From The Sunday Times
January 20, 2008
FBI denies file exposing nuclear secrets theft
The FBI has been accused of covering up a file detailing government
dealings with a network stealing nuclear secrets
THE FBI has been accused of covering up a key case file detailing
evidence against corrupt government officials and their dealings with a
network stealing nuclear secrets.
The assertion follows allegations made in The Sunday Times two weeks ago
by Sibel Edmonds, an FBI whistleblower, who worked on the agency’s
investigation of the network.
Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator, listened into
hundreds of sensitive intercepted conversations while based at the
agency’s Washington field office.
She says the FBI was investigating a Turkish and Israeli-run network
that paid high-ranking American officials to steal nuclear weapons
secrets. These were then sold on the international black market to
countries such as Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
One of the documents relating to the case was marked 203A-WF-210023.
Last week, however, the FBI responded to a freedom of information
request for a file of exactly the same number by claiming that it did
not exist. But The Sunday Times has obtained a document signed by an FBI
official showing the existence of the file.
Edmonds believes the crucial file is being deliberately covered up by
the FBI because its contents are explosive. She accuses the agency of an
“outright lie”.
“I can tell you that that file and the operations it refers to did exist
from 1996 to February 2002. The file refers to the counterintelligence
programme that the Department of Justice has declared to be a state
secret to protect sensitive diplomatic relations,” she said.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3216737.ece
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