Sibel case thrown out, "could damage national security"

Sibel Edmonds, who was fired as a translator for informing Congress of the inefficiencies and improprieties at the FBI, will not get her day in court.

Edmonds said the judge dismissed her lawsuit without hearing evidence from her lawyers, although the government's lawyers met with Walton at least twice privately. She noted that Walton, the judge, was appointed by President Bush.

"This shows how the separation of power has basically disappeared," Edmonds said in a telephone interview. "The judge ruled on this case without actually this ever being a case."

In his decision, Walton acknowledged that dismissing a lawsuit before the facts of the case can be heard is "Draconian."

Edmonds' lawyer, Mark S. Zaid, called the decision "another example of the executive branch's abuse of secrecy to prevent accountability."

In a recent interview she also indicated the bribery and corruption at the FBI where they knowingly may have refused to act against politically connected arms and drugs smugglers. She also informed that an interpreter with a relative at a foreign embassy might have compromised national security. She was offered higher paying opportunities at the agency if she ceased her whistle blowing.