Small victory for Sibel Edmonds

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Administration Blinks; Admits Retroactively Classified Information Not Harmful to National Security
February 22, 2005

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department admitted today that information it had
retroactively classified could be released to the public and did not pose
a threat to national security. The American Civil Liberties Union said the
revelation could aid government whistleblowers in their efforts to fight
unlawful dismissals.

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Decision Likely to Have Significant Impact on Sibel Edmondsâ?T Appeal,
Says ACLU

WASHINGTON - The Justice Department admitted today that information it had
retroactively classified could be released to the public and did not pose
a threat to national security. The American Civil Liberties Union said the
revelation could aid government whistleblowers in their efforts to fight
unlawful dismissals.

"The Justice Department's long-overdue admission goes to the core of the
ACLU's allegations that the government is going all out to silence
whistleblowers to protect itself from political embarrassment," said ACLU
Associate Legal Director Ann Beeson, who is representing former FBI
translator Sibel Edmonds in a lawsuit challenging her termination. "This
is hardly an isolated case, as numerous national security whistleblowers
can attest. The government is taking extreme steps to shield itself while
gambling with our safety."

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that show that the administration is not only excessively secretive, but very stupid as well.

How do you "retroactively" classify stuff after it's been made public? Go around the internet telling websites to stop publishing certain information that was already in the public domain?

Good for Edmonds and the ACLU in this one small victory. She's one very admirable person.