Sibel Edmonds full deposition in 2009 – Whistleblower and Former FBI Translator

There's a lot to unpack for this one, so grab a popcorn or drink, sit back and enjoy.

Presented here in its entirety is the deposition of Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, which entails her experiences as a contract translator for the FBI's Washington D.C. Field Office following the September 11 attacks.

Utilizing her fluency in Turkish, Farsi, and Azerbaijani to translate counterintelligence wiretaps, Edmonds uncovered a secret U.S. foreign policy that used radical Islamic factions, most notably the CIA-backed Gülen movement, to destabilize foreign regions. She testified that this covert operation, known as Gladio B, utilized extremist militants to secure Western oil and gas interests in Russia and Central Asia, while the FBI was ordered to block or destroy incriminating translations.

When Edmonds attempted to report these security breaches, intentional translation backlogs, and a colleague's espionage to upper management, she faced severe retaliation and was abruptly fired in March 2002. Although a Department of Justice Inspector General investigation later corroborated her whistleblowing, the U.S. government aggressively silenced her by invoking the rare State Secrets Privilege to dismiss her subsequent lawsuits. This total legal gag order blocked her from presenting evidence or testifying, earning her the title of the most gagged woman in American history.

This deposition finally allowed Edmonds to bypass that gag order due to a legal loophole in a case before the Ohio Elections Commission called Schmidt v. Krikorian. The lawsuit was a defamation dispute between incumbent Representative Jean Schmidt and challenger David Krikorian, who had publicly accused Schmidt of accepting illicit campaign funds from Turkish interest groups to block a congressional resolution recognizing the Armenian Genocide.