by Brad Friedman
The Brad Blog
Sept 28, 2009
Schakowsky Publicly Denies Affair With Turkish Agent as ‘Total Fantasy,’ ‘Totally Made Up’
The Chicago News Bench blog cornered Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) at a Health Care Townhall event over the weekend, to ask her about former FBI translator turned whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ allegation, as published by American Conservative magazine last week, that she had become involved in a secretly-videotaped lesbian affair with a Turkish agent.
In the brief video, Schakowsky is asked directly about the affair, and denies the allegations as “total fantasy” and “totally made up.”
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Former FBI Agent Confirms: Bush State Official Was Target of ‘Decade-Long’ Espionage Probe
by Brad Friedman
The Brad Blog
Sept 28, 2009
George W. Bush’s third-highest ranking State Department official, Marc Grossman, who became the Under Secretary of State after previously serving as Ambassador to Turkey, was targeted as part of a “decade-long investigation” by the FBI, according to an 18-year veteran manager of the bureau’s Counterintelligence and Counterespionage departments.
For still-unknown reasons, the investigation, which also involved a multitude of cases involving Israeli espionage, was ultimately “buried and covered up,” according to the official.
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CIA Vet: FBI Whistleblower Edmonds ‘Very Credible’
by Brad Friedman
The Brad Blog
Sept 29, 2009
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi, the author of American Conservative magazine’s explosive cover story interview with FBI translator turned whistleblower Sibel Edmonds finds her to be “very credible,” even though “as a former intelligence officer,” he says, he’s “normally suspicious of these kinds of stories.”
Giraldi was a guest on the Thom Hartmann Program today, as guest hosted by Peter B. Collins. In the 13 minute segment, he discussed a number of aspects of Edmonds’ disturbing allegations with Collins, including yesterday’s confirmation by a long-time FBI veteran of a key element in her claims, which include bribery, blackmail, and the theft of nuclear secrets as aided and abetted by high-ranking U.S. officials.
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via The BRAD BLOG : CIA Vet: FBI Whistleblower Edmonds ‘Very Credible’.
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Sibel Edmonds ungagged!
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Updated
From Sibel Edmonds’ blog:
123 Real Change: Grossman Confirmed as FBI Target in Espionage Investigations
123 Real Change: In Pursuit of the Facts
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Updated
The BRAD BLOG : Brad Guest Hosting Malloy Wednesday Night!
HOUR 1: Phil Giraldi on Sibel Edmonds, what the hell is going on here, and what the hell can be done about it.
via The BRAD BLOG : Brad Guest Hosting Malloy Wednesday Night!.
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