May 21, 2004
Gagging Congress
by Sibel Edmonds
Attorney General John Ashcroft, the Department of Justice, and the FBI have
been engaged in covering up my reports and investigations into my
allegations for over two years now: They have blocked the release of all
documents related to my case that were requested under FOIA for over two
years. They have asserted the rarely invoked State Secret Privilege in my
court proceedings. They have blocked the release of the DOJ-IG report of its
investigations into my reports and allegations. They have quashed a subpoena
for my deposition on information regarding 911. And now they are gagging the
United States Congress.
They are not protecting the 'national security' of the United States. On the
contrary, they are endangering our national security by covering up facts
and information related to criminal activities against this country and it's
citizens. To this date the American people have not heard the real facts of
these criminal activities, nor of the involved semi-legit organizations, nor
of the connected officials. The Department of Justice and this
administration are fully aware that making this information public will
bring about the question of accountability. And they do not want to be held
accountable. It is for these reasons that I have been striving to get the
Congress to hold its own public hearings regarding these issues. I no longer
intend to go behind their secured-closed doors to testify. I intend to
testify openly, publicly, and under oath.
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/s-edmonds.php?articleid=2627
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"I find it outrageous that the president is running for re-election on the
grounds that he's done such great things about terrorism. He ignored it. He
ignored terrorism for months, when maybe we could have done something to
stop 9/11," Clarke told CBS.
http://www.reuters.com/
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