How it all began -- Washington field office -- Cover-ups and betrayals -- Dickersons -- Discovery -- Memo -- Targeting the messenger -- Shooting the messenger -- Warrant -- Leaks -- On the lam -- Invoking the privilege -- The judge game -- 9/11 Commission -- Gag orders and classification -- Commission Report -- Appellate court -- Another turning point -- Vietnam and motherhood -- Three journeys converge.
Summary:
"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 movements 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"--Page 4 of cover.
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