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BradBlog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:00 AM
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US Media Scooped Again on Edmonds Case, Anonymous Letter Obtained by BRAD BLOG Confirms FBI Cover-up
UK Sunday Times Scoops US Media Again, Confirms FBI Cover-Up of Documents in Sibel Edmonds Nuke Secrets Case
Existence of FBI Case Number, Described in Anonymous Letter Obtained by The BRAD BLOG, Corroborated by Paper

Letter Describes Senior State Dept. Official Marc Grossman as Tipping off Turkish Embassy to Valerie Plame Wilson's 'Brewster Jennings' Counter-Proliferation Operation...


London's Sunday Times has just published a follow-up to their explosive front-pager from two weeks ago which described allegations by former FBI translator turned whistleblower Sibel Edmonds.

Though there has been worldwide coverage of the previous blockbuster in the Rupert Murdoch-owned British paper, the U.S. media have remained entirely mum, a point which has drawn great consternation from both Edmonds and the 70's-era "Pentagon Papers" Daniel Ellsberg, whom The BRAD BLOG has spoken to this evening, following the release of tonight's extraordinary new Times piece.

The BRAD BLOG had obtained a copy of the anonymous letter discussed in tonight's article some weeks ago, along with the FBI's denial of the existence of related information via the FOIA request.

We have yet to publish the letter in full, as we have been unable to independently corroborate a number of allegations made in the letter. The Times, however, reports that they've "obtained a document signed by an FBI official showing the existence of the file" referred to in the anonymous letter.

As Edmonds tells us tonight in the wake to this evening's stunner: "Here is the FBI and DoJ in charge of investigating the CIA Torture Tape case and the missing White House emails. So who is going to investigate the FBI and DoJ if they have destroyed evidence, because it looks like that's what they have done."...

FULL COVERAGE: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5582
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orleans Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:02 AM
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1. first to recommend! n/t
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99th_Monkey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:11 AM
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2. Paging Keith Olberman!! Please pick up your phone and cover this. rec-d. nt
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:16 AM
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3. K&R n/t
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Bolo Boffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:25 AM
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4. So reading the BradBlog story...
...maybe Cheney and his fellow conspirators knew that he could burn Valerie Plame without real consequence because Brewster Jennings had long been busted anyway?
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 09:33 AM
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9. It was all about ending counter intelligence on the matter.
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sicksicksick_N_tired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 10:45 AM
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12. which is what was suspected all along,...
incredible!

define 'enemies of the state'
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 10:52 AM
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13. Reminds me of Sibel's words,
"I assumed the enemy was foreign". I guess we all need a scorecard.
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seemslikeadream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 11:12 PM
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40. Foreign?




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Bolo Boffin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:47 PM
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20. Yes, an intentional self-blinding to create the same exploitable doubt as with Iraq. n/t
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OregonBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 08:17 AM
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5. Would Larry Flint be willing to expose this one?
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 08:18 AM
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6. K & R
Truth will out.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 08:53 AM
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7. Good work Brad.
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Echo In Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 09:04 AM
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8. K&R Again, Brad Blog reveals how the U.S. press is a megaphone for the corporate/state nexus
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bjobotts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 08:59 PM
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26. God that pic on your post is awesome. so cool, wish I had it.
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StateSecrets Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 09:52 AM
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10. K&R
Thank you Brad.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 09:57 AM
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11. "US Media Scooped Again" was great wording
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StateSecrets Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 10:59 AM
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14. I agree
Great job, Brad.
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kas125 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 02:39 PM
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18. and my thanks to you, too.
The world needs more brave people like you, Sibel. We who know this story are truly grateful for what you're trying to do.
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Oilwellian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 11:08 AM
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15. After this story broke yesterday...
I've been wondering what Valerie Plame thinks of Grossman exposing her operation. Let's hope they're contemplating their response as we speak.
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bluesmail Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 11:10 AM
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16. K & R
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sicksicksick_N_tired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 12:44 PM
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17. .
:kick:
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bleever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:24 PM
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19. Great work, Brad.
You've been extra busy, lately. :thumbsup:
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dchill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 04:49 PM
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21. You don't get "scooped"...
on a story you were NOT going to cover in any case...
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icnorth Donating Member (954 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 05:17 PM
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23. Bullseye, Another of many stories the MSM
Edited on Sun Jan-20-08 05:18 PM by icnorth
has no intention to cover. This is, has been and will continue to be the mode of operation for the MSM in the U.S. of A. Their subjugation to the Reich stag in Washington and its PNAC handlers don't permit investigative reporting.










Edit for typo.
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bjobotts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 09:00 PM
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27. Google operation mockingbird and you will know why. Doing it to congress too
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 05:15 PM
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22. Where does the US rank among countries as far as free press is concerned?
Somewhere in the 30's or 40's?

K&R for all of those involved in getting this story out there.
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 09:28 PM
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30. I know a couple of years ago, it was down to 37th.
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 10:00 PM
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32. Just one of the many things I wish more of us would talk about. n/t
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 10:04 PM
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33. We should. It's a major issue that affects our freedom.
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 10:14 PM
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34. The majority easily accepts the lie that the MSM tells the truth.
Reminds me of the story Mike Malloy tells about his tenure at CNN and how the majority of those that worked there were employed ny the CIA.

Many Americans can accept that election fraud and governmental controlled media propaganda can happen elsewhere, while not realizing it can happen here as well.
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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 05:53 PM
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24. I have believed from day one of the Plame outing that it had more to
do with her work than with Ambassador Wilson. However, I am sure the old adage "two birds with one stone" is not a cliche in this case. I had previously read the possibility that Dick Cheney was deeply involved in the nuclear Khan episode, so outing the Brewster cadre was essential for the VP if these claims were being investigated by the Europeans. We have a very crooked and heartless government.
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bonito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 08:21 PM
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25. K&R!
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 09:20 PM
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28. There's a US media?! Hot dog!!
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BlackVelvet04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 09:26 PM
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29. Wow. n/t
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 09:30 PM
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31. GODDAM IT! We KNEW it..
"Revenge" for the OpEd piece was the cover excuse.. We called it early here.
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ooglymoogly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 10:22 PM
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35. Truth alert!!! truth alert!!!! cover your eyes and ears. KR
KR for the vital heroism this article owes its exposure to the light of day. Thanks Sibel, thanks Lukery and thanks Brad Blog and thanks London Times for doing the complicit US medias job for them.
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 10:23 PM
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36. # 53 ....
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McCamy Taylor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 10:24 PM
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37. Um...Murdoch is the MSM. Watch out. This story will be twisted to hurt the Clintons.
The current administration can release only the information that pertains to low level officials and only to actions that occurred during Bill Clinton's administration in a big flashy way---with headlines like "Clintons Gave Pakistan the Nuclear Bomb!"

Rupert Murdoch wants Rudi to be the next president so that his FCC will help NewsCorp but he will settle for Romney or McCain. Any GOP FCC will allow unlimited media expansion.


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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 11:09 PM
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39. I hate to inform you but the problems we find ourselves in
have occurred in a bipartisan manner. If only republicans are to blame, then why no investigations by a democratic congress? A lot of similar activities have gone on since the late seventies (not this issue specifically but our involvement in shady activities centering around the middle east, central asia, terrorism and the like). Republicans are more overt in these actions, but not alone. Some of the crimes are from unelected positions.
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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 11:21 PM
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43. BINGO FOR YOU, REMEMBER THEY CREATED BUSH IN THEIR IMAGE
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jaybeat Donating Member (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 11:00 PM
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38. K&R for the truth to come out!
The so-called "war on terror" is a sham and a scam!

We fund and create the "enemy."

We get rich on selling them WMD.

We out elements of our own government who themselves might expose our operations.

We gain unprecedented power and wealth through the attacks on our country by the "enemy" we created.

We succeed in turning the world towards chaos and destruction.

We are the PNAC, the Republican Party, the MSM and the military-industrial complex.

We create reality. We win. You lose.
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HowHasItComeToThis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 11:19 PM
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41. CHAOS IS NECESSARY FOR POWER
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The Animator Donating Member (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 12:36 AM
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45. I personally find your pic offensive
What did Satan ever do to be compared to *? :P
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-20-08 11:20 PM
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42. K&R. (nt)
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 12:34 AM
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44. Holy crap! What an unbelievable read! I cannot wait to read Ellsberg's op-ed tomorrow!
Edited on Mon Jan-21-08 12:36 AM by in_cog_ni_to
Without the media...we are royally screwed. Where have all the journalists gone? They use to dig this shit. Most would have given anything for a story like this! Where the hell are they? How can they not care about such a story? We have ELECTED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS involved in selling Nuclear Secrets to foreign governments and our U.S. journalists don't care? How can that be? Where's the Woodward and Bernstein of our day? Have they all been threatened? Blackmailed? Christiane Amanpour comes to mind. Remember...she was wiretapped, as reported by Andrea Mitchell...who NEVER mentioned it again after the first report.. Have ALL the journalists been wiretapped? Threatened? All of this cannot be about "State Secrets" as Sibel has been told by them. They know that what she says is true and are refusing to stop it...for some reason.

Thank G-d we have Brad Blog and The London Times!

on edit: K & R!!!!
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