Translator whistleblower not protected</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Translator whistleblower not protected"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Translator,whistleblower,not,protected"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">29-04-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Translator whistleblower not protected</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Washington, USA (Progressive Newswire): According to a report released today by the Project On Government Oversight (POGO), whistleblowers such as former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds are not protected for bringing forward their concerns about national security and homeland security weaknesses. <br>Edmonds expressed her doubts about the FBI’s ability to pursue terrorists, given numerous problems in its translation unit. Despite the fact that the FBI confirmed her allegations had merit, as did the Inspector General, she has faced a protracted legal struggle against powerful secrecy rules imposed upon her. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/news2005/0428-10.htm " target="blank">www.commondreams.org/news2005/0428-10.htm </a> <br><a href="http://www.justacitizen.org/articles_documents/FOR%20IMMEDIATE%20RELEASE%20A <br>pril%2026.htm" target="blank">www.justacitizen.org/articles_documents/FOR%20IMMEDIATE%20RELEASE%20A <br>pril%2026.htm</a>. <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show