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Mark Zaid is the lawyer for Sibel Edmonds. Edmonds' side of the story has been exhaustively covered in the press but those she accused have not had much say. edmonds was fired from her job as a translator.

What do we know about Sibel Edmonds?

She's a leaker. The press would have us call her a "whistleblower," but then, this is the same press that will not refer to Scooter Libby as a whistleblower because they are too busy accusing him of leaking the identity of Miss "Agent 99" Valerie Plame.

Sibel Edmonds is involved with this bunch of lowlifes:

The group is made up of 10 former employees of the Defense, Labor and State departments, the FBI and the CIA. It includes Daniel Ellsberg, a former Marine who leaked the Pentagon Papers about the Vietnam War to the media in 1971; Sibel Edmonds, who reported security breaches and cover-ups of intelligence within the FBI while working as a contract linguist; Ray McGovern, a 27-year CIA analyst who founded an organization opposed to the invasion of Iraq; and Mary Ann Wright, a career foreign service officer who resigned the day the Iraq war began.
The group compared Iraq to Vietnam, saying that government deception and the reluctance to publicize information carries a significant price in human life and national security. ... Members also issued a list of 12 specific documents they said are being wrongly withheld and should be disclosed by federal workers. The documents relate to prisoners in the war on terrorism, the 9/11 commission investigation, security breaches and misconduct within the FBI, estimates on how many troops were needed to invade and occupy Iraq, and requirements for the postwar restoration of Iraq.
"It is a time for truth-telling. It is a time for unauthorized disclosure," Ellsberg said. "There is a more patriotic and more effective way to serve your country as an official than either by resigning in frustration or continuing to participate as Americans are lied to death. And that way is to tell the truth."
The memo notes that whistleblowers have little legal protection and often end up losing their jobs. Ellsberg said a new support network for whistleblowers is being established. The network includes pro bono legal counsel from the American Civil Liberties Union and advice from the Project on Government Oversight. The network also includes Ellsberg's Truth Telling Project and McGovern's group, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. ------- "Whistleblowers urge workers to disclose classified information ," By Chris Strohm, cstrohm@govexec.com , govexec.com, daily briefing, september 9, 2004

The group is called National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC)