Scott Horton talks with Sibel
Edmonds about her attempts to have the information she knows declassified,
and what you can
do about it. Interview conducted Jan. 22, 2005. Check
out Scott's other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian personalities.
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Sibel Edmonds began
working for the FBI shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks. Until the spring of
2002, she worked in the FBI's Washington field office translating top-secret
documents pertaining to suspected terrorists. She first gained wide public attention
in October of that year when she appeared on 60 Minutes on CBS and charged
that the FBI, State Department, and Pentagon had been infiltrated by agents
of a Turkish intelligence officer suspected of ties to terrorism. She also accused
members of the FBI's translation services of sabotage, intimidation, corruption,
and incompetence. On Oct. 18, 2002, at the request of FBI Director Robert Mueller,
Attorney General Ashcroft imposed a gag order on Ms. Edmonds, citing possible
damage to diplomatic relations or national security.
