9/11: 2 FBI Whistle-Blowers Allege Lax Security, Possible Espionage

Washington Post ^ | 6/19/02 p A10 | James V. Grimaldi

[Liz]

In separate cases, two new FBI whistle-blowers are alleging mismanagement and lax security -- and in one case possible espionage -- among those who translate and oversee some of the FBI's most sensitive, top-secret wiretaps in counterintelligence and counterterrorist investigations.

The allegations of one of the whistle-blowers have prompted two key senators -- Judiciary Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) -- to pose critical questions about the FBI division working on the front line of gathering and analyzing wiretaps.

[knighthawk]

I don't know. I doubt the FBI knows about them that these organizations would want to know. I don't think the FBI is examining them, if the FBI even couldn't stop organizations like Hamas from hetting a foothold in the US.

[a_Turk]

The Ottoman empire had translators recruited from among it's multitudes of ethnic groups.. Most were allright, but the damage that some did was unrepairable.

[browardchad]

Edmonds isn't an Arabic name, so I think it is fair to say that the only country in the Middle East without Arabic names is Israel

I agree with aristeides; Sibel is a common Turkish given name. The Western version would be spelled with a "C" (e.g. Cybill Shepherd).

Edmonds is an anglo name -- British or American. Could be a married name, or could be a woman born of a Turkish mother and anglo father.

[gd124]

Hmmmm....

Sybil spelt as Sibel is mostly Turkish. I'm wavering towards her being Turkish, although I wouldn't normally classify Turkey as being in the Middle East, especially after I found this site which lists donors to a Turkish earthquake relief fund. Someone named Sibel Edmonds donated, but I don't know if it the same one.

http://rcest.virtualave.net/pr oject.html

A Google search for +Sibel +Jewish also turned up quite a few Jewish women named Sibel so I'm not 100% sure either way, though at the moment I am leaning towards Turkish unless some new information comes to hand.

[gd124]

This site also claims that she is Turkish and mentions the site I posted above as well as saying that the organisation was most likely the Turkish Mafia.

http://blogsofwar.blogspot.com /2002_06_16_blogsofwar_archive .html

[browardchad]

I found this site which lists donors to a Turkish earthquake relief fund.

I saw that also, and there's also a Sibel Edmonds scholarship at Northern Virginia Community College website. No description of the benefactor, though.

[Eroteme]

Turns out Sibel Edmonds is indeed of Turkish heritage--as well as being a loyal American. See this most interesting transcript from yesterday's (oct. 27) 60 Minutes broadcast.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/25/60minutes/main526954.shtml

And what's the likelihood of the FBI translation unit being the only place we have this problem?

[Fred Mertz]

Take the case of Jan Dickerson, a Turkish translator who worked with Edmonds. The FBI has admitted that when Dickerson was hired last November, the bureau didn't know that she'd worked for a Turkish organization being investigated by the FBI's own counter-intelligence unit. And they didn't know she'd had a relationship with aTurskish intelligence officer stationed in Washington who was the target of that investigation.

This must be the one married to a US military officer. I wonder which service?

Thanks for the followup on this story. I didn't see the show last night.

[GretchenEE]

bump

[Eroteme]

US Air Force Maj. Douglas Dickerson

[GOPJ]

You're a voice of reason. Thanks.

Here is a tip for the FBI. Re-translate everything the co-worker has done and see if there are any disparities. Case closed one way or another.

5 posted on 06/19/2002 5:37 AM PDT by Joe Driscoll