurity; paulsperry; securityfailures; sibeldinezedmonds; spies; taxdollarsatwork; translators; whistleblower; whistleblowerfired; wtc; youpayforthis
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To: FreedomCalls
"August 13, 2002"
So what have they been doing for the past year and a half?!
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posted on
02/16/2004 7:15:25 PM PST
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FairOpinion
(If you are not voting for Bush, you are voting for the terrorists.)
To: FreedomCalls
pretty bad when we have to put our faith in Leahy to get to the bottom of this.
To: demnomo
Why hasn't this sacked person been on any of the mainstream media outlets with her story? It was in the Washington Post. Is that not mainstream enough?
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posted on
02/16/2004 7:16:31 PM PST
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FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FairOpinion
Revolution
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posted on
02/16/2004 7:18:04 PM PST
by
old-ager
To: FreedomCalls
yes, but you know full well what it takes to get a story real attention. It takes endless coverage by the media, relentless reporting. An article here, an interview there, is not going to cut it.
To: FairOpinion
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posted on
02/16/2004 7:20:31 PM PST
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FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FairOpinion
Edmonds is said to have detailed these allegations further in a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee last month.http://judiciary.senate.gov/members.cfm
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02/16/2004 7:21:36 PM PST
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To: FreedomCalls
Wow. First I've heard of it. I guess all that Kobe Bryant/Michael Jackson/Laci Peterson/Bush AWOL noise drowned it out. At least for me.
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02/16/2004 7:25:22 PM PST
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demnomo
To: Clemenza; PARodrig; rmlew; Yehuda; RaceBannon; nutmeg; firebrand; sauropod; hellinahandcart
ping
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posted on
02/16/2004 8:39:07 PM PST
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Cacique
To: FairOpinion
Political correctness can be hazardous to a nation's health. Also Jews are not allowed to take these translation jobs and there are plenty of Jewish-American Arabic speakers.
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02/16/2004 11:13:10 PM PST
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dennisw
("Cuz we'll put a boot in your ass it's the American way" - Toby Keith)
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