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DOJ MOVES TO INVOKE STATE SECRETS PRIVILEGE TO PREVENT FBI WHISTELBLOWER FROM 
GIVING A DEPOSITION IN 9/11 SUIT

by

Michael C. Ruppert

Action Needed Monday and Tuesday, April 26 & 27


April 26, 2004 1400 PDT ( FTW) -- FBI whistleblower and former translator Sibel 
Edmonds, who has appeared on 60 MINUTES and recently been interviewed in many of
the largest newspapers in the world has something to say. We know already that 
Senator Charles Grassley has found her credible and that she has charged the 
government with lying for stating that it had no knowledge of the possibility 
that Al Qaeda might use hijacked airliners as weapons against buildings. She was
placed under a gag order restricting her from speaking with the press about 
that knowledge by John Ashcroft in October of 2002 and she has pushed the 
envelope of that order in a multitude of recent interviews. The government has 
just moved to keep Edmonds from giving a deposition in response to a subpoena.


So scared of what she might say is the Bush administration that the Department 
of Justice has moved to impose the rarely used "State Secrets" privilege to 
prevent Edmonds from giving a deposition in a 9/11-related lawsuit. The case is 
the $100 trillion action filed in 2002 by 600 9/11 victim families against 
officials of the Saudi government and prominent Saudi citizens. FTW believes 
that the greatest crimes of 9/11, the ones that deserve the fullest attention of
the American people, were committed by persons inside the US government, not in
Saudi Arabia. I leave aside any opinions of the nature of the Saudi regime, 
about which FTW has written extensively. That is not the point.


While FTW has reservations about the possible motives for the suit as setting 
the stage for a destabilization of Saudi Arabia as a pretext for seizing Saudi 
oilfields, those reservations have nothing to do with the fact that a law is 
being invoked to conceal a crime. That is exactly what John Ashcroft's DoJ is 
attempting to do. Whatever Sibel Edmonds has to say, whatever she knows, is 
something the American people have a right and a need to hear. That right should
transcend any law.


Edmonds has stated that she did not believe that the Bush administration had 
specific knowledge relating to the dates of the attacks or their specific 
targets. From her compartmentalized position in the FBI, that opinion may 
reflect what she knew but it does not correspond to other facts that are known 
and which FTW was the first to document and publish.


Unfortunately the law itself is fairly clear and it is likely that the motion to
quash the subpoena will be granted and subsequently affirmed by the Court of 
Appeals. That brings up a greater challenge as Americans must now question the 
legitimacy of the law itself.


Our Declaration of Independence says that whenever the government becomes an 
obstacle to the pursuit of liberty and democracy that it is the right and the 
duty of the people to change that government. The heavier issues behind 9/11, 
the ones that people have not wanted to face, are now appearing on the table.


Supporting Sibel Edmonds right now means supporting the principle of protection 
for whistle-blowers, and for government transparency. We need to stop the DOJ's 
efforts to terrorize the people who could bring out the truth, whether it is 
Edmonds or anyone who promotes transparency inside the machinery.


And it won't take much to turn the tide. The DOJ and the Courts desperately rely
upon the appearance of the rule of law. They might back down if we confront 
them within the very court system they use to maintain the appearance of 
legitimacy. Don't underestimate your own power.

Here's what you can do to help. (Please do as many of these as you can.)

#1. COME TO COURT ON MONDAY!


If you live in the DC area, please come to support Ms. Edmonds and to make sure 
the Judge and the DOJ know that the public insists on 9-11 transparency. The 
hearing will be held in the US District Court (3rd and Constitution Avenue), in 
Judge Reggie Walton's courtroom, on Monday, April 26, at 11:30 AM. Ms. Edmonds 
will be in front of the Constitution entrance at 11:00.

DC Court with map:
http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/location.html

#2. EMAIL AND CALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MATTER


The Department of Justice budget is funded by the White House and the Congress. 
Please email John Ashcroft and cc Bush, Cheney, Rice, Frank Wolf (Chairman of 
the House Appropriations Committee), Roscoe C. Howard, Jr. (DC US Attorney), 
Peter D. Keisler (Assistant Attorney General), and Judd Greg (Chairman of the 
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary).


Simply copy and paste the following sample text in your email, or use your own 
words.

----- 

Dear Attorney General Ashcroft,


I have recently learned that the department of Justice is attempting to silence 
Sibel D. Edmonds, a former FBI translator who is attempting to tell the truth 
about 9-11. It is outrageous that my tax dollars are being used to prevent 
government transparency in what appears to be a 9-11 cover-up. Does this 
administration have something to hide? Ms. Edmonds and any other government 
employees or contractors who want to tell the truth have a right to do so. The 
public has a right to know the truth!

Sincerely,

 

(your name)


cc: President George Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, National Security Advisor
Condoleezza Rice, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Frank Wolf, DC US 
Attorney Roscoe C. Howard, Jr, Assistant Attorney General Peter D. Keisler, 
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary Chairman, Judd Greg 

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EMAIL ADDRESSES

Copy and paste the following addresses into the "to" field:


, , , 
, , , 



And please copy and paste  into the cc section. Catherine 
Austin Fitts is keeping track of how many emails are being sent.


To email Frank Wolf, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee, use this web-mail
form:
http://www.house.gov/wolf/email.html

To email the entire House Appropriations Committee, use this web-mail form: 


http://appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactInformationContactForm

PHONE NUMBERS:


President George W. Bush Vice President Richard Cheney: 202-456-1111 Attorney 
General John Ashcroft: 202-514-2001 Assistant Attorney General Peter D Keisler: 
202-514-3301 DC US Attorney Roscoe C. Howard, Jr.: 202-514-7566 House 
Appropriations Committee Chairman Frank Wolf: 202-225-5136 Senate Appropriations
Committee: 202-224-7363 Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and the 
Judiciary Chairman, Judd Greg: 202-224-3324

#3. FORWARD THIS ACTION ALERT TO OTHERS


Please post this action alert to relevant lists and forward it to ten or more 
people in your network who are interested in seeing the truth emerge on 9-11. 


Also, contact your local media (use a Google search to find their emails and 
phone numbers) and encourage them to cover the story.

#4. THROW THESE PEOPLE OUT OF OFFICE -- VOTE WITH YOUR ATTENTION AND MONEY


While we wait until November to vote at the polls, we can vote in the 
marketplace with our media attention, bank deposits, and our purchases and 
investments. When we shift our market "votes" to local banks and local media, we
break up the economic power that is running the federal government. Shift your 
bank deposits from a large bank to a well managed local credit union or 
community bank. Shift your media attention and subscriptions to media that is 
telling the truth about 9-11 and your local media. Let's use our consumer power 
to break up the banking and corporate cartel that is running our government to 
stop transparency and accountability.

#5. PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS


Our intention is for total transparency on 9-11. Keep believing and thinking, 
"May it be so!"

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MORE INFORMATION


Documents related to the hearing on Monday : 
http://www.septembereleventh.org/edmonds


Catherine Austin Fitts' letter to Condoleezza Rice: 
http://www.whereisthemoney.org/hotseat/condoleezzarice.htm

Judge Reggie B. Walton overseeing the case:
http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/walton-bio.html


Alert from Citizens Watch for Monday Hearing : 
http://www.solariactionnetwork.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=910

Stories about Sibel D. Edmonds


Lost in Translation: 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/25/60minutes/main526954.shtml


Statement of FBI Whistleblower Sibel D. Edmonds and her Attorneys: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/articles/whistleblowerpr.html


We should have had orange or red-type of alert in June or July of 2001: 
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/03/26/translator/index_np.html 

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NORAD'S SELF-INCRIMINATING PRESS RELEASE ON 9/11:
http://vote.org/911 







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