Sibel Edmonds

Who is Sibel Edmonds?

Sibel Deniz Edmonds is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation translator and founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition. Edmonds gained public attention following her firing from her position as a language specialist at the FBI's Washington Field Office in March 2002. She had accused a colleague of covering up illicit activity involving foreign nationals, alleged serious security breaches and cover-ups and that intelligence had been deliberately suppressed, endangering national security. Her later claims gained her awards and fame as a whistleblower.

In March 2012, she published a memoir, titled Classified Woman – The Sibel Edmonds Story.

Edmonds testified before the 9/11 Commission, but her testimony was excluded from the official 567 page 9/11 Commission Report.

Edmonds is also the founder and publisher of the Boiling Frogs Post, an online media site that aims to offer nonpartisan investigative journalism.

Sibel Edmonds has worked to investigate and write about corruption in Afghanistan.