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Ashcroft Sued in Sibel Edmonds Case

HeadlineJun 24, 2004

The Washington-based watchdog group Project on Government Oversight sued Attorney General John Ashcroft yesterday for classifying previously public documents pertaining to the case of Sibel Edmonds. Edmonds is the former FBI translator who was hired after the 9/11 attacks. She has publicly said on Democracy Now and other news programs the US had information before Sept. 11, 2001 that indicated Al Qaeda was planning an attack on the US using planes. The government has been attempting to bar Edmonds from testifying in a lawsuit related to the 9/11 attacks. In addition to attempting to put a gag order on Edmonds, Ashcroft recently reclassified information that had been previously given to Congress in public. The suit filed yesterday claims Ashcroft’s move to reclassify is illegal and unconstitutional.

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