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U.S. Media Ignores FBI Nuclear Scandal and Now Coverup Ann Shibler In a follow-up to a January 6 exclusive, the London Sunday Times exposes an attempt by the FBI to deny the existence of a key case file in whistleblower Sibel Edmonds’ accusations that paid high-ranking American officials were privy to the stealing of nuclear weapons secrets by Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Follow this link to the original source: "FBI denies file exposing nuclear secrets theft" The existence of a key document corroborating Sibel Edmonds’ accusations of a nuclear smuggling ring operating in the United States, is being denied by the FBI. Edmonds, meanwhile, maintains that the document does exist. "I can tell you that that file and the operations it refers to did exist from 1996 to February 2002. The file refers to the counterintelligence programme that the Department of Justice has declared to be a state secret to protect sensitive diplomatic relations," she said. An American human rights watchdog group called the Liberty Coalition received an anonymous letter urging them to request audio tapes and documents under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the Department of Justice and FBI. The anonymous letter revealed the name of one high-level government official who had been recorded speaking to an official at the Turkish embassy between August and December 2001. The letter claimed the government official warned a Turkish member of the network not to deal with Brewster Jenings, as that company was nothing but a CIA front company investigating the nuclear black market.
As an aside, Sibel Edmonds has denied being the source of the anonymous letter. And it makes perfect sense that she is not. Presently she faces prosecution and jail time under the Department of Justice’s "States Secrets Privilege" threat if she says too much. Under FOIA, the Liberty Coalition requested access specifically to document 203A-WF-210023, but the FBI claims that document 203A-WF-210023 does not exist. Edmonds believes it is a crucial file and contains details of very incriminating evidence and she accuses the agency of an "outright lie," in the matter, saying it is being covered up because its contents are so explosive. The Times, meanwhile, says it "has obtained a document signed by an FBI official showing the existence of the file." Edmonds, the subject of several gag orders, is prevented from speaking further about the investigation. "This gag was invoked not to protect sensitive diplomatic relations but criminal activities involving U.S. officials who were endangering U.S. national security," she said. Previously, she says she provided information via testimony before the U.S. Congress, the Inspector General of the Justice Department and the 9/11 Commission, all to no avail. U.S. officials aren’t the only ones ignoring the extremely vital information. The entire American mainstream media continues to remain conspicuously and culpably silent on the matter as well. Kudos are being thrown Rupert Murdoch’s way for breaking the whole story in the London Sunday Times by some, including Daniel Ellsberg of the leaked Pentagon Papers fame. But obviously, Murdoch could have had any of his U.S. news operations, from Fox News to the Wall Street Journal, carry the story — and he didn’t. Brad Friedman asked Sibel Edmonds about the coverage of her story by the London Sunday Times. "Murdoch is not doing it," she replied. "It's the difference between the UK's reporters and the U.S. reporters and the way they go after stories. It shows that they have far more leeway. I think a lot of it is the self-censorship [of the U.S. media] and the reliance 100% on only government sources. I have had [American] reporters call me and tell me that I have 'stumbled on some big time national security, covert operation'," she continued, explaining that as the reason given by some for staying away from the story. Luke Ryland, the acknowledged expert on the entire incredible tale, again has to be credited with some keen and insightful commentary:
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