Today was to be the oral hearing on Sibel’s lawsuit fighting the State Secrets Privilege imposed over her case

Today was to be the oral hearing on Sibel’s lawsuit fighting the State Secrets Privilege imposed over her case.

The court has made the extraordinary decision to close the hearing to the public and to Sibel as well. Please

come help show our outrage about the excessive secrecy imposed on her case! Sibel is organizing an impromptu

protest in front of the courthouse.

Where: E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, Court of Appeals Courtroom, 333 Constitution Avenue,

N.W., 5th Floor, NIKE SHOX

When: Thursday, April 21, 9:00 a.m.-noon

Edmonds, a former Middle Eastern language specialist hired by the FBI shortly after 9/11, was fired in 2002

after repeatedly reporting serious security breaches and misconduct. Edmonds challenged her retaliatory

dismissal by filing a lawsuit in federal court, but her case was dismissed last July after Attorney General

John Ashcroft invoked the so-called “state secrets privilege,” and retroactively classified briefings to

Congress related to her case.