Fired FBI Translator Says U.S. Officials Knew Of Al Qaeda Plans Before 9/11

ALEXANDRIA, VA - APRIL 1: Former FBI linguist Sibel Edmonds poses for a portrait April 1, 2004 at her home in Alexandria, Virginia. Edmonds was fired by the FBI and claims her dismissal was in retaliation for pointing out lapses in the FBI's ability to translate foreign languages. Edmonds told the British newspaper the Independent that she has informed the panel investigating the September 11 attacks that U.S. officials knew of al Qaeda's plans to attack the U.S. with aircraft months before the strikes happened. (Photo by Linda Spillers/Getty Images)

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