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Daniel Ellsberg and Sibel Edmonds in front of U.S. District Court: Photo Thomas J. Mattingly

Ashcroft may face prison over 9/11 cover-up, says Daniel Ellsberg

Veteran of the Pentagon Papers scandal, Daniel Ellsberg was backing a protest by former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds, against a court gag order which has silenced her revelations about the September 11th, 2001 attacks. The whistleblower pair were protesting yet another delay by Judge Reggie Walton of the District Court of Columbia in determining whether Edmonds' closed-door revelations to Congressional inquiries can be declared state secrets by U.S. Attorney General, John Ashcroft.

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