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Us knew of sept 11 plans leaked Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040402-064359-3845r.htm http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040402-064359-3845r.htm Leak: U.S. knew of Sept. 11 plans WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. administration knew of al-Qaida plans to target buildings with planes months before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, a former FBI translator claims. Sibel Edmonds, a former translator for the FBI with top-secret security clearance says she spent three hours giving testimony to the panel investigating the attacks, and told Britain's Independent Friday information was circulating within the FBI in the spring and summer of 2001 an attack using aircraft was months away and the terrorists were in place. She rejected national security adviser Condoleezza Rice's claim there was no such knowledge as "an outrageous lie." The newspaper said the Bush administration has sought to silence her and has obtained a gag order from a court by citing the rarely used "state secrets privilege." The 33-year-old a Turkish-American woman who speaks Azerbaijani, Farsi, Turkish and English said she gave her evidence in Washington Feb. 11. "I gave (the commission) details of specific investigation files, the specific dates, specific target information, specific managers in charge of the investigation. I gave them everything so that they could go back and follow up. This is not hearsay. These are things that are documented. These things can be established very easily."

Another FBI employee blows whistle on agency { August 2 2004 } Appeals court backs dismissal of fbi suit { May 7 2005 } Court doesnt explain closing case of fbi translator { April 21 2005 } Court turns down case of sibel edmonds { November 28 2005 } Fbi translator sues justice department Gag order on 911 fbi translator whistleblower { June 14 2004 } Panel to probe fbi informants tip { April 6 2004 } Senator Grassley says sibel edmonds is credible Supreme court rejects fbi whistleblower linguist appeal { November 28 2005 } Translator found pre911 warning docs { July 7 2004 } Translator in eye of storm on retroactive classification { July 5 2004 } Us knew alqaida would attack cities with aeroplanes Us knew of sept 11 plans leaked Whistle blower says us knew of alqaeda attack { September 11 2001 } Whistle blowing factor in firing fbi translator edmonds { July 29 2004 } Files Listed: 15

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