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Old 09-14-2009, 04:11 PM   #1
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Default Long-gagged FBI whistleblower's full under-oath testimony from Ohio

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Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly on the record. Twice gagged by the Bush Dept. of Justice's invocation of the so-called "State Secrets Privilege," Edmonds has been attempting to tell her story, about the crimes she became aware of while working for the FBI, for years.

Thanks to a subpoena issued by the campaign of Ohio's 2nd District Democratic U.S. Congressional candidate David Krikorian, her remarkable allegations of blackmail, bribery, espionage, infiltration, and criminal conspiracy by current and former members of the U.S. Congress, high-ranking State and Defense Department officials, and agents of the government of Turkey are seen and heard here, in full, for the first time, in her under-oath deposition. Both the complete video tape and transcript of the deposition follow below.

Though there was much concern, prior to her testimony, that the Obama Dept. of Justice might re-invoke the "State Secrets Privilege" to keep her from speaking, they did not do so. Nor did they choose to be present at the Washington D.C. deposition.

The BRAD BLOG covered details of some of Edmonds' startling disclosures made during the deposition, as it happened, in our live blog coverage from August 8th. The deposition included criminal allegations against specifically named members of Congress. Among those named by Edmonds as part of a broad criminal conspiracy: Reps. Dennis Hastert (R-IL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Bob Livingston (R-LA), Stephen Solarz (D-NY), Tom Lantos (D-CA), as well as an unnamed, still-serving Congresswoman (D) said to have been secretly videotaped, for blackmail purposes, during a lesbian affair.

High-ranking officials from the Bush Administration named in her testimony, as part of the criminal conspiracy on behalf of agents of the Government of Turkey, include Douglas Feith, Paul Wolfowitz, Marc Grossman, and others.

During the deposition --- which we are still going through ourselves --- Edmonds discusses covert "activities" by Turkish entities "that would involve trying to obtain very sensitive, classified, highly classified U.S. intelligence information, weapons technology information, classified Congressional records...recruiting key U.S. individuals with access to highly sensitive information, blackmailing, bribery."

Speaking about current members of Congress during a break in the testimony, Krikorian told The BRAD BLOG that "for people in power situations in the United States, who know about this information, if they don't take action against it, in my opinion, it's negligence." (More video statements from Krikorian, Edmonds and attorneys from all parties, taped before, during, and after the 8/8/09 testimony, are available here.)

Edmonds' on-the-record disclosures also include bombshell details concerning outed covert CIA operative Valerie Plame Wilson's front company, Brewster Jennings. Edmonds alleges the front company had actually been shut down in August of 2001 --- three years prior to Bob Novak's public disclosure of the covert operative's identity --- following a tip-off to a wire-tap target about the true nature of the CIA front company. The cover was blown, Edmonds alleges, by Marc Grossman, who was, at the time, the third highest-ranking official in the U.S. State Department. Prior to that, Grossman served as ambassador to Turkey. He now works "for a Turkish company called Ihals Holding," according to Edmonds' testimony.

An unclassified FBI Inspector General's report, released on her case in 2005, declared Edmonds' classified allegations to be "credible," "serious," and "warrant[ing] a thorough and careful review by the FBI." In 2002, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), then the senior members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, co-wrote letters on Edmonds' behalf to Attorney General John Ashcroft, FBI Director Robert Mueller, and DoJ Inspector General Glenn A. Fine, calling on all of them to take action in respect to her allegations. And in a 2002 60 Minutes report on Edmonds' case, Grassley noted: "Absolutely, she's credible...And the reason I feel she's very credible is because people within the FBI have corroborated a lot of her story."

The 8/8/09 deposition was brought by Krikorian as part of his defense in a case filed against him before the Ohio Election Commission (OEC) by Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH). The 2nd district Congresswoman has accused Krikorian, an Armenian-American who ran against her as an independent in 2008, of "false statements" during the campaign last year alleging that she had accepted "blood money" from Turkish interests. Krikorian says that Schmidt, co-chair of the Congressional Turkish Committee, accepted more money from Turkish interests during last year's campaign than any other member of Congress, despite few, if any, ethnic Turks among her local constituency. He has suggested she may have been instrumental in helping to hold off a Congressional vote on a long-proposed, much-disputed resolution declaring the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians during WWI as a "genocide" by the Turks.

Edmonds herself happens to be a Turkish-American, though she was recently attacked by the Turkish Lobby, following her long-sought, long-blocked testimony.

The complete transcript of Sibel Edmonds' under-oath testimony, may now be downloaded here [PDF]. The complete video-taped testimony follows, in five parts, below...

Here is the first part

http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7374

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Old 09-14-2009, 04:37 PM   #2
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The following is Part 1 of 21 of the deposition Sibel Edmonds gave not too long ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_wLywh3GMA

Also, her blog can be found here
http://www.123realchange.blogspot.com/
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Old 09-14-2009, 04:41 PM   #3
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I listened to all of this awhile back and was just wondering what if anything has even come out of this. I have not heard any follow up and its so disapointing.

She did a very brave thing to step forward and I know her words rang so true that no one could make all that up. Besides we have been getting bits and pieces all over the place.

I was sadden to hear that one of the people that they had going to trial in Chicago just passed away. Too many of the voices that do come out are so easily quieted.

We need to send Sibel much protection for heroism
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Old 09-14-2009, 05:02 PM   #4
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I agree, she is very brave to have held her ground. It's a shame that the only way she has been allowed to tell part of what she knows came as her being a witness for David Krikorian who is challenging Jean Schmidt in Ohio. Sibel Edmonds has done everything possible at the highest levels to get her story out to the public, but as usual, she is ignored by MSM. I get very aggravated with the media for repeatedly airing stories that are of little or no significance to fill airtime, while they intentionally dismiss stories of this magnitude that Americans would be very interested in. I do believe that's the issue, the powers that be KNOW that Americans would raise their voices to support Sibel, and DEMAND that the States Secrets Privilege in her case be removed, to allow her to tell US what happened, and is continuing to go on behind the scenes. I really appreciate this being brought up on Avalon now. We need more folks to know about this. There is strength in numbers.
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Old 09-14-2009, 05:16 PM   #5
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I agree with you but we all know who owns the media .


They think they will be free to roam the streets after all is said and done and I assure you that will not be the case.

They will pay the price of dumbing us down. They are not above the law of our Creator

their lies have fueled lucifer along with the rest of them.
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Old 09-21-2009, 08:30 PM   #6
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Thought I would re-post this since her explosive article is coming out tomorrow for anyone who wants to see it
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Old 09-21-2009, 10:10 PM   #7
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Let that sword fly - bless all the truth sayers for what they do.

I am so pleased that Obama appears not to have shut this down.

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