When silence is insidious
Ashcroft Attempting to Silence Former FBI Translator
In a rare maneuver, Attorney General John Ashcroft has ordered that information about the Edmonds case be retroactively classified, even basic facts that have been posted on websites and discussed openly in meetings with members of Congress for two years. The Department of Justice also invoked the seldom-used “state secrets” privilege to silence Edmonds in court.
Memoryhole has the text of Leahy’s original 2002 letters.
Leahy’s 2004 letter to Ashcroft and Mueller:
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Here’s some more background in a March 31, 2004 article on worldnetdaily.
One thing’s for sure, there’s some serious cover-up going on. On an aside, with this post, a new category has been added called “fugitives”. We’ll attempt to keep track of those nasty fugitive government documents that don’t seem to flow into depository libraries as they should. Stay tuned!