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(13 Apr 2004)
Washington, DC - April 8, 2004
1. Various shots of Condoleezza Rice testifying before 9/11 Commission
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Condoleezza Rice, US National Security Adviser:
"The threat reporting that we received in the Spring and Summer of 2001 was not specific as to time, nor place, nor manner of attack."
3. Sibel Edmonds listening to Rice''s testimony
Washington, DC - April 12, 2004
4. Wide shot of Sibel Edmonds during interview in her home
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sibel Edmonds, Former FBI Translator:
"As far as I became aware after September 11th, certain investigations containing very specific information was not acted upon. As I said, this information had to be transferred to counter-terrorism, considering what they contained, but they did not. Again, this information was very, very specific. (Q: Specific enough that you believe that it could have prevented 9/11 had it been acted upon?) That''s a hard question to answer, but specific enough that, as early as June, July 2001, we should have had a colour-coded alert system, we should have alerted the public, we should have alerted our airports and we should have alerted, specifically, the I-N-S, considering knowing about certain individuals and what they were doing within this country."
6. Wide shots of Edmonds
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sibel Edmonds, Former FBI Translator:
"Through various investigations, I was exposed to information containing the use of planes, airplanes, within the United States, targeting certain cities within the United States."
File - Washington, DC
8. Exterior shots of FBI headquarters
Washington, DC - April 12, 2004
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sibel Edmonds, Former FBI Translator:
"Certain information was not translated, there were backlogs. However, certain information was translated by various translators. Some were marked ''not pertinent'' and some were mistranslated."
10. Cutaways of Edmonds
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sibel Edmonds, Former FBI Translator:
"We were prevented to send these re-translated documents back to these agents for their investigations because if we did that then the bureau would look bad. The translation department would have been held accountable, therefore, they just notified the agents that everything was under control, there was nothing there, and as far as I know, until March 22, 2002, these certain agents never received these re-translated documents."
12. Edmonds walking into her office
13. Shots of Edmonds at her desk
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sibel Edmonds, Former FBI Translator:
"Those problems today still exist because they have not been acknowleged, therefore, nothing has been done to fix them. And next time around, if we have a next attack, I believe all authorities in place who have been aware of these issues, which I have given them these reports, they are going to have blood on their hands."
15. Wide shot of Edmonds at her desk
STORYLINE:
The commission investigating the September 11 attacks has heard repeatedly from intelligence and Bush administration officials that there was "no specific" information that could have helped prevent the deadliest terror attacks on US soil.
Last week, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testified before the commission that the intelligence in the months leading up to 9/11 pointed to an attack overseas.
And even that information, she said, was not specific as to time, place or method of attack.
But at least one person sitting in the crowded hearing room last Thursday had a different opinion.
Edmonds says some potentially crucial documents were mistranslated.
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