The FBI failed to investigate properly charges of espionage made by a contractor who was fired “in large part” because of allegations she made against a co-worker, the Justice Inspector General concluded in a declassified report released Friday.

Linguist Sibel Edmonds claimed she was fired after six months because the FBI was protecting another translator and hiring incompetent linguists because they had friends or family at the agency.

This is basically office politics- the real story (in comparison) is buried at the end of the CNN article:

She testified in closed session to the 9/11 commission and has claimed publicly the FBI had information before the terrorist strikes that could have helped prevent the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania.

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