http://images.google.com/images?safe=off&q=sibel+edmonds
And there is just way too much intersection with the left-wing kook-o-sphere to feel completely safe with any of this speculation.
Frankly, in all honesty, the most likely explanation is that Sibel Edmonds is the mole who was planted to serve up disinformation about American officials.
NEVERTHELESS, let's play along with her story, and assume that there's a kernel of truth to it - apparently she says that the State Department official who ran the nuclear secrets espionage operation was a Clinton-era bureaucrat, named Marc Grossman, who now works for Clinton's defense secretary, William Cohen, in a lobbying outfit called "The Cohen Group":
Sibel Edmonds. Investigations Thwarted
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cm-uRQmfUUIs Sibel Edmonds trustworthy?
Steve Sailer
January 8, 2008
isteve.blogspot.comNukes, Spooks, and the Specter of 9/11
We're in big trouble if even half of what Sibel Edmonds says is true...
Justin Raimondo
January 7, 2008
antiwar.comMarc Grossman
Vice Chairman
mgrossman@cohengroup.net
cohengroup.net
Note that Grossman served as Clinton's ambassador to Turkey, from November 1994 to June 1997, as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, from August 1997 to May 2000, and as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources, from June 2000 to February 2001; then finally, in the Bush Administration, Grossman was promoted to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, in March 2001 - all of which would tend to jibe with Sibel Edmonds's allegations:
Marc Grossman
wikipedia.orgMarc Grossman: A Dark Horse Candidate?
Christopher Deliso
November 24, 2005
antiwar.com
[scroll down]ISI chief's parleys continue in US
September 10, 2001
karachipage.com
[scroll down]The Pakistan connection
Michael Meacher
Thursday July 22, 2004
guardian.co.uk
By the way - believe it or not - Marc Grossman is even mixed up in the Valerie Plame affair:
New Blogger, More Bolton, and Other News
thewashingtonnote.comGOOGLE: +"Marc Grossman" +"Valerie Plame"
Marc Grossman: A Dark Horse Candidate?
antiwar.com
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But now google "Sandy Berger" and "Marc Grossman" [note that "Marc" is often mis-spelled as "Mark"]:
GOOGLE: Sandy Berger Marc Grossman
GOOGLE: Sandy Berger Mark Grossman
GOOGLE: +"Sandy Berger" +"Marc Grossman"
GOOGLE: +"Sandy Berger" +"Mark Grossman"
You get literally thousands of hits which place Berger & Grossman together in the Clinton administration; for instance, they appeared together at a press conference concerning Clinton's November 1999 trip to Europe, when Grossman was serving as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs:
PRESS BRIEFING BY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR SANDY BERGER, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS MARK GROSSMAN, AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AT NSC CHRIS HILL ON THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO EUROPE
globalsecurity.org
And today, Sandy Berger & Marc Grossman serve together on the advisory board of America Abroad Media:
The Advisory Board of America Abroad Media
americaabroadmedia.org
But now suppose that the National Archives documents which Sandy Berger was trying to destroy did not so much implicate Clinton Administration incompetence in failing to prevent 9-11 as they instead implicated Marc Grossman in nuclear espionage.
And suppose that when the Justice Department tried to throw the book at Berger, he told them, "Oh yeah? Well if you do that, then I'm going on 60 Minutes and telling Mike Wallace how you promoted a double agent to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, in March 2001, and how that double agent was selling nuclear secrets to the Turks, who, in turn, were passing them on to the Israelis and the Pakistanis."
If that's the case, then it would go a long way towards explaining why Berger got off with a slap on the wrist.
Just about every reference to this gorgeous lady implicates Bush, Rove, Cheney, Rummy, Condi, and John Ashcroft. Her refs read like a who’s who of hate America leftists.
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Among the hours of covert tape recordings, she says she heard evidence that one well-known senior official in the US State Department was being paid by Turkish agents in Washington who were selling the information on to black market buyers, including Pakistan... Edmonds was later to see the scope of the Pakistani connections when it was revealed that one of her fellow translators at the FBI was the daughter of a Pakistani embassy official who worked for Ahmad. The translator was given top secret clearance despite protests from FBI investigators... Edmonds's employment with the FBI lasted for just six months. In March 2002 she was dismissed after accusing a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving Turkish nationals.
Madeleine Halfbright said openly that the clinton administration didn’t think the US should be the lone super-power int he world. The clinton administration spent more time and effrot on keeping fialures from airing and effecting the political futures of clintonistas, so every thing this lady says is very easy to believe! Look for the clinton machine to do ANYTHING to get back into power. Obama may not even live to run against the Pubbies if it looks like he is going to sweep the Rodham-rodent aside ... the clintons are more ruthless and godless and evil than people could even imagine. Barry Obama is not a man to be envied what with the clintons seeing him as a threat to their empowerment schemes.
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In October of 1998 Mr G was returning from Russia and said Sandy Berger was on the same plane. I found that odd, since there was never any coverage of him doing anything for the State Dept at that time and since it was a public plane with no pomp or ceremony tied to him. I have always wondered what he was doing.
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The ATC is led by Ret. General Brent Scowcroft, who serves as Chairman of the Board; George Perlman of Lockheed Martin, the Executive Vice President; other board members include: Former National Security Advisor Sandy Berger, Ret. General Elmer Pendleton, Ret. General Joseph Ralston, Ret. Col. Preston Hughes, Alan Colegrove of Northrop Grumman, Frank Carlucci of Carlyle Group, Christine Vick of Cohen Group, Representative Robert Wexler, Former Rep. Ed Whitfield…Basically many formers; statesmen, ‘dime a dozen generals,’ and representatives.
One Stop Shop: The Cohen Group:
Like many other former statesmen, William Cohen, former Secretary of Defense, dived into the business of lobbying and consulting, and created his own Washington firm, The Cohen Group, which works for some of the largest companies in the defense industry, such as Lockheed Martin, and serves numerous foreign players. The Cohen Group is one of the primary and most active members of the American Turkish Council (ATC). Cohen’s client, Lockheed Martin, happens to be on the board of ATC, in addition to being listed as ATC’s top paying client.
Fmr. Undersecretary Marc Grossman
The second Vice Chairman of Cohen’s firm is Marc Grossman, who was the U.S. Undersecretary for Political Affairs in the State Department from 2001 until 2005. From November 1994 to June 1997, he served as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. In January 2005 Grossman resigned from his position and joined the Cohen Group. In late December 2005, Grossman joined Ihlas Holding, a large and alleged shady Turkish company which is also active in several Central Asian countries. Grossman is reported to receive $100,000 per month for his advisory position with Ihlas.’ Most and foremost, Grossman is known for his extraordinarily cozy relationship with Turkey and Israel; followed by Pakistan.
Here is Grossman as the key speaker at an ATC conference in March 2002; while Undersecretary of State; and here it is followed by Grossman’s visit to Turkey in December 2002, to approve the $3 billion U.S. aid to Turkey for the Iraq Cooperation deal. There he goes again, Grossman back to Turkey in December 2003 re: approval of Turkey’s eligibility to participate in tenders for Iraq’s reconstruction! Here is Grossman as the key speaker at an ATC Conference held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in December 2004, while Undersecretary. Here is Grossman as the guest of honor and key speaker at the American Turkish Society dinner in New York in February 2005, while Undersecretary. Here he is again, at the lavish Turkish Ottoman Dinner Gala in November 2005. Here is Grossman at the award dinner gala by the Turkish lobby group, the Assembly of American Turkish Association (ATAA), in Chicago, receiving his award in November 2005. Here is Grossman as the key speaker at the ATC annual conference in March 2006, and later, in June 2006, at the MERIA Conference to discuss Turkey’s importance to the U.S. & Israel. This list can go on for pages and pages; but I believe you all get it; right?
Please do not make the grave and naive mistake of assuming that Grossman found and obtained his highly lucrative and questionable positions after his resignation in January 2005. Within two months after his confident resignation, this boy got the vice chairmanship of the Cohen Group. Only six months later, Grossman ended up securing a ‘special advisory’ position for a foreign company that reported his monthly fee at $100,000 a month. The industrious Grossman seems to be juggling so many balls simultaneously: numerous foreign sponsored dinner speeches, the demanding pimping activities of Cohen’s firm, the very ‘special advising’ of a shady foreign company…
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Did you notice this possible connection?
Venues such as the American Turkish Council in Washington were used to drop off the cash, which was picked up by the official.
Recall the other affair has the American Turkish Council been embroiled in?
Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame were both active in the group.
A regular sewer of sedition...
Able Danger is a big story. The cover up of it is even bigger.
IIRC, Louis Freeh came down hard on the 9-11 commission for refusing to investigate Able Danger. As I said earlier, once Weldon lost, the story died. It was crucial for the cover up to continue that he be defeated.
BTTT
Hmmmm...and from the other side of the aisle:
http://rastibini.blogspot.com/2008/01/poisoning-sibel-edmonds.html
Fascinating and well done.
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but the facts, remains....Sandy Burglar got caught covering for "the 'Toons"....then successfully "blackmailing" W...and he/the 'Toons, just walk away....w/the help the the LMSM.
Sibel Edmonds was used by Begala at one point in an attack on Condi Rice.
Many links to check here, good collection of info.