Permissable Questions for Sibel Edmonds in red.


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ORDERED that the Emergency Motion of the United States to Quash Deposition of Sibel Edmonds, or for Protective Order is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART. It is

FURTHER ORDERED that the plaintiffs are prohibited from asking the following Proposed Questions: 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 13, 16-31. Accordingly, the plaintiffs are only permitted to ask the deponent the remaining proposed questions that were not objected to by the government in its ex parte classified declaration, specifically, Proposed Questions: 1, 3-4, 6, 10-12, 14-15.2 It is

FURTHER ORDERED that the government shall be permitted to have a representative present at any deposition of Sibel Edmonds to monitor compliance with this Order and to otherwise ensure that state secrets are not revealed.3

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2 Although the government’s obligation to preserve the classified declarations that were reviewed by this Court in connection with this case is obvious, the Court reminds the government of its obligation to maintain the classified declarations in their original state until the appellate process has been exhausted.

3 In the event government counsel interjects an objection to a question posed to or a response being provided by Ms. Edmonds during the course of the deposition, the proceedings as to that question or response shall cease immediately and shall not proceed further until the matter is brought to the Court and a ruling on the objection is issued by this Court.

SO ORDERED.

REGGIE B. WALTON
United States District Judge

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[Attached to letter from Motley Rice, Attorneys, to Judge Reggie Walton, June 23, 2004.]


Proposed Questions for Sibel Edmonds Deposition

[Permissable questions in  red, forbidden questions in black.]

1. Please state your name?

2. When and where were you born?

3. When did you come to the United States?

4. Are you a resident of the United States?

5. Where did you go to school?

6. What is the level of your education?

7. What did you focus your studies on in school?

8. What languages do you speak?

9. What is your fluency or proficiency in each of these languages?

10. After schooling, what was your first, etc., employment?

11. Have you ever been employed by the United States government?

12. During what time period were you employed by the United States government?

13. In what capacity have you been employed by the United States government?

14. Do you still work for the United States government?

15. Are you employed now? If so, what is your employment now?

16. Have you met Senate staff members in any unclassified conferences?
a. When did that/those meeting(s) occur?

b. Where did that/those meeting(s) occur?

c. Who attended that/those meeting(s)?

d. What statements, if any, have you disclosed in any unclassified conferences between you and Senate staff members?

17. Are you familiar with a June 19, 2002 Letter sent from Sen. Patrick J. Leahy and Sen. Charles E. Grassley to Inspector General Glenn A. Fine?
a. In that letter, the senators state, "Ms. Edmonds has alleged, and the FBI has confirmed, that the FBI assigned a contract language 'monitor' to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, contrary to clear FBI policy that only more qualified 'linguists' be assigned to Guantanamo Bay."
i. Did the senators accurately report what you alleged?

ii. Were you telling the truth when you made those allegations?

iii. Why did you make those allegations?

b. In that letter, the senators state, "Ms. Edmonds has alleged, and the FBI has confirmed, that another contract linguist in the FBI unit to which Ms. Edmonds was assigned failed to translate at least two communications reflecting a foreign official's handling of intelligence matters. The FBI has confirmed that the contract linguist had 'unreported contacts' with that foreign official."
i. Did the senators accurately report what you alleged?

ii. Were you telling the truth when you made those allegations?

iii. Why did you make those allegations?

c. In that letter, the senators also ask, "What guidance is provided to FBI contract linguists as to the steps they should take if they are concerned about a possible foreign attempt to penetrate or influence FBI operations?"
i. Were you ever provided any guidance as to the steps you should take if you became concerned about a possible foreign attempt to penetrate or influence FBI operations?

ii. If so, when were you given that guidance?

18. Are you familiar with an August 13, 2002 Letter sent from Sen. Patrick J. Leahy and Sen. Charles E. Grassley to Attorney General John Ashcroft?
a. In that letter, the senators state, "Ms. Edmonds has made a number of serious allegations, some of which the FBI verified were not unfounded during an unclassified briefing for Judiciary Committee staff on June 17."
i. Did you attend an unclassified briefing for Judiciary Committee staff on June 17, 2002?

ii. I that the same meeting(s) discussed previously?

iii. If not, where did that/those meeting(s) occur?

iv. Who attended that/those meeting(s)?

v. What statements, if any, have you disclosed in any unclassified conferences between you and Senate staff members?

b. In that letter, the senators state, "Edmonds has alleged that a contract monitor in her unit ... chose not to translate important, intelligence-related information, instead limiting her translation to unimportant and innocuous information."
i. Did the senators accurately report what you alleged?

ii. Were you telling the truth when you made those allegations?

iii. Why did you make those allegations?

c. In that letter, the Senators also state, "Ms. Edmonds alleged that the same contract monitor once worked for an organization associated with a counter-intelligence investigation and that the monitor had contacts with a foreign national who was a member of the target institution."
i. Did the senators accurately report what you alleged?

ii. Were you telling the truth when you made those allegations?

iii. Why did you make those allegations?

d. In that letter, the senators also state, "Additionally, Ms. Edmonds states that some of the mistranslated recordings on which the monitor actually worked contained conversations by this same person with whom the monitor had such contacts and concerned matters pertinent to the investigation."
i. Did the senators accurately report what you alleged?

ii. Were you telling the truth when you made those allegations?

iii. Why did you make those allegations?

[And seven more pages of forbidden questions.]
-- http://cryptome.org/edmonds-gag.zip

Posted: Fri - July 9, 2004 at 11:09 AM            

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