Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Sibel Edmonds and Megrahi
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.
Her testimony is referred to earlier in this blog but full testimony (pdf) and videos are now available.
Her allegations are 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 and are seen and heard here, in full, for the first time, in her under-oath deposition.
IMO: Plenty of food for thought here, for example on the question of views of EU membership of Turkey. It also makes you wonder about what to think of how the FBI is run - throughout. A lot of people are none too happy on Megrahi for example, Margo Madonald for example has called for an enquiry and there are the PE points made in an earlier blog entry.
Her testimony is referred to earlier in this blog but full testimony (pdf) and videos are now available.
Her allegations are 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 and are seen and heard here, in full, for the first time, in her under-oath deposition.
IMO: Plenty of food for thought here, for example on the question of views of EU membership of Turkey. It also makes you wonder about what to think of how the FBI is run - throughout. A lot of people are none too happy on Megrahi for example, Margo Madonald for example has called for an enquiry and there are the PE points made in an earlier blog entry.
# posted by uv : 7:47 AM
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