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Thread #69215   Message #1171817
Posted By: Ebbie
26-Apr-04 - 09:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Gagging Expertise and Knowledge
Subject: BS: Gagging Expertise and Knowledge
What next?

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/042704A.shtml:

..."US Justice Department is seeking to stop her from testifying, citing the rarely used "state secrets privilege". Today in a federal court in Washington, senior government lawyers will try to gag Mrs Edmonds, claiming that disclosure of her evidence "would cause serious damage to the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States".

    Mrs Edmonds, 33, a Turkish-American who had top secret security clearance, claimed this month that while working in the FBI's Washington headquarters, she saw information proving senior officials knew of al-Qa'ida plans to attack the US with aircraft months before the strikes. She has provided sworn testimony to the independent panel appointed by President George Bush to investigate the circumstances surrounding 11 September."