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In this startling new memoir, Sibel Edmonds—the most classified woman in U.S. history—takes us on a surreal journey that begins with the secretive FBI and down the dark halls of a feckless Congress to a stonewalling judiciary and finally, to the national security whistleblowers movement she spearheaded. Having lived under Middle East dictatorships, Edmonds knows firsthand what can happen when government is allowed to operate in secret. Hers is a sobering perspective that combines painful experience with a rallying cry for the public’s right to know and to hold the lawbreakers accountable. With U.S. citizens increasingly stripped of their rights in a calibrated media blackout, Edmonds’ story is a wake-up call for all Americans who, willingly or unwillingly, traded liberty for illusive security in the wake of 9/11.

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Edmonds must feel a bit like Alice at the tea party, where justice is not being served, and where a secret is a secret but why it's a secret or who says it's a secret is a secret, and we can't tell you why because it's a secret -- Editorial, Seattle Post

"She's credible. And the reason I feel she's very credible is because people within the FBI have corroborated a lot of her story." --Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), "60 Minutes"

"Sibel Edmonds would not let an intimidating FBI shut her mouth, and as a result, suffered grievous consequences, but she has persevered and we are better off for her sacrifices." -- Paul Newman

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Sibel Edmonds is the editor of Boiling Frogs Post and the founder- director of National Security Whistleblowers Coalition. She is the recipient of the 2006 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award. Ms. Edmonds worked as a language specialist for the FBI where she reported serious acts of security breaches and cover-ups, and for that she was retaliated against and ultimately fired. The court proceedings on her case were blocked by the assertion of State Secrets Privilege, and the U.S. Congress has been gagged and prevented from taking up or even discussing her case through retroactive classification issued by the Department of Justice. Ms. Edmonds has a MA in Public Policy from George Mason University, and a BA in Criminal Justice and Psychology from George Washington University.

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Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
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ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0615602226
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.8 x 9 inches

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Sibel Edmonds is editor of Boiling Frogs Post and founder- director of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, and author of the acclaimed book Classified Woman: The Sibel Edmonds Story, and a brand new novel The Lone Gladio. She is the recipient of the 2006 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award. Ms. Edmonds has been subjected to several government-asserted State Secrets Privilege orders, and the U.S. Congress has been indefinitely gagged and prevented from taking up her case through unprecedented retroactive classification orders issued by the Department of Justice. She is nationally recognized as the most classified woman in the United States. Ms. Edmonds is a certified linguist, fluent in four languages, and has an MA in public policy from George Mason University and a BA in criminal justice and psychology from George Washington University.

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Ben de boer

Incredible read

Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2024

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I can’t believe that after military service and 3 deployments I am only now reading this or learning this years after my service ended. This was an emotional read, substantiating much of the feelings most of us have that we are being lied to, or at least not being given the whole truth. This is yet another book that is hard to read and rationalize against the sacrifices made in GWOT, the very reason we thought we fought may not even be truth. How much would it change to know the real reason for 20 years of war was gross incompetence or political deceit?

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Matthew C. Hall

"A Hard Road to Reality"

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Sibel Edmond's story is one that history knows all too well. So long as the people of this world are indoctrinated into accepting the illusion of authority, there will be stories of those strong willed people that strive for truth & justice that must walk the hard road to reality.

As soon as I picked up this book & started reading, Sibel's story sucked me in & didn't let go until I finished the book 8 hours later. While I lost any hope for justice through the U.S. government's institutions long ago, as well as understand economically that when an establishment is funded through force/coercion it is not subject to market forces (perverting the incentives - in government, do a bad job you get more money); it still was quite shocking & infuriating to read first hand accounts of the results of such perverse government incentives. Here is one of many quotes from Sibel's supervisor when she worked as an FBI translator:

"I know, I know," he said dismissively, "but still . . . for instance, you worked so hard and too fast to translate this agent's document, and want to go the extra mile . . . You say this guy is desperate; well, sometimes desperation is a good thing. Better to have this guy complain to and pressure his bosses and HQ for not getting his translated documents than to make him satisfied and happy . . . and have him forget about it later. All I'm asking you is to be a better friend to your colleagues: accompany them to lunches and coffee breaks, take regular breaks, and do not work this fast, that's all."

There are so many other examples that Sibel provides in her story that glaringly show the consequences of allowing monopoly governmental organizations funded through force & coercion to exist.

The first third of the book reads like a spy thriller at times. More than once I had to remind myself that I was reading a memoir of a real woman's life.

Initially Sibel had to deal with the perverse economic incentives within a hierarchical bureaucracy. However, once the story came to the "penetration" of foreign spies into the translation department in which she worked, the outrageous bureaucratic bull-s*** really hit the fan.

Imagine, having absolute proof of an extremely serious & pervasive national security breach. Imagine fighting tooth & nail to take this proof to higher & higher levels of "authority" and each time, discovering the "authority" does not want to know. That it will make them look bad. Information that, if ignored, could spell disaster for an untold amount of human lives.

Here is a quote from the head of Counterintelligence for the FBI during Sibel's time working as a translator:

"His boss didn't let him finish. "It's not only that, Dennis, you know that . . . Ms. Edmonds, the bureau is already under pressure regarding the Turkish operations. The targets, as you are now aware, are connected to people in high places: State Department, Pentagon, White House, Congress ... No one wants any investigation ... The activities have too many beneficiaries in this country--the CIA, weapons companies, military, lobbying firms, Congress, you name it. Now," he continued, "on top of this pressure, we appear to have a 'real spy' problem, the Dickersons. I don't think HQ executives want to know about this; they don't want this to explode. They have made it very clear. Saccher and I tried, but we're being prevented from pursuing this espionage case. They didn't say it in so many words, but I know the lingo. They want this to go away . . ."

Perverse incentives. What Sibel's story showed me was first hand experience of the perverse type of incentives that Austrian Economics has taught me when an organization is not funded through voluntary means. It's one thing to know these ideas theoretically, but it's a whole different thing to read of the first hand accounts from within the beast of the government.

Here is one last extremely revealing quote from Sibel's second supervisor during her employment with the FBI:

"Because things work differently in government. While private companies are concerned with efficiency, security and productivity, the government couldn't care less. Of course, the jobs here come with other pluses, less work, more benefits, retirement . . ." She paused to ensure that I was following this unique revelation. "You need to know a little about some policies that are followed religiously in the FBI. Policy one: one for all, all for one. Policy two: problems and embarrassments are always swept under the rug--always. They don't want to know about serious and embarrassing problems, no matter how scandalous. They don't want people reporting these types of issues and cases; especially on the record, in writing."

Once Sibel decided to attempt to expose the truth, making the hard walk to reality up the hierarchical structure of the State system, at times I thought of the christian story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The 12 steps of that story reminded me of each step of the State hierarchy Sibel went to with her first hand knowledge of the State corruption she had witnessed. With each step, there was no justice. With each step it was ever more painful. To bear the truth can be such a painful & merciless path.

However, with each step the illusion of the virtue of the United States government broke away ever more.

In the end, Sibel realized that to be a truth teller & spread the idea's freedom/liberty, we have to do it ourselves. We can't rely on illusory "authority" that doesn't have our best interests in mind. We must rely on individuals who hold truth, reason, and virtue as paramount.

If you have any family or friends that enjoy reading spy novels or just interesting/compelling stories, and as a result of State indoctrination, still believe that government authority has the people's best interest in mind,buy them a copy of this book.

For if they read this book and walk the hard road to reality with Sibel Edmonds, they won't ever look at the world the same way again.

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Jack Murphy

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Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2012

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As someone who has worked extensively with translators overseas, I know how important their role is and how critical they are to the mission. When I read Sibel Edmonds' story I was shocked but not necessarily surprised. I wasn't surprised at the lack of professionalism that she witnessed among the staff of translators at the FBI's counter-intelligence office, but I was shocked at how over the top, brazen, and corrupt it was. One of my Arabic teachers at the JFK Special Warfare Center and School told us that he carried a book full of the names of Palestinian martyrs so I didn't think I was naive about this subject. He would get a kick out of showing us Special Forces students propaganda clips from Memri TV of a Rabbi making Matzo ball soap with the blood of a young Christian boy.

Sibel Edmonds was a naturalized US citizen who got a call shortly after 9/11 to come work at the FBI and help them translate documents and catch up on their backlog, hopefully to turn up clues that would help unravel the plot behind the attacks. We don't know for sure what language Sibel was translating into English, the title of her book isn't just a gimmick. The courts have ruled that where she was born, when she was born, and the languages she is fluent in are all classified as state secrets. Government officials have said she is the most Classified Woman in US history. However, we can surmise that Sibel is fluent in Turkish and probably Farsi as well having grown up in Turkey and Iran.

While simultaneously working towards a college degree, Sibel begins working as a translator at the FBI `s counter-intelligence office. Her hard work is quickly recognized and she gets picked up for multiple field assignments, helping exhausted FBI agents in their investigations in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

It is back at the FBI headquarters building in Washington, DC that she begins to realize that something is amiss. Classified documents are mishandled, some translators are not qualified and can barely speak English, and documents of critical importance are non-nonchalantly being stamped as being not relevant to FBI investigations.

It gets much worse when a co-worker and her husband (a Major at the Pentagon) come to visit Sibel and her husband Matthew at their home. They then proceed to "pitch" them. They want Sibel to join several Turkish-American Associations. These are the same organizations that Sibel and her co-worker are targeting everyday at their job as translators for FBI counter-intelligence. The FBI has been investigating a dangerous group that is involved in drug trafficking and nuclear espionage with connections to Israel and worse connections to US politicians on both sides of the aisle.

It sounds very much like the plot of a dime store novel, but these are events that bring down the whole house of cards for Sibel, as they would for any honest American. A criminal network has penetrated the FBI and is actively sabotaging investigations that could threaten their operations.

When Sibel makes complaints and tries to say something to superiors she is shut down at every turn. The FBI was nothing short of hostile towards her as she tried to expose what was happening, badgering and threatening her until they finally fired her out of hand, despite passing a number of polygraphs. It was realpolitek at its most extreme and the actions of the FBI officials she attempted to report to are nothing less than treasonous.

This of course, is only half of the story. The other half is about how Sibel became a whistleblower, how the government attempted to intimidate and harass her, how her family in Turkey had their lives placed in jeopardy by the criminal network she was trying to expose, and the lengthy court battles involved. The grisly details are not pretty, among them that the government had intelligence about Middle Easterners plotting to hijack planes in major cities and use those planes as a method of attack, months prior to 9/11 but these warnings went unheeded. Classified Woman also paints a depressing picture of our own government, our justice system, and the separation of powers.

The mainstream media didn't want to hear her story with one or two exceptions, Congress didn't want to get involved because the corruption she was exposing involved both parties, and the Justice Department's Inspector General actively helped cover up the crimes they were supposed to be safeguarding against.

A lot of folks don't like to hear about this sort of information. They call it conspiracy theory. My experience is that when someone comes to you with information, even if it is shocking, and they have a where, what, when, who, why, and how than that information needs to be taken seriously. Sibel names names. Read her book for yourself, and I think you will quickly see that she is the real deal.

If nothing else, the amazing lengths the government went to in order to shut her up tells you a lot in of itself.

-Jack Murphy, Author of Reflexive Fire

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Antonio Santos

Great book

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Very interesting, obligated read if you are interested in US "counter terrorist" activities

Sabahattin Cakiral

The truth is never easy to pronounce...

Reviewed in Germany on October 28, 2018

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...and this book from Sibel proves it in a best way.

I took a deep breath and read it all through.

Sibel is amazing! Her husband is amazing!
She, her friends and her network with all these brave people are all amazing!!!

I highly recommend you to read this book.

Baraniecki Mark Stuart

Despotism Marketed as Security

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2014

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In this excellent book Sibel Edmonds explains how the American government was warned by foreign intelligence sources prior to 9/11 about imminent attacks in the US involving aircraft and high-rise buildings and how they actively turned away the information.

For example, her FBI Head of Unit, special agent in charge, Thomas Frields was probably following instructions when he said, "We never got any warnings. These conversations never existed; it never happened, period. No one should ever mention a word about this, period. Never!" - and this was apart from other foreign intelligence agencies delivering warnings that weren't covered in the book.

The greater part of the account deals with her efforts to use official channels whether in the FBI or Congress to alert the government to blocked 911 information and other items concerning large scale theft and sale of government secrets. She doesn't get much or any support, with the thieves turning on her and getting her fired from the FBI.

Basically, she is that rarest of people, an American citizen who can put her national loyalty ahead of her personal interests.

It was made 100% clear to her that it was in her interest to shut up, ignore what was happening, follow instructions, accept what she was told and take the promotion on offer, so it was a particularly tough situation to fight, since as an ex FBI employee she couldn't legally reveal government secrets to make her case and the problem is visible throughout the book.

Interestingly it is also a problem for her opponents who would really like to get her out of circulation in totalitarian style and can't.

To understand some of this, maybe its useful to take a step back. Shouldn't the US government be interested in information about the biggest terror attack in the United States history? Shouldn't the press be looking at every detail of this attack? Why does the government only reluctantly accept and inquiry into events over a year later and dictate the outcome? Shortly afterwards the US attacked Iraq by mistake? (no WMD) so where was the inquiry into the fabricated WMD story and its immediate mass publication?

The plain obvious answer is in Edmond's book (and elsewhere) and it is that an important section of the US government knew that 911 was coming. It suited their purposes as the trigger for launching the pre-prepared WMD story/Iraq war, the "War on Terror", the Patriot Act and the mass destruction of American constitutional rights.

The book doesn't spell it out, but the WMD story wasn't the only item that was prepared in advance of the 9/11 attack.

World Trade Center Building 7 was the third tower that collapsed that day shortly after the aircraft hit the other two. The obvious controlled demolition process was so at variance with the government account that 1500 outraged architects and structural engineers formed an organization stating that the government story was a lie. They are familiar with the properties of structural steel, melting temperatures, thermite residue, falling resistance etc. and they have no doubt that this building was deliberately brought down. Its more than interesting to Google "Building 7" and follow the document and video trail.

On page 277 the author asks, "How do we get through to those that have readily accepted the despotism being marketed to them as security?" and this is a really interesting question.

One way may be to stop using labels like "The National Whistleblowers Center". Surely the "Patriot Act" and "Homeland Security" sound much better to a general audience so perhaps Edmonds could recheck the basic rules of Doublespeak.

Also "whistleblowing" and criticising elected governments and representatives (while exposing this and that) is mostly seen as negative and uninspiring. Maybe its better to directly enter politics with clear and positive policies (American Independence Party? - as in independence from special interests) funded by individual small contributions and powered by grass-roots volunteers.

So altogether a very worthwhile book and highly recommended.

UPDATE 8th December 2014
I'm probably one of the last people to see this video but it clearly supports Edmonds story; YouTube "CIA Lindauer Extreme Prejudice". CIA insider Lindauer shows that Edmonds very much understates the secret servic pre-knowledge of the WTC attacks, and that they were enabled and guided to conclusion with Iraq immediately identified as a guilty party (Lindauer makes 100% clear Iraq had nothing to do with it).

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Mavy Williams

Must read!

Reviewed in Italy on November 9, 2014

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Great book! Must read to understand how the US system works.
The story and the way it is written are very involving. You will feel part of Sibel's account.
Enjoy it!

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THE CRACK WHERE THE LIGHT GETS IN --Leonard Cohen

Reviewed in Canada on April 4, 2020

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The long journey of disclosure begins here. Donald Trump was asked to run for POTUS and fund the members of the U.S. military who have decided to return the country to its originally intended constitutional purpose of true freedom.

Recognizing that the country is too valuable to be run by a politician, they chose a businessman--and that has made all the difference!

WHISTLEBLOWERS have made it all possible--and the long journey to freedom has finally begun.

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