Sibel Edmonds: the Richard Clarke of the April 13-14 9-11 Commission...

... hearings, to be held in DC next month?

Infiltration of the FBI's translation department by foreign spies, and an Ashcroft coverup of this infiltration, surely belongs on the agenda for 9-11 Commission hearings on "Law Enforcement and the Intelligence Community" (See the discussion in LBN at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=442067 )

Someone who's talked about this issue on 60 Minutes ought to be on the witness list.

The Commission won't release its panel member list until about April 3rd, according to http://www.9-11commission.gov/hearings/index.htm :

"The following represents the remainder of the Commission�s 2004 investigative hearing schedule:

March 23-24, 2004 Counterterrorism Policy Washington, DC

April 13-14, 2004 Law Enforcement and the Intelligence Community Washington, DC

May 18-19, 2004 Emergency Response New York City The 9-11 Plot New York City

June 8-9, 2004 National Crisis Management Washington, DC

Additional information, including times, locations, and panels, will be disseminated approximately ten days prior to each hearing. Such information will also be available on the Commission�s website--www.9-11commission.gov. Hearing dates and topics are subject to change at any time.

AL FELZENBERG, DEPUTY FOR COMMUNICATIONS National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

Office: 202-401-1725 Cell: 202-236-4878 Fax: 202-296-5545"

afelzenberg@9-11commission.gov

Washington, DC -- March 24, 2004 --12:15 EST -- FBI translator, Sibel Edmonds, was offered a substantial raise and a full time job in order to not go public that she had been asked by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to retranslate and adjust the translations of subject intercepts that had been received before September 11, 2001 by the FBI and CIA.

Edmonds, a ten year U.S. citizen who has passed a polygraph examination, speaks fluent Farsi and Turkish and had been working part time with the FBI for six months-- commencing in December, 2001.

In a 50 reporter scrum in front of some 12 news cameras, Edmonds said "Attorney General John Ashcroft told me 'he was invoking State Secret Privilage and National Security' when I told the FBI I wanted to go public with what I had translated from the pre 9-11 intercepts".

http://tomflocco.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=50

... (a group to which I belonged until half an hour ago), may find the following two links very helpful:

Paul Thompson (of 911 timeline fame) posted an excellent DU discussion in January, archived at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=323862

The Office of the Inspector General at the US Dept of Justice put the 60 Minutes transcript online at http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/0311/attachment1.htm

the next round of hearings. So Ashcroft invoked national security? We are witnessing an ass covering operation on an unprecedented scale here. It's breathtaking.

... no way Ashcroft can stay in office if Edmonds testifies well or if the Ashcroft documents Paul Krugman talked about Tuesday are discussed at next month's hearings (see http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1276543 )

Ashcroft's incompetence and corruption are simply stunning.

from what I've read, HE controls the witnesses to be called

if that's true, according to several sources, it is,

Sibel won't get any closer to testifying than, oh, say CONDI RICE

hahahahah

testify means, in the strict sense, appearing under oath, not being merely interviewed, which is what condiliar did